2012-12-10, 22:39
much time on google and digging for different options has left me stuck
my setup: acer revo 1600 PC, running ubuntu 12.04 w/ frodo. Hauppenage winTV-hvr-950Q usb tuner.
I live in the Toronto (canada) area, my cable provider is Rogers, which essentially means all content is digitally encrypted.
I would like to integrate the ability to watch TV within XBMC.
I think I've learned today that I cannot use tvheadend or any of the other backends (cannot scan any of the channels), I'm trying to find a way to use my existing STB Svideo output and capture the source via my USB tuner and display this inside XBMC via a plugin to launch tvtime. I don't think the livetv module will work unless I set up one of the backends with just one channel, the composite/SVIDEO input on my tuner stick. I'll configure my harmony remote to change channels on the STB and send the # pad input to the STB as well.
Can't seem to make this work. I don't care about the EPG, PVR or other nice features - just want SVIDEO input fullscreen without headaches.
any bright ideas would be appreciated :-)
my setup: acer revo 1600 PC, running ubuntu 12.04 w/ frodo. Hauppenage winTV-hvr-950Q usb tuner.
I live in the Toronto (canada) area, my cable provider is Rogers, which essentially means all content is digitally encrypted.
I would like to integrate the ability to watch TV within XBMC.
I think I've learned today that I cannot use tvheadend or any of the other backends (cannot scan any of the channels), I'm trying to find a way to use my existing STB Svideo output and capture the source via my USB tuner and display this inside XBMC via a plugin to launch tvtime. I don't think the livetv module will work unless I set up one of the backends with just one channel, the composite/SVIDEO input on my tuner stick. I'll configure my harmony remote to change channels on the STB and send the # pad input to the STB as well.
Can't seem to make this work. I don't care about the EPG, PVR or other nice features - just want SVIDEO input fullscreen without headaches.
any bright ideas would be appreciated :-)