[vlc] Re: [Q]: vlc and video4linux

[Benjamin PRACHT]

On Mon, Dec 20, 2004, Chris Bshaw wrote :
> Hi....
> 
> I am trying to use vlc to view analog tv from a bt878 card on an FC3 
> machine. I am trying to use the device as a video4linux device.
> 
> When I use xawtv everything works fine, and I can change channels using 
> v4lctl....however, when I try to use vlc (choosing Video4Linux), I just get 
> a frozen picture from the channel the card is tuned to.....
> 

What command line are you using exactly ? What messages are displayed
with the -vvv option ?

> I was just wondering if anyone has got this working or if anyone has 
> encountered this problem?
> 
> Also, I was wondering if it would be possible to use vlc to talk to a DVB 
> card (Hauppage Nexus-S) via the Video4linux interface?
> 

VLC has support for all DVB cards supported by the linuxtv drivers
(including the Nexus S) using the dvb access module. 

http://www.via.ecp.fr/via/ml/vlc/2004-06/msg00115.html

You can have a look here for some additional doc on this subject.

-- 
BigBen

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