You are right. After adding "-tv" it works. Thanks!

--- Mathias Brodala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> Serena Cantor, 01.11.2007 00:03:
> > I can use xawtv in etch to watch TV, but am not happy with it, so I try 
> > mplayer. So far it
> does
> > not work. Below is output:
> > (BTW: can you recommend other TV-watching packages in etch?)
> > 
> > $ mplayer driver=v4l tv://16 norm=PAL device=/dev/video0 >& output.txt
> > 
> > […]
> > 
> > Playing driver=v4l.
> > File not found: 'driver=v4l'
> > Failed to open driver=v4l.
> 
> The manpage of mplayer contains this example:
> 
> >        input from standard V4L:
> >        mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420 -vc 
> > rawi420 -vo xv
> 
> So you’re missing the "-tv" which is why mplayer recognizes "driver=v4l" as
> filename.
> 
> 
> Regards, Mathias
> 
> -- 
> debian/rules
> 
> 


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