From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from WARSL404PIP1.highway.telekom.at ([195.3.96.112]:48256 "EHLO email.aon.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753516AbZCGTwX (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Mar 2009 14:52:23 -0500 Message-ID: <49B2D075.8060801@yahoo.de> Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:52:21 +0100 From: Elmar Stellnberger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patrick Boettcher , linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Technisat Skystar 2 on Suse Linux 11.1, kernel 2.6.27.19-3.2-default References: <49B2BAAE.8040808@yahoo.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: dvbscan -out channels channels.conf hangs and does not create a channels.conf file vlc dvb:// vlc /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 vlc -> recording device -> dvb-s ... does not open a video window and does not play anything kaffeine stdin:// < /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 ... no module found to handle source mplayer /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. Playing /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0. ...but no window opens How can I play videos? How can I select a channel? How can I stream a channel to disk? have modprobed all recommended kernel modules: > lsmod | egrep "budget|mt312|b2c2-flexcop" mt312 7748 0 budget 12588 0 budget_core 9884 1 budget saa7146 15980 2 budget,budget_core ttpci_eeprom 2020 1 budget_core dvb_core 73144 4 budget,budget_core,stv0299,b2c2_flexcop i2c_core 29916 9 t312,budget,budget_core,ttpci_eeprom,stv0299,i2c_viapro,b2c2_flexcop,cx24123,s5h1420 Patrick Boettcher schrieb: > Hi Elmar, > > On Sat, 7 Mar 2009, Elmar Stellnberger wrote: > >> Following the instructions at >> http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/TechniSat_SkyStar_2_TV_PCI_/_Sky2PC_PCI >> >> I have tried to make my Technisat Skystar 2 work. > > This howto seems to be out of date. The skystar2.ko was removed like 4 > years ago. It was replaced by the b2c2-flexcop-drivers. > > >> The thing is that suse ships most of the required kernel modules out of >> the box; iter sunt >> stv0299 >> mt312 >> budget >> Only skystar2 is missing, so that I have no /dev/video0 and no >> /dev/dvb/adapter0/video0 as required by all these dvb players. >>>> ls /dev/dvb/adapter0/ >> demux0 dvr0 frontend0 net0 > > Furthermore this is totally correct. /dev/video0 is provided by > analog-video-cards or by full-featured (with a overlay-chip on board) > devices. > > The SkyStar2 is neither of it. > > Did you try to use Kaffeine or mplayer or (dvb)scan? > > regards, > Patrick. > > -- > Mail: patrick.boettcher@desy.de > WWW: http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pboettch/ >