Description: Simple application, mainly based on MPlayer and ImageMagick, that gives a mosaic view of the TV channels from a DVB tuner. It allows to get a clear and convenient overview of current TV broadcasts without manual zapping. After channels scan a simple clic on relevant capture plays or records a channel Application coded using Freepascal and GTK+ (Glade + libglade) and released under Creative Commons license.
Requirements This application requires GTK+ version 2.12.x. Other dependencies include: A DVB Tuner MPlayer ImageMagick GTK2 libraries LibGlade Gnome-menus Gnome-osd Mencoder SQLiteLast changelog:
- Implementation of Electronic Program Guide (EPG) via XMLTV Standard (new parameters/options...). Applies to Recording as well. - Some GUI modifications (like main window which is slightly smaller to fit 1024í—768 display etc...) - Faster DVB Tuner Existence Check - Configuration tool is now separated program - Timer Daemon now installed and started/handled by Root/System (requieres /etc/mplayer/channels.conf synchronized with user channels.conf file) - Timer Daemon reliability increased - Mencoder log now easily available in Timer for troubleshooting (double-clicks on Job in GUI and -v option in Client) - New -o option for Timer Client to show Output Directory content and Disk Usage - Timer Bug Fix when job is in UNKNOWN state (was stuck) - Timer Clean Up now applies to UNKNOWN Jobs as well - Output Directory free space information available in Timer - Bug crash on open directory with inexistant browser fixed - Many other things & code changed...
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Hope it will be useful for you. TomG
Very nice. I have to try this out.