OT: Digital TV decoder USB sticks

[Boaz Rymland]

oops. was supposed to be sent privately. sorry.

Boaz Rymland wrote:

> trying to answer your mail below i noticed that indeed my reply has 
> little relevance to linux-il so i'll add my words below...
>
>
> geoffrey mendelson wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sep 27, 2009, at 12:17 AM, Boaz Rymland wrote:
>>>
>>> Just wanted to update that although the dongle supposed to be 
>>> working, it fails to find any channels:
>>> - drivers are loaded when its pushed into the USB socket. devices 
>>> are appearing under /dev/dvb (IIRC) (tried also chmoding them to 777).
>>> - kaffeine appears to communicate with the dongle ok and when 
>>> combing the frequency scale I do see some high signals along the 
>>> scan (tried to use "auto" area mode, NZ, and several IL suggested 
>>> configurations as well).
>>> - vlc method described in this thread is not showing any video as well.
>>> - Under Windows, the dongle works ok - finds the Israeli channels 
>>> with no hassle (well, after buying the connecting an amplified 
>>> antenna. Kudos to the experts in our ministry of communications for 
>>> the lame launch of DTT broadcasts [or in other words - what is a 
>>> trial/testing period for?])).
>>>
>>> So, while I remain optimistic about the prospect interoperability of 
>>> the Apex 328 dongle with Linux (Ubuntu 9.04), I wasn't successful in 
>>> making them sing together.
>>
>>
>> What program works under windows? I have not been able to get mine to 
>> work with the software on the CD, I never get any audio. It does work 
>> with VLC and DVBviewer which costs as much as the dongle cost me.
>
> I use the plain stock Windows CD, on my Vista. It just works, and 
> works ok - with sounds, as I'd expect from a Windows application. If 
> you have dual head setup try moving to a single head and test it 
> again. Can't say much other than that.
>
>>
>> I have not been able to try it on Linux because I found that the 
>> UBUNTU netbook package does not have VLC on it, and I have to re 
>> download it, convert it to an ISO and then burn a DVD to install it 
>> on a memory stick. This is because my ubuntu computers are too slow 
>> to decode the signal, and I can't afford to mess with repartitoning 
>> my netbook.
> what would putting it on a usb stick help ? does this stick have some 
> processor with it? (don't you refer to a simple diskonkey?).
>>
>> I tried it with some other freeware windows programs and it also 
>> could not find any channels. The same with two different MacOS programs.
> i can imagine the frustration. and the hours those trials take... .
>>
>> In windows I found that if I save the chanels.conf file I gave you 
>> and point vlc to it as in "vlc channels.conf" It figures out what to do.
>>
>> Geoff.
>>
>>
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