(solved)Re: can mplayer in etch be used to watch TV?
You are right. After adding "-tv" it works. Thanks!
--- Mathias Brodala <info@noctus.net> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Serena Cantor, 01.11.2007 00:03:
> > I can use xawtv in etch to watch TV, but am not happy with it, so I try mplayer. So far it
> does
> > not work. Below is output:
> > (BTW: can you recommend other TV-watching packages in etch?)
> >
> > $ mplayer driver=v4l tv://16 norm=PAL device=/dev/video0 >& output.txt
> >
> > [â?¦]
> >
> > Playing driver=v4l.
> > File not found: 'driver=v4l'
> > Failed to open driver=v4l.
>
> The manpage of mplayer contains this example:
>
> > input from standard V4L:
> > mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420 -vc rawi420 -vo xv
>
> So youâ??re missing the "-tv" which is why mplayer recognizes "driver=v4l" as
> filename.
>
>
> Regards, Mathias
>
> --
> debian/rules
>
>
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