Laurence Huizinga wrote: > Hi guys, > I am trying to set up DVB tv in freevo and I think I am very close. > Hopefully > once I get this part of the Freevo box running I can leave it alone for a > while, keep the wife happy, and stop nagging this user list. > I am running Arch 64 bit if it makes any difference. > I have set up a channels.conf file in my ./Mplayer directory. > I also have changed a few settings in local_conf.py as well as obvious > freevo.conf editing. > However, I think the issue lies in the fact that mplayer is not correctly set > up to play dvb streams. When tuning in to a digital station using mplayer i > get the following: > > [la...@wetland /]$ mplayer "dvb://WIN HD" > MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.3.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team > CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz (Family: 15, Model: 4, Stepping: 4) > CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 > Compiled with runtime CPU detection. > 115 audio & 237 video codecs > mplayer: could not connect to socket > mplayer: No such file or directory > Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. > > Playing dvb://WIN HD. > dvb_tune Freq: 184625000 > > > Exiting... (End of file) > > And that is all... No picture or any Mplayer window. How can I make it play > the transport stream? > However, I can tzap a channel with the -r switch and then run: > mplayer /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 > > This results in the channel showing in an mplayer screen. > What are the correct local_conf.py settings for tv as the wiki is not quite > up > to date on these settings? > Do I need to configure Mplayer some more? > FYI, when i select a channel from the tv guide in freevo I get a blank screen > and then the display returns to the tv guide. > Cheers guys. > Larry > >
Probably not much help but... I never did get mplayer working correctly for viewing DVB, so I use xine instead which "just worked" straight away, worth giving xine a shot? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
