* linux newbie tv card help
@ 2009-03-02 5:42 Robert Lastname
2009-03-04 0:03 ` Andrew Robinson
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From: Robert Lastname @ 2009-03-02 5:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: video4linux-list
Hello, I quit windows not too long ago and have no idea how to install a tv card. I searched the internet but still don't know how any of this works. Here is what I want to know:
Would someone please give me a quick run down of the steps needed to install a card. I don't need anything in detail---just the very basics of what, in general, is going on.
like
1. install card
2. install v4l-dev, v4l-apps
3. find chipset drivers and install.
etc etc
I don't know where to begin, as so far what I've read is overwhelming and I can't make out what comes first and what comes after. I want to take this one step at a time and I can't tell if I missed something important.
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* Re: linux newbie tv card help
2009-03-02 5:42 linux newbie tv card help Robert Lastname
@ 2009-03-04 0:03 ` Andrew Robinson
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From: Andrew Robinson @ 2009-03-04 0:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: semantikous; +Cc: video4linux-list
Robert Lastname wrote:
> Hello, I quit windows not too long ago and have no idea how to install a tv card. I searched the internet but still don't know how any of this works. Here is what I want to know:
>
> Would someone please give me a quick run down of the steps needed to install a card. I don't need anything in detail---just the very basics of what, in general, is going on.
>
> like
>
> 1. install card
> 2. install v4l-dev, v4l-apps
> 3. find chipset drivers and install.
> etc etc
>
> I don't know where to begin, as so far what I've read is overwhelming and I can't make out what comes first and what comes after. I want to take this one step at a time and I can't tell if I missed something important.
Start at linux-tv.org. Find a reference for the particular tuner card
you have. Follow those references.
If you are using a very recent version of Linux, chances are, the
drivers already exist in the kernel. You'll probably need to install
some ancillary software, like v4l-apps. You'll need an application to
view the TV. I use MythTV, which is a whole Tivo-like system. But again,
start at linux-tv.org.
Andrew Robinson
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