Friday, February 18, 2022

Linux - sad attempt at an antenna server

 The big tv is in the basement.  I have a cheap rabbit ear antenna that I stuff in the ceiling.  Only gets a few tv OTA stations.  My dream is to put an antenna upstairs with a little streamer tuner, on wifi.  I tried a few years ago with a homerun box, but they had a weird broadcast system that you couldn't touch.

Now I tried a tablodual, which had great reviews, it was everything.  But I worked on it for hours and it could not connect to 2 separate wifi systems.  Blah.  It's all jammed in a box, back to ammie.  I tried all their support, but it tended to come down to a lot of flaky hardware.  

I would just get the news from the web, but that's all protected.  I liked the hockey highlights on utube, but by the time this works, it may not be necessary.  We only need it for the news, and special events.  blah.

So, I conclude this is not possible on the cheap.  The really expensive boxes have weird networking requirements.  I need a raspbi with a usb tv tuner, all running Linux.  Not today.


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