Re: [Freevo-users] Can't Record, Mencoder Errors

2006-10-11 Thread Duncan Webb
Brandon Rader wrote: I can't figure out how to watch TV in mplayer to send you the config files. I used $ mplayer -tv driver=v4l:width=640:height=480 tv://21 I'm pretty certain that you should be using the v4l2 driver as this is a kernel feature not a tv card feature. Try: mplayer -v -tv

Re: [Freevo-users] Can't Record, Mencoder Errors

2006-10-10 Thread Brandon Rader
Error: VIDEO_SHOW_DATA_DIR not foundis a directory pointing to you video files can be emptyI didn't quite understand what you were saying. It sounded like you meant to say it can't be empty, but I wasn't sure. I didn't change or add anything regarding it since I didn't understand. I added

Re: [Freevo-users] Can't Record, Mencoder Errors

2006-10-10 Thread Duncan Webb
Brandon Rader wrote: Error: VIDEO_SHOW_DATA_DIR not found is a directory pointing to you video files can be empty I didn't quite understand what you were saying. It sounded like you meant to say it can't be empty, but I wasn't sure. It should contain a path to a directory that contains you

Re: [Freevo-users] Can't Record, Mencoder Errors

2006-10-10 Thread Brandon Rader
I can't figure out how to watch TV in mplayer to send you the config files. I used$ mplayer -tv driver=v4l:width=640:height=480 tv://21and I get static and blue mixed together. I searched on the internet how to fix these things, but this was all I could come up with. Brandon

Re: [Freevo-users] Can't Record, Mencoder Errors

2006-10-07 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
why should Brandon have all the fun? mencoder doesn't like my v4l2. has anyone any ideas? lsmod shows v4l2_common11264 3 saa7134,tuner,cx8800 compat_ioctl32 768 2 saa7134,cx8800 v4l1_compat11140 2 saa7134,cx8800 cx88xx 45348 1 cx8800

Re: [Freevo-users] Can't Record, Mencoder Errors

2006-10-07 Thread Justin Wetherell
Make sure mplayer was compiled to support the v4lw driver, you might need to compile it yourself or your distro might have a different version of mplayer that has v4l2 included.On 10/7/06, Elizabeth Dodd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: why should Brandon have all the fun?mencoder doesn't like my

Re: [Freevo-users] Can't Record, Mencoder Errors

2006-10-07 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Sunday 08 October 2006 01:31, Justin Wetherell wrote: Make sure mplayer was compiled to support the v4lw driver, you might need to compile it yourself or your distro might have a different version of mplayer that has v4l2 included. I did a recompile, making sure that v4l was in the USE

Re: [Freevo-users] Can't Record, Mencoder Errors

2006-10-07 Thread Justin Wetherell
I believe v4l and v4l2 are two different drivers. From the Mplayer config:--enable-tv-v4l--enable-tv-v4l2Two different options, make sure v4l2 is enabled.On 10/7/06, Elizabeth Dodd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 08 October 2006 01:31, Justin Wetherell wrote: Make sure mplayer was compiled to

Re: [Freevo-users] Can't Record, Mencoder Errors

2006-10-07 Thread Duncan Webb
Elizabeth Dodd wrote: On Sunday 08 October 2006 09:13, Justin Wetherell wrote: I believe v4l and v4l2 are two different drivers. From the Mplayer config: --enable-tv-v4l --enable-tv-v4l2 Two different options, make sure v4l2 is enabled. no idea how to make that happen in gentoo, USE=v4l

Re: [Freevo-users] Can't Record, Mencoder Errors

2006-10-06 Thread Duncan Webb
Brandon Rader wrote: OK, I just got Grim Fandango, so I've been on the Windows side of things just because at any moment, I could have a sudden urge to sit down and play that game for four straight hours, so I haven't done anything with Freevo for a while. Because of that, I'm going to

Re: [Freevo-users] Can't Record, Mencoder Errors

2006-10-06 Thread Brandon Rader
I made the changes to local_config.py and started freevo up. Here's the log file.Brandon main-1000.log Description: Binary data - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and

Re: [Freevo-users] Can't Record, Mencoder Errors

2006-10-06 Thread Duncan Webb
Brandon Rader wrote: I made the changes to local_config.py and started freevo up. Here's the log file. You need to fix the errors: Error: VIDEO_SHOW_DATA_DIR not found is a directory pointing to you video files can be empty MPlayer version is: 2:0.99+1.0pre7try2+cvs20060117-0ubuntu8 is a

[Freevo-users] Can't Record, Mencoder Errors

2006-10-05 Thread Brandon Rader
OK, I just got Grim Fandango, so I've been on the Windows side of things just because at any moment, I could have a sudden urge to sit down and play that game for four straight hours, so I haven't done anything with Freevo for a while. Because of that, I'm going to reiterate my problem... I can