[mythtv-users] /dev/video0 - Device or ressource busy

[Travis]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Matthias Meyer
> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 11:24 PM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] /dev/video0 - Device or ressource busy
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I running debian, have installed MythTV 0.14-6 and use a PVR350.
> Within some hard weeks I have load channels (the right one?) and
> television-program with tv_grab_de_tvtoday from xmltv 0.5.33-1.
> 
> I try "cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg" and see it will work without error
> message.
> So I abort it and start mythfrontend to try watch TV. But see the
> /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log:
> QSettings: error creating /.qt
> Starting up as the master server.
> 2004-05-22 22:41:50 mythbackend version: 0.14.20040123-1 www.mythtv.org
> 2004-05-22 22:41:50 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
> 2004-05-22 22:41:53 Found changes in the todo list.
> 2004-05-22 22:43:25 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2004-05-22 22:43:25 adding: vdr.PrivateLAN.at as a client (events: 0)
> 2004-05-22 22:43:25 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2004-05-22 22:43:25 adding: vdr.PrivateLAN.at as a client (events: 1)
> 2004-05-22 22:43:25 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2004-05-22 22:43:25 adding: vdr.PrivateLAN.at as a client (events: 0)
> 2004-05-22 22:43:25 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> 2004-05-22 22:43:25 adding: vdr.PrivateLAN.at as a client (events: 0)
> 2004-05-22 22:43:25 adding: vdr.PrivateLAN.at as a remote ringbuffer
> 2004-05-22 22:43:25 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> error reading from: /dev/video0
> read: Device or resource busy
> error reading from: /dev/video0
> read: Device or resource busy
> error reading from: /dev/video0
> read: Device or resource busy
> error reading from: /dev/video0
> read: Device or resource busy
> error reading from: /dev/video0
> read: Device or resource busy
> error reading from: /dev/video0
> read: Device or resource busy
> error reading from: /dev/video0
> 
> ...and I only can see a black screen.
> --
> no panic
> 
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A little more info might help isolate the problem.

> I try "cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg" and see it will work without error
> message.

1) Does, mplayer play test.mpg fine after you stop the capture?

2) You're capturing as user mythtv, right?

-- Travis