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I wanted knoppix 7.6 to tune channel 3 on my bt848 card on /dev/video0 but it wouldn't tune properly. So I tried everything I could th...

I thought I'd try ubuntu 16.04 on a system that I'd been using with knoppix and I am getting extremely frustrated. I launch tvtime...

I'm having a great deal of fun trying to figure out the ins and outs of the Thames and Kosmos microcontroller kit. I wrote my first pr...

My latest toy is a Thames and Kosmos Microcontroller kit. This is great fun. I think it's discontinued and I got this second hand. It...

I hate black borders around video. I'd rather have the image stretched to fill the window. Instead, VLC and tvtime want to enforce asp...

I thought I'd figure out how to get VLC started and playing from my analog TV brooktree 848 card. The command line that works for me i...

I have grown accustomed to watching movies with subtitles always turned on. I think it takes some of the cognitive load off from having to ...