Mint has the video4linux drivers already set to go so....
For TV watching:
Get tvtime.
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sudo apt-get install tvtime
It works very fast, is easy to configure, and detects the card seamlessly with v4l. Its only downfall is that audio doesn't work. Not the program's fault, really, the card is picky about it and runs the sounds through DMA. For that, we need sox and a little OSS emulation.
I know what you're thinking, "OSS? C'mon." I know, I know. I'm an alsa man myself, really. But running the sounds from the card through the OSS DSP does work out better. Fear not though, you can run OSS on top of (or, I guess, under) your alsa with little problem.
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sudo apt-get install sox
For OSS install info, check around for one of its many, many tutorials.
Anyway, then make yourself a little script with the following:
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#!/bin/sh
(sleep 5; amixer -q -c 0 sset PCM 80%,80% unmute; exec sox -q -c 2 -s -w -r 32000 -t ossdsp /dev/dsp1 -t ossdsp -w -r 32000 /dev/dsp) &
tvtime --mixer=/dev/mixer:pcm
kill `ps | awk '/sox/ && !/awk/ {print $1}'`
amixer -q -c 0 sset PCM 80%,80% unmute
Huzzah! Great picture AND great sound.
For TV Recording:
Coming Soon to a TiVo near you. Just kidding, sort of. I actually haven't messed around much with TV recording yet, but I will try to do some experimenting with mencoder and mythTV and post an update.
For Radio Listening/Recording:
Get gnomeradio. I figure I can skip the whole apt-get code snippet this time, I'm sure you can figure it out
Unfortunately, this suffers from the same flaw that tvtime did, no sound. However, the fix is the same:
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#!/bin/sh
(sleep 5; amixer -q -c 0 sset line 80%,80% unmute; exec sox -q -c 2 -s -w -r 32000 -t ossdsp /dev/dsp1 -t ossdsp -w -r 32000 /dev/dsp) &
gnomeradio
kill `ps | awk '/sox/ && !/awk/ {print $1}'`
amixer -q -c 0 sset line 80%,80% unmute
You may need to change the radio device setting (default is /dev/radio), as for whatever reason my system has it as /dev/radio0. Additionally, it wouldn't hurt to sudo chmod 755 /dev/radio (or radio0 or what have you) just to be safe.
Happy TV watching and radio listening!
