[linux-dvb] Re: xawtv needs szap

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

Walter Schittek wrote:
> It's not obvious for a beginner, that xawtv needs another program for 
> tuning, because it has its own possibility to switch between channels.
> But maybe the xawtv channels must be configured from scratch while szap 
> takes the ready-to-use VDR channels.conf. Or is there another reason?
DVB tuner modules are a little more complicated than analog tuners, they 
need some more tuner parameters. The LinuxDVB API


> Proposal: Could it make sense to add a little sentence to the INSTALL 
> file of the DVB driver that recommends to use xawtv and szap together?
just propose the actual change, then we'll apply it.

> Most of the DVB beginners will wish to confirm that their DVB card and 
> driver are working together. My idea of only using xawtv for that aim 
> was not the way of minimum effort that I thought it would be ...
(it is;)

Holger



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