Re: [gentoo-user] video capture

[gentoo@kd4ccd.dynalias.org]

I have tryed the cat command all I get in the .mpg is snow . I tryes to use 
composit video and still get snow. Do I have to tell the tuner to tune to 
line in port 
rob

On Sunday 16 July 2006 20:00, Nick Rout wrote:
> You have a pvr-150 which has onboard mpeg2 encoding. Most standard v4l
> software will not play tv from such a card, because it expects a different
> format from the card. For example the tvtime supported cards list says:
>
> "The ivtv driver supports cards that provide high quality MPEG2 encoded
> video. This cards are ideal for PVR systems. However, tvtime has no
> MPEG2 decoding capabilities or audio playback code, and therefore cannot
> be used to watch live TV from these cards."
>
> Try
>
> cat /dev/video0 > test.mpeg
> ctrl-c to stop
> mplayer test.mpeg
>
> or just:
>
> mplayer /dev/video
>
> you can tune the card and adjust the inputs etc with the tools provided
> by ivtv. Mine is permanently set to the composite inputs as it used for
> the output from a set top box. I have never used the tuner. getting an
> external composite video signal like a set top box output a VHS player
> is a good way to test. Move onto the tuner once you are sure you can get
> composite to work.
>
>
> On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 16:53:29 -0400
>
> rob wrote:
> > On Saturday 15 July 2006 14:15, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> > > On 15 July 2006 18:25, Richard Fish wrote:
> > > > On 7/15/06, rob <gentoo@kd4ccd.dynalias.org> wrote:
> > > > > emerged  most of the stuff in media-tv but I can't get anyone of
> > > > > thease to show TV most say device not configured. Evan the ones
> > > > > that I know point to /dev/video0
> > > > > I think I did everything right.
> > > > > pleas help or tell me of a better card to use.
> > > >
> > > > Are you sure this is a card problem, and not a permissions issue?  It
> > > > looks like udev makes most of the device nodes in the "video" group.
> > > > Is your user account a member of that group?
> >
> > Well I emerged gentoo-sources with ~86 gave me linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r3.
> > Now the tuner comes up and  using the ivtv test it now captures only snow
> > but it is a start. I have tryed to change channel but it doesn't work.
> > Even line in gives me the same thing.  Any other seguestions
> >
> > rob
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> Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>
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