[ale] Video card for viewing cable

[Wandered Inn]

Dan Mount wrote:
> 
> One option for the cable box idea is to use a remote control that you
> can control from your computer. There are several out there you can find
> one example at : http://www.ziplabel.com/cir/index.html They only list
> support for DOS and Windows, but support a C interface maybe that would
> work. There are more out there too...

Good point.  There is support for infra-red under Linux, so if you know
what the remote is sending, you could create your own interface from an
external ir device.  Cool idea, I'll have to check this one out. (I've
got BS digital tv and was planning on moving the tuner to my office).

> 
> http://www.smarthome.com/8002.html
> http://www.dodgies.demon.co.uk/
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wandered Inn [mailto:esoteric at denali.atlnet.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 9:10 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Users
> Subject: Re: [ale] Video card for viewing cable
> 
> Subba Rao wrote:
> 
> > Thank you and to everyone who replied. I will look into the BT848/878
> chipset
> > cards. One other question about the channel listing, most cards list
> only 125
> > channels on the box. What about if you get 125+ channels from your
> cable
> > company? This is not a feature that will stop me from getting the
> card.
> 
> Not that this is the only solution, but I've gotten around this a couple
> of different ways.  Just as you can set your TV on a single channel and
> then use the 'cable co.' tuner, whether that's a box or a digital tuner
> (Bellsouth).  The downside of this is that you have to use the remote
> that came with the box/tuner provided.
> 
> I've done this also with a generic (bt848) capture card that does not
> have a tuner.  Plug the output from the cable tuner into the capture
> card and you can run through the channels via the cable tuner.   You can
> get the generic capture cards cheaper then cards that have tuners.
> 
> >
> > Thanks again and Wish you all a Happy New Year.
> 
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