Video Researcher wrote: > Hi Bernd, > > >>- On my system (nVidia GeForce 2 MX, nvidia 1.0.7167 >>kernel module) Xvideo >>extention is not working. xawtv is showing a blank >>black or blue screen >>(don't want to test again, xawtv freezes my whole >>system). Try -noxv: >> xawtv -noxv -c /dev/dvb/adapter0/video1 > > > You are right. It works now. > > >>- Try another TV app, e. g. kdetv (same result on my >>system like xawtv: blank >>screen unless XV is deactivated and freezes system). >> >>- My favorite TV app: tvtime. Worked at once, nice >>deinterlacer routines (but >>cpu consuming on my old 900MHz Athlon Thunderbird). >> > > > I use video & audio output of the DVB-s card, > meanwhile mp4live also works now without special > options like -noxv. > > The only remaining problem is szap. Now szap has to be > running at all times when I watch a program. Is there > a method to solve this problem? > I am running szap in the background of a gnome panel applet along with xawtv http://dvbzap.sourceforge.net/dvbszap-combo-applet.html