Re: Debian and Zapping recording

[Christian Marillat <marillat.christian@wanadoo.fr>]

jsbien@mimuw.edu.pl (Janusz S. Bień) writes:

[...]

> I looked first for (lib)rte Debian package, but found none. Then I
> downloaded from sourceforge
>
>         rte-0.5.1-1.i386.rpm
>
> and converted it with alien. After installing it zapping simply stop working.

zapping need to be compiled against rte, simply installing rte do nothing.

> I uninstalled rte and made cold start. zapping (and xawtv) still don't
> work.
>
> What I have done wrong? How can I recover? How should I set up my
> system for recording?

Install mencoder, more better than zapping+rte

[...]

> Using video device '/dev/video0', display ':0.0'.
> Querying frame buffer parameters from DGA.
> zapping_setup_fb:zapping_setup_fb.c:212: Cannot open device '/dev/video0': 16, Device or resource busy.

This message is explicite, an application lock /dev/video0 Install lsof
and do a "lsof | grep video" to see which is the guilty.

Christian