Success with a WinTV tuner on Linux

After wrestling unsuccessfully with MythTV, I found to my delight that after just installing and crossing my fingers, I was able to watch digital over-the-air broadcasts with Me TV and my WinTV-HVR-950Q USB tuner.

Me TV for Linux is here >

Setting up Me TV on Lubuntu

Me TV after setup and receiving over-the-air digital broadcasts from my downstairs cave (aka office)

Very very cool channel program guide and interface for Me TV

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More good news: The previous owner of my home ran coax up the outside of the house to an upstairs bedroom and right under a window. I'll be running that line to my Linux box and putting my HD fractal antenna in that window.

If that works as I hope, I might split it to our two main TVs and cut Xfinity cable completely. I'll still need Internet, but I actually have more interest in watching free over-the-air TV than what I pay for.

[2014-06-13]

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Update:

Fifteen over-the-air channels from a second-floor window fractal antenna.

Now getting 15 channels, including Gilligan loud and clear over 64-2 WLLA-D2

Very bad weather today too, so hoping for even better eventually.

Weather in my area Wed night 6-18-2014

[2014-06-18]

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