From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G9qzt-00038v-T0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:21:26 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k76MJ5NE007225; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 22:19:05 GMT Received: from www.rout.co.nz (203-79-82-53.adsl-wns.paradise.net.nz [203.79.82.53]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k76MFXvg029869 for ; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 22:15:34 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.2] (nick.rout.co.nz [192.168.1.2]) by www.rout.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E4D2150A1 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2006 10:12:21 +1200 (NZST) Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 10:15:31 +1200 From: Nick Rout To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xawtv/Scantv refuses cooperation In-Reply-To: <20060803184724.GA2563@homer.bertram-scharpf> References: <200608030048.25591.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> <20060803184724.GA2563@homer.bertram-scharpf> Message-Id: <20060807101315.A62B.NICK@rout.co.nz> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.24.02 [en] X-Archives-Salt: e3b5a916-20fc-49a1-b115-68b8e131b523 X-Archives-Hash: 3fb1958bec56f89ef02da6e68c845170 On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 20:47:24 +0200 Bertram Scharpf wrote: > Hi, > > Am Donnerstag, 03. Aug 2006, 00:48:25 +0200 schrieb Hemmann, Volker Armin: > > On Wednesday 02 August 2006 23:37, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > > Am Mittwoch, 02. Aug 2006, 00:04:52 +0200 schrieb Hemmann, Volker Armin: > > > > On Monday 31 July 2006 21:07, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > > > > # scantv > > > > > [...] > > > > > vbi: open failed [/dev/vbi] > > > > > open /dev/vbi: Invalid argument > > > > > > > > > > # dd if=/dev/vbi bs=8 count=1 | od -x > > > > > 1+0 records in > > > > > > > > and what are the rights on /dev/vbi / /dev/vbi0 ? > > > > And where does it point (I bet, it is just a symlink ;) ) > > > > > > It definitely is; I created it myself. > > > > it is a symlink? and does it point to the right device? > > I never created anything - I let udev do it for me... > > Another time to prevent any further link, symlink or access > rights discussion: > > $ su - > Password: > # ls -la /dev/v4l/vbi0 > crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 224 1. Aug 19:50 /dev/v4l/vbi0 > # mknod /tmp/myvbi c 81 224 > # chmod a+rwx /tmp/myvbi > # ls -la /tmp/myvbi > crwxrwxrwx 1 root root 81, 224 3. Aug 20:36 /tmp/myvbi > # scantv -n PAL -f europe-west -C /tmp/myvbi > [...] > vbi: open failed [/tmp/myvbi] > open /tmp/myvbi: Invalid argument > # dd if=/tmp/myvbi bs=8 count=1 2>/dev/null | wc -c > 8 > # > > AleVT works without complaint. > > Bertram > What exactly is scantv scanning for when it scans the vbi device? Does it find the teletext channels or something? If you are looking to scan for tv channels then i think you want the video device, not the vbi device, like scantv -n PAL -f europe-west -c /dev/video0 -- Nick Rout -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list