On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 01:30:57PM +0200, Antti Palosaari wrote: > Daniel Dalton wrote: > > Could someone please let me know what I have to do to get my msi 5580 > > usb digital tv tuner working with linux? > > What drivers do I need? What software, what should I do to test it and > > is it possible to use the remote once it is up and running? > > It should work with v4l-dvb / Kernel newer than about two years. So... My 2.6.26-1 kernel out of aptitude (debian lenny), should work? > However, tuner performance is not very good. With weak signal it works > better than strong. All remote keys are not working because driver does > not upload IR-table to the chip. ok > > > Finally, I'm vission impared, so are there any programs for controling > > the tv either command line based or gtk? I can't use qt applications. > > If qt is my only option it's fine, I'll figure out a way for handling > > this once the card is working. > > Totem, Me-TV, Kaffeine, mplayer, Xine. Mplayer works with this card? Great! How would I begin configuring it for mplayer then? Thanks very much for your help. Cheers, Daniel. _______________________________________________ linux-dvb users mailing list For V4L/DVB development, please use instead linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
