DrakxTV: Setting up a TV Card on your Computer

Abstract

This tool will configure your TV card tuner in order for you to watch television on your computer display.

First of all you should make sure your card is supported by Mandrakelinux by consulting the Hardware Compatibility List or the BTTV driver home page.

[Note]Note

Running DrakxTV is only useful if you have an old TV card based on the btxxx or saa71xx chips; or if you plan using the xawtv viewing application. Other applications such as gnometv or zapping have their own configuration utility.

[Tip]Tip

Make sure your card is correctly connected to your antenna so that channel scanning runs properly.

Figure 2.5. Choosing the TV Norm and Country

Choosing the TV Norm and Country

You simply need to inform DrakxTV about the norm used for the television signal you are receiving, and the country you are in. You need also to select the user that is meant to use xawtv so that his configuration file is created.

After you press OK, DrakxTV will launch the automatic channel scanning. Once this is done, your TV setup will be complete and you will be able to watch television with one of the TV-watching applications, such as tvtime, xawtv, zapping or kwintv. Have fun!