[ubuntu-uk] Freecom DVB-T USB stick
David Restall - System Administrator
dave at restall.net
Wed Dec 13 12:34:18 GMT 2006
Hi Alan,
thanks for your reply.
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 09:36:44AM +0000, David Restall - System Administrator wrote:
> > I got this working on Dapper - it was a bit fiddly basically because
> > I was expecting it to just go in and everything I needed would
> > be apt-gettable. It isn't you do need to download the kernle
>
> That is not my experience. I plugged it in and it worked.
I was hoping it would just do that for me but it was not to be :-(
> http://popey.com/Playing_with_DVB-T
Good site, especially the link to the local transmitter finder (I don't
have one).
> > The sound works fine but the picture is not as smooth as I would expect
> > from a normal TV. Reading around the subject, this is a 'feature' that is
>
> I suspect this is no different from watching anything else that you "normally" watch on
> I suspect if you recorded a programme, burned it to DVD in the appropriate MPEG2 / VOB
> format you could play it back on a domestic DVD player that you'd find under your telly
> and it would look more "normal".
Tried this and it is still the same.
> > I'm using Kaffeine as the player and the laptop is an Acer Aspire
> > 3004WLMi AMD Sempron 3100 so should have enough grunt. Has anybody any
> > recommendations for improving picture flow ?
> >
>
> Is it jittery? Or are you just talking about the smoothness.
It's not jittery - I'd describe it as jerky or jumpy, the speech goes
along fine but the picture stops for a brief interval then jumps to
where the speech is, it's as if I'm watching through a series of short
snapshot videos.
> Don't forget most people watch a telly from >~10ft away, whereas you're probably
> watching on a computer <~2ft away. Step away from the screen and see if it's still as
> "abnormal".
Yes, I was expecting this but it's not a distance effect. I'm going to
try some other viewing tools tonight when I get back home to see if it's just a
resource thing.
TTFN
D
ubuntu/uk-2006-12-13.2.tx alan at popey.com ubuntu-uk
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