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List:       linux-video
Subject:    Re: Non-X v4l tools?
From:       hermann pitton <hermann.pitton () onlinehome ! de>
Date:       2005-12-09 1:43:33
Message-ID: 1134092613.4478.12.camel () pc08 ! localdom ! local
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Am Freitag, den 09.12.2005, 09:55 +1000 schrieb Robert Dixon:
> fbtv is a simple application that just displays on fbdev.  I use fbtv to 
> turn an old machine into a TV.
> It can run on VERY old hardware (think Pentium 133/MMX), change channels etc 
> via keyboard.
> It and streamer are part of the xawtv install.
> 
> The only thing you need to run is some version of the framebuffer device 
> (fbdev) to suit your particular video card and then it runs as a grapical 
> console without X or any higher graphical layers.
> It also works fine on the VESA fbdev.
> 
> If your console shows the Tux logo at boot, you are probably most of the way 
> there.
> 
> Try fbtv (with no parameters) on the console.
> 
> I have found fbtv to be easier to get up and going with than mplayer.
> Another interesting part of the same install is ttv, a text mode TV display 
> using aalib.
> 
> Robert Dixon

Robert, that is _all_ right and I regret not to know much about it ...

But, current TV is at least mpeg2 AC3 full resolution or even HDTV.

The vesa/fb stuff has no deinterlacing and even a/v is out of sync
for /me ...

Hermann

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