Hello all, Keep finding these DVD things in the _directory_ called /dev/video: crw------- 1 root root 10, 204 Mar 23 23:38 em8300 crw------- 1 root root 10, 206 Mar 23 23:38 em8300_ma crw------- 1 root root 10, 205 Mar 23 23:38 em8300_mv crw------- 1 root root 10, 207 Mar 23 23:38 em8300_sp Thought the /dev/video was supposed to be a Link to one of the /dev/video[0-N] Did see it listed in the Devices.txt, but not sure about the co-habitation with other v4l devices. AFAIK, I dont have a DVD decoder hardware, but the IDE CD is listed as CD/DVD player. Does this mean I should start buying DVD's, and using these software (?) decoding devices? Thanks John Westerdale Kernel 2.4.3. Xawtv 3.41, Aviplay 5.3.5, Bttv (as supplied with 2.4.3), RHL 7.1 rawhide. PIII-600E, BT848/6300/9850, GeForce2-MX, NCR53C875 SCSI, 3c905 eth0. # Humans wont give up a freedom, once savored #