[vdr] Re: VDR only channel switching, XAWTV only pictures, not both

[Tobias <tobschle@gmx.de>]

Am Freitag,  2. November 2001 22:47 schrieben Sie:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to get my Galaxis DVB car to work under linux. After a lot
> of pain I compiled the Siemens driver for this card and the tuxzap
> applications that go with it. I first tried XAWTV and tuxview that afaik
> does the same in a different window which gives a nice picture but I am
> not able to switch the channels there. When I use tuxzap it comes with
> teh error "channel not found". I don't know how to configure it. The
> manpages keep me running in circles, I cannot find a Howto or a decent
> manual so I skipped it and tried VDR. I made a /video directry which
> contains the necessary files. VDR compiles and runs without complains,
> not even in /var/log/messages. When I switch the channel I hear the
> sound go to a different station, the logging in /var/log/messages says
> it switched to channel so and so but I cannot se any picture. I have a
> black screen.
>
> I hope someone can help me out here. I have spent about 80 hours to get
> it working now and I am getting tired of it. When there is no one who
> can explain me what to do, or point me to a manual where I can find out
> how to configure things I will give up and return to Windows (which I
> hate to do). Or I should start VDR. Choose the desired channel. Close
> VDR. Start Xawtv and watch until I wan to see something else. Then stop
> Xawtv, choose another channel in VDR etc..... Or is this the way how
> things suppose to work? ;-)
>
> I must be crazy. When I bought a windows program that took so much
> effort to install, it would have ended in the trashcan a week ago.
>
> Ton van Baalen

you should connect a tv to your card. :)
or use kvdr in addition to vdr to see the picture on your screen.

tobi