<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>I reinstalled ivtv and ran modules-update. I can modprobe saa7115, saa7127,<br>msp3400, and tda9887 by hand. If I do that I can "cat /dev/video0 >
<br>test.mpeg" If I run test.mpeg in mplayer I get a screen filled with snow.<br></blockquote></div><br>
A screen filled with snow is perfect! Much better than getting nothing. It means that<br>
you are getting some input, just not what you want. Try running ivtvctl to select the input.<br>
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ivtvctl -n<br>
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will list the available input types<br>
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and ivtvctl -p [input #]<br>
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will set the input.<br>
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If you can't get the tuner to work, try using a composite or svideo input (just to test).<br>