Re: [vdr] vdr atsc support

2016-03-28 Thread Mika Laitio
Thanks for the replies, I will be traveling now, but I will test those once coming back. I will then report my findings. Mika On 03/25/2016 09:50 PM, Pridvorov Andrey wrote: > Hi all. > > В Пт, 25/03/2016 в 13:39 -0700, Timothy D. Lenz пишет: >> >> On 3/25/2016 11:55 AM, Joerg Bornkessel wrote:

Re: [vdr] vdr atsc support

2016-03-25 Thread Pridvorov Andrey
Hi all. В Пт, 25/03/2016 в 13:39 -0700, Timothy D. Lenz пишет: > > On 3/25/2016 11:55 AM, Joerg Bornkessel wrote: > > > > Am 24.03.2016 um 07:35 schrieb Mika Laitio: > > > > > > Does anybody know whether there is a working ATSC vdr-plugin > > > available somewhere? > > > > > > I found some old

Re: [vdr] vdr atsc support

2016-03-25 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
On 3/25/2016 11:55 AM, Joerg Bornkessel wrote: Am 24.03.2016 um 07:35 schrieb Mika Laitio: Does anybody know whether there is a working ATSC vdr-plugin available somewhere? I found some old discussions from the some ATSC plug-in from the mailing list pointing to http://www.fepg.org/ but from

Re: [vdr] vdr atsc support

2016-03-25 Thread Joerg Bornkessel
Am 24.03.2016 um 07:35 schrieb Mika Laitio: > Does anybody know whether there is a working ATSC vdr-plugin > available somewhere? > > I found some old discussions from the some ATSC plug-in from the > mailing list pointing to http://www.fepg.org/ but from those I got > an impression that plug-i

[vdr] vdr atsc support

2016-03-23 Thread Mika Laitio
Does anybody know whether there is a working ATSC vdr-plugin available somewhere? I found some old discussions from the some ATSC plug-in from the mailing list pointing to http://www.fepg.org/ but from those I got an impression that plug-in is not actively maintained? So fat I have tested that I

Re: [vdr] ATSC scanning support request

2012-09-10 Thread VDR User
IIRC you have to add "-ggdb" to make VDR & plugins with debugging symbols. ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr

Re: [vdr] ATSC scanning support request

2012-09-10 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
I build from the hg source. On 9/10/2012 9:20 AM, Dominic Evans wrote: Hi Timothy, On 29 August 2012 22:01, Timothy D. Lenz wrote: Just did a crash to grab what is in the logs: /var/log/ syslog: Aug 29 13:57:01 x64VDR vdr: [9106] ATSC Scanner thread started (pid=20976, tid=9106) Aug 29 13:57

Re: [vdr] ATSC scanning support request

2012-09-10 Thread Dominic Evans
Hi Timothy, On 29 August 2012 22:01, Timothy D. Lenz wrote: > Just did a crash to grab what is in the logs: > > /var/log/ > syslog: > Aug 29 13:57:01 x64VDR vdr: [9106] ATSC Scanner thread started (pid=20976, > tid=9106) > Aug 29 13:57:01 x64VDR kernel: ATSC Scanner[9106]: segfault at 7f9ca800010

Re: [vdr] ATSC scanning support request

2012-08-29 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
Just did a crash to grab what is in the logs: /var/log/ syslog: Aug 29 13:57:01 x64VDR vdr: [9106] ATSC Scanner thread started (pid=20976, tid=9106) Aug 29 13:57:01 x64VDR kernel: ATSC Scanner[9106]: segfault at 7f9ca8000108 ip 7f9ca8000108 sp 7f9c9dc9cbc8 error 15 messages: Aug 29 13

Re: [vdr] ATSC scanning support request

2012-08-29 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
I don't mess with this enough to remember the steps for making the dumps, but making it crash is as easy as telling it to scan for channels. So if you want to put up the steps to get the data... :) I'm using Debian x64 and I use putty/winscp to work with it. On 8/28/2012 1:11 PM, Dominic Evans

Re: [vdr] ATSC scanning support request

2012-08-28 Thread Dominic Evans
On 28 Aug 2012, at 20:58, "Timothy D. Lenz" wrote: > The crashing problem would be better address by making it part of VDR. I am > trying to make scripts to use Schedules Direct because even if VDR was > picking up what the broadcasters send, the broadcasters themselves are > unreliable and ha

Re: [vdr] ATSC scanning support request

2012-08-28 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
Yes, and there are programs that can capture part of a stream to a file to examine. So you don't need access to the stream to see where the broadcasters are failing to follow the FCC set standards. I think Dvbsnoop is one and I have compiled, though I only used it once or twice several years ag

Re: [vdr] ATSC scanning support request

2012-08-28 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
http://www.fepg.org/ I suspect he ether got too busy to work on it anymore or just got tired of of it. He put out several nice plugins in a short time back when the US switched to ATSC. On 8/28/2012 8:05 AM, Dominic Evans wrote: On 25 August 2012 20:54, Timothy D. Lenz wrote: The problem h

Re: [vdr] ATSC scanning support request

2012-08-28 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
The crashing problem would be better address by making it part of VDR. I am trying to make scripts to use Schedules Direct because even if VDR was picking up what the broadcasters send, the broadcasters themselves are unreliable and half assed at sending eit. But if the seg fault when trying to

Re: [vdr] ATSC scanning support request

2012-08-28 Thread VDR User
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Dominic Evans wrote: > On 25 August 2012 20:54, Timothy D. Lenz wrote: >> The problem here in the US is, DVB is not a standard for anything. > > I'm guessing Klaus' problem here is that he doesn't live in the US so > can't access ATSC broadcasts for testing, so it

Re: [vdr] ATSC scanning support request

2012-08-28 Thread Dominic Evans
On 25 August 2012 20:54, Timothy D. Lenz wrote: > The problem here in the US is, DVB is not a standard for anything. I'm guessing Klaus' problem here is that he doesn't live in the US so can't access ATSC broadcasts for testing, so it doesn't really make sense for him to attempt to maintain it in

Re: [vdr] ATSC scanning support request

2012-08-25 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
The problem here in the US is, DVB is not a standard for anything. On 8/25/2012 2:42 AM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote: I don't think that problems would be fixed any better if this were part of the official VDR code. If the original author no longer maintains the code, somebody else should take over

Re: [vdr] ATSC scanning support request

2012-08-25 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
On 25.08.2012 04:04, Timothy D. Lenz wrote: ATSC is the standard for OTA broadcast in the US now. It would be nice if support could be built into vdr now. The plugin for getting eit data and scanning for channels hasn't been updated in 2 years. It still has problems. on my x64 system, it seg f

[vdr] ATSC scanning support request

2012-08-24 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
ATSC is the standard for OTA broadcast in the US now. It would be nice if support could be built into vdr now. The plugin for getting eit data and scanning for channels hasn't been updated in 2 years. It still has problems. on my x64 system, it seg faults most of the time when trying to scan fo

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel providers California

2011-06-23 Thread Simon Baxter
Have a look here: http://www.silicondust.com/support/channels Once you've selected your zip code, it will tell you what you have via ATSC over the air, and ATSC-Qam through your cable companies. I have some scripts which use this to build a channels.conf if you'd like.. Any chance I could

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel providers California (now OREGON

2011-04-14 Thread Rob Davis
On 4/9/2011 8:52 PM, Simon Baxter wrote: From what I've read Comcast uses two levels of encryption, a basic one for tier one channels (extended basic in marketing terms) then a more comprehensive key encryption for their digital preferred channels. I use a combination of two set top boxes, a

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel providers California (now OREGON

2011-04-09 Thread Simon Baxter
From what I've read Comcast uses two levels of encryption, a basic one for tier one channels (extended basic in marketing terms) then a more comprehensive key encryption for their digital preferred channels. I use a combination of two set top boxes, a PVR HD for HD channels and a PVR500 for

[vdr] ATSC plugin segfaults with channel scan

2011-01-05 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
This is a old problem that went partly away for awhile (only crashed sometimes) but now is all the time again. Jan 5 13:05:39 x64VDR vdr: [22436] saved setup to /usr/local/dvb/VDR/config/setup.conf Jan 5 13:05:59 x64VDR vdr: [22575] ATSC Scanner thread started (pid=22436, tid=22575) Jan 5 1

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel providers California

2010-10-18 Thread Rob Davis
On 01/10/10 14:21, Simon Baxter wrote: Is there a CI/CAM option with ATSC-QAM cards? Or are the cable network encryption mechanisms proprietary (needing PVR with HDMI to get into VDR)? As Thomas said, ATSC OTA is always free, however, CableCo's encrypt some of their channels. I had to hack

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel providers California

2010-10-01 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
I should say ATSC is the national standard replacement for NTSC On 10/1/2010 2:07 AM, Simon Baxter wrote: Do any networks or network providers provide free or accessible ATSC channels in the LA area? Is it FTA, or do they require a CI/CAM? ___ vdr ma

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel providers California

2010-10-01 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
To find out what is around you, try this: http://tvfool.com/ It will tell you both the digital and any remaining analog stations, the direction and ~ signal level to your location. ALL ATSC is FTA free to air. It is the replacement for the old analog FTA/OTA broadcast> all high power stations

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel providers California

2010-10-01 Thread Simon Baxter
Do any networks or network providers provide free or accessible ATSC channels in the LA area? Is it FTA, or do they require a CI/CAM? Have a look here: http://www.silicondust.com/support/channels Once you've selected your zip code, it will tell you what you have via ATSC over the air, and A

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel providers California

2010-10-01 Thread Rob Davis
On 01/10/10 04:07, Simon Baxter wrote: Do any networks or network providers provide free or accessible ATSC channels in the LA area? Is it FTA, or do they require a CI/CAM? Have a look here: http://www.silicondust.com/support/channels Once you've selected your zip code, it will tell you wha

[vdr] ATSC Channel providers California

2010-10-01 Thread Simon Baxter
Do any networks or network providers provide free or accessible ATSC channels in the LA area? Is it FTA, or do they require a CI/CAM? ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr

[vdr] ATSC missing program discription on some channels

2010-09-03 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
Using the ATSC epg plugin I get all program names, but some channels just say no information. But if you check the same channels with a converter box, they do have program information. I was told there is a flag that is checked. If the flag is not set by the broadcaster, the program info is not

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel frequency crashing VDR

2010-04-14 Thread VDR User
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Rob Davis wrote: > I also find on h264 streams, audio goes out of sync easily with > vdpau/xine. Doesn't happen with either mplayer or xbmc.  I have a > Hauppauge PVR-HD which streams hd content from my cable box.. Maybe you need to adjust your buffer settings.

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel frequency crashing VDR

2010-04-14 Thread Rob Davis
Yup, me too. I have a button setup on my remote to kill vdr-sxfe and start xbmc-pvr, or vice versa. That way I don't need to get out of my chair to fix xine. I also find on h264 streams, audio goes out of sync easily with vdpau/xine. Doesn't happen with either mplayer or xbmc. I have a Hauppaug

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel frequency crashing VDR

2010-04-14 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
I use vdpau and find it VERY picky about stream quality. It will crash. Xine not as bad but still more picky then the HW video out of a nexus. You could leave that on a badly pixelated stream all day. I've seen vdpau crash even when there are no visual problems with the stream. When it goes dow

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel frequency crashing VDR

2010-04-14 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
Quick way to force vdr to use selected tuners is the -D option. For example, if you want it to use the 1ts and 3rd in a 3 tuner system: -D 0 -D 3 Need all the spaces for it to work. Just add "-D x" for any tuner you want vdr to see. If you only have the plugin and the usb and only want vdr to u

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel frequency crashing VDR

2010-04-14 Thread Rob Davis
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Rob Davis wrote: >> The usb adapter works upstairs on a patched VDR 1.6, but am not sure it >> works on 1.7.12 yet.. Will try again tomorrow.  My main problem is by >> the >> time I get home from work, my wife wants to watch TV. > > Maybe she should read a book

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel frequency crashing VDR

2010-04-13 Thread VDR User
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Rob Davis wrote: > The usb adapter works upstairs on a patched VDR 1.6, but am not sure it > works on 1.7.12 yet.. Will try again tomorrow.  My main problem is by the > time I get home from work, my wife wants to watch TV. Maybe she should read a book instead for

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel frequency crashing VDR

2010-04-13 Thread Rob Davis
> Just had a thought, that may be some kind of data or guide channel and > vdr is getting something it doesn't know what to do with or thinks it > does and is wrong. what scanner are you using to pick up that channel > and what cable company is it? It's Comcast. I am trying to narrow down the pro

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel frequency crashing VDR

2010-04-13 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
Just had a thought, that may be some kind of data or guide channel and vdr is getting something it doesn't know what to do with or thinks it does and is wrong. what scanner are you using to pick up that channel and what cable company is it? On 4/12/2010 1:36 PM, Rob Davis wrote: Hi Guys, I ha

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel frequency crashing VDR

2010-04-13 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
Do you know about the atscepg plugin? It can now scan cable as well as atsc though cable scanning may need a bit more work. I think the author could use some feed back on cable scans to fine tune it. http://www.fepg.org/atscepg/download/ Use the hg version to get the latest. hg clone http://mer

Re: [vdr] ATSC Channel frequency crashing VDR

2010-04-12 Thread VDR User
Have you tried loading the driver with verbose logging enabled? This could be a driver problem. ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr

[vdr] ATSC Channel frequency crashing VDR

2010-04-12 Thread Rob Davis
Hi Guys, I have two ATSC adapter. On one I scan my channels, create my channels.conf file (via a convoluted script), the channels work on that laptop using 1.6. I make a couple of edits to allow it to work on 1.7.12, but a particular frequency causes VDR to crash and get restarted by the watchdog.

[vdr] ATSC with xine-vdpau frame drops

2009-04-30 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
I havd vdr-1.7.5, xine-vdpau r260, vdr-xine .91. Runing on a Athlon64 x2 and Asus en8400gs silent video card. I have a FusionHDTV7 Dual Express in it currently. I am having problems figureing out the proper settings in all the config files. I am getting droped frames, sometimes high enough to cau

Re: [vdr] ATSC a good primers guide? (Moving from Italy to the USwith my VDR setup)

2009-01-19 Thread Rob Davis
- Original Message - From: "Joerg Bornkessel" To: "VDR Mailing List" Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [vdr] ATSC a good primers guide? (Moving from Italy to the USwith my VDR setup) >> So, would the DVB-T card just work with A

Re: [vdr] ATSC a good primers guide? (Moving from Italy to the US with my VDR setup)

2009-01-18 Thread Joerg Bornkessel
> I'm looking at moving from Italy to the US in the summer and am trying > to spend my time (while not highly preoccupied about health insurance, > jobs, houses, shipping etc) trying to think through taking my VDR setup > and Dreambox over to the US. > I currently have a couple of Hauppauge DVB-S

[vdr] ATSC a good primers guide? (Moving from Italy to the US with my VDR setup)

2009-01-16 Thread Rob Davis
I'm looking at moving from Italy to the US in the summer and am trying to spend my time (while not highly preoccupied about health insurance, jobs, houses, shipping etc) trying to think through taking my VDR setup and Dreambox over to the US. I currently have a couple of Hauppauge DVB-S cards (a N

Re: [vdr] ATSC

2008-02-23 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
t.com/wiki/products/hdhomerun Connects via LAN, Dual tuner, chipset unknown. Known to work with MythTV, but VDR unknown. - Original Message - From: "Steffen Barszus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "VDR Mailing List" Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [vdr]

Re: [vdr] ATSC

2008-02-23 Thread Alex Lasnier
r? > In 1 year from today it will replace all analog TV broadcast in the US. Have a look at my ATSC EPG plugin, it is available at http://www.fepg.org/atscepg.html it also includes a patch that adds ATSC support to VDR. The patch is also separately available at http://www.fepg.org/patches/vd

Re: [vdr] ATSC

2008-02-23 Thread Steffen Barszus
Timothy D. Lenz schrieb: > Any chance we can get ATSC tunner card support with the next branch of vdr? > In 1 year from today it will replace all analog TV broadcast in the US. > > Think that depends solely on what interface these cards - are they using linux-dvb api ?

Re: [vdr] ATSC

2008-02-18 Thread VDR User
On Feb 17, 2008 4:08 PM, Timothy D. Lenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any chance we can get ATSC tunner card support with the next branch of vdr? > In 1 year from today it will replace all analog TV broadcast in the US. If so then maybe we can get NTSC resolution and framerate settings as well so

[vdr] ATSC

2008-02-17 Thread Timothy D. Lenz
Any chance we can get ATSC tunner card support with the next branch of vdr? In 1 year from today it will replace all analog TV broadcast in the US. ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr

[vdr] ATSC Card (Air2PC) can't get scan

2006-08-11 Thread Mlists
Hi there, I picked up a Skystar2 Air2Pc card.  I've tried to scan for channels with it (Rogers Cable in Canada) with no success using the dvbapps atscscan tool. I seem to just get alot of timeouts.  I'm not sure how to get a scan of available channels from this card.  I've tried using a list