Re: [mythtv-users] tvtime vs ptune.pl
D'oh! From the tvtime web site: ivtv - The ivtv driver supports cards that provide high quality MPEG2 encoded video. This cards are ideal for PVR systems. However, tvtime has no MPEG2 decoding capabilities or audio playback code, and therefore cannot be used to watch live TV from these cards. On 9/23/05, Marius Schrecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm still trying to get my PVR-500 working 100%. Right now, I can use ptune.pl to >change the channel, and then cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test.mpg, and then play that in >mplayer. Works like a charm. However, when I try to launch tvtime, I get the following: > >Running tvtime 0.9.15. >Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml >Reading configuration from /root/.tvtime/tvtime.xml >xcommon: No window properties found for EWMH. >videoinput: Card failed to allocate capture buffers: Invalid argument > >On the screen it shows just a blue screen with "no signal" at the top. If I try to change >channels, I get the message "cannot open capture device /dev/video0." This doesn't >make sense, because I was just able to read from /dev/video0! xawtv and mythfrontend >also don't seem able to use the tuner, but the combination of ptune.pl and mplayer seem >ok. Anybody have any ideas? Hi Brian, I didn't think TVtime was able to support cards like the PVR-500. You might want to try something like xawtv instead. Cheers Marius ___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] tvtime vs ptune.pl
Brian, I had similar issues when setting up my card yesterday. I soon discovered that the backend was dying because the buffer directory did not exist. Make sure your buffer directory exists and it is writable by your myth tv user. Cheers, TarickOn 9/23/05, Marius Schrecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm still trying to get my PVR-500 working 100%. Right now, I can use ptune.pl to >change the channel, and then cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test.mpg, and then play that in >mplayer. Works like a charm. However, when I try to launch tvtime, I get the following: > >Running tvtime 0.9.15. >Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml >Reading configuration from /root/.tvtime/tvtime.xml >xcommon: No window properties found for EWMH. >videoinput: Card failed to allocate capture buffers: Invalid argument > >On the screen it shows just a blue screen with "no signal" at the top. If I try to change >channels, I get the message "cannot open capture device /dev/video0." This doesn't >make sense, because I was just able to read from /dev/video0! xawtv and mythfrontend >also don't seem able to use the tuner, but the combination of ptune.pl and mplayer seem >ok. Anybody have any ideas? Hi Brian, I didn't think TVtime was able to support cards like the PVR-500. You might want to try something like xawtv instead. Cheers Marius ___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users-- Regards,Tarick Karkache[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
SV: [mythtv-users] tvtime vs ptune.pl
>I'm still trying to get my PVR-500 working 100%. Right now, I can use ptune.pl to >change the channel, and then cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test.mpg, and then play that in >mplayer. Works like a charm. However, when I try to launch tvtime, I get the following: > >Running tvtime 0.9.15. >Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml >Reading configuration from /root/.tvtime/tvtime.xml >xcommon: No window properties found for EWMH. >videoinput: Card failed to allocate capture buffers: Invalid argument > >On the screen it shows just a blue screen with "no signal" at the top. If I try to change >channels, I get the message "cannot open capture device /dev/video0." This doesn't >make sense, because I was just able to read from /dev/video0! xawtv and mythfrontend >also don't seem able to use the tuner, but the combination of ptune.pl and mplayer seem >ok. Anybody have any ideas? Hi Brian, I didn’t think TVtime was able to support cards like the PVR-500. You might want to try something like xawtv instead. Cheers Marius ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] tvtime vs ptune.pl
Hi, I'm still trying to get my PVR-500 working 100%. Right now, I can use ptune.pl to change the channel, and then cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test.mpg, and then play that in mplayer. Works like a charm. However, when I try to launch tvtime, I get the following: Running tvtime 0.9.15. Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml Reading configuration from /root/.tvtime/tvtime.xml xcommon: No window properties found for EWMH. videoinput: Card failed to allocate capture buffers: Invalid argument On the screen it shows just a blue screen with "no signal" at the top. If I try to change channels, I get the message "cannot open capture device /dev/video0." This doesn't make sense, because I was just able to read from /dev/video0! xawtv and mythfrontend also don't seem able to use the tuner, but the combination of ptune.pl and mplayer seem ok. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks, Brian ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
