On 5 Jan 2003 at 14:00, Mike Holden wrote: > requires a TV viewer program (like xawtv) running already. I am trying to > avoid this if possible. Basically I'm trying to set up something that can do Well, you can't with the current drivers, you need to look at another hardware option if that is what you want. from the gatos site For using applications other than AVview you need to have TV playing in a window before you can record anything. Otherwise, you will see "No data available" messages in dmesg output and no data will be read from km-managed /dev/videoX device. -- Harondel J. Sibble Sibble Computer Consulting Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user. help@xxxxxxxxx (use pgp keyid 0x3AD5C11D) http://www.pdscc.com (604) 739-3709 (voice/fax) (604) 686-2253 (pager)