Mike McMullin
Mike@P-733-Lin:~> lsmod | grep ivtv ivtv 134496 0 compat_ioctl32 1104 1 ivtv i2c_algo_bit 5764 1 ivtv cx2341x 11076 1 ivtv v4l2_common 10648 5 wm8775,cx25840,tuner,ivtv,cx2341x tveeprom 11248 1 ivtv i2c_core 29972 10 nvidia,tuner_simple,wm8775,cx25840,tuner,ivtv,i2c_algo_bit,v4l2_common,tveeprom,i2c_nforce2 videodev 31236 3 tuner,ivtv,gspca_main
OK, the drivers are loaded.
Mike@P-733-Lin:~> ls /dev/dvb* ls: cannot access /dev/dvb*: No such file or directory
Wrong devices to use if you have a Hauppauge PVR card.
Mike@P-733-Lin:/dev> ll video* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2009-01-08 05:10 video -> video0 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 2009-01-08 05:10 video0 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 1 2009-01-08 05:10 video1 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 24 2009-01-08 05:10 video24 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 32 2009-01-08 05:10 video32
The device to access it should be either be video0 or video1 (one of them is you webcam- most likely it is video1 if you use a usb webcam). By any chance you forgot to put yourself in the video group? What happened if you do: ,---- | mplayer /dev/video0 | mplayer /dev/video1 `---- Charles -- Running Windows on a Pentium is like having a brand new Porsche but only be able to drive backwards with the handbrake on. (Unknown source)