i am using kworld usb 303u. what do you mean by the card has to be tuned to something via suitable software first?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 11:50 AM, John Drescher <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drescherjm@gmail.com">drescherjm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Nick Rout <<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:30 PM, sharifah ummu kulthum<br>
> <<a href="mailto:kulthum91@gmail.com">kulthum91@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I found in one site saying that i can run 'mplayer /dev/video0' (omit the ')<br>
>> to test whether a card is working. but i got these output. I don't know<br>
>> what's happening.<br>
>><br>
>> bitto@bitto:~$ mplayer /dev/video0<br>
>> MPlayer UNKNOWN-4.4.1 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team<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>
>> Cannot seek backward in linear streams!<br>
><br>
> What sort of card is it? That certainly works for a Hauppauge<br>
> PVR150/250/500. Not for others though.<br>
><br>
> Also of course the card has to be tuned to something via suitable<br>
> software first.<br>
><br>
</div>Also you have to make sure your card is at /dev/video0 and not some<br>
other device.<br>
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John<br>
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