[mythtv-users] LiveTV - blank screen only

Sarah Roberts sarah.roberts at gmail.com
Mon Feb 28 17:42:32 UTC 2005


Matt:

Thanks for your help.  I've made the change in the frontend to
/dev/video0 and I also chmod 777'd the /dev/video* devices.  I am
still getting the black screen, but here's the most recent output; I'm
going to highlight the pertinent new error:

--

2005-02-28 12:36:44.893 Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543
(try 1 of 5)
2005-02-28 12:36:44.902 Using protocol version 14
2005-02-28 12:36:44.956 Using protocol version 14
2005-02-28 12:36:46.473 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2005-02-28 12:36:46.473 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2005-02-28 12:36:46.480 Using resampler. From: 0 to 1000
Using the PVR-350 decoder/TV-out
2005-02-28 12:36:46.936 Using realtime priority.
*****  Writing to videodev: Operation not permitted ****
2005-02-28 12:36:46.956 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2005-02-28 12:37:14.507 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2005-02-28 12:37:14.512 Changing from None to None

--

Can you point me in the right direction?  Thank you very much for your help.


On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 07:20:29 -0800 (PST), matt freymiller
<stir_frey at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> This sounds similar to an issue I was having. If you
> try to watch tv using the pearl tuner and xine what
> happens? I believe Jarod's instructions has a spot
> where he tells how to do that. If that works then its
> probably a permission issue with myth (backend?) being
> able to read from the device. What I did was go into
> /dev and make the device file readable by everyone.
> Actually I was lazy and gave everyone full control.
> (777) Changing the owner may also be a way to correct
> it.
> 
> This looks wrong as well.
> > under Utilities/Setup, Setup, TV Settings, Playback:
> >
> > x Use the PVR-350's TV out/MPEG decoder
> > Video device for the PVR-350 MPEG decoder:
> > /dev/video16
> 
> Should be /dev/video0 from the looks of some of the
> other info you gave. Again if you use the pearl tuner
> you will be able to play with all of these settings
> till you find the one that works.
> 
> maf


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