> > However, trying to view the output with xawtv gave an error. Googling > turned up this gem; > > # xawtv -nodga -device /dev/video0 > > This may all be total twaddle and useless to you - but it may just help > you piece something together. If you have something already working (the > BT878) then you are *very close* to solving this. I do also recall > having to change some of the module options on load to get things the > way I wanted (BT878 was outputting black and white) - but in a nutshell > it pretty much 'just worked' for me. EasyCam2 certainly did it for me, > and I suspect it did some of the hard work. > > Hi and thx for the tips. I think I get most of it. Haven't installed easycam2 yet coz i think the issue is more fundamental. I have taken out the hauppage card hoping that the quickcam wound be assigned to the video0 device. however, xawtv has put the devices in /dev/.static/dev, so tried this:
testerm...@marvin:/dev$ xawtv -nodga -device /dev/.static/dev/video0 This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.18-4-486) can't open /dev/.static/dev/video0: No such device v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway v4l2: open /dev/.static/dev/video0: Permission denied v4l2: open /dev/.static/dev/video0: Permission denied v4l: open /dev/.static/dev/video0: Permission denied no video grabber device available testerm...@marvin:/dev$ I have chmodded the device to 666 but still get permission denied. In spite of the above xawtv is still looking in /dev: testerm...@marvin:/dev$ xawtv This is xawtv-3.95.dfsg.1, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.18-4-486) can't open /dev/video0: No such file or directory v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory v4l2: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory v4l: open /dev/video0: No such file or directory no video grabber device available testerm...@marvin:/dev$ should I move video0 to /dev. tried to copy it and was unable to. Cheers Mike -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
