[vdr] Re: VDR can't open device

["Rene Bartsch" <vdr@bartschnet.de>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Philippi" <lists@torangan.de>
To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 7:30 PM
Subject: [vdr] Re: VDR can't open device


> On Sunday 15 September 2002 19:25, you wrote:
> > As the WinTV Nova doesn't have a MPEG-decoder,
> > it also hasn't "/dev/video"-device, etc. That's why you
> > get this error-message. You can use VDR for recording
> > with a Nova, but not for watching.
>
> That's just what I'd like to do - recording. If I want to watch I can play
> back the file recorded or use Windows - that's not the problem. But how do
I
> get VDR to record?

The only way to control VDR without OSD is the SVDRP-port.
So I suggest to use VDRADMIN (SVDRP-based Webinterface)
to control VDR. But you can't do cutting.

>
> > Therefor a full-featured DVB is still needed. But there a people
> > developing a plugin for the DXR3-card working with a NOVA.
>
> What is the DXR3 card?
>
> Bye David
>
>
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