[ tvtime-Bugs-2888090 ] USB Camera

Bugs item #2888090, was opened at 2009-10-28 17:50
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Category: Capture and tuner related
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: cj100570 (cj100570)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: USB Camera

Initial Comment:
I've been using tvtime for a few years now and I absolutely love it. I've recently come across a problem that's driving me crazy. I installed a usb camera and now whenever tvtime starts it chooses the camera as the video source instead of my tv tuner card. I wouldn't consider this that big of an issue except that it won't allow me to change the source when it does this. I have to close tvtime and delete it's folder from my home directory, disconnect the camera, and then restart my pc to get it to work properly. Can anyone offer a little guidance?

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Comment By: slims bims (slimsbims)
Date: 2010-04-28 16:59

Message:
Hello, the suggest changes did not solve the issue it for me, although I
tried a couple of numbers, and although my tvcard did not change its
device-number (still video0). Only unplugging the cam before starting
helps.

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2009-10-28 20:49

Message:
This is not a tvtime-problem, you might try editing udev-rules, there you
can define what device get's which device-file on the filesystem.
Something like: http://www.debianhelp.org/node/9235

If you allways have the usb-cam attached, you can also easy go with your
solution as well.

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Comment By: cj100570 (cj100570)
Date: 2009-10-28 20:45

Message:
Amazingly enough I found the answer mere seconds before your reply. I
changed my tvtime.xml file to read as follows;

<option name="V4LDevice" value="/dev/video1"/>

Previously it defaulted to <option name="V4LDevice" value="/dev/video0"/>
which is what a reboot was naming my video cam. Thanks for the response
though.

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Comment By: xeros ()
Date: 2009-10-28 20:34

Message:
I had the same problem but the solution is very simple - just make an icon
for running tvtime with something like that:
"tvtime --device=/dev/video1"
You've got to check which video device is TV card (by using something
like: "dmesg | grep video").


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