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| Thread ID: 150600 | 2022-04-17 00:01:00 | Can I listen to the TV soundtrack on my PC? | Roscoe (6288) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1485569 | 2022-04-19 00:46:00 | Thank you, Zippity. Unfortunately the TV only has an input not an output. Your VHS recorder probably has stereo outputs :) |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1485570 | 2022-04-19 00:52:00 | On a serious note, if you have a Freeview or Sky box, that should have some sort of audio out Nothing wrong with mono sound , especially for vocals/speech . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1485571 | 2022-04-19 02:00:00 | I have just re-read the OP. I have connected my PC to the TV in the lounge via a cable under the floor. My PC has a Hauppauge Video capture card installed so that I can watch whatever is showing on the TV. It also gives me the capability to record onto my HDD. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1485572 | 2022-04-20 22:14:00 | Your VHS recorder probably has stereo outputs :) I sold my VHS recorder some time back. I was quite surprised that someone wanted to buy it. I am not interested in Sky and do not have a Freeview box, just a TV and it does not have an audio output. I was really wondering if I could listen online but no one seems to know where I can do that. Not to worry. And on a different note: When there was a change around of the TV frequencies and before the two new channels came on, a couple of people said that you would have to upload an update so that you were able to view the changes. I could not understand where they got that idea from. All I could see was that some channels were changing frequencies and that there were two new stations starting up on two existing but free channels. All the affected channels already existed and all that was required was that instead of watching TV1+ on channel six you would now watch it on channel eleven. The two new channels are Eden on channel eight and Rush on channel fourteen, channels that already exist but are unused. So what I fail to understand is what has to be updated? I did not upload anything. All I did was switch from channel six to eleven and tune to channels eight and fourteen. What could be easier? But these two people, posting on FB, were quite adamant that I would require an update, but I have done nothing and everything works well. I just can't understand what they were on about. How about you? Any problems? |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1485573 | 2022-04-20 22:47:00 | No problems except for the crappy programs infesting the channels, now. Look at the one about fish tanks on Rush as an example. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1485574 | 2022-04-20 23:02:00 | How about you? Any problems? I havnt turned my TV on in the last 4 years. So I have zero problems with it. Its too big to fit in the bin . :-) My computer is what my TV used to be . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1485575 | 2022-04-20 23:22:00 | No problems except for the crappy programs infesting the channels, now. Look at the one about fish tanks on Rush as an example. You are right. Mostly crappy programmes. There is the very occasional show that I watch, such as Mysteries at the Museum on Eden. Although it is mostly concerned with Yankee history it has some interesting stories. Also on Rush, NASA's Unexplained Files which, as the title says, has unexplained stories, mostly about sightings by the astronauts that they cannot explain. Some people would call them UFOs, but they just call the sightings unexplained. And on the Hope channel, Animal Encounters - Costa Rica, most episodes worth watching if you like nature programmes, and Street Science on Rush - interesting science stories. And although not one of the new channels, there are some good programmes on Duke such as Megashippers, Abandoned Engineering, Impossible Engineering, and Xploration - Awesome Planet - all well above the "crappy programmes" label. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1485576 | 2022-04-21 06:50:00 | I'm confused - what exactly are you watching on your T.V. and where does the signal come from, and how is it connected? I find it hard to imagine any modern T.V. with a digital tuner would only have one speaker. So are you playing Netflix etc from your PC? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1485577 | 2022-04-21 21:55:00 | I'm confused - what exactly are you watching on your T.V. and where does the signal come from, and how is it connected? I find it hard to imagine any modern T.V. with a digital tuner would only have one speaker. So are you playing Netflix etc from your PC? I have a fairly old digital TV with only one speaker. It is not a smart TV. I have a recorder and quite often watch programmes that I have recorded when watching another programme. Many of the programmes I record are on Duke. The aerial input goes to the recorder which then is connected to the aux input on the TV. When not watching a recorded programme I usually watch TV through the recorder. Works very well.:thumbs: Yes. You are correct. I am playing Netflix etc from my PC. But, unfortunately, I cannot listen to the TV audio in stereo.:annoyed: |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1485578 | 2022-04-21 22:14:00 | Well, a digital TV and a digital tuner and two different things. There are many older LCD and Plasma TVs which only have old VHF/UHF tuners (I have one like that), and don't have digital tuners, so can't get Freeview, and need a separate tuner. Therefore, I assume the tuner in your TV is actually analogue, as you said you have to use your recorder to watch TV. I assume that the recorder has a stereo audio output, however, so if you connected that to something other than your TV, you could get stereo audio. If the recorder has standard analogue line-level outputs (which it most likely does), you could connect those to the line-in jack on your computer's sound card (you will likely need the appropriate Dual RCA to 3.5mm Stereo Plug cable), then use your headphones or PC speakers as with Netflix. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
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