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Why does xawtv not play the stream captured by the driver ?

April 26, 2017captured driver play stream xawtv

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Why does xawtv not play the stream captured by the driver ?

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The stream capured by the driver is an MPEG stream, xawtv only understands raw formats such as YUV and will choke on an MPEG. While the driver can be made to output raw YUV data, the format conforms to NV12 specification which xawtv does not understand either. In other words, xawtv and ivtv just don’t get along! Use a player that understands mpeg, such as mplayer or xine.