TT-budget S-1401

TT-budget S-1401 from TechnoTrend is a PCI card to watch digital satellite TV (DVB-S) on your pc.
The good news: With a new kernel it works.

This card is one of the cheapest, it only supports free channels (without some help ...).

All you need to watch TV you can find on http://linuxtv.org/.
For a first test you should install the dvb-apps package.

Now here are my tips for a quick try-out:

You should have a working channels.conf file (http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Testing_your_DVB_device)
I tried mplayer and xine, both can work with a dvb stream.

The apps search for the channels.conf in there config directory, so simply create a symbolic link:
(1) mplayer (2) xine

(1) $ cp -s ~/channels.conf ~/.mplayer/channels.conf
(2) $ cp -s ~/channels.conf ~/.xine/channels.conf

Start the app:

(1) $ mplayer -cache 4096 dvb://ProSieben
(2) $ xine dvb://ProSieben

Attention: The channel names are case sensitive !

Notes about mplayer:
Without -cache the video appears to jitter.

Notes about xine:
xine will crash if call without a channel name on command line or if the you click on the dvb button.


With these apps you can only watch TV, no EPG, no teletext and so on. My next try will be MythTV.