On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The above messages seem ok, but I never tried to use tvtime with xinerama. > This used to be a very good application, but it is not maintained anymore. > Not sure if it works fine with newer xorg versions with xinerama. Also, > by default, tvtime enables channel signal detection, but several tuners > don't provide it. So, you need to disable it, in order for tvtime to work. > > I suggest you to try mplayer instead. I'm not sure what video standard is > used in Costa Rica, nor what channel frequency list. So, you may need to > adjust the parameters bellow. For NTSC and 6 MHz channels, the command syntax > is: > > mplayer -tv driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video0:norm=PAL-M:chanlist=us-bcast tv:// > >> [At this point the application freezes in a black screen, nothing can >> be done on the GUI] > > Maybe due to the lack of signal. Does the device even have a tuner? I had assumed all the em2862 reference designs just did s-video and composite capture. This one is a bit different than the others though, since it has a tvp5150 as opposed to a saa7113. Devin -- Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs http://www.kernellabs.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
