Jim C. wrote: > Kevin J. Cummings wrote: >> Jim C. wrote: >> >>>> Yeah, it appears not to be set to NTSC. At 50 fps, I'm guessing PAL, >>>> but I don't know for sure. I'd say you're pretty darn close, just >>>> need to get some of the settings ironed out. >>>> Keith C >>> Clue on how to change this, please? :-) >> >> ivtvctl -u 0x3000 >> >> Have you read Jarod's guide? Esp the section on configuring your >> PVR-350 and ivtv >> >> next you will want to select the tuner input: >> >> ivtvctl -p 0 >> >> look into "ivtvctl -a", and read, read, read, all that you can find! > > I've been following Jarod's guide and I've gotten as far as the part > where you cat /dev/video for a test. When I do this I get a file of a > non-zero size but Mplayer won't open it. > > MPlayer 1.0pre8-3.2.3 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team > CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ (Family: 15, Model: 47, Stepping: 0) > CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 > > > 93 audio & 211 video codecs > Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0 > Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory > Can't init input joystick > Setting up LIRC support... > mplayer: could not connect to socket > mplayer: No such file or directory > Failed to open LIRC support. > You will not be able to use your remote control. > > Playing test.mpg. > MPEG-PS file format detected. > VIDEO: MPEG2 720x480 (aspect 2) 29.970 fps 9600.0 kbps (1200.0 kbyte/s) > ========================================================================== > Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3 > AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 384.0 kbit/25.00% (ratio: 48000->192000) > Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3) > ========================================================================== > Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device. > > OK, so from what I can tell, I've a problem with my video out? I just > want it on my desktop in a window for test purposes. I don't have a TV > connected.
Sounds like you don't have mplayer already configured for your system either. Try "mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0" and see if that helps. I'm sure others will suggest other "video out" devices, but that's the one that works best for me. -- Kevin J. Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
