[MPlayer-users] Using mplayer to watch TV on linux

[RC]

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:09:22 -0600
"ying lcs" <yinglcs at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> I am trying to use mplayer to watch TV using tv card Hauppauge WinTV
> HVR 950 on ubuntu 7.10.
> 
> I try this command " mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2 "
> But all I get is a black and white static screen and there is no
> audio.

That's an MPEG-2 (USB) tuner, while tv:// is mainly for standard raw/YUV
cards.  See the pvr option, or more importantly, see the ivytv/IVTV docs
on how to use your tuner.