Luis Palacios wrote: > Hi, > > I tried without success: vlc -vvv v4l:/dev/video0 [...etc...] > but it fails with a "can't access /dev/video*". > > I have a budget (skystar2) card, is that the reason why /dev/video* > doesn't get available? Correct. /dev/video provides full-frame video, completely uncompressed. Hence it only exists when using a full-featured card, because the card does the MPEG2 decode. > Or, is it possible to have 'vdr' (or xine/softdevice plugins) push > the selected channel towards /dev/video*, so it can be read by vlc? Nope, this is not currently possible. Cheers, Gavin.
