Recording from TV Tuner?

[Will H. Backman]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-
> bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Kaiser (ubuntu)
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:19 PM
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions
> Subject: Re: Recording from TV Tuner?
> 
> Hello Steve
> 
> Steve wrote:
> > Does anyone know a quick (easy) way to record mpeg's or avi's from
TV
> > using a tv tuner card?
> There is a command line app which is called "streamer". With this one
> you can record from a TV card. I played a little bit with it some
times
> ago but couldn't record sound :-(
> 
> I think my sound setup is not right.
> 
> I don't remember but I think it is in the Ubuntu repos.
> 

Most inexpensive bt cards do not pass sound through the PCI bus.  Those
cards usually have an audio jack that must be used to pass the audio
back out to the line input on the sound card.