On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, David Rush wrote: > Aha. Now I'm getting somewhere. Thanks, Mike. > > Any idea how to use ivtv-tune to select the unit's composite input?
I am actually not familiar with ivtv-tune - never had a reason to use it. Instead I just hit the ctl_input control in the sysfs interface. (Or, in the more general case, I use MythTV.) -Mike > > David > > Mike Isely wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, David Rush wrote: > > > >> I've got a new WinTV-PVR-USB2 (24xxx series), and am trying to get it > >> working right under Ubuntu > >> 7.10 (Gutsy). > >> > >> Without having to explicitly install the driver, I can: > >> use mplayer /dev/video0 to watch TV > >> use totem /dev/video0 to watch TV > >> use "cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg" to record video > >> > >> However, I've not been able to change channels at all - I'm stuck on the > >> local Fox station. > >> Ultimately the primary purpose of this box will be to encode from the > >> composite (RCA) input. > >> > >> tvtime says "pvrusb2: Invalid argument", "Cannot open capture device > >> /dev/video0", "No signal", and > >> "No video source" in various places around the screen. > >> > >> Suggestions on where to go now? > > > > Try here: > > > > http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2/usage.html#V4L > > > > :-) > > > > -Mike > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pvrusb2 mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.isely.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pvrusb2 > -- Mike Isely isely @ pobox (dot) com PGP: 03 54 43 4D 75 E5 CC 92 71 16 01 E2 B5 F5 C1 E8 _______________________________________________ pvrusb2 mailing list [email protected] http://www.isely.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pvrusb2
