ok, thanks to theBear on IRC i managed to get it working with mplayer, so in case someone in the future runs into the same problem i hope they will find my post. I connected a camera to one cable and tried all inputs and video devices: mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video0:input=0 ... mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video7:input=8 most resulting videos were just black, but there were also some green and some grey lines ones, then i remembered another post, namely: http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Videocards_with_Philips_saa7134_chipset) So this made me add to my modprobe and rebooted: alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 saa7134 options saa7134 card=33,33,33,33 then tried the mplayer command again and it worked!!! :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Jody Gugelhupf <knueffle@xxxxxxxxx> To: "linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 10:42:08 AM Subject: Re: DVR card SAA7134/SAA7135HL unknown Seems like something went wrong with pastebin, here the info again, would really appreciate some help: http://pastebin.com/TUTpkc0F ----- Original Message ----- From: Jody Gugelhupf <knueffle@xxxxxxxxx> To: "linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 7:15:25 PM Subject: DVR card SAA7134/SAA7135HL unknown hi all :) trying to get this 8 channel dvr card to work in linux, but I get this: Board is currently unknown. You might try to use the card=<nr> saa7134: insmod option to specify which board do you have, but this is saa7134: somewhat risky, as might damage your card. It is better to ask saa7134: for support at linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. so here I am. I have not tried to set the card myself as I don't know what number to use. Was hoping I could get some help here to get it working. Some info I collected so far can be found here http://pastebin.ca/2430477 any ideas what I might try next or what card to specify? thank you in advance for any help. jody -- 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
