He may be looking for that, but his question was about VLC performence in Linux. Do you know how channels and frequencies are relevant within VLC ? Chuck > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Matt Hallacy > > You're looking for this: > > http://www.jneuhaus.com/fccindex/cablech.html > > Cable uses slightly different frequencies than VHF/UHF, and depending on > if it's a Standard, IRC, or HRC system they differ on the cable system. > > Unless you've moved out of BFE Minnesota, you'll probably have to try > all three cable standards and hope for the best. It's most definitely > NOT actually VHF broadcast frequencies though. > > On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 18:56 -0500, Raymond Norton wrote: > > I did say I was capturing from a TV tuner. Glad I explained it well > > enough that you knew what I meant > > > > > > > > > > > > Chuck Cole wrote: > > > Linux and TV tuners are very different things. Linux doesn't include the physical capacity to process (receive and > demodulate) TV > > > channels, some hardware must do that. Your language isn't describing the right physical things and their interfaces. > A typical VHS > > > tape player has a receiver for TV and delivers base video extracted (demodulated) from the TV carrier signals but > does not have a > > > direct interface a PC can use, and this has nothing yet compatible with VLC or Linux. Eventually, an > analog-to-digital conversion > > > must be done, and then a digital encoding that may be part of VLC may occur. You may be clear on what you seek, but > your language > > > isn't stating that. > > > > > > Chuck > > > > >