In my case this does not seem to be a group/permission issue. I created a video group, added myself and root to it, and chown'd the whole /dev/dvb tree to root:video.
The workaround I have been using is downgrade to Interpid version of mplayer, which works fine. -- mplayer tv tuner DVB CONFIGURATION IS EMPTY in Jaunty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/369349 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
