Suse LINUX Professional 9.3 Update 00662644461625 User Manual
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14
TV
,
,
V
ideo,
Radio,
and
W
ebcam
14.3
Webcams and motv
If your webcam is already supported by Linux, access it with motv. Find a sum-
mary of the supported USB devices at
mary of the supported USB devices at
http://www.linux-usb.org
. If you
have already used motv to access the TV card prior to accessing the webcam, the
bttv driver is loaded. The webcam driver is loaded automatically when your we-
bcam is connected to the USB. Start motv at the command line with the parame-
ter
bttv driver is loaded. The webcam driver is loaded automatically when your we-
bcam is connected to the USB. Start motv at the command line with the parame-
ter
-c /dev/video1
to access the webcam. Access the TV card with
motv -c
/dev/video0
.
When connecting the webcam to the USB before the bttv driver has been auto-
matically loaded (for example, by starting a TV application),
matically loaded (for example, by starting a TV application),
/dev/video0
is re-
served for the webcam. In this case, if you start motv with the
-c /dev/video1
parameter to access the TV card, you might get an error message, because the
bttv driver was not automatically loaded. Solve this problem by loading the
driver separately with
bttv driver was not automatically loaded. Solve this problem by loading the
driver separately with
modprobe bttv
as the user
root
. Access an overview
of the configurable video devices on your system with
motv -hwscan
.
14.4
nxtvepg—The TV Magazine for Your
PC
PC
From some broadcasters, an EPG signal (Electronic Program Guide) is transmit-
ted along with the video text signal. Easily view this electronic guide using the
program nxtvepg. To do this, however, you must have a TV card supported by
the bttv driver and be able to receive one of the channels broadcast with an EPG.
ted along with the video text signal. Easily view this electronic guide using the
program nxtvepg. To do this, however, you must have a TV card supported by
the bttv driver and be able to receive one of the channels broadcast with an EPG.
With nxtvepg, the broadcasts are sorted according to channel and topic, such as
‘movie’ and ‘sport’, and filtered according to criteria, such as Live, Stereo, or Sub-
title. Start the application with ‘Multimedia’ ➝ ‘Video’ ➝ ‘nxtvepg’ or at the com-
mand line with
‘movie’ and ‘sport’, and filtered according to criteria, such as Live, Stereo, or Sub-
title. Start the application with ‘Multimedia’ ➝ ‘Video’ ➝ ‘nxtvepg’ or at the com-
mand line with
nxtvepg
.
14.4.1
Importing the EPG Database
To set up and update the program database via the EPG signal, set the tuner of
your TV card to a station that broadcasts EPG. This can be done using a TV ap-
plication, such as motv or nxtvepg. Only one application at a time can access the
tuner.
your TV card to a station that broadcasts EPG. This can be done using a TV ap-
plication, such as motv or nxtvepg. Only one application at a time can access the
tuner.
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