> On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 08:13:15AM +0200, Duncan Webb wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I'm trying to use my ivtv pvr-150 with xine. Unfortunatly, the tv_ivtv >> > plugin >> > doesn't work. Note that I use /dev/video1. What I get is a black >> screen >> > and >> > xine is not responding anymore to the keyboard. >> > >> > 'cat /dev/video1|xine stdin://' works great. >> > 'mplayer /dev/video1' works great. >> > >> > What are the preriquisites for using the pvr:// syntax ? Actually, I'm >> > trying >> > it as a standalone command because tv_ivtv plugin does the job with >> this >> > syntax. Could it be that my TV_IVTV_OPTIONS are incorrect ? How are >> these >> > parameters interpreted, ivtvctl is used ? >> >> Have you set up the VIDEO_GROUPS in local_conf.py? >> >> You will need something like: >> >> VIDEO_GROUPS = [ >> VideoGroup(vdev = '/dev/video1', >> adev = '/dev/adsp', >> input_type = 'tuner', >> input_num = 0, >> tuner_norm = CONF.tv, >> tuner_chanlist = CONF.chanlist, >> desc = 'PVR-150 Group', >> group_type = 'ivtv', >> record_group = None), >> ] > > Indeed ! Thanks. But I still don't understand how the video1 device is > passed to the xine application. It's not on the command line... How does > it > work ?
The video groups are usually imported as vg and so the device is vg.vdev and this is used. The selection of the video groups is done in TV_CHANNELS from local_conf.py. IIRC there is some information in the wiki, which you should take a look at. Duncan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
