onefang <onefang_devuan@???> wrote:

> I need a radio or TV card for my desktop.
>
> After too much moving house, I'm finally in a place where I can stay for
> good. The problem though is the crap Internet. A greedy monopoly is
> preventing me from using FTTP, so I'm stuck with 4G in a blackspot.
>
> I like to listen to music all day when at home, including when I sleep.
> Chill music like Soma FM's Groove Salad, and SBS Chill here in Australia.
>
> With this crap Internet I can hear a few seconds of music streaming
> before it stops to download the next few seconds. So no music streaming
> for me.
>
> SBS is a local TV / radio network, they have a station called SBS Chill,
> it broadcasts free to air on DAB+ radio and DVB-T TV, as well as
> streaming. TV might be preferable, but perhaps I can get both DAB+ and
> DVB-T?
>
> Hopefully I can receive these in this blackspot.
>
> So I'm looking for a PCIe 4.0 x16 card or USB based DAB+ / DVB-T device
> that'll work fine under Devuan using VLC.

You’ll find a lot of useful information on the MythTV (https://wiki.mythtv.org/wiki/Digital_Tuner_Cards) and LinuxTV (https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hardware_device_information) wikis - there are many devices that will work with Linux, with different pros and cons.
In my MythTV backend I’m using a TBS DVB-T2 quad tuner PCIe card - could be the TBS6285. Been rock solid and I’d have no hesitation recommending it.
In a previous backend, I used a couple of Hauppauge PCI cards - they were older and only DVB (not T2).

In principle, it’s a matter of pick your card, pick your software, off you go. I can’t really comment on software as I’ve only ever used mine with MythTV - which would be overkill if all you are interested in is live radio. It’s not so much “what software will work with a particular card” - as long as the card comes with the right drivers to present using the standard APIs, then any software using those APIs will work with it.


Just my 2d, Simon