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[tempestuous]

Update July 24 2009: xawtv updated to version 4.x development snapshot 20081014

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

[tempestuous]

Here is the xawtv package with full digital tuner support. This includes the libmpeg2 library, since digital TV broadcasts are encoded with MPEG2.
I have also included the Zapping VBI (zvbi) library, for embedded data reading support, such as teletext.
As before, the v4l Xorg plugin should be enabled for optimal video output.

Thanks to raffy, the dotpet is here -
http://minipc.org/ipup/download/xawtv-DVB-20081014.pet

With the added libraries, the xawtv package is no longer small at 1.4MB.
The more powerful (and more useful) MPlayer starts to look like a better alternative.
Beware. The only version of MPlayer available on this forum with V4L/V4L2 input support is -
"MPlayer-1.0rc2 + mencoder Feb 2008"
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=26511
MU provided a good HOWTO for using webcams with MPlayer here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=183569#183569

[tempestuous]

For those using the older 2.x versions of Puppy, here is the basic version of xawtv. This package includes the v4l plugin specifically for Xorg7.0 in the Puppy 2-series since v2.10. This v4l plugin should be enabled as explained in the first post.

This xawtv package should work in Puppy3.x, but only by launching it without xv support -

[tempestuous]

Regarding Skype

According to reports on the web, for certain webcams to work with Skype the v4l Xorg plugin is necessary. The xawtv packages above provide this plugin, but if you want to obtain the v4l Xorg plugin by itself without installing xawtv, it's available for Puppy 4 here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=271407#271407

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[Spaccafumo]

Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":00"
This appears on the black screen of Xawtv







Qui si usa Linux
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[MU]

[bignono1]

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Install xorg-dri with petget and reboot.
This has hardware accelerated drivers and opengl(glx).
Mark[/quote]
Anything else needed ?

[bignono1]

I installed the xorg dri and it got the xlib ext. done but still there is no picture, only flashing tv screen.

[ecomoney]

hen trying to install xawtv under puppy 4.2.1 I get

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=247050885&t=41363#

[muggins]

Save libXxf86dga.so.1.0.0 to /usr/X11R7/lib, then create the missing symlink.

[ecomoney]

Thanks Muggins, I followed your instructions and downloaded the file, then created a symlink with the new name by right clicking in rox..."link...". I then tried again

[tempestuous]

[tempestuous]

July 25 2009
xawtv packages updated/revised in the first 3 posts.

[ecomoney]