Michel Bardiaux <mbardiaux@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > know I can use VIDIOCGTUNER to detect the loss of RF signal; but what > happens when one capture from COMPOSITE and the source of the > composite signal fails? And how can I detect that? tuner.signal likely works for that too, depending on the driver. At least bttv doesn't ask the tuner but checks the bt878 status register to see whenever it has a signal or not ... Gerd -- Michael Moore for president!