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− | To [[watch TV]] using my Hauppauge PVR USB 2 tuner and Ubuntu 11.10
| + | If you use dvb with Linux, your adapter will appear as device /dev/dvb/adapterN/ |
− | * install Ubuntu 11.10
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− | * [[install]] [[vlc]]
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− | * find out which video devices you have. Video devices can come e.g. from your [[webcam]] and - when we have it connected - from your TV tuner:
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− | $ ls /dev/video*
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− | * plug your tuner into a USB slot, connect the antenna cable and connect power
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− | * kill all processes that block your video device:
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− | $ lsof | grep video
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− | nautilus 1769 bootstick mem REG 8,34 46824 3691 /usr/lib/libgstvideo-0.10.so.0.24.0
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− | : ok, there is a process nautilus blocking the video device. Kill it
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− | $ killall nautilus
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− | : verify it is killed
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− | $ killall nautilus
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− | nautilus: no process found
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− | : verify there is no other process
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− | $ lsof | grep video
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− | $
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− | : good
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Revision as of 19:25, 11 December 2011
If you use dvb with Linux, your adapter will appear as device /dev/dvb/adapterN/