On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 09:34:47PM +0100, Jo?o Mamede wrote: > 1st is supposed vdr to open a window right? Not unless you are using an output plugin that does it, such as softdevice (http://softdevice.berlios.de/). If I were you, I'd try the XV output of softdevice. (My VDR box runs a budget DVB-T card and softdevice on DirectFB.) > 2nd I'm trying to run vdr but nothing happens after I use the command. I > have the channels.conf I got from szap -o vdr blalblab but it doesn't > work the logs have this: [...] > Oct 22 21:33:55 found 1 video device > Oct 22 21:33:55 setting primary device to 1 > Oct 22 21:33:55 device 1 has no MPEG decoder > Oct 22 21:33:55 SVDRP listening on port 2001 > Oct 22 21:33:55 loading /video/themes/sttng-default.theme > - Last output repeated twice - > Oct 22 21:33:55 ERROR: no OSD provider available - using dummy OSD! It looks like your DVB tuner lacks video output, i.e., it is not a full-featured card. Use softdevice or some other output plugin. Marko M?kel?