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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

MPlayer 1.0rc1-4.1.2-DFSG-free (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Celeron A Mendocino/Pentium II Dixon (Family: 6, Model: 6, Stepping: 0)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing driver=v4l.
File not found: 'driver=v4l'
Failed to open driver=v4l.

Playing tv://16.
TV file format detected.
Selected driver: dummy
name: NULL-TV
author: alex
Selected input hasn't got a tuner!
open: No such file or directory
[MGA] Couldn't open: /dev/mga_vid
open: No such file or directory
[MGA] Couldn't open: /dev/mga_vid
[VO_TDFXFB] Can't open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory.
[VO_3DFX] Unable to open /dev/3dfx.
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [raw] RAW Uncompressed Video
VDec: vo config request - 320 x 200 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [xv] 320x200 => 320x200 Planar YV12
Selected video codec: [rawyv12] vfm: raw (RAW YV12)
==========================================================================
Audio: no sound
Starting playback...
Exiting... (Quit)

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can mplayer in etch be used to watch TV?

Submitted by Mathias Brodala on Wed, 2007-10-31 19:00.

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

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(solved) can mplayer in etch be used to watch TV?

Submitted by Serena Cantor on Wed, 2007-10-31 19:00.

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

--- Mathias Brodala 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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can mplayer in etch be used to watch TV?

Submitted by David Brodbeck on Wed, 2007-10-31 19:00.

On Oct 31, 2007, at 4:03 PM, Serena Cantor wrote:

> (BTW: can you recommend other TV-watching packages in etch?)

I've always liked "tvtime". It does on-the-fly deinterlacing. Very
nice image quality, although at the expense of higher CPU usage.

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can mplayer in etch be used to watch TV?

Submitted by Serena Cantor on Wed, 2007-10-31 20:00.

Thanks! I just try tvtime, it let me know all frequency of TV stations during scanning. it require
a high-performance CPU. I use Celeron 300, too slow for tvtime. I will try xawtv again with
knowledge of tv frequency learned from tv scanning. I am so busy. I will try later on. Thanks
again!

--- David Brodbeck wrote:

>
> On Oct 31, 2007, at 4:03 PM, Serena Cantor wrote:
>
> > (BTW: can you recommend other TV-watching packages in etch?)
>
> I've always liked "tvtime". It does on-the-fly deinterlacing. Very
> nice image quality, although at the expense of higher CPU usage.
>
>
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can mplayer in etch be used to watch TV?

Submitted by Douglas Tutty on Wed, 2007-10-31 22:00.

On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 04:03:50PM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote:
> 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?)

I believe VLC can do that, although I don't have a card (yet). It will
also do deinterlacing, and since I'm running with the nVidia driver it
happens in hardware.

Doug.

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can mplayer in etch be used to watch TV?

Submitted by Serena Cantor on Thu, 2007-11-01 01:00.

Thanks! I am busy putting mplayer and tvtime to work. I have just installed vlc, its configuration
is not that easy. I will try later on. I have to sign off the list. Thanks again!

--- "Douglas A. Tutty" wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 04:03:50PM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote:
> > 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?)
>
> I believe VLC can do that, although I don't have a card (yet). It will
> also do deinterlacing, and since I'm running with the nVidia driver it
> happens in hardware.
>
> Doug.
>
>
> --

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