markus frei wrote:
> Thanks for the reply. Below is part of the channel relevant part of the file,
> and the freevo.conf I'll attach. There is another thing I forgot to mention
> above, I have to set the "Capture" in my mixer App, and often that is reset
> to off and the volume is also set to 0, particularly if I was looking TV
> before recording. I often forget about that and then the recording has no
> sound.
>
The first problem is that Python is case sensitive and the TV_SETTINGS
should be:
TV_SETTINGS = 'pal television europe-west /dev/video0'
IIRC not all the Swiss TV_FREQUENCIES are in the "europe-west" table of
src/tv/freq.py you can add this list for cablecom into local_conf.py:
TV_FREQUENCY_TABLE = {
'K32' : 559250,
'S13' : 246250,
'K34' : 575250,
'K21' : 471250,
'K05' : 175500,
'K98' : 175500,
'K99' : 175500,
'K10' : 211000,
'K35' : 583250,
'S23' : 319250,
'S17' : 274500,
'S05' : 133187.5, #133250,
'S15' : 260350,
'S10' : 168500,
'S27' : 351250,
'S19' : 288500,
'K09' : 203750,
'S04' : 126125, #126250,
'K29' : 535250,
'K27' : 519250,
'K30' : 543250,
'K06' : 182750,
'K22' : 479250,
'S26' : 343250,
'S31' : 383250,
'K11' : 218000,
'K24' : 495250,
'K31' : 551250,
'K28' : 527250,
'S09' : 161500,
'S14' : 253250,
'S07' : 147250,
'S33' : 399250,
'S20' : 295750,
'S24' : 327250,
'S11' : 232000,
'S12' : 239250,
'S28' : 359250,
'K07' : 189750,
'K37' : 599250,
'K25' : 503250,
'S08' : 154500,
'K08' : 196750,
'S18' : 281500,
'K12' : 225000,
'S16' : 267500,
'S06' : 140250,
}
What TV card do you use?
Try running "freevo vg" too.
Duncan
>
>
> # ======================================================================
> # Freevo TV settings:
> # ======================================================================
>
> #
> # This is where recorded video is written.
> #
> # XXX the path doesn't work from the www cgi scripts!
> #
> # WARNING: see Debian specific note at beginning of this file
> #
> TV_RECORD_DIR = '/home/freevo/recordings'
>
> # This will enable duplicate recording detection
> # TV_RECORD_DUPLICATE_DETECTION = True
>
> # This will enable only new episodes to be recorded
> # TV_RECORD_ONLY_NEW_DETECTION = True
>
> # If true, this will automatically re-encode shows after they finish recording
> # NOTE: You need to set up the REENCODE_* variables as for the reencode.py
> plugin -
> # these default values will be used to re-encode the recordings
> # TV_REENCODE = False
>
> # If true, this will remove the original recording after automatic
> re-encoding is done
> # TV_REENCODE_REMOVE_SOURCE = False
>
>
> #
> ================================================================================
> # Watching TV
> #
> ================================================================================
> #
> # XXX You must change this to fit your local conditions!
> #
> # NORM: ntsc, pal, secam
> # INPUT: television, composite1
> # CHANLIST: One of the following:
> #
> # us-bcast, us-cable, us-cable-hrc, japan-bcast, japan-cable, europe-west,
> # europe-east, italy, newzealand, australia, ireland, france, china-bcast,
> # southafrica, argentina, canada-cable, russia
> #
> # TV_SETTINGS = 'NORM INPUT CHANLIST DEVICE'
> TV_SETTINGS = 'Pal television europe-west /dev/video0'
> #
> # Video input device
> #
> # Usually /dev/video0, but might be /dev/video1 instead for multiple boards.
> #
> # FreeBSD uses the Brooktree TV-card driver, not V4L.
> TV_DRIVER = 'v4l2'
> # TV_DRIVER = 'v4l'
> # TV_DEVICE = '/dev/video0'
> # TV_INPUT = 0
> #
> #
> ================================================================================
> # Listening to radio
> #
> ================================================================================
> #
> # Radio device default is None, /dev/video24 for ivtv
> # RADIO_DEVICE = '/dev/v4l/radio0'
>
> # Radio commands:
> plugin.activate('audio.radioplayer')
> plugin.activate('audio.radio')
> #
> # for fmtools
> RADIO_CMD = 'fm'
> # RADIO_CMD = '/usr/bin/radio'
> RADIO_CMD_START = (RADIO_CMD + ' ' + '-q %s 65535')
> RADIO_CMD_STOP = (RADIO_CMD + ' ' + '-q off')
> # RADIO_CMD_START = (RADIO_CMD + ' -d %s ' % RADIO_DEVICE + ' -q %s 65535')
> # RADIO_CMD_STOP = (RADIO_CMD + ' -d %s ' % RADIO_DEVICE + ' -q off')
> #
> # for ivtv-radio
> # RADIO_CMD = '/usr/bin/ivtv-radio -d /dev/radio0 -i /dev/video24'
> RADIO_STATIONS = [
> ('Rock Nation', '104.60'),
> ('DRS 3', '97.40MHz'),
> ('Virus', '104.30MHz'),
> ('Radio 24', '102.90MHz'),
> ('Energy Zuerich', '101.10MHz'),
> ('Radio Zuerisee', '90.20MHz'),
> ('Radio Sunshine', '106.10MHz'),
> ('Radio Top', '105.40MHz'),
> ('Radio LoRa', '88.10MHz'),
> ('BBC World Service', '90.70MHz'),
> ('Radio 105 Network', '105.10MHz'),
> ('Klassik Radio', '103.30MHz'),
> ('Radio Swiss Classic', '106.90MHz'),
> ('DRS 4 News', '91.00MHz'),
> ]
> # (u'Radio Zürisee', '90.20'),
> # ]
>
> #
> # Additional options to pass to mplayer in TV mode.
> #
> # eg. To turn off deinterlacing:
> # TV_OPTS = '-vop pp=ci'
> #
> # TV_OPTS = ''
>
> # TV_SETTINGS = '%s television %s %s' % (CONF.tv, CONF.chanlist, TV_DEVICE)
>
> #
> # Size (in MB) of the timeshift buffer. (ie: how long you can pause tv for.)
> # This is set to a low default because the default buffer location is
> # under FREEVO_CACHEDIR and we don't want to blow /var or /tmp.
> # TIMESHIFT_BUFFER_SIZE = 128
>
> # TIMESHIFT_ENCODE_CMD = 'mp1e -m3 -c%s -p%s -r14,100' % \
> # (TV_SETTINGS.split()[3], AUDIO_INPUT_DEVICE)
>
> # TIMESHIFT_BUFFER = '%s/timeshift.mpeg' % FREEVO_CACHEDIR
>
> # TV_DATE_FORMAT = '%e-%b' # Day-Month: 11-Jun
> # TV_TIME_FORMAT = '%H:%M' # Hour-Minute 14:05
> # TV_DATETIME_FORMAT = '%A %b %d %I:%M %p' # Thursday September 24 8:54 am
>
> # This is the filename format for files recorded using Freevo.
> # You can use any of the strftime variables in it, provided you
> # put two '%%' at the beginning.
> #
> # Some examples:
> # %%A - Full weekday name.
> # %%H - Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number [00,23].
> # %%M - Minute as a decimal number [00,59].
> # %%m - Month as a decimal number [01,12].
> # %%d - Day of the month as a decimal number [01,31].
> # %%p - Locale's equivalent of either AM or PM.
> #
> # More can be found at: http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-time.html
>
> # TV_RECORD_FILE_MASK = '%%m-%%d %%H:%%M %(progname)s - %(title)s'
>
> # If using the persistent recordserver
> # TV_RECORD_SCHEDULE = FREEVO_STATICDIR + '/schedule.pickle'
> # TV_RECORD_FAVORITES = FREEVO_STATICDIR + '/favorites.pickle'
> # TV_RECORD_FAVORITES_LIST = FREEVO_STATICDIR + '/favorites.txt'
>
>
> # RECORDSERVER_IP = 'localhost'
> # RECORDSERVER_PORT = 18001
> # RECORDSERVER_SECRET = 'secret1'
>
> # If the recordserver runs as root, set the uid to the given one
> # after startup. The gui must also match one of the users group ids
> # RECORDSERVER_UID = 0
> # RECORDSERVER_UID = 0
>
> # Remove old recordings if GB free is less than specified value
> # RECORDSERVER_CLEANUP_THRESHOLD = 0
>
> # start every recording X minutes before scheduled,
> # and stop X minutes after scheduled - default to zero minutes.
> # This must be a value in seconds although at the moment only has
> # the percision of one minute.
> # TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE = 0
> # TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST = 0
>
> # Number of minutes before or after the start time of a favorite where
> # a program matching the name, day of week etc should still be considered a
> # favorite. For example a favorite has a start time of 21.00, but the program
> # has been brought forward by the broadcaster by 10 minutes to 20.50, with
> # a margin of less than 10 this program will not be recorded as the start time
> # is outside the margin. But if the margin is set at 10 minutes or greater
> this
> # program will be considered a favorite and recorded. Probably about 45
> minutes
> # is the best bet, better a false positive than a false negative.
> # TV_RECORD_FAVORITE_MARGIN = 45
>
> # PRE and POST recording commands. Set these to a runnable command if
> # you wish to have special mixer settings or video post processing.
> # VCR_PRE_REC = None
> # VCR_POST_REC = None
>
> VCR_AUDIO = (':adevice=%s' % AUDIO_DEVICE +
> ':audiorate=32000' + # 44100 for better sound
> ':forceaudio:forcechan=1:' + # Forced mono for bug in my driver
> 'buffersize=64') # 64MB capture buffer, change?
>
> # TV capture size for viewing and recording. Max 768x480 for NTSC,
> # 768x576 for PAL. Set lower if you have a slow computer!
> #
> # For the 'tvtime' TV viewing application, only the horizontal size is used.
> # Set the horizontal size to 400 or 480 if you have a slow (~500MHz) computer,
> # it still looks OK, and the picture will not be as jerky.
> # The vertical size is always either fullscreen or 480/576 (NTSC/PAL)
> # for tvtime.
> # TV_VIEW_SIZE = (640, 480)
> # TV_REC_SIZE = (320, 240) # Default for slower computers
> # TV_REC_SIZE = (512, 320)
> #TV_REC_SIZE = (384, 288)
> # TV_VIEW_SIZE = (768, 480)
> # Input formats for viewing and recording. The format affect viewing
> # and recording performance. It is specific to your hardware, so read
> # the MPlayer docs and experiment with mplayer to see which one fits
> # your computer best.
> # TV_VIEW_OUTFMT = 'yuy2' # Better quality, slower on pure FB/X11
> # TV_REC_OUTFMT = 'yuy2'
>
> # XXX Please see the mencoder docs for more info about the settings
> # XXX below. Some stuff must be changed (adevice), others probably
> # XXX should be ("Change"), or could be in some cases ("change?")
> VCR_CMD = (CONF.mencoder + ' ' +
> 'tv:// ' + # New mplayer requires this.
> '-tv driver=%s:input=%d' % (TV_DRIVER, TV_INPUT) +
> ':norm=%s' % CONF.tv +
> ':channel=%(channel)s' + # Filled in by Freevo
> ':chanlist=%s' % CONF.chanlist +
> ':width=%d:height=%d' % (TV_REC_SIZE[0], TV_REC_SIZE[1]) +
> ':outfmt=%s' % TV_REC_OUTFMT +
> ':device=%s' % TV_DEVICE +
> VCR_AUDIO + # set above
> ' -ovc lavc -lavcopts ' + # Mencoder lavcodec video codec
> 'vcodec=mpeg4' + # lavcodec mpeg-4
> ':vbitrate=2400:' + # Change lower/higher, bitrate
> 'keyint=30 ' + # Keyframe every 10 secs, change?
> '-oac mp3lame -lameopts ' + # Use Lame for MP3 encoding, must
> be enabled in mencoder!
> 'br=128:cbr:mode=3 ' + # MP3 const. bitrate, 128 kbit/s
> '-ffourcc divx ' + # Force 'divx' ident, better
> compat.
> '-endpos %(seconds)s ' + # only mencoder uses this so do
> it here.
> '-o %(filename)s') # Filled in by Freevo
>
> # TV_VIDEO_GROUPS setting to handles multiple arbitrary groups of devices
> # for viewing or recording. It is possible to have different Freevo
> # channels use different Video Groups.
> #
> # See the wiki for more details:
> # http://doc.freevo.org/MultiTunerConfig
> # http://doc.freevo.org/Analoguemulti
> #
> # This example is when you have one IVTV type card installed
> #
> # TV_VIDEO_GROUPS = [
> # VideoGroup(vdev=TV_DEVICE,
> # adev=AUDIO_DEVICE,
> # input_type='tuner 1',
> # input_num=0,
> # tuner_norm=CONF.tv,
> # tuner_chanlist=CONF.chanlist,
> # group_type = 'ivtv',
> # desc='PVR-350 Video Group'),
> # ]
> #
> # This example is for two normal TV cards to allow you to use one card to
> # view a programme and the other card to record at the same time
> #
> # TV_VIDEO_GROUPS = [
> # # Use this group for watching tv
> # VideoGroup(vdev='/dev/video0',
> # adev=None,
> # input_type='tuner 1',
> # tuner_norm=CONF.tv,
> # tuner_chanlist=CONF.chanlist,
> # desc='Watching Video Group',
> # record_group=1),
> # # Use this group for recording tv
> # VideoGroup(vdev='/dev/video1',
> # adev=None,
> # input_type='tuner 1',
> # tuner_norm=CONF.tv,
> # tuner_chanlist=CONF.chanlist,
> # desc='Recording Video Group',
> # record_group=None),
> # ]
>
> #
> # Settings for ivtv based cards such as the WinTV PVR-250/350.
> #
> # TODO: Add descriptions and valid settings for each option.
> # bitrate in bps
> # stream type
> # Options are: 0 (mpeg2_ps), 1 (mpeg2_ts), 2 (mpeg1), 3 (mpeg2_pes_av),
> # 5 (mpeg2_pes_v), 7 (mpeg2_pes_a), 10 (dvd)
>
> # TV_IVTV_OPTIONS = {
> # 'input' : 4,
> # 'resolution' : '720x480',
> # 'aspect' : 2,
> # 'audio_bitmask' : 233,
> # 'bframes' : 3,
> # 'bitrate_mode' : 1,
> # 'bitrate' : 4000000,
> # 'bitrate_peak' : 4000000,
> # 'dnr_mode' : 0,
> # 'dnr_spatial' : 0,
> # 'dnr_temporal' : 0,
> # 'dnr_type' : 0,
> # 'framerate' : 0,
> # 'framespergop' : 15,
> # 'gop_closure' : 1,
> # 'pulldown' : 0,
> # 'stream_type' : 10,
> # }
>
>
> #
> # TV Channels. This list contains a mapping from the displayed channel name
> # to the actual channel name as used by the TV watching application.
> # The display name must match the names from the XMLTV guide,
> # and the TV channel name must be what the tuner expects (usually a number).
> #
> # The TV menu is supposed to be supported by the XMLTV application for
> # up to date listings, but can be used without it to just display
> # the available channels.
> #
> # This list also determines the order in which the channels are displayed!
> # N.B.: You must delete the XMLTV cache file (e.g.
> /var/cache/freevo/TV.xml.pickled)
> # if you make changes here and restart!
> #
> # Format: [('xmltv channel id', 'freevo display name', 'tv channel name'),
> ...]
> #
> # If this variable is set to None (default), Freevo will try to auto-detect
> # the channel list based on the xmltv file. This doesn't work for all
> # xmltv grabber, e.g. the German list doesn't contain station lists. In this
> # case Freevo will output the possible list for you to add them manually.
> #
> # If auto-detection doesn't work or you want to edit the list, run
> # freevo tv_grab -query.
> #
> # Setting this variable to [] will deactivate the tv guide. If you don't have
> # a tv card, you may also want to add plugin.remove('tv') to remove the whole
> # tv menu.
> #
> # All channels listed here will be displayed on the TV menu, even if they're
> # not present in the XMLTV listing.
> #
> #
> # Timedependent channels:
> #
> # The TV_CHANNELS-list can look like this:
> #
> # TV_CHANNELS = [('21', 'SVT1', 'E5'),
> # ('22', 'SVT2', 'E3'),
> # ('26', 'TV3', 'E10'),
> # ('27', 'TV4', 'E6'),
> # ('10', 'Kanal 5', 'E7'),
> # ('60', 'Fox Kids', 'E8', ('1234567','0600','1659')),
> # ('16', 'TV6', 'E8', ('1234567','1700','2359'),
> # ('1234567','0000','0300')),
> # ('14', 'MTV Europe', 'E11') ]
>
> TV_CHANNELS = [('x.leer', 'leer', 'E1'),
> ('C1.sfdrs.ch', 'SF1', 'E5'),
> ('C2.sfdrs.ch', 'SF2', 'E10'),
> ('sfi.sfdrs.ch', 'SFi', 'U35'),
> ('C1.tsr.ch', 'TSR1', 'E7'),
> ('C2.tsr.ch', 'TSR2', 'S12'),
> ('C1.rtsi.ch', 'TSI1', 'E8'),
> ('C2.rtsi.ch', 'TSI2', 'S18'),
> ('ard.de', 'ARD', 'E9'),
> ('zdf.de', 'ZDF', 'E11'),
> ('C1.orf.at', 'ORF1', 'S5'),
> ('C2.orf.at', 'ORF2', 'U34'),
> ('C3.br-online.de', 'BR', 'U29'),
> ('swr.de', 'SWR/BW', 'S14'),
> ('arte.de', 'Arte', 'U21'),
> ('C3sat.de', '3Sat', 'S33'),
> ('euronews.net', 'EuroNews', 'S10'),
> ('eurosport.de', 'EuroSport', 'S17'),
> ('cnn.com', 'CNN', 'S13'),
> ('kabel1.de', 'Kabel1', 'S4'),
> ('rtl.ch', 'RTL', 'E6'),
> ('rtl2.de', 'RTL-II', 'U22'),
> ('prosieben.ch', 'Pro-7', 'U27'),
> ('vox.de', 'Vox', 'U30'),
> ('C3plus.tv', '3-Plus', 'S15'),
> ('startv.ch', 'Star-TV', 'S7'),
> ('toponline.ch', 'Tele-Zueri', 'S9'),
> ('teletop.ch', 'Tele-Top', 'E12'),
> ('dsf.com', 'DS:F', 'S16'),
> ('mtv.co.uk', 'M-Tv', 'SR19'),
> ('vivatv.ch', 'viva', 'S24'),
> ('sat1.ch', 'Sat1', 'S19'),
> ('super-rtl.de', 'super-rtl', 'S26')]
> # As you can see the list takes optional tuples:
> # ( 'DAYS', 'START','END')
> #
> # 1234567 in days means all days.
> # 12345 would mean monday to friday.
> #
> # It will display "Fox Kids" from 06:00 to 16:59 and "TV6" from 17:00 to
> 03:00.
> # 03:00 to 06:00 it won't be displayed at all.
> #
>
> # TV_CHANNELS = None
>
> #
> # A lambda function to sort the TV_CHANNELS
> #
> #TV_CHANNELS_COMPARE = lambda a, b: cmp(int(a[2]), int(b[2]))
>
> #
> # TV_FREQUENCY_TABLE - This is only used when Freevo changes the channel
> natively.
> # This is only the case if you are using V4L2 and any of the following
> plugins:
> # timeshift, ivtv_record, ivtv_basic_tv.
> # For the standard frequancy tables see src/tv/freq.py. To add your own just
> # replace tuner_id in the following example with a valid tuner id (ie: '5' or
> # 'BBC1') and a frequency in KHz. You may have as many entries as you like,
> # anything here will simply override a corresponding entry in your standard
> # frequency table and you can also have entries here that are not present in
> # there.
>
> # TV_FREQUENCY_TABLE = {
> # 'tuner_id' : 55250,
> # }
>
>
> #
> # Program to grab xmltv listings. To get a grabber, you need to download
> # xmltv. A possible value for users in the USA is tv_grab_na
> # Use the tv_grab helper to grab the listings and cache them. Start
> # 'freevo tv_grab --help' for more informations.
>
> # XMLTV_GRABBER = ''
> XMLTV_GRABBER = '/usr/bin/tv_grab_ch_search'
> #
> # If you want to run tv_sort on your listings add the path to tv_sort here.
> # tv_sort will make sure all your programs have proper stop times, otherwise
> # programs might get cut off at midnight.
> #
> # XMLTV_SORT = ''
> XMLTV_SORT = '/usr/bin/tv_sort'
> #
> # Number of days the grabber should get
> #
> # XMLTV_DAYS = 3
> XMLTV_DAYS = 14
> ## ONLY ADJUST THIS IF YOUR GUIDE TIMES ARE INCORRECT ##
> #
> # GMT offset for XMLTV feeds that don't contain timezone information
> # An example of this is the OzTivo feed which has the timestamps
> # in the XML pre-adjusted for your timezone
> #
> # XMLTV_TIMEZONE='+0100'
>
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>
>> Datum: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:14:02 +0100
>> Von: Duncan Webb <dun...@freevo.org>
>> An: freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>> Betreff: Re: [Freevo-users] Recording issue
>>
>
>
>> markus frei wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm using freevo 1.8.3 on a PC running Linux Mint. When I want to record
>>>
>> something from TV, it seems that I first have to watch that channel. If I
>> don't, the recording starts at the given time, but the channel isn't
>> selected, so the "recording" I get is just "snow".
>>
>>> If after a successful recording another is scheduled on another channel,
>>>
>> again the recording starts, but it stays on the last channel that was used
>> or recorded from. So it seems the recording routine doesn't change the
>> channel by itself.
>>
>>> I'm using TvTime for viewing TV and have all my channels setup there,
>>>
>> and freevo uses mencoder (mplayer) for recording. Do I have to setup a
>> channel list for mencoder too, and if so, how?
>>
>>> Thanx for any help here.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Need more information...
>>
>> Basically the bits of freevo.conf and local_conf.py that deal with the
>> TV settings.
>>
>> The most important part is how the channels are set-up.
>>
>> Duncan
>>
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