Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 10:53:49 -0700 From: "Joshua Lokken" <joshua@joshualokken.com> To: <multimedia@freebsd.org> Subject: Fw:Re: xawtv and ATI AIW 128 Pro Message-ID: <011e01c3470c$4a4a0350$1404e9c6@inspectorbox>
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Forgot to include the group, sorry. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Lokken" <joshua@joshualokken.com> To: "Dan Nelson" <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 10:02 AM Subject: Re: xawtv and ATI AIW 128 Pro > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Nelson" <dnelson@allantgroup.com> > To: <freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org> > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 9:33 AM > Subject: Re: xawtv and ATI AIW 128 Pro > > > > Joshua Lokken wrote: > > > I've been to gatos, and read through their documentation on > > > this subject, downloaded and installed the ati.2 modules > > > for XFree86-4.3.0 (I'm running 4.8-stable) and read the > > > xawtv manpage. Maybe I'm just having trouble understanding > > > it. I wish to watch TV on my PC with the abovecaptioned > > > card. I don't need capture for the moment, just to watch... > > > > > > I keep getting (when I start xawtv) /dev/bktr0: device not > > > configured. Well, I know that the bktr(4) driver doesn't > > > support the ATI card, but I haven't been able to figure out > > > which device to tell it to use, or exactly how to tell it... > > > maybe I need to create the proper device? > > > > I don't have any problems watching TV with xawtv on either an AIW 128 > > Pro or an AIW Radeon 7500. Try starting it once with the -xv switch to > > force it to use XVideo. If that doesn't work, you might have to > > hand-edit the config file (my AIWs are at home so I can't tell you what > > to change right now). > > > > You won't be able to capture, though. Gatos only provides an XVideo > > interface for FreeBSD, and you cannot capture via XVideo - only overlay. > > OK, thanks. First, here's the output for xawtv -n. I reread the manpage, > and > I just can't figure out where xawtv is getting the /dev/bktr0 from! > > [jolok] ~> xawtv -n > This is xawtv-3.88, running on FreeBSD/i386 (4.8-STABLE) > Xlib: extension "XVideo" missing on display ":1.0". > Xlib: extension "XVideo" missing on display ":1.0". > bktr: open /dev/bktr0: Device not configured > no video grabber device available > > There are no config files on my system having to do with xawtv. > > [jolok] ~> find /usr -name xawtv > /usr/ports/multimedia/xawtv > /usr/X11R6/bin/xawtv > /usr/X11R6/lib/xawtv > > and no config files in the lib dir. So, here's the output from > > [jolok] ~> xawtv -xv > This is xawtv-3.88, running on FreeBSD/i386 (4.8-STABLE) > Xlib: extension "XVideo" missing on display ":1.0". > Xlib: extension "XVideo" missing on display ":1.0". > bktr: open /dev/bktr0: Device not configured > no video grabber device available > > Any further help? Thanks again. > > Joshua >
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