[mythtv-users] /dev/video16 Device busy.

Craig Van Tassle craig at codestorm.org
Mon Jul 9 19:33:13 UTC 2007


I would recommend that you look at what processes are using /dev/video16.
Also Check to be sure that you are able to read /dev/video16 as the user you are using for mythtvfrontend.

Cam you read from that file with anything else. Such as using mplayer to read the device.

Steve Smith wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm experimenting with using a PVR-350, however it won't work in "LiveTV".
> 
> Mythfrontend says it can't do it and the -v playback logs say that
> /dev/video16  (the 350's decoder device) is busy.
> 
> Using 0.20-fixes from mythbuntu.
> 
> Has anyone else seen this?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
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