[mythtv-users] cat /dev/video > test.mpg

[Chad]

On 2/1/06, John Brooks <iresprite at gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting. I tried doing the same trick with my PVR-250 card, and xmms
> wouldn't recognize the file as a valid mpg file. Why would that be? I can
> normally get live tv video (though no audio yet).

XMMS?  I know it has capabilities, but wouldn't you rather be using
something that is *intended* to play video, VLC, Xine, or Mplayer to
test with?

My uneducated guess though would be something to do with headers...

Chad