Re: Hauppauge Nova-T USB stick -- now what?
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 04:13:36PM +0100, Sian Mountbatten wrote:
> On 16/04/12 15:00, Dom wrote:
> >On 16/04/12 13:02, Sian Mountbatten wrote:
> >>Dear All
> >>
> >>This morning I received a second-hand USB stick which consisted of
> >>the stick
> >>a USB extension cable plus USB plug/socket
> >>a mini antenna
> >>No instructions of any sort.
> >>
> >>I plugged the USB stick into a USB slot on the front of the computer and
> >>checked dmesg which gave the following:
> >>--------------------------------------------------
> > > ...
> >>[67244.676831] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs.
> >>[67244.676835] dvb-usb: Hauppauge Nova-T Stick successfully initialized
> >>and connected.
> >>[67244.676971] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700
> >>-----------------------------------------
> >>
> >>I have a number of questions:-
> >>1. With NO remote control, how do I control the device?
> >
> >With great easy. The remote control is configured as an input device and
> >mapped to predefined key presses - pressing "1" on the remote is the
> >same as pressing "1" on your keyboard. It doesn't control the device
> >directly.
>
> I've tried me-tv, which just hangs, mplayer, which cannot be
> configured correctly,
> vlc and kaffeine. So far, no joy. No TV at all. What am I doing wrong?
>
What device is created for the usb stick? Is it /dev/video0? Check out
the permissions and make sure your user has access to it. Are you a
member of the "video" group?
-Rob
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