Watching DVB-T television on my Ubuntu
September 25, 2009 at 11:58 am 2 comments
As mentioned in the edit of my previous post, I got my DVB-T stick working without any big problems. Nevertheless here are the steps I took to get it fully working! The DVB-T stick is a Pinacle 72e dvb-t tuner usb stick.
1. Use Kaffeine in the beginning. It is the simplest DVB-T player. Scan for channels and play, that’s it.
2. Then I followed this guide to get MythTV working. MythTV is a more advanced mediaplayer than Kaffeine. It is especially good in working with TV capture cards and everything related (timeshifting, recording, pausing, …). It can even work with several capture cards. The disadvantage is that the configuration is a bit counterintuitive.. (but with the guide in your hands you’ll be safe)
3. I got a problem with my audio-jack, when I plugged in my speakers or a headphone, nothing happened. I used these steps to solve the problem.
4. You can select MythTV to run on a second display in the setup (select screen “1” instead of screen “0”).
5. My EPG (program guide) took the longest time to setup. The best way to go depends on the country in which you live. I live in Belgium and found the following approach to work well:
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1. bram | October 26, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Hi,
I’m using MythTV for over 3 years now, first about half a year of trying on analogue cable, then 2 years on In.Di DVB-C, and nog a couple of months on TV Vlaanderen.
I’m using MC2XML too, for EPG updates, with success..
I just wanted to know if you had found the new “8” channel yet…?
And where did you find it, how did you do the ‘replacements’ part for that new channel (and maybe some others introduced the last weeks and months)?
Thanks for posting back!
Bram
2. Karel | October 27, 2009 at 8:38 am
Hey Bram, as 8 is not on DVB-T I don’t know if it’s in the EPG or not, I can take a look at it this evening if you like. But if you’re also using MC2XML and it’s not in it I’m afraid I can’t help you.. I guess it will be just a matter of time before the Microsoft EPG data is updated to support the new channels.