[ILUG] cheap linux compatible tv tuner cards

[Pádraig Brady]

Gavin McCullagh wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> in case anyone's looking for a cheap tv tuner card, Peats on Parnell Street
> are currently selling a Pinnacle card which uses the SAA7134 chip.

Model ?

> depending on whether you want it to appear as an oss or alsa sound
> device.  You can tune stations using scantv & v4lctl.  Then mplayer will
> work with either of:
> 
> mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video0:adevice=/dev/dsp1:audiorate=32000:forceaudio=1:immediatemode=0
> mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video0:alsa=1:adevice=hw.1,0:amode=1:audiorate=32000:forceaudio=1:immediatemode=0

Don't forget about deinterlacing:
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_7_4/dvd-benchmark-part-5-progressive-10-2000.html

mplayer has good support for deinterlacing:
Try adding the `-vf pp=lb` option.
Other methods to try instead of lb are li,ci,md

Note I found tvtime a much easier app to use than mplayer.
Definitely recommended.

Pádraig.