HDTV via GNU Radio

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Posted by michael on Saturday February 22, 2003 @10:28AM from the giddy-with-anticipation dept.

NortonDC writes "High Definition TV has been successfully captured in its native data stream from an over the air broadcast by a software defined radio that is Free and open source from the GNU Software Defined Radio project."

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Oh great. by Big+Mark · 2003-02-22 10:30 · Score: 5, Funny

GNU TV, where the scripts are open-sourced before the show airs and you know all the jokes before the intro starts rolling.

Mind you, if you knew when to cringe in Nerds (the competitor to Friends, where housebound geeks spend their days in an eternal LAN party with the occasional visit to the pizza parlour) at the "jokes", it mightn't be so bad...

-Mark
1. Re:Oh great. by gregorio · 2003-02-22 10:51 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  How is different from network tv, where the scripts are rehashes of something from 10 or 20 years ago and you know the entire plot (painful jokes included) in the first two minutes.
  
  The jokes aren't that bad if who's watching it's not a bitter person like you are.
2. Re:Oh great. by generic-man · 2003-02-22 11:06 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  GNU TV would feature some of the funniest shows on television, powered by the Internet's funniest humor archive.
  
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  For more information, click here.
In other news... by Tuxinatorium · 2003-02-22 10:32 · Score: 1, Funny

...Scientists at the Smithsonian have decided that GNU is the stupidest acronym in the history of mankind, and decided to make an exhibit about it...

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Cool, but..... so? by AvantLegion · 2003-02-22 10:32 · Score: 5, Funny

Why am I looking at 4MB images of Lenny Briscoe?
GNU/Correction by Amsterdam+Vallon · 2003-02-22 10:34 · Score: 3, Funny

"GNU/High GNU/Definition GNU/TV GNU/has GNU/been GNU/successfully GNU/captured GNU/in GNU/its GNU/native GNU/data GNU/stream GNU/from GNU/an GNU/over GNU/the GNU/air GNU/broadcast GNU/by GNU/software GNU/defined GNU/radio GNU/that GNU/is GNU/Free GNU/and GNU/open GNU/source GNU/from GNU/the GNU/GNU GNU/Software GNU/Defined GNU/Radio GNU/project."

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1. Re:GNU/Correction by u38cg · 2003-02-22 13:14 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Gnu are not gnu/funny.
  
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Great California Earthquake by Alien54 · 2003-02-22 10:38 · Score: 2, Funny

As all of the Movie Studio and TV execs throw themselves a temper tantrum the size of their already oversized egos.
For some life is not fair if things don't go their way all of the time.
news at 11

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Nice by sulli · 2003-02-22 10:47 · Score: 3, Funny

But will they implement the Broadcast Flag?

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Holy run-on sentences, Batman! by Rayonic · 2003-02-22 10:47 · Score: 2, Funny

"High Definition TV has been successfully captured in its native data stream from an over the air broadcast by a software defined radio that is Free and open source from the GNU Software Defined Radio project."

Huh?

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Top 5 reasons to process HDTV signals on your PC by Amsterdam+Vallon · 2003-02-22 10:50 · Score: 4, Funny

5 -- You think a $3,500 computer with a 17 inch monitor is better than a $2,000 HDTV set with a 35 inch screen

4 -- You wanna take screenshots of Joe Millionaire and set them as your desktop wallpaper

3 -- You're unemployed and have nothing else to do aside from incessant blogging

2 -- Regular TV is _so_ '90s.

1 -- Record Cinemax skin flicks as part of the Masturbate For Peace campaign

Courtesy of The *nix Top 5

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Re:Hardware.... by josh+crawley · 2003-02-22 11:03 · Score: 2, Funny

Wowbagger, read the post I just posted and follow the link to the FSF.. You're actually quoted on there for asking a GnuRadio question ;-)

Surprise! You're on Slashdot camera.
Re:For those who miss the point by TheRaven64 · 2003-02-22 11:23 · Score: 3, Funny

In my world, the phrase 'minimal hardware' does not include a $1300 PCI card...

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Re:resolition by blair1q · 2003-02-22 11:30 · Score: 3, Funny

Because they're receiving it from the future.
What, no link? by Spunk · 2003-02-22 11:35 · Score: 3, Funny

Masturbate For Peace
1. Re:What, no link? by pnatural · 2003-02-22 13:48 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Given your sig, it scares me that you knew about that site.
Re:What? by marcjw · 2003-02-22 11:52 · Score: 2, Funny

Oh. Well, that certainly clears things up...

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almost perfect... by burns210 · 2003-02-22 11:54 · Score: 3, Funny

Now all I need is an ascii version. Then I'll be all set.
Broadcast Flag Implementation by YetAnotherName · 2003-02-22 13:55 · Score: 2, Funny

I hope so. An ideal implementation:

% gnutv --verbose --chan 13 --out alias.ts Copyright 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. For details, run gnutv --warranty Capturing channel 13... Writing MPEG transport stream to alias.ts... Broadcast flag detected and ignored... Recording...
Re:12 bits isn't the limiting factor by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-22 15:28 · Score: 1, Funny

I don't know what's wrong with their captures, but they're completely fucked up. The resolution is wrong, the color is off.... all in all, it looks like most GNU software. It sounds good until you try to use it.