"KAFFEINE"--

A VIRTUAL TELEVISION & MEDIA VIEWER FOR UBUNTU LINUX

OBJECTIVE AND DESIRED RESULT:

Install "Kaffeine" application" in an "Ubuntu 10.04" Linux computer. In conjunction with a "USB tuner stick", "Kaffeine" provides you with a virtual cable-ready and antenna-ready television set inside "Ubuntu..".

BASIC CONCEPT:

The "Kaffeine" virtual television set inside Linux looks like this:

STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS:

Step 1:

Attach your USB television tuner stick to a USB port.

Step 2:

Start the "Ubuntu Software Center".

Search for "kaffeine".

Install "kaffeine".

Step 3

While still inside the "Ubuntu Software Center", install "kaffeine-dbg":

Step 4:

Open a terminal window.

Step 5:

Type in

sudo apt-get install libxine1-all-plugins

Step 6:

Type in your password when asked to do so.

Step 7:

When the installation of libxine1-all-plugins is complete, close the terminal window.

Step 8:

Start "kaffeine".

Step 9:

Click on the "Digital TV" button.

Step 10:

Click on "Television" on the menu bar.

Step 11:

Click on "Configure Television" on the drop-down menu.

Step 12:

Click on the "Device 1" tab:

Step 13:

Use the "Drop down list box" of the "Device 1" tab to select the correct source for your television signal.

Step 14:

Click on the "OK" button of the "Device 1" tab.

Step 15:

Click "Television" on the menu bar.

Step 16:

Click on "Channels".

Step 17:

Click on the "Scan" button.

The "Scan" button will turn into a "Stop Scan" button while "kaffeine" scans for available channels:

Step 18:

When the channel scan is completed, click on the "OK" button to close the "Channels - Kaffeine" box.

Step 19:

To go to a channel, double-click on it: