Steve Reilly schreef:
> Hi hans,
>
> over the last couple days, i got everything working.......  i am using 
> mplayer  as mplayer /dev/video0  and using ivtv-tune -tus-cable -c34 
> -d/dev/video0 to change channels.  unfortunately this is the only way i can 
> change channels.  YAST detects the channels, and writes it to some config 
> files which is apparently what all the tv apps use to tune the channels, so 
> without the config files, im basically stuck at using command line tuning.
>   
This is done for xawtv - an that does not work with mpeg-cards
>
> i have tried 
......<snip long list)
>
> amy thoughts from anyone?
>
>
>
>
>
> Hans Verkuil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Friday 11 August 2006 15:05, Steve 
> Reilly wrote:
>   
>> Hi,  thank you hans,  it works perfectly now with a signal from
>> mplayer.  almost there.......
>>
>> any clues why yast does not find any tv stations when scanning?  ive
>> used every possible setting from ntsc to pal, and everything
>> inbetween.  i cant even change stations from command line using
>> ivtv-tune. thanks again.
>>     
No - although is doesn't help for my PVR150 card, yast finds signals for
PAL-M (in the Netherlands).

To scan for signals and to switch between channels with my card i have
been using a program called ivtv-manager. It was published on thsi lost
some weeks ago by Stefan in a thread called 'Program ivtv manager'.

It can be downloaded from: http://www.lynic.de/ivtv-manager-1.01.tar.bz2

It lacks documentation, but this is what i have / gathered:

You can run the program and change the channels by pressing the up/down
keys, change the volume by the left/right keys and you can input the
channel number by the numeric keys (you can submit the channel by wait a
second or pressing the return key). Also finetuning is now possible To
get a better signal)

The controls:
  key up/down = change the channel
  key left/right = change volume
  m = mute
   +/- = fine tune ( are these steps ok?)
   s = save configuration (to save fine tuning)
   (1234567890) = direct channel number input
   return = submit channel number input


To install:
Install it by unpacking the program, and the run 'make' in that
directory. There is no 'make install' - You can run it by issuing
./ivtv-manager or you can copy the binary to /usr/local/bin/


To find the proper frequncies and fill the frequency table:
As a user run:  ivtv-manager -s /dev/video0 europe-west

This creates the file 'ivtv-manager' with the found frequencies in your
homedir
'europe-west' is an example (this is where i live). For your country
pick the correct one from the file 'frequencies.c' in the ivtv-manager
directory.


To watch TV:
Then start reading the signal via (the path can point anywhere where you
can read/write and have ample space) :
cat /dev/video > ~/test.mpg
look at the signal via mplayer ~/test.mpg

For me it works very well. The only issue i have (that i stil have to
report back) is that the + sign is also used by mplyer to forward. So if
yo use it in a high speed while finetuning you will reach the end of the
file and mplayer stops playing.


Peter Vollebregt

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