Re: Debian and Zapping recording

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

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

> On Sun, 03 Aug 2003  Christian Marillat <marillat.christian@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

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> knoppix@box:~$ zapping&
> [1] 703
> knoppix@box:~$ (C) 2000-2003 Ińaki G. Etxebarria, Michael H. Schimek.
> This program is freely redistributable under the terms
> of the GNU General Public License.
>
> Using video device '/dev/video0', display ':0.0'.
> Querying frame buffer parameters from DGA.
> zapping_setup_fb:v4l25.c:61: VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ioctl failed,
>   probably not a V4L2 device: 22, Invalid argument.
> zapping_setup_fb:v4l2.c:162: VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ioctl failed,
>   probably not a V4L2 device: 22, Invalid argument.
> Using V4L interface.
> Setup completed.
> audio_alsa: no cards found!

Zapping is really verbose for you. Here I got :

$ zapping
Restoring S-Video
0 [S-Video]
0

> Is using alsa drivers a prerequisite?

No, I don't use alsa.

> Are the other error messages relevant? Recording without sound seems
> to work correctly.

Try to trash your previous configuration  ~/.zapping/zapping.conf

Christian