On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Robert Casper wrote:
> --- On Wed, 12/2/09, Mike Isely <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > The device name seems to be /dev/video1. When I
> > try "mplayer /dev/video1" it tells me No such file or
> > directory. Same for video0.
> >
> > How do you know it is /dev/video1?
>
> I typed "ls /dev" before and after plugging in the PVR and video1 was the new
> name in the list. I know there's probably a better way to check, but I'm new
> to linux and learning.
>
>
> >
> > What does the kernel log tell you? (Try dmesg.)
> > You should see a bunch
> > of log messages from the kernel as the driver comes
> > up. If it fails to
> > initialize properly the clues for why will be there as
> > well.
> >
> > -Mike
>
> Thanks for the reply. I'll paste the dmesg output below. It looks
> like it's getting stuck on "requesting v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw". I
> confirmed the file with that name is in my firmware directory.
[...]
Actually it looks like the encoder firmware loaded just fine (if there
was an error you would have seen another message).
>From what I can tell everything looks fine. The driver reports it is
healthy and there are no errors.
Are you sure you are using the device correctly?
Try simpler tests before going to more complicated ones. For example if
you have a DVD player / camcorder / VCR / other source of video, jack
that into the device's composite input then use the sysfs interface to
select the composite input then run mplayer on /dev/video1 and see if
you get something from your video source.
Yes I see in your previous message that you did try mplayer on the
device node. Try it again as I describe above - also you most likely
need to be running as root when you do this...
-Mike
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