<div dir="ltr">On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:33 AM, daryl helwig <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sofasurferlinux@charter.net">sofasurferlinux@charter.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I Tried to get Myth working on my own. No luck. Then I learned about VLC<br>
media player and I followed these instructions...<br>
<br>
sudo apt-get install ivtv-utils<br>
<br>
open VLC player<br>
<br>
File -> Open Capture Device -> PVR -> OK<br>
<br>
then you can do (in terminal)<br>
<br>
ivtv-tune -c25 (25 is channel number)<br>
<br>
which changes the channel.<br>
<br>
This comes from this thread...<br>
<a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=792509&highlight=ivtv-tune&page=2" target="_blank">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=792509&highlight=ivtv-tune&page=2</a>.<br>
<br>
I did view channels for a while and then I started getting this error...<br>
"Unable to open 'pvr://'"<br>
<br>
I then tried mplayer, using this command... mplayer /dev/video0.<br>
<br>
I get this result...<br>
<br>
@ubuntu:~$ mplayer /dev/video0<br>
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.3 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team<br>
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ (Family: 15, Model:<br>
75, Stepping: 2)<br>
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1<br>
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.<br>
mplayer: could not connect to socket<br>
mplayer: No such file or directory<br>
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote<br>
control.<br>
<br>
Playing /dev/video0.<br>
File not found: '/dev/video0'<br>
Failed to open /dev/video0.<br>
<br>
<br>
Exiting... (End of file)<br>
<br>
I was getting video and now I am not. So, do I have a problem that<br>
requirtes fixing before I ask for help with Mythtv, or will I have<br>
better luck if I just forget VLC and mplayer and go directly to Mythtv?<br>
<br>
Thanks for listening.<br>
<br>
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</blockquote></div><br>Have you tried using MythBuntu?<br>It will install and configure a Myth box with all needed drivers during system install. Its much easier than installing on your own.<br><br><a href="http://www.mythbuntu.org/">http://www.mythbuntu.org/</a><br>
<br>Mitchell<br></div>