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What you need: BTTV installed. It comes with the linux kernel, all you have to do is compile support in for it. To get that you either need the following options to be compiled or made modules (I suggest modules for at least the bttv driver). CONFIG_EXPERIMENTALXawTV, FBTV, MoTV, or some other frame grabbing program. Xawtv is used here. |
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What you do: [Re]Compile the kernel, if nescessary. Reboot into the new system. Edit /etc/modules.conf or [deprecated] /etc/conf.modules and add the following lines: alias char-major-89 i2c-dev |
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For XawTV: Edit /etc/X11/xawtvrc (or whatever your global xawtvrc file is, see: man xawtv) to look like this: [global] |
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For FBTV: FBTV uses xawtv's rc file as well, so set up that file. You will need the following additional options compiled into your kernel, and running from boot (afaik): CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLERun FBTV from the command line. |
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Notes: If Xawtv shows a black screen, the driver hasn't loaded properly. If Xawtv shows a blue screen, the driver has loaded, but there is either no feed, and incorrect feed type, or you need to change your feed settings to match what you are recieving. If Xawtv shows a correct video feed, but broken into lines and displayed all over the screen (you'll know if this is you), you need to specify what color depth your X server is running at. Xawtv is incorrectly detecting it (if at all). Fix by using the command "xawtv -bpp |