[mythtv-users] Automatic channel scanning

[Jarod Wilson]

On Jun 7, 2004, at 22:29, <madera at insignesoftware.com> wrote:

> I'm using a PVR350

Same difference. The relevant tuner and encoder parts are more or less 
identical to the 250.


> On 6/8/2004, "Jarod Wilson" <jcw at wilsonet.com> wrote:
>
>> On Jun 7, 2004, at 20:01, <madera at insignesoftware.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I downloaded the Zappin program RPM.
>>>
>>> It says that:
>>>
>>> Using video device '/dev/video0', display ':0.0'.
>>> Querying frame buffer parameters from DGA.
>>> Using V4L2 2.5 interface.
>>> Device '/dev/video0' does not support video overlay.
>>> Setup failed.
>>>
>>> Why could that be??
>>
>> Um, because the device /dev/video0 doesn't support video overlay, just
>> like the error message says... =)
>>
>> The PVR-x50 series cards don't do video overlay (at least not with the
>> current driver implementation, not sure if it is technically 
>> possible).
>> They take the incoming video stream and encode it to an mpeg2 file.
>> Same reason xawtv doesn't work with that card. In asking your original
>> question, you neglected to mention that you were using a PVR-250,
>> otherwise, you probably (hopefully) wouldn't have been pointed to
>> zapping and xawtv.
[snip]

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