xawtv is a video viewer application, which can be used to view Video4Linux (V4L/V4L2) devices, including analogue TV tuners and webcams.
When compiled with additional libraries, xawtv can also be used with digital TV tuners (DVB devices).
Here is the "basic" version without DVB tuner support, which keeps the installer size down.
Optimal video output is via the "xv" (accelerated XVideo overlay) feature, which requires the addition of the "v4l" extension plugin for Xorg, and this xawtv package includes the v4l plugin specifically for Xorg7.3 in the Puppy 4-series ...
... but it's very important to enable this plugin: after installing this dotpet, open /etc/X11/xorg.conf in Geany.
In Section "Module" add this line
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Load "v4l"
If you still see an error relating to xv, it's possible to fall back to non-xv video display by launching xawtv like this -
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xawtv -noxv