Everythings "working" But it's not grabbing an image

[octonautilus]

So i have a rPi B and have installed everything related to ambi-tv. I have separate power sources for the rPi and Leds, as well as a ac powered usb hub for the grabber. The splitter is sending two signals, but I am not sure if the converter is sending the signal to the grabber as I dont have a tv with av input.

When i run ambi-tv, there is no leds lit up for edge or average, but works absolutely fine with the mood lighting. So i know the Leds are working correctly. Everything appears to load fine with no errors on the drivers.

When I installed everything, mplayer wouldnt completely install unless I get sudo apt-get update. Once I did this, I reinstalled and it worked fine. I did the following code:

sudo mplayer tv:// -tv device=/dev/video0 -hardframedrop

the signal from the rPi goes black but I can still SSH into the rPI from my phone or pc. However, it did run correctly the first time I did that, if I remember correctlty.

everything else seems to be working and I have no grabbing errors, but have no leds on edge or avg. I have tried a separate power source for the converter and diid not make a difference (it was a 5v, .7A). Any help would be appreciated, because Im starting to get very aggravated at it.