Thanks for the info, its always good to see people contributing back howtos!
I've update this page: http://freevo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/doc/TVConfig to have a link to DVB dual tuner support, And then basically copy and pasted your email info into the page: http://freevo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/doc/DVBConfig-Dual Please feel free to edit / tidy up. I just didn't want the info to get lost. Just register a user id! Just a quick note - is it really /dev/null for device 1? shouldn't it be /dev/video1 or similar? or does it make no different on the device for DVB? If so a comment to that effect on the wiki might be helpful... again please edit :D I've also updated the hardware / DVBCards page: http://freevo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/doc/Hardware/DVBCards To include your DVB-T card in the list, again if you wouldn't mind putting some words in about which kernel, how you set it up etc. This page would be a great help to people when choosing which hardware / OS to base their media box on! Simply edit the page and scroll to the bottom to put stuff in Thank you. (note, I'm just a user of freevo keen to have good doc!) Stygen wrote: > Never mind. All it needed was a simple update of drivers! > > Rather than just close the thread unceremoniously, hows about I describe > how to play and record simultaneously with dual DVB cards? > > > Right. Assuming your DVB is working and you know how to watch with one > card in freevo, do the following in the TV section of local_conf.py; > > VIDEO_GROUPS = [ > #VideoGroup[0] > VideoGroup( > vdev='/dev/video0', #For the benefit of lockfiles > adev=None, > input_type='tuner', > input_num=1, > desc='DVB Viewer', > group_type='dvb', > record_group=1), > #VideoGroup[1] > VideoGroup( > vdev='/dev/null', #For the benefit of lockfiles > adev=None, > input_type='tuner', > input_num=2, > desc='DVB Recording', > group_type='dvb', > record_group=None) > ] > > VCR_CMD = CONF.mplayer + ' -dumpstream -dumpfile %(filename)s > "dvb://[EMAIL PROTECTED](channel)s" ' > > > > This will use the second head to record (designated as dvb://[EMAIL > PROTECTED] ) and > viewing will use the default head (being the first one). This is a much > better way to do this than I have previously, as it does not require > laborious modification to tv.guide.py or recordserver.py. The wiki > doesnt really have a good description of multituner support for dvb, > hopefully the above helps. I am looking forward to a smarter recordserver > that will allow simultaneous recording, and booting you off watching if a > recording is about to start on the last available tuner. > > Please note that the above was done with a DVICO dual DVB-T. Unfortunate > side-effect of simltaneous use of the tuners is that signal quality > decreases significantly when both tuners are in use. > > > -Stygen > > > > > > On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:12:09 +0800, Stygen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hi all, >> >> This may be slightly OT as it is not directly a Freevo problem. Hoping >> some experience on the list will provide the answer. >> >> I have setup many systems with the DVICO dual head DVB-T card, and they >> 'just worked'. The most recent one though, is behaving strangely. I >> suspect there is a permissions or a udev problem behind it, but cannot be >> sure. DMESG shows both heads as loading up nicely, and /dev/dvb is >> populated with both adapters. However, to illustrate the problem with >> tzap; >> >> scan -a /dev/dvb/adapter0 config --- works for the first head (PCI) >> scan -a 0 config --- also works for the first head (PCI) >> >> scan -a /dev/dvb/adapter1 config --- works for the second head (USB) >> scan -a 1 config --- does not work for the second heah (USB) !!! >> >> I suspect that whatever allows you to use the -a option with the device >> number rather than /dev/ location is what my problem is. When involking >> the individual cards you would do it as such : mplayer >> dvb://[EMAIL PROTECTED] and clearly this will work for the first >> adapter, but not the second (dvb_streaming_read, attempt N. 6 failed with >> errno 0 when reading 2048 bytes ... etc). >> >> If this rings a bell to anyone that can suggest how to fix it, I would >> most appreciative. Otherwise Freevo 1.7.2 appears to be using the dual >> head setup very effectively without having to modify tvguide.py or >> recordserver.py as I have had to do in the past. >> >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Justin >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >> Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >> control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. >> http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Freevo-users mailing list >> Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. 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