[mythtv-users] pvr-350: mythtv won't use /dev/video16

[Scott Anderson]

Jarod C. Wilson wrote:

> On Feb 27, 2004, at 21:05, Scott Anderson wrote:
>
>> First time mythtv user... I decided to go all out and buy a pvr-350.
>>
>> I'm using ivtv 0.1.9 and mythtv 0.14 (debian binary package).
>>
>> Well, I have things to this point:
>>
>> 1) dd if=/dev/video of=/dev/video16 works wonderfully. Beautiful 
>> picture, great sound.
>> 2) mythfrontend runs on X, and I've set it up (ostensibly) to use the 
>> pvr-350 /dev/video16 for output.
>> 3) ivtv-fb works; I can set up the X server to use /dev/fb0 as a 
>> screen and get the myth GUI on the TV set.
>>
>> The problem: mythtv refuses to use /dev/video16 for output, instead 
>> using XV. The picture is, of course, horrible, and there is no sound. 
>> I get the picture on the TV when using the framebuffer, and on the 
>> monitor when I don't. I've tried turning the pvr-350 setting on and 
>> off, but the log shows myth blithely going to XV either way.
>>
>> I've read a bazillion how-tos, as well as the mailing list 
>> archives... have I missed something obvious?
>
>
> Only thing that comes to mind is possibly a permissions problem on 
> /dev/video16. If you did the dd as root, you wouldn't have the 
> problem, but perhaps the user mythtv runs as doesn't have rw access to 
> that device.
>

Except that I can do the same under the mythtv user and get the same 
results. The frontend is acting for all the world like I just didn't 
select /dev/video16. :-P

Thanks,
-scott