At 03:07 PM 5/4/2012, Carl Turney wrote:
Hi All,
My apologies if this is too off-topic.
Just back after 5 years overseas, and new to the whole Freeview Australia phenomenon.
Wondering if any LUV members are also ham radio enthusiasts, or well into audio-visual issues?
I'd like to chat off-list about such things as endorsed vs unendorsed set top boxes, satellite rather than terrestrial receivers, limitations on saving broadcasts, transferring data to (Linux) computers, receiving other channels from the same (or other) satellites (e.g. Al Jazeera, BBC).
Sent you a private email as requested. In short, you do have a few options, at least with terrestrial broadcasts, though I'm not familiar with which devices are Linux compatible. On a totally different tangent, I bought an interesting device off eBay recently. On the surface, it's a bog standard HD USB DVB-T receiver, and in that role, it performs quite well, even on the supplied indoor antenna. However, where it gets interesting is that it is possible to access the A/D converter directly, and use it as a front end for a software defined radio. I've had it watching a 2 MHz slab of spectrum. The provided software is Windows only, but in SDR mode, it is supported under Linux (using the latest GNU Radio and some add on software). Dunno if there's any Linux TV software for it. 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com