[mythtv-users] HDPVR problems

Ramin K ramin-list at badapple.net
Sat Feb 5 00:39:13 UTC 2011


On 2/4/2011 4:04 PM, Mark Dryden wrote:
> Hi,
> I followed the instructions found at http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/HDPVR
> and everything goes well until I get to the part where you run the
> command "cat /dev/video1 > test.ts".  I get the error message "cat:
> write error: Bad address".  I'm not exactly sure why and I have been
> trying to figure it out for the past 2 days.  I also can't view live tv,
> it shows up as a black screen.  Any suggestions?

	Are you sure your device is on /dev/video1 instead of /dev/video0 which 
is usually the default? Do an ls /dev and see which /dev/videoXX you 
have, then follow the wiki based on that.

Ramin


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