[mythtv-users] cannot open /dev/video0

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Nov 14, 2006, at 10:41 AM, Abigail Smith wrote:

>
> I installed Knoppix-Myth on a 2 ghz pc with pvr-350.  I ran "cat / 
> dev/video0 > /tmp/aa.mpg" and got "/dev/video0: no such device".
>
> # ls -l  /dev/video0 tho does show the device file.
>
> The installation was done as root.
>
> Rsvp & thanks,
>
> Abby

Yes, but you're not trying to access /dev/video0 as root. You've got  
a permission issue. You can either change permissions on /dev/video0  
with udev rules or use root to perform any functions on /dev/video0.