[linux-dvb] problems capturing analog and digital at the same time with lifeview trio

[Nico Sabbi]

Hartmut Hackmann wrote:

> Hi,
>
> rghetta wrote:
>
>>
>> Suggestions ?
>>
> There is a limitation in the saa713x pci bridges: They are not able to
> handle more than 4 simultanous DMA streams. This has the impact that 
> if you
> have DVB active, you are not able to use the so-called planar video 
> formats,
> but all others work.
> I don't use mplayer frequently, but as far as i remember, mplayer uses a
> planar format by default.
> Can anybody jump in? As far as i know, mplayer allows to select the 
> format.
>
> Best regards
>    Hartmut
>

the trick is to append to mplayer the option:

-tv outfmt=yuy2


mine is:

normid=1:device=/dev/video0:input=0:driver=v4l2:outfmt=yuy2:width=768:height=576:fps=25:audiorate=32000:amode=1:adevice=/dev/dsp1:immediatemode=0