[mythtv-users] blunt

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:30 PM, sharifah ummu kulthum
<kulthum91 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I found in one site saying that i can run 'mplayer /dev/video0' (omit the ')
> to test whether a card is working. but i got these output. I don't know
> what's happening.
>
> bitto at bitto:~$ mplayer /dev/video0
> MPlayer UNKNOWN-4.4.1 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
> mplayer: could not connect to socket
> mplayer: No such file or directory
> Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote
> control.
>
> Playing /dev/video0.
> Cannot seek backward in linear streams!

What sort of card is it? That certainly works for a Hauppauge
PVR150/250/500. Not for others though.

Also of course the card has to be tuned to something via suitable
software first.