On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 04:13:36PM +0100, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > On 16/04/12 15:00, Dom wrote: > >On 16/04/12 13:02, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > >>Dear All > >> > >>This morning I received a second-hand USB stick which consisted of > >>the stick > >>a USB extension cable plus USB plug/socket > >>a mini antenna > >>No instructions of any sort. > >> > >>I plugged the USB stick into a USB slot on the front of the computer and > >>checked dmesg which gave the following: > >>-------------------------------------------------- > > > ... > >>[67244.676831] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs. > >>[67244.676835] dvb-usb: Hauppauge Nova-T Stick successfully initialized > >>and connected. > >>[67244.676971] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700 > >>----------------------------------------- > >> > >>I have a number of questions:- > >>1. With NO remote control, how do I control the device? > > > >With great easy. The remote control is configured as an input device and > >mapped to predefined key presses - pressing "1" on the remote is the > >same as pressing "1" on your keyboard. It doesn't control the device > >directly. > > I've tried me-tv, which just hangs, mplayer, which cannot be > configured correctly, > vlc and kaffeine. So far, no joy. No TV at all. What am I doing wrong? > What device is created for the usb stick? Is it /dev/video0? Check out the permissions and make sure your user has access to it. Are you a member of the "video" group?
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