Never mind, I bought a really cheap noname-device (I read, pal-nc is only used in Argentina!?), and will now change it to the second cheapest. marius.
setting the video norm in pdp_v4l is not possible right now, i'll have a look at it. as for frequency tables for the tv channels, there is no support either, but you can use the freq and freqMHz messages to tune the frequency.
tom