Simple HDTV viewer?

[John Abreau]

I've found that mplayer plays everything I've thrown at it. I haven't tried
any HDTV yet, but it works great with my Hauppage WinTV PVR USB2.
I would expect it to work with the HDTV model as well. I've only tested
the unit to make sure it works; eventually I intend to set up MythTV to
use it for real.

Mplayer doesn't change channels,  and I had difficulty finding something
else to do that effectively. In the end, I used xawtv to generate a text
file containing channel frequencies, then wrote a shell script around it
that pokes the appropriate value into /sys/class/pvrusb2/... for the
channel I want.


On 9/3/07, Scott Ehrlich <scott-3s7WtUTddSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I have a 64-bit AMD system with USB2.0 and I just received my WinTV HVR
> 950 Hauppauge tuner.   I'd heard so much about MythTV, that I opted to try
> and configure it on my system.  I quickly came to the conclusion it is too
> much for what I want to do.
>
> I'd be very happy to have an Xterm-size application read the CATV info
> from the stick and let me channel-surf cable and/or HD channels in a
> simple app.
>
> This will also give me a chance to see if a simple setup (Compaq Presario
> with ATI Radeon 200m video card) can work - with video and audio.   If so,
> I'd then try it on an older Compaq Armada M700 with USB 1 (I'd get a USB
> 2.0 PCMCIA card).
>
> What are people's insights/experiences with the above?   I'd like to not
> have to rely on Windows for my HD viewing, and I have no plans to replace
> any existing tvs.  This can also give me the chance to bring the stick to
> friends and family and maybe bring my laptop with me and show people what
> is capable - if I can get it to work at home!
>
> I am running Ubuntu Feisty on the desktop - as my main system, I have no
> plans to reinstall it.   But I can install any distro on the laptop - it
> is my testbed.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott
>
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