Re: [vdr] [Offtopic] US Television (near Washington D.C.)
Hi! Do you really mean DAVIC, as I read as much manuals as I could get, it seems, that DAVIC is a standard for MHP, or digital internet services with a back channel over cable modems. I found DVB-C and OpenCable as the two standards used in the US, and it seems that Comcast uses OpenCable, but I'm not sure. Are there some PC-Tunercards for OpenCable with CI Interface to record Comcast's digital programs with pc? And if which CAM would I need? Or a completly other direction, if not using vdr, how do americans record digital TV with their PCs, as I think of Windows Media Center software, or something else. For me it seems, that only a few people in the US use digital TV. Regards Marco Simon Baxter schrieb: DAVIC (not DOCSIS) And, from what I can tell, it's all proprietarily encrypted - Original Message - From: "Marco Göbenich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "VDR Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 3:00 PM Subject: Re: [vdr] [Offtopic] US Television (near Washington D.C.) Hi! One more question: Does anybody know what format does comcast send his digital programs over cable, I saw that they offering some digital packages as pay channels. Regards Marco Simon Baxter schrieb: I'm using VDR in Bellevue, WA - but only analog with a Hauppauge PVR-150 card. The limited FTA channels in DVB-S (Satellite dish) stopped me buying such a card. Also DVB-T won't work as USA doesn't use that standard (ATSC). Neither will DVB-C as they don't use that either! - Original Message - From: "Marco Goebenich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "VDR Mailing List" Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [vdr] [Offtopic] US Television (near Washington D.C.) Hi! I won't only watch TV, I planning to use my vdr to record. But what I am asking me, could there most channels recieved digital via (DVB) or are there only analog signals. Regards Marco Timothy D. Lenz schrieb: I'm not in Washington, but getting channels in the US is basicly the same everywhere. You need a TV that can work with NTSC signals insted of PAL. You should be able to find some stations with just some "rabbit ear" antenas that mount on the back of the TV. Or find a radio shack near you and get an antena to put on your roof. The sales man can tell you whcih way to point it and what channel numbers to expect to get. Then flip through the channels. Should at the least have the 3 big old networks, CBS, NBC, and ABC. Don't know what numbers they will fall on there. For cable you will likly have to subscribe. - Original Message - From: "Marco Göbenich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "VDR Mailing List" Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:10 AM Subject: [vdr] [Offtopic] US Television (near Washington D.C.) Hi! Can somebody located in the US near Washington D.C. tell what US-wide tv-channels are broadcasted there, I need to know channels that broadcast mainly news/information. If you also can tell me how to recieve those channels (in Washington D.C via cable/satellite) it would be nice. Or does anybody know a page where a german can find out how the US tv market works with all ist's local stations? Regards Marco ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr -- vierzehn Bahnhofstr. 27 Telefon 0 26 32 / 98 98 - 120 public relations 56626 Andernach Telefax 0 26 32 / 98 98 - 111 GmbH & Co. KG E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
[vdr] softdevice: audio device selection
hello, i have a little question concerning the audio device selection of the softdevice. i'm running vdr 1.4.1 with softdevice 0.2.3a. my tv card is recongized as: bttv0: using: Twinhan DST + clones [card=113,autodetected] with frontendend: DVB: registering frontend 0 (DST DVB-T)... and my soundcard is a: C-Media CMI8x38 PCI they are all recognized by my kernel v2.6.17. my commandline is like $vdr -P 'softdevice -vo xv: -ao:dummy'. but, for my tv-card has no audio out, i would like to get the sound out of my soundcard. the example commandline "-ao alsa:pcm=plug:spdif#ac3=plug:spdif#" doesn't work for me, i think because there is no spdif... other experiments didn't work either. and i didn't find any information about this alsa device stuff. but there must exist, cause running xine with vdr-xine plugin i get sound out of my snd-card. here some takeouts of my syslog: ... Dec 22 20:52:41 gockels-video vdr: [11772] [softdevice-audio] Opening alsa device plug:spdif Dec 22 20:52:41 gockels-video vdr: [11772] [softdevice-audio] Using alsa AC3 device hw:0,1 Dec 22 20:52:41 gockels-video vdr: [11772] [softdevice-audio] Playback open error: plug:spdif, Invalid argument FATAL exiting ... Dec 23 00:20:25 gockels-video vdr: [7907] [softdevice-audio] Opening alsa device plug:default Dec 23 00:20:25 gockels-video vdr: [7907] [softdevice-audio] Using alsa AC3 device hw:0,1 Dec 23 00:20:25 gockels-video vdr: [7907] [softdevice-audio] Playback open error: plug:default, No such device FATAL exiting ... Dec 23 00:19:57 gockels-video vdr: [7760] [softdevice-audio] Opening alsa device plug:front Dec 23 00:19:57 gockels-video vdr: [7760] [softdevice-audio] Using alsa AC3 device hw:0,1 Dec 23 00:19:57 gockels-video vdr: [7760] [softdevice-audio] Playback open error: plug:front, Invalid argument FATAL exiting ... i would be very thankful for some hints! alex -- Echte DSL-Flatrate dauerhaft für 0,- Euro*. Nur noch kurze Zeit! "Feel free" mit GMX DSL: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] softdevice: audio device selection
Hi, You can't get audio output since you write -ao dummy: Best regards. Halim ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
[vdr] Re: softdevice: audio device selection
thats quite sure. the only way momentarly getting the softdevice running is with "-ao dummy:". without it, it complains about: "[softdevice-audio] Playback open error: plug:spdif, Invalid argument FATAL exiting". for my understanding, it gets ac3 audio stream from the tv-card, and tries to open the default audio, spdif in this way. i just must redirect it to the right device, but which one? i'm searching for a command line containing somethings like "-ao alsa:pcm=plug:spdif#ac3=plug:spdif#". as one can see, i've tried several "plugs" like spdif, default, line and front, but none worked. i've searched some time the net, but nothing found explaining something like this. i explicitly do not want to learn the alsa api, write my own program, which in turn tests some various strings, witch might work for my softdevice. (i've already taken a look at the api, and it is a bit difficult for my limited programming skills...) ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] [Offtopic] US Television (near Washington D.C.)
On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 12:34 +0200, Marco Goebenich wrote: > Or a completly other direction, if not using vdr, how do americans > record digital TV with their PCs, as I think of Windows Media Center > software, or something else. > For me it seems, that only a few people in the US use digital TV. > There are digital ATSC cards available with linux support http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATSC_cards MythTV http://www.mythtv.org/ seems popular with North American users. Many seem to rely on digitising analog broadcasts via a PVR-150/250/350 card or feeding the output of an external digital box into the S-Video input of one of these cards. Jon ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Error while Recording and loose signal
On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 07:34:32PM +0200, Udo Richter wrote: > daliman wrote: > >Sorry but it is not possible for me to describe this error in english. > >Maybe the google-translator work. > > > >Bei Aufzug eines Gewitters empfängt die Satanlage kein Signal mehr, > >so daß ich nur noch schwarz sehe, jedoch habe ich nach einiger Zeit > >wieder Empfang. Wenn während dieser Zeit aber eine Aufnahme läuft, > >dann beendet sich der VDR. (Restart; runvdr). > > (translated: With a thunderstorm approaching, the sat receiver receives > no signal, so that I see only black, however has I after some time > reception is back. If a recording is running during this time, then the > VDR is terminated. (Restart; runvdr). > > With a proper runvdr script, VDR should restart instantly. VDR detected > that there was no data received for the recording, and signals by error > level that the runvdr script should reload the DVB drivers and then > restart VDR, in hope that the restart of the drivers fixes the reception > issue. yes, and no ... thing is, this is something which annoys me for some time now, and maybe I dig into it to find a better solution ... for some reason channel A fails because of a thunderstorm or a covered lnc (think bird) or one of several DVB cards have a problem with the reception (cable unplugged, wrong diseqc commands issued or whatever), which leads to a vdr which is restarting every 10-15 seconds, and all other receptions will be affected ... IMHO that should be handled more gracefully ... best, Herbert > Cheers, > > Udo > > ___ > vdr mailing list > vdr@linuxtv.org > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Error while Recording and loose signal
Herbert Poetzl wrote: for some reason channel A fails because of a thunderstorm or a covered lnc (think bird) or one of several DVB cards have a problem with the reception (cable unplugged, wrong diseqc commands issued or whatever), which leads to a vdr which is restarting every 10-15 seconds, and all other receptions will be affected ... Yes, it is problematic. But the only way to unload the drivers is to make sure they're not used any more, and that requires VDR to be stopped. Driver crashes are rare these days, but reloading drivers may have an effect after all. (for me, I sometimes have problems with multiswitch signaling, and powering off and on the LNB power can help in this case) Cheers, Udo ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
[vdr] LCDproc plugin 0.1.0 with VDR 1.4.1-1
Hey, does anybody have a patch to make the lcdproc 0.1.0 plugin work with VDR 1.4.1-1 ? I've tried one from January but this patch doesn't help. While starting VDR I got this errors: Close Called Not Connected !!! After that, VDR shuts down. LCDproc is working fine, only this plugin won't work. Greetings, Christian ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Error while Recording and loose signal
Udo Richter schrieb: Herbert Poetzl wrote: for some reason channel A fails because of a thunderstorm or a covered lnc (think bird) or one of several DVB cards have a problem with the reception (cable unplugged, wrong diseqc commands issued or whatever), which leads to a vdr which is restarting every 10-15 seconds, and all other receptions will be affected ... Could u maybe rls a beta driver named vdr-serial ? Same instructionset but without reinit and it would be nice, if there would be a full refresh of the display. I need some to experiment. ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Re: softdevice: audio device selection
Why dont you just try -ao alsa:pcm=default your said your soundcard doesnt have spdif and you arent using it, so why are you telling softdevice to use spdif? ich wrote: > thats quite sure. > the only way momentarly getting the softdevice running is with "-ao > dummy:". without it, it complains about: > "[softdevice-audio] Playback open error: plug:spdif, Invalid argument > FATAL exiting". > for my understanding, it gets ac3 audio stream from the tv-card, and > tries to open the default audio, spdif in this way. i just must redirect > it to the right device, but which one? > > i'm searching for a command line containing somethings like > "-ao alsa:pcm=plug:spdif#ac3=plug:spdif#". > as one can see, i've tried several "plugs" like spdif, default, line and > front, but none worked. > i've searched some time the net, but nothing found explaining something > like this. > > i explicitly do not want to learn the alsa api, write my own program, > which in turn tests some various strings, witch might work for my > softdevice. (i've already taken a look at the api, and it is a bit > difficult for my limited programming skills...) > > > > > ___ > vdr mailing list > vdr@linuxtv.org > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr > > ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Error while Recording and loose signal
devzero schrieb: Udo Richter schrieb: Herbert Poetzl wrote: for some reason channel A fails because of a thunderstorm or a covered lnc (think bird) or one of several DVB cards have a problem with the reception (cable unplugged, wrong diseqc commands issued or whatever), which leads to a vdr which is restarting every 10-15 seconds, and all other receptions will be affected ... Could u maybe rls a beta driver named vdr-serial ? Same instructionset but without reinit and it would be nice, if there would be a full refresh of the display. I need some to experiment. oh sorry - i've clicked the wrong button... I would reply to another post on another ML - sorry ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
[vdr] vdr suggestions & osd colour oddity
Hello! I've just started using vdr 1.4.0 in Ubuntu and I have to say I'm extremely impressed and very happy with it - very nice work, well done to the author :) I have a couple of things I'd like to suggest and wonder if they'd be up for consideration. When viewing a channel, pressing Up/Down currently changes channel; would it be possible to allow these buttons to just show channel information (with now/next in) for the previous/next channels, allowing one to quickly view what is on the other channels? ie, I could keep pressing Up to go through the channels, seeing what is on now and next, but without actually changing channel - then press OK to change the channel once I find one to watch. I think it would also be nice if there were more than one rewind/fastforward speed, achievable by repeated pressing of the appropriate button; press ff once to ff at 2x speed, again for 4x speed, again for 8x speed? I'd like to have a go at adding these features myself but I've not read much of the code yet. I'll see how much I can decipher in due course, but maybe someone already did these, or they're planned. I'm suffering a problem that I have no idea how to fix, however - I've read the list archives and noted a few months ago that some posts were made about oddly-coloured OSD when using softdevice and nvidia cards. I believe this is the same problem that I currently see too; it only seems to happen with low resolution broadcasts - when the resolution drops below 640x480 or thereabouts, the OSD turns "pink" for me. On any channel with a higher resolution than this it's ok. I'm using an NVidia 7600 connected to a TV using softdevice/xv. The NVidia natively directs output to the TV since it's the only output device connected, so X is running on it at 1024x768 without any other special configuration. Changing the softdevice/hue to either 0 or 100 as was suggested in those previous posts did not fix the problem for me - I was wondering if anyone else had any tips on what I might try to fix this. thanks very much for any replies & advice, -- Chris ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
