Now that your kernel is configured, your devices have been configured, and your
modules are inserted, you will also need an application to actually view or
capture the images from your card.
5.2. GUI-based Applications
The following applications require a graphical user interface such as GNOME, KDE etc.
5.2.1. Xawtv
Xawtv is arguably the best-known Linux application used for viewing TV from video sources including Bt8x8 devices; most Linux distributions have packaged
versions. If you're not sure of your device configuration you probably ought
to start with Xawtv and the -hwscan
option to check for suitable devices:
$ xawtv -hwscan
This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.8)
looking for available devices
port 139-139
type : Xvideo, image scaler
name : NV17 Video Overlay
port 140-140
type : Xvideo, image scaler
name : NV17 Video Texture
port 141-172
type : Xvideo, image scaler
name : NV05 Video Blitter
port 173-173 [ -xvport 173 ]
type : Xvideo, video overlay
name : NVIDIA Video Interface Port
/dev/video0: OK [ -device /dev/video0 ]
type : v4l2
name : BT878 video (Hauppauge (bt878))
flags: overlay capture tuner |
Now that you know your Bt8x8 device is available, try starting Xawtv:
$ xawtv -device /dev/video0
|
Note that some Nvidia cards may confuse xawtv, so if you have one of these be
sure to use the
-device switch as above.
5.2.2. Motv
Motv is a Motif-based rewrite of Xawtv. Other than a more attractive
interface, and is also found at the Xawtv homepage. It is otherwise identical to Xawtv.
5.2.3. TVtime
TVtime is the ultimate application for those who want to watch TV using
an application that doesn't get in the way and requires little or no
configuration 'out of the box.' The homepage can be found at
the sourceforge TVtime homepage.