If I run 'v4lctl setchannel 50', the bttv and tuner modules load but the tuner does not get set properly. I have the following in my .xawtv file. [defaults] norm = NTSC input = Television capture = over color = 32512 contrast = 27648 Actually, is it xawtv that runs v4lctl and sets these? Can someone tell me how I can initialize the tuner with the above settings if X is not running. I am running this on my server and I don't have X running. I have xawtv 3.65 installed right now. Should I upgrade? Kernel 2.4.16 Tuner: Aimslab VHX Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: bttv: driver version 0.7.83 loaded Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: bttv: using 2 buffers with 2080k (4160k total) for capture Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: bttv: Host bridge is PCI device 8086:7100 Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: bttv: Host bridge needs ETBF enabled. Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:09.0 Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:01.2 Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: bttv0: Bt848 (rev 18) at 00:09.0, irq: 9, latency: 32, memory: 0xe7800000 Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: bttv0: using: BT848A(Aimslab VHX) [card=14,insmod option] Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: bttv0: enabling ETBF (430FX/VP3 compatibilty) Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: tuner: chip found @ 0xc0 Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: bttv0: i2c attach [client=Philips NTSC,ok] Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: i2c-core.o: client [Philips NTSC] registered to adapter [bt848 #0](pos. 0). Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: i2c-core.o: adapter bt848 #0 registered as adapter 1. Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: tvaudio: TV audio decoder + audio/video mux driver Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: tvaudio: known chips: tda9840,tda9873h,tda9874a,tda9850,tda9855,tea6300,tea6420,tda8425,pic16c54 (PV951) Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: i2c-core.o: driver generic i2c audio driver registered. Apr 13 20:43:09 bob kernel: bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 ... ok Apr 13 20:43:11 bob kernel: bttv0: PLL: switching off Apr 13 20:43:11 bob kernel: tuner: TV freq (0.-6) out of range (44-958) Also, I get this message a lot in syslog. Apr 13 22:51:50 bob kernel: Sound: Recording overrun Apr 13 22:51:52 bob last message repeated 14 times Apr 13 22:53:23 bob last message repeated 988 times Apr 13 22:53:41 bob last message repeated 383 times Thanks Greg