I replied yesterday but I don't see the message on the list, here again : I guess you are using anlogue tv card. the mplayer tv plugin is loaded by default. If you wan't to use the tvtime plugin, you have to remove it and load the tvtime plugin, see the wiki, tv plugins how to do that.
To see what command freevo is launching when hitting enter you have to enable debug and debug for childapps. See the wiki, troublshooting Bart On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 01:23 -0600, Lane wrote: > On Tuesday 22 February 2005 15:19, Bart Heremans wrote: > > Yes freevo can show realtime tv, first make sure mplayer or tvtime is > > working. > > Then load the right plugin go to the tv guide and pres enter on a show > > that is running. > > > > Don't forget to read the wiki for more detailed info > > > > Bart > > > Bart, > > Thanks for the reply. > > I gotta say that the wiki is not as informative to a novice as an experienced > user might think. I spent about three hours on it last night, but never > found a mention of "tvtime." I saw it in local_conf.py, but I couldn't > determine what it was for. > > mplayer works fine on my system. I can use it to view TV directly with > `mplayer /dev/cxm0` ... I just can't change channels, 'cause mplayer won't > let go the device when I'm switching channels... Not so bad, I guess. Just > I'm thinking that freevo is a more complete solution. > > At least it looks that way. > > When I press "Enter" on the Freevo gui, while looking at the guide, I get > mostly nothing. If I run it from a shell, I can see this: > > (22, 'Invalid argument') > > ... but ... I don't know what that is about. > > What is "the right plugin?" Can I download that from somewhere? Is it > called > that? "right?" Or am I misinterpreting? I figure from local_conf.py that I > can activate and deactivate plugins, I just don't know what plugin is > required to view tv ... seems kinda weird that I need to enable a plugin to > view TV on an application that is designed to view tv ... maybe it's just me > being a novice, and all ... maybe it's late (again) and I should work on > these things when I have 8 or more hours to play ... > > Anyway ... thanks for responding. I thought the list was inactive at > first ... and now I see a flurry of activity. Maybe I'll catch a clue over > the next couple of days :) > > later > > > > On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 15:17 -0600, Lane wrote: > > > Can Freevo show real-time tv? If so, how do you make that work? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Freevo-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > > _______________________________________________ > > Freevo-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
