[linux-dvb] Re: czap interferes with Composite Out on WinTV DVB-c

[Holger Waechtler <holger@qanu.de>]

Hi,

a.akhavan@ndr.de wrote:

> Hi!
>
> We have installed a Hauppauge WinTV DVB-c card under SUSE 9.2
> (Suse Kernel and DVB drivers), the DVB-c card is 2 years old and comes
> with a hardware mpeg decoder.
>
> Incoming DVB-c signals are received and properly decoded and displayed
> on the computer monitor using mplayer or xine.
> For switching channels, we use czap.
>
> However, we will only get a signal on composite out
> (to be fed into an external  video converter or TV) when we fire up vdr.
> With czap, the channel is tuned but an external TV stays black.
>  
be sure to start czap without the '-r' option if you want to route the 
stream to the onboard MPEG2 decoder.
hope this helps,

Holger