On 05/04/2010 16:25, mclu...@wp.pl wrote: > Why can't we use Freevo's excellent record server to schedule recording > of different brodcast types - e.g. internet streaming? > Cause no one has written support for it yet :) > This is how I'm planning to achieve this (I based my idea on this > article: http://doc.freevo.org/MultiRecordingCard) > Cool. > 1) I fed xmltv file with program of my favorite radio station > 2) I patched generic_record plugin to add a new field to VCR_CMD, called > `group-type' > 3) I created additional instance of VideoGroup inside my local_conf.py > just to introduce a different group type ('stream'): > TV_VIDEO_GROUPS = [VideoGroup(vdev='/dev/video0', > adev=None, > input_type='Tuner 1', > input_num=0, > tuner_norm='pal', > tuner_chanlist='europe-east', > desc='Regular Cable', > group_type='ivtv', > record_group = None), > VideoGroup(vdev=None, > adev=None, > input_type='default', > desc='Internet recording', > group_type='stream', > record_group = 1), > ] > > 4) I created a script /etc/freevo/record-stream.sh to perform audio > stream recording with mplayer: > #!/bin/sh > # arguments : channel_name_or_number frequency_in_MHz seconds_to_record > output_filename > exec mplayer -vc null -vo null -ao pcm:fast:file="$4" -endpos "$3" "$1" > > 5) and command to call the script from within Freevo's generic_record > plugin: > VCR_CMD = '/etc/freevo/record-%(group-type)s.sh "%(channel)s" > "%(frequencyMHz)s" "%(seconds)s" "%(filename)s"' > Is point 6 missing? > 7) and finally I created additional entry to channel list in > local_conf.py containing internet radio channel with stream address as > channel data and referencing to proper video group: > ('429', 'PR3','mms://stream.polskieradio.pl/program3','','1') > Apart from that it seems reasonable up to here. > At this point I am able to schedule recording from Internet radio, but > 'channel' parameter passing by generic_record plugin to recording script > is wrong! > The program data: ('429', > 'PR3','mms://stream.polskieradio.pl/program3','','1') > is stored inside Freevo as: channel=<TvChannel '429' 'PR3' 'http://'> > As you can see stream address 'mms://...' was replaced with string: > 'http://' > We can see it in main log file: > epg_types.py (348): add(channel_id='429', channel=<TvChannel '429' 'PR3' > 'http://'>) > > I would like to write patch against that, but I cannot find the piece of > python code that stores channel data. > I don't know where that might be off the top of my head. Duncan might though. > I would also like to know what determines recording file suffix, because > Freevo tries to store my audio data into file with avi suffix. I need to > know how to change that behavior and associate video group with > particuar suffix. > I'm pretty sure there's an option in local_conf.py for the record file suffix no? > Any ideas on how to improve Internet stream recording are welcome. > > Maciej Does it support watching as well as recording?
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