On Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:58:47 -0500, Robert Braddock wrote: >> You can try with another programs to view the TV, like Videolan, Me-TV >> or even Kaffeine :-? > > I don't know how to make anything else talk to the Xvideo overlay > device. The only mentions I've found were things NOT using it, or only > using a /dev/video0 type device. Kaffeine, vlc, and me-tv don't seem to > have an obvious way to access anything other than the /dev/video0 > system.
And mplayer or xine? :-? > Xawtv (which is teeny and can't resize), kdetv (which can't show the > actual video) and avview (which doesn't even run anymore) are the only > things I've seen that will use the Xvideo overlay instead of requiring a > /dev/video0 device. That's why, if getting /dev/video0 for a Radeon8500 > were feasible, I'd like to leave this whole weird overlay device thing > behind, like everyone else seems to have... I don't like to look pessimistic but maybe it's time to get a new card... >> > Can I get a /dev/video0 for a Radeon 8500's input? Xorg obviously >> > isn't going to bother to keep it working, and it would be really nice >> > to be able to use a better program than xawtv. >> Maybe you card does not allow that... what tv tuner chipset has? > > Actually I'm trying to get the basic a/v-in to work (mainly the svideo > and rca audio inputs), not the tuner. I've kind of given up on the > tuner... It looks like the card includes such things as : FI123xx > (FI1236W) Tuner, TDA9885 Alignment-free IF-PLL, MSP34xx (MSP3445G, > MSP3430), and Rage Theatre revision 00000003, if any of that helps. I dunno where to start debugging this... documentation/how to for the tv capabilities of your card seems pretty old and outdated: http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATI/AMD#ATI_Graphic_cards_with_TV_Tuners_and.2For_Capture_facilities Hum... it's possible that you get accurate feedback from the GATOS devel mailing list: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.gatos.devel At least they will be able to tell you what can you expect from your card and if possible, how to restore the tunning facilities. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.01.07.14.42...@gmail.com
