I finally got TV working (I had a TECH-COM SSD-670) on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop edition and what a struggle was that!
Okay I'm enumerating my experience in short for others :----
I downloaded XAW-TV and SCANTV... so these are the basic requirements.
(or TV-Time perhaps; but I didn't try that)
Then run these :
With a bit of modifications you can get it working. Say the card=3 and tuner = 69;; these numbers vary depending on your card and Tuner.
Okay I'm enumerating my experience in short for others :----
I downloaded XAW-TV and SCANTV... so these are the basic requirements.
(or TV-Time perhaps; but I didn't try that)
Then run these :
sudo rmmod saa7134_alsaawright! Now everything should work fine and if you don't have sound it's because the Line-In is muted. Un-Mute that from the main volume controls.
sudo rmmod saa7134_dvb [ Optional since, DVB module might not be loaded: check out lsmod ]
sudo rmmod saa7134
sudo modprobe card=3 tuner=69
With a bit of modifications you can get it working. Say the card=3 and tuner = 69;; these numbers vary depending on your card and Tuner.