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LifeView is the brand line marketed by Animation Technologies, a Taiwanese manufacturer of PC multimedia and video products.
LifeView is the brand line marketed by Animation Technologies, a Taiwanese manufacturer of PC multimedia and video products.


Animation Technologies is also the OEM for a large number of products marketed by other vendors ([[AOpen_LR351|example]]).
Animation Technologies is also the OEM for a large number of products marketed by other vendors ([[AOpen_LR351|example]]).

The LifeView company are not at all Linux friendly and you should avoid buying their DVB-T devices unless you have no alternative. LifeView supports only Windows and, in the case of the [[LifeView TV Walker Twin DVB-T (LR540)|TV Walker Twin]], they even refuse to support the device under Windows Vista.

==== Supported Devices (an incomplete listing) ====
* [[LifeView FlyVideo2000|FlyVideo2000]]
* [[LifeView FlyVideo3000FM NTSC|FlyVideo3000FM and FlyVideo3000]]
* [[LifeView FlyVideo3000 PAL-N|FlyVideo3000 PAL-N]]
* [[LifeView FlyDVB-T Hybrid|FlyDVB-T Hybrid]]
* [[LifeView FlyDVB-T Hybrid CardBus|FlyDVB-T Hybrid CardBus]]
* [[LifeView FlyDVB-T Duo CardBus|FlyDVB-T Duo CardBus]]
* [[LifeView FlyTV Platinum|FlyTV Platinum]]
* LV5T [http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_USB_Devices#Afatech_AF9013_and_AF9015]

Starting to be supported:
* [[LifeView TV Walker Twin DVB-T (LR540)|TV Walker Twin]] (and [http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB-T_USB_Devices#LifeView_TV_Walker_Twin])
* [[LifeView LR534]] ... an OEM for Packard Bell
* [[LifeView LR506|TV Walker Q DVB-T]]

* [[LifeView TV Walker Studio Hybrid (LR505TF)|TV Walker Studio Hybrid (LR505TF)]] ... maybe?

Currently not supported:
* [[LifeView LR535]]
* TV Walker Q Plus
* TV Walker P Plus
* TV Walker QQ
etc ...



==External Links==
==External Links==
* [http://www.lifeview.com Lifeview web page]
* [http://www.lifeview.com Lifeview web page]
* [http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/LifeView/TVWalkerTwin v4l wiki LiveView page]

Revision as of 22:57, 26 November 2008

LifeView is the brand line marketed by Animation Technologies, a Taiwanese manufacturer of PC multimedia and video products.

Animation Technologies is also the OEM for a large number of products marketed by other vendors (example).

The LifeView company are not at all Linux friendly and you should avoid buying their DVB-T devices unless you have no alternative. LifeView supports only Windows and, in the case of the TV Walker Twin, they even refuse to support the device under Windows Vista.

Supported Devices (an incomplete listing)

Starting to be supported:

Currently not supported:

etc ...


External Links