Get the proper time from digital TV with the command line.

How to get the proper time from a DVB receiver with the command line. This only works if you are connected to a DVB transmission. Then you can get the time from the transmission. 4.4 Tue Mar 19 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ dvbdate –print System time: Tue Mar 19 19:43:49 2019…

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Getting hardware working on Windows 8.1 vs Linux.

Getting some hardware working on Windows 8.1 is a very hard task when you have lost the box and the CD. Whereas an installation of Ubuntu will pick it up straight away and it works perfectly. That is a fact these days. That is why Linux is preferable over Windows….

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How I got my Realtek RTL2832 DVB-T USB adapter working on Debian 7.1.

I recently bought a TVstick branded USB TV tuner that had the Realtek Rtl2832UDVB chipset inside. Following the instructions on this site: http://jms.id.au/wiki/EzcapDvbAdapter. I was able to get this device working with the 3.2 kernel on Debian Linux 7.1. Firstly; retrieve the source code for the drivers. git clone –depth=1…

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Using a Compro DVB T-300 card with Linux Mint.

I have managed to get my Compro DTV T-300 DVB tuner card to work on Linux Mint 12. This card has a S-Video input as well as a Composite video input and a combination analogue tuner and Digital TV tuner card. I am using the Me TV software available for…

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