[pvrusb2] Tuning problems

[Mike Isely]

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006, Ivar Katmo wrote:

> --- Mike Isely <isely at isely.net> skrev:
> > 
> > Don't worry about /dev/vbi; that isn't implemented
> > in the pvrusb2 driver and 
> > it isn't needed for tuning.  In scantv you can pass
> > /dev/null for the vbi 
> > device name and it should work fine.
> > 
> 
> Thanks. Did a "scantv -a -C /dev/null .xawtv" and it
> found all the channels.
> 
> I also noticed that when I start xawtv I get:
> 
> /dev/video0[v4l2]: no overlay support
> v4l2-conf had som trouble, trying to continue anyway
> Warning: Cannot convert string (...)
> 
> When xawtv start I can change channel but no picture.
> But when I exit xawtv and start "mplayer /dev/video0"
> I see the last channel I selected in xawtv.
> 
> So I guess it is something about xawtv.

Sounds like you have an xawtv snapshot that doesn't support or wasn't compiled 
with mpeg2 decoding.  Take another look at the pvrusb2 pages that talk about 
using xawtv...

  -Mike

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