Synching app to live tv

[Evol Johnson]

my apologies.

On Nov 1, 2014, at 1:43 PM, Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne at collabora.com> wrote:

> Please, when cross-posting, make sure to make it really evident, otherwise it's a bit of an abuse of people free time.
> 
> cheers,
> Nicolas
> 
> p.s. same message was posted on both GStreamer and linux-media mailing lists
> 
> Le 2014-11-01 13:03, Evol Johnson a écrit :
>> Hi
>> 
>> I'm an app developer and no experience with linuxtv.  I want to build an app capable of synch with live tv.
>> 
>> What i figured so far is that i could have a linux computer with a capture card,  analyze  the MPEG-2 stream, somehow obtain the PCR(?) and i would be able to broadcast the timestamp and maybe other data that to my app.
>> 
>> Questions/comments:
>> Is this a good approach
>> This has done before and you only need to download _____XYz software______ (free or $$)
>> Not done before, but you here a few resources that should get you started.
>> I use ubuntu and card recommendations are welcomed.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance
>> 
>> 
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