how to create /dev/vbi

[Adam Membrey]

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:44 pm, Jose Manuel Velasco Martinez wrote:
> Hello, i'm more than newbie about tv in linux.
> I want to search the channels for use with xawtv.
> I run scantv and i get this...
>
> manou at hada:~$ scantv -a
>
> please select your TV norm
>    0: PAL
>    1: NTSC
>    2: SECAM
>    3: PAL-Nc
>    4: PAL-M
>    5: PAL-N
>    6: NTSC-JP
>    7: PAL-60
> nr ? 0
>
> please select a frequency table
>    0: us-bcast
>    1: us-cable
>    2: us-cable-hrc
>    3: japan-bcast
>    4: japan-cable
>    5: europe-west
>    6: europe-east
>    7: italy
>    8: newzealand
>    9: australia
>   10: ireland
>   11: france
>   12: china-bcast
>   13: southafrica
>   14: argentina
>   15: australia-optus
>   16: russia
> nr ? 5
> [global]
> freqtab = europe-west
>
> [defaults]
> input = Television
> norm = PAL
>
> vbi: open failed [/dev/vbi]
> open /dev/vbi: No such file or directory
> manou at hada:~$
>
> Can anybody help me to fix this please ?
>
> Thanks in advance.

Do a scantv -a -c /dev/video0 (or wherever your tv tuner is placed)
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