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How do I go about watching TV with Slackware 14.2 (64 bit)? I already have a TV tuner card installed n my computer, but I need drivers for it. My TV tuner cardf is a Hauppauge Win TV PVR 150.
I've used tvtime with my card in the past but that might not do it for you, so I'm attaching a build script etc. for ivtv-utils.
If you're not sure to do with the attachments, download them all and do the following:
(1) su -l
(2) cd
(3) mkdir ivtv-utils && cd ivtv-utils
(4) mv YOUR_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION/{README,ivtv-utils.SlackBuild,slack-desc}.txt .
(5) for i in `ls -1`; do mv $i ${i%.txt}; done
(6) ./ivtv-utils.SlackBuild
(7) upgradepkg --install-new /tmp/ivtv-utils-1.4.1-x86_64-1SBo.tgz
There's now a SlackBuild put out by Mathew Holleran that is queued for the next public update. It will compile the source (no pre-compiled binary from another distro) and install the firmware.
There's now a SlackBuild put out by Mathew Holleran that is queued for the next public update. It will compile the source (no pre-compiled binary from another distro) and install the firmware.
Originally Posted by TheNutCase:
How do I go about watching TV with Slackware 14.2 (64 bit)? I already have a TV tuner card installed n my computer, but I need drivers for it. My TV tuner cardf is a Hauppauge Win TV PVR 150.
Just because nobody has mentioned it yet: the PVR-150 is an ancient analog-only card that went out of production prior to the US digital switchover in 2009. So the OP's success will depend on whether he has an analog TV signal to feed to it wherever he is, or an analog output from something like a cable box, DTA, VCR or similar. Receiving over-the-air ATSC, or DVB, or clear-QAM (if that even exists any more) will require a more modern, digital card.
Just because nobody has mentioned it yet: the PVR-150 is an ancient analog-only card that went out of production prior to the US digital switchover in 2009. So the OP's success will depend on whether he has an analog TV signal to feed to it wherever he is, or an analog output from something like a cable box, DTA, VCR or similar. Receiving over-the-air ATSC, or DVB, or clear-QAM (if that even exists any more) will require a more modern, digital card.
The reason that I have such an "ancient" tuner card in the first place is because I wanted to transfer the contents of some of my videotapes onto DVDs.
Last edited by TheNutCase; 01-02-2017 at 09:36 PM.
The reason that I have such an "ancient" tuner card in the first place is because I wanted to transfer the contents of some of my videotapes onto DVDs.
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