Re: [Freevo-users] Recording Internet radio/tv with Freevo

[John Molohan]

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=
> 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= '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?

John

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[Freevo-users] Recording Internet radio/tv with Freevo

[mclusky]

Why can't we use Freevo's excellent record server to schedule recording 
of different brodcast types - e.g. internet streaming?
This is how I'm planning to achieve this (I based my idea on this 
article: http://doc.freevo.org/MultiRecordingCard)
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"'

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')

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=
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=)

I would like to write patch against that, but I cannot find the piece of 
python code that stores channel data.

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.

Any ideas on how to improve Internet stream recording are welcome.

Maciej



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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)

[Duncan Webb]

Art S R wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Duncan Webb  wrote:
>> Art S R wrote:
>>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Duncan Webb  wrote:
>>>
 I've been working on the recordserver to see if I can improve the
 timings of the recording. If you want to try out this version you can
 get it from svn with the export command, i.e.:
 svn export
 svn://svn.freevo.org/freevo/branches/rel-1/freevo/src/helpers/recordserver.py
 and you will need freevo_config.py from
 svn://svn.freevo.org/freevo/branches/rel-1/freevo/freevo_config.py

 You will need to change the RECORDSERVER_ATTIMER = 0 in your
 local_conf.py to start the recordings at the top of the minute.

 Attached is a log of four consecutive without any gaps and including a
 small overlay of two programs.

 Actually there is an odd delay after a kaa.rpc time-out error, I'm not
 sure if this has been caused by this error.

 Duncan
>>> Thanks for the quick fix, Duncan.  I tried the new recordserver.py and
>>> freevo_config.py, but got the following errors when I tried to launch
>>> recordserver:
>>>
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/helpers/recordserver.py",
>>> line 1481, in 
>>> main()
>>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/helpers/recordserver.py",
>>> line 1454, in main
>>> rpc.register(recordserver)
>>> AttributeError: 'Server' object has no attribute 'register'
>>> WARNING: 'Server' object has no attribute 'register'
>>>
>>> Any idea what may be the problem?
>> Ah yes, this is part of the kaa that is only in svn. You will need to
>> install these kaa packages and freevo-1 from svn.
>>
>> Do you know how to do this? If not then use the wiki page
>> http://doc.freevo.org/SourceSVNInstallation.
>>
>> Duncan
>>
> 
> Last night, I was looking at an earlier version of recordserver.py
> that did not have this error and saw that it was using
> "rpc.connect(recordserver)" instead of "rpc.register(recordserver)".
> On a whim, I changed that statement in you lastest svn version and, lo
> and behold, recordserver was able to launch successfully and record
> programs.  However, when I recorded back-to-back programs, the second
> one was still starting 1 minute late:
> 
> 2009-03-18 22:29:50,810 DEBUGgeneric_record.py (157):
> Record_Thread::run: mode=idle
> 2009-03-18 22:29:51,643 DEBUGrecordserver.py (1438):
> RecordPostProcess.run() finish
> 2009-03-18 22:30:00,004 DEBUGrecordserver.py (921): overlap_duration=0
> 2009-03-18 22:30:00,006 INFO recordserver.py (934): CALLED RECORD
> STOP 1: Wed Mar 18 22:00->22:30 (22:00)  I33.28460028.microsoft.com
> ALF
> 2009-03-18 22:30:00,007 INFO recordserver.py (954): delaying: Wed
> Mar 18 22:30->23:00 (22:30)  I47.28458302.microsoft.com The
> Exterminators
> 2009-03-18 22:30:00,512 DEBUGgeneric_record.py (157):
> Record_Thread::run: mode=stop
> 2009-03-18 22:30:01,016 DEBUGgeneric_record.py (157):
> Record_Thread::run: mode=idle
> 2009-03-18 22:31:00,003 INFO recordserver.py (956): going to
> record: Wed Mar 18 22:30->23:00 (22:30)  I47.28458302.microsoft.com
> The Exterminators
> 2009-03-18 22:31:00,005 INFO recordserver.py (974): start
> recording: Wed Mar 18 22:30->23:00 (22:30)  I47.28458302.microsoft.com
> The Exterminators
> 
> Program 1 completed post-processing at 22:29:51,643 with CALLED RECORD
> STOP at 22:30:00,006 and, even though overlap_duration=0, program 2
> did not start recording until a full minute later at 22:31:00,005.
> Seeing that generic_record.py was involved, I checked svn and saw that
> you had updated this too for the recording time issue, so I grabbed
> that file as well to see if it would make any difference.
> Unfortunately, the 1 minute delay between program recordings was still
> there.

Trouble is that this happened sometimes and sometimes not. Anyway it's a
pain fixing the recordserver as it takes lots of time testing...

In svn there is a new version which should fix this and here is the log:
21:13:54,756 INFO RECORD_START Thu Mar 19 20:15->21:15 (20:15)  Mein
neues Leben
21:14:45,000 INFO currently_recording=Thu Mar 19 20:15->21:15
(20:15)  Mein neues Leben
21:14:45,005 INFO CALLED RECORD STOP 1: Thu Mar 19 20:15->21:15
(20:15)  Mein neues Leben
21:14:45,007 INFO delaying: Thu Mar 19 21:15->22:15 (21:15)  Hagen
hilft!
21:14:45,939 INFO RECORD_STOP Thu Mar 19 20:15->21:15 (20:15)  Mein
neues Leben
21:14:45,941 INFO post-processing started for Thu Mar 19
20:15->21:15 (20:15)  Mein neues Leben
21:14:46,438 INFO RECORD_START Thu Mar 19 21:15->22:15 (21:15)
Hagen hilft!
21:14:53,224 INFO post-processing finished for Thu Mar 19
20:15->21:15 (20:15)  Mein neues Leben
21:15:45,006 INFO currently_recording=Thu Mar 19 21:15->22:15
(21:15)  Hagen hilft!

The above shows that:
 - the recording was started less than a second after the last one was
finished.
 - the post-processing

Re: [Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)

[Art S R]

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Duncan Webb  wrote:
> Art S R wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Duncan Webb  wrote:
>>
>>> I've been working on the recordserver to see if I can improve the
>>> timings of the recording. If you want to try out this version you can
>>> get it from svn with the export command, i.e.:
>>> svn export
>>> svn://svn.freevo.org/freevo/branches/rel-1/freevo/src/helpers/recordserver.py
>>> and you will need freevo_config.py from
>>> svn://svn.freevo.org/freevo/branches/rel-1/freevo/freevo_config.py
>>>
>>> You will need to change the RECORDSERVER_ATTIMER = 0 in your
>>> local_conf.py to start the recordings at the top of the minute.
>>>
>>> Attached is a log of four consecutive without any gaps and including a
>>> small overlay of two programs.
>>>
>>> Actually there is an odd delay after a kaa.rpc time-out error, I'm not
>>> sure if this has been caused by this error.
>>>
>>> Duncan
>>
>> Thanks for the quick fix, Duncan.  I tried the new recordserver.py and
>> freevo_config.py, but got the following errors when I tried to launch
>> recordserver:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/helpers/recordserver.py",
>> line 1481, in 
>>     main()
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/helpers/recordserver.py",
>> line 1454, in main
>>     rpc.register(recordserver)
>> AttributeError: 'Server' object has no attribute 'register'
>> WARNING: 'Server' object has no attribute 'register'
>>
>> Any idea what may be the problem?
>
> Ah yes, this is part of the kaa that is only in svn. You will need to
> install these kaa packages and freevo-1 from svn.
>
> Do you know how to do this? If not then use the wiki page
> http://doc.freevo.org/SourceSVNInstallation.
>
> Duncan
>

Last night, I was looking at an earlier version of recordserver.py
that did not have this error and saw that it was using
"rpc.connect(recordserver)" instead of "rpc.register(recordserver)".
On a whim, I changed that statement in you lastest svn version and, lo
and behold, recordserver was able to launch successfully and record
programs.  However, when I recorded back-to-back programs, the second
one was still starting 1 minute late:

2009-03-18 22:29:50,810 DEBUGgeneric_record.py (157):
Record_Thread::run: mode=idle
2009-03-18 22:29:51,643 DEBUGrecordserver.py (1438):
RecordPostProcess.run() finish
2009-03-18 22:30:00,004 DEBUGrecordserver.py (921): overlap_duration=0
2009-03-18 22:30:00,006 INFO recordserver.py (934): CALLED RECORD
STOP 1: Wed Mar 18 22:00->22:30 (22:00)  I33.28460028.microsoft.com
ALF
2009-03-18 22:30:00,007 INFO recordserver.py (954): delaying: Wed
Mar 18 22:30->23:00 (22:30)  I47.28458302.microsoft.com The
Exterminators
2009-03-18 22:30:00,512 DEBUGgeneric_record.py (157):
Record_Thread::run: mode=stop
2009-03-18 22:30:01,016 DEBUGgeneric_record.py (157):
Record_Thread::run: mode=idle
2009-03-18 22:31:00,003 INFO recordserver.py (956): going to
record: Wed Mar 18 22:30->23:00 (22:30)  I47.28458302.microsoft.com
The Exterminators
2009-03-18 22:31:00,005 INFO recordserver.py (974): start
recording: Wed Mar 18 22:30->23:00 (22:30)  I47.28458302.microsoft.com
The Exterminators

Program 1 completed post-processing at 22:29:51,643 with CALLED RECORD
STOP at 22:30:00,006 and, even though overlap_duration=0, program 2
did not start recording until a full minute later at 22:31:00,005.
Seeing that generic_record.py was involved, I checked svn and saw that
you had updated this too for the recording time issue, so I grabbed
that file as well to see if it would make any difference.
Unfortunately, the 1 minute delay between program recordings was still
there.

When I get some more time and am feeling more ambitious, I'll install
the svn versions of kaa and freevo-1 and see if that makes any
difference.

Thanks for your help.

Art S R

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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)

[Duncan Webb]

Art S R wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Duncan Webb  wrote:
> 
>> I've been working on the recordserver to see if I can improve the
>> timings of the recording. If you want to try out this version you can
>> get it from svn with the export command, i.e.:
>> svn export
>> svn://svn.freevo.org/freevo/branches/rel-1/freevo/src/helpers/recordserver.py
>> and you will need freevo_config.py from
>> svn://svn.freevo.org/freevo/branches/rel-1/freevo/freevo_config.py
>>
>> You will need to change the RECORDSERVER_ATTIMER = 0 in your
>> local_conf.py to start the recordings at the top of the minute.
>>
>> Attached is a log of four consecutive without any gaps and including a
>> small overlay of two programs.
>>
>> Actually there is an odd delay after a kaa.rpc time-out error, I'm not
>> sure if this has been caused by this error.
>>
>> Duncan
> 
> Thanks for the quick fix, Duncan.  I tried the new recordserver.py and
> freevo_config.py, but got the following errors when I tried to launch
> recordserver:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/helpers/recordserver.py",
> line 1481, in 
> main()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/helpers/recordserver.py",
> line 1454, in main
> rpc.register(recordserver)
> AttributeError: 'Server' object has no attribute 'register'
> WARNING: 'Server' object has no attribute 'register'
> 
> Any idea what may be the problem?

Ah yes, this is part of the kaa that is only in svn. You will need to
install these kaa packages and freevo-1 from svn.

Do you know how to do this? If not then use the wiki page
http://doc.freevo.org/SourceSVNInstallation.

Duncan

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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)

[Art S R]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Duncan Webb  wrote:

> I've been working on the recordserver to see if I can improve the
> timings of the recording. If you want to try out this version you can
> get it from svn with the export command, i.e.:
> svn export
> svn://svn.freevo.org/freevo/branches/rel-1/freevo/src/helpers/recordserver.py
> and you will need freevo_config.py from
> svn://svn.freevo.org/freevo/branches/rel-1/freevo/freevo_config.py
>
> You will need to change the RECORDSERVER_ATTIMER = 0 in your
> local_conf.py to start the recordings at the top of the minute.
>
> Attached is a log of four consecutive without any gaps and including a
> small overlay of two programs.
>
> Actually there is an odd delay after a kaa.rpc time-out error, I'm not
> sure if this has been caused by this error.
>
> Duncan

Thanks for the quick fix, Duncan.  I tried the new recordserver.py and
freevo_config.py, but got the following errors when I tried to launch
recordserver:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/helpers/recordserver.py",
line 1481, in 
main()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/helpers/recordserver.py",
line 1454, in main
rpc.register(recordserver)
AttributeError: 'Server' object has no attribute 'register'
WARNING: 'Server' object has no attribute 'register'

Any idea what may be the problem?

Art S R

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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)

[Duncan Webb]

Art S R wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Duncan Webb  wrote:
>> Art S R wrote:
>>> Hi Duncan,
>>>
>>> The one remaining problem is that, if I have consecutive recordings, the
>>> second program's start time is delayed by 1 minute.  This occurs even
>>> when using all the default settings ("sec=45" in recordserver.py and no
>>> PRE/POST recording padding values in local_conf.py).  In the
>>> recordserver log, it shows "overlap_duration=0", yet the second
>>> recording doesn't start immediately even though the previous program has
>>> already ended:
>> Consecutive recordings are a bit of a problem but looking at the code
>> the second recording should start after the first one has stopped.
>> However the code must go through the blocks:
>>
>> - config.VCR_POST_REC
>> - config.TV_RECORD_REMOVE_COMMERCIALS and
>> - config.TV_REENCODE
>>
>> before starting the next recording, must admit that this is quite poor
>> logic and the post processing should be performed in a thread so as not
>> to block the event handler.
>>
>> If you are using these settings and they take longer that a minute to be
>> performed then your next recording will be delayed by a minute.
>>
>> Duncan
>>
> 
> Hi Duncan,
> 
> I'm not using any of these post-recording functions so, in theory, the
> second recording should start immediately after the first has ended.
> Can you think of anything else that might delay the second recording?
> The delay is exactly 1 minute every time, so I'm inclined to think
> it's something inherent in the code rather than due to the process
> waiting for an external event to complete (e.g., post-recording
> function).

I've been working on the recordserver to see if I can improve the
timings of the recording. If you want to try out this version you can
get it from svn with the export command, i.e.:
svn export
svn://svn.freevo.org/freevo/branches/rel-1/freevo/src/helpers/recordserver.py
and you will need freevo_config.py from
svn://svn.freevo.org/freevo/branches/rel-1/freevo/freevo_config.py

You will need to change the RECORDSERVER_ATTIMER = 0 in your
local_conf.py to start the recordings at the top of the minute.

Attached is a log of four consecutive without any gaps and including a
small overlay of two programs.

Actually there is an odd delay after a kaa.rpc time-out error, I'm not
sure if this has been caused by this error.

Duncan

2009-03-18 19:39:20,832 INFO recordserver.py (956): going to record: Wed 
Mar 18 19:30->19:55 (19:30)  CNI04C1 Tagesschau
2009-03-18 19:39:20,841 INFO recordserver.py (974): start recording: Wed 
Mar 18 19:30->19:55 (19:30)  CNI04C1 Tagesschau
2009-03-18 19:39:21,360 INFO recordserver.py (1018): RECORD_START Wed Mar 
18 19:30->19:55 (19:30)  CNI04C1 Tagesschau
2009-03-18 19:52:03,230 INFO recordserver.py (181): Overlap:
Wed Mar 18 19:30->19:55 (19:30)* CNI04C1 Tagesschau
Wed Mar 18 19:52->19:55 (19:52)* CNI0DC1 Tor der Woche / des Monats
2009-03-18 19:52:03,278 INFO recordserver.py (934): CALLED RECORD STOP 1: 
Wed Mar 18 19:30->19:55 (19:30)* CNI04C1 Tagesschau
2009-03-18 19:52:03,280 INFO recordserver.py (954): delaying: Wed Mar 18 
19:52->19:55 (19:52)* CNI0DC1 Tor der Woche / des Monats
2009-03-18 19:52:04,321 INFO recordserver.py (1026): RECORD_STOP Wed Mar 18 
19:30->19:55 (19:30)* CNI04C1 Tagesschau
2009-03-18 19:52:04,344 INFO recordserver.py (956): going to record: Wed 
Mar 18 19:52->19:55 (19:52)* CNI0DC1 Tor der Woche / des Monats
2009-03-18 19:52:04,363 INFO recordserver.py (974): start recording: Wed 
Mar 18 19:52->19:55 (19:52)  CNI0DC1 Tor der Woche / des Monats
*** This looks good
2009-03-18 19:52:04,825 INFO recordserver.py (1018): RECORD_START Wed Mar 
18 19:52->19:55 (19:52)  CNI0DC1 Tor der Woche / des Monats
2009-03-18 19:53:01,759 INFO recordserver.py (1026): RECORD_STOP Wed Mar 18 
19:52->19:55 (19:52)  CNI0DC1 Tor der Woche / des Monats
2009-03-18 19:54:45,004 INFO recordserver.py (934): CALLED RECORD STOP 1: 
Wed Mar 18 19:52->19:55 (19:52)  CNI0DC1 Tor der Woche / des Monats
2009-03-18 19:54:45,005 INFO recordserver.py (954): delaying: Wed Mar 18 
19:55->20:00 (19:55)  CNI0DC1 Börse im Ersten
2009-03-18 19:55:45,002 INFO recordserver.py (956): going to record: Wed 
Mar 18 19:55->20:00 (19:55)  CNI0DC1 Börse im Ersten
2009-03-18 19:55:45,011 INFO recordserver.py (974): start recording: Wed 
Mar 18 19:55->20:00 (19:55)  CNI0DC1 Börse im Ersten
*** This looks good
2009-03-18 19:55:45,540 INFO recordserver.py (1018): RECORD_START Wed Mar 
18 19:55->20:00 (19:55)  CNI0DC1 Börse im Ersten
2009-03-18 19:57:29,428 INFO recordserver.py (1026): RECORD_STOP Wed Mar 18 
19:55->20:00 (19:55)  CNI0DC1 Börse im Ersten
2009-03-18 19:59:45,004 INFO recordserver.py (934): CALLED RECORD STOP 1: 
Wed Mar 18 19:55->20:00 (19:55)  CNI0DC1 Börse im Ersten
2009-03-18 19:59:45,006 INFO recordserver.py (954): delaying: Wed Mar 18 
20:00->20:15 (20:00)  CNI0DC1 Tagesschau
*** This looks like a ka

Re: [Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)

[Art S R]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Duncan Webb  wrote:
> Art S R wrote:
>> Hi Duncan,
>>
>> The one remaining problem is that, if I have consecutive recordings, the
>> second program's start time is delayed by 1 minute.  This occurs even
>> when using all the default settings ("sec=45" in recordserver.py and no
>> PRE/POST recording padding values in local_conf.py).  In the
>> recordserver log, it shows "overlap_duration=0", yet the second
>> recording doesn't start immediately even though the previous program has
>> already ended:
>
> Consecutive recordings are a bit of a problem but looking at the code
> the second recording should start after the first one has stopped.
> However the code must go through the blocks:
>
> - config.VCR_POST_REC
> - config.TV_RECORD_REMOVE_COMMERCIALS and
> - config.TV_REENCODE
>
> before starting the next recording, must admit that this is quite poor
> logic and the post processing should be performed in a thread so as not
> to block the event handler.
>
> If you are using these settings and they take longer that a minute to be
> performed then your next recording will be delayed by a minute.
>
> Duncan
>

Hi Duncan,

I'm not using any of these post-recording functions so, in theory, the
second recording should start immediately after the first has ended.
Can you think of anything else that might delay the second recording?
The delay is exactly 1 minute every time, so I'm inclined to think
it's something inherent in the code rather than due to the process
waiting for an external event to complete (e.g., post-recording
function).

Thanks for your help.

Art S R

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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)

[Duncan Webb]

Art S R wrote:
> Hi Duncan,
> 
> The one remaining problem is that, if I have consecutive recordings, the
> second program's start time is delayed by 1 minute.  This occurs even
> when using all the default settings ("sec=45" in recordserver.py and no
> PRE/POST recording padding values in local_conf.py).  In the
> recordserver log, it shows "overlap_duration=0", yet the second
> recording doesn't start immediately even though the previous program has
> already ended:

Consecutive recordings are a bit of a problem but looking at the code
the second recording should start after the first one has stopped.
However the code must go through the blocks:

- config.VCR_POST_REC
- config.TV_RECORD_REMOVE_COMMERCIALS and
- config.TV_REENCODE

before starting the next recording, must admit that this is quite poor
logic and the post processing should be performed in a thread so as not
to block the event handler.

If you are using these settings and they take longer that a minute to be
performed then your next recording will be delayed by a minute.

Duncan

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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)

[Duncan Webb]

Art S R wrote:
> Hi Duncan,
> 
> Unfortunately, many US cable stations run their programs back-to-back
> with no commercial breaks in-between programs.  Indeed, the closing
> scene and narrative are broadcast simultaneously with the closing
> credits.  As soon as the credits end, the next program starts.  They put
> their commercials (adverts) elsewhere during the program.
> 
> Anyway, I found that recordserver.py has the following code to delay the
> start of recording until 45 seconds into the minute, so I changed it to
> sec=0:
> kaa.AtTimer(recordserver.handleAtTimer).start(sec=45)
> Now, recording starts at the top of the minute. 

Okay I'll make this a configuration variable so it can be changed
without changing the code.

> The one remaining problem is that, if I have consecutive recordings, the
> second program's start time is delayed by 1 minute.  This occurs even
> when using all the default settings ("sec=45" in recordserver.py and no
> PRE/POST recording padding values in local_conf.py).  In the
> recordserver log, it shows "overlap_duration=0", yet the second
> recording doesn't start immediately even though the previous program has
> already ended:

I'll have to check this "feature" out.

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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)

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Hi Duncan,

Unfortunately, many US cable stations run their programs back-to-back with
no commercial breaks in-between programs.  Indeed, the closing scene and
narrative are broadcast simultaneously with the closing credits.  As soon as
the credits end, the next program starts.  They put their commercials
(adverts) elsewhere during the program.

Anyway, I found that recordserver.py has the following code to delay the
start of recording until 45 seconds into the minute, so I changed it to
sec=0:
kaa.AtTimer(recordserver.handleAtTimer).start(sec=45)
Now, recording starts at the top of the minute.

The one remaining problem is that, if I have consecutive recordings, the
second program's start time is delayed by 1 minute.  This occurs even when
using all the default settings ("sec=45" in recordserver.py and no PRE/POST
recording padding values in local_conf.py).  In the recordserver log, it
shows "overlap_duration=0", yet the second recording doesn't start
immediately even though the previous program has already ended:

2009-03-09 22:29:50,898 INFO recordserver.py (1337): RECORD_STOP Mon Mar
09 22:00->22:30 (22:00)  I6.28455235.microsoft.com Frasier
2009-03-09 22:30:45,002 INFO recordserver.py (910): overlap_duration=0
2009-03-09 22:30:45,004 INFO recordserver.py (924): CALLED RECORD STOP
1: Mon Mar 09 22:00->22:30 (22:00)  I6.28455235.microsoft.com Frasier
2009-03-09 22:30:45,005 INFO recordserver.py (942): delaying: Mon Mar 09
22:30->23:00 (22:30)  I12.28456406.microsoft.com Family Guy
2009-03-09 22:31:45,002 INFO recordserver.py (944): going to record: Mon
Mar 09 22:30->23:00 (22:30)  I12.28456406.microsoft.com Family Guy
2009-03-09 22:31:45,005 INFO recordserver.py (962): start recording: Mon
Mar 09 22:30->23:00 (22:30)  I12.28456406.microsoft.com Family Guy

In my Freevo 1.7.3 installation, the second program starts immediately after
the first program ends, without the 1 minute delay.

Art S R


On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Duncan Webb  wrote:

> Art S R wrote:
> > I checked my Freevo 1.7.x installation (where recordings start at the
> > correct time) and see that recordserver.py (revision 9844) has some code
> > to check for the "top of the minute" in startMinuteCheck(self) and
> > minuteCheck(self).  These aren't in recordserver.py for Freevo 1.8.3.
> > Is there some other routine in the current version that syncs
> > recordserver to start recordings at the beginning of the minute (0
> > seconds) instead of 45 seconds later?
>
> It is quite unusual for a broadcaster to be so punctual with their
> broadcast times. The default should start recording 15 seconds before
> the program is due to start recording, this is intended so that the TV
> card will be fully operational when the program starts. The IVTV cards
> take a few seconds to get the MPEG stream steady.
>
> It is quite possible that the code is incorrect and starts recording 45
> seconds late. Need to test the code for the problem that you have
> described.
>
> The way I get round this is to use the VPS signal (PAL only?) which
> tells a VCR when a programme is really starting and finishing; then
> start recording from this point and stop it when the programme has
> finished. There may well be a similar process to for NTSC.
>
> Duncan
>
> > I noticed that the beginnings of my recorded TV programs were
> > truncated, so I looked in recordserver-1000.log and saw that
> > recordserver was starting all recordings 45 seconds *after* the
> > scheduled start time for each program:
> >
> > 2009-03-04 17:30:45,001 INFO recordserver.py (944): going to
> > record: Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30)  I9.28458213.microsoft.com
> >  BBC World News
> > 2009-03-04 17:30:45,004 INFO recordserver.py (962): start
> > recording: Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30)
> > I9.28458213.microsoft.com  BBC
> > World News
> > 2009-03-04 17:30:45,516 INFO recordserver.py (1329):
> > RECORD_START Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30)
> > I9.28458213.microsoft.com  BBC
> > World News
> > 2009-03-04 17:59:51,116 INFO recordserver.py (1337): RECORD_STOP
> > Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30)  I9.28458213.microsoft.com
> >  BBC World News
> >
> > In the sample above, the recording should have started at 17:30:00,
> > but it started at 17:30:45 instead.  My local_conf.py has
> > 'TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE = 0', so the recordings should be starting at
> > the designated time.  Anyway, I decided to compensate by changing
> > this value to 'TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE = 45'.  However, this resulted
> > in the recordings starting 15 seconds *before* the scheduled start
> > time, as shown below (17:59:45 instead of the expected 18:00:00):
> >
> > 2009-03-05 17:59:45,003 INFO recordserver.py (944): going to
> > record: Thu 

Re: [Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)

[Duncan Webb]

Art S R wrote:
> I checked my Freevo 1.7.x installation (where recordings start at the
> correct time) and see that recordserver.py (revision 9844) has some code
> to check for the "top of the minute" in startMinuteCheck(self) and
> minuteCheck(self).  These aren't in recordserver.py for Freevo 1.8.3. 
> Is there some other routine in the current version that syncs
> recordserver to start recordings at the beginning of the minute (0
> seconds) instead of 45 seconds later?

It is quite unusual for a broadcaster to be so punctual with their
broadcast times. The default should start recording 15 seconds before
the program is due to start recording, this is intended so that the TV
card will be fully operational when the program starts. The IVTV cards
take a few seconds to get the MPEG stream steady.

It is quite possible that the code is incorrect and starts recording 45
seconds late. Need to test the code for the problem that you have described.

The way I get round this is to use the VPS signal (PAL only?) which
tells a VCR when a programme is really starting and finishing; then
start recording from this point and stop it when the programme has
finished. There may well be a similar process to for NTSC.

Duncan

> I noticed that the beginnings of my recorded TV programs were
> truncated, so I looked in recordserver-1000.log and saw that
> recordserver was starting all recordings 45 seconds *after* the
> scheduled start time for each program:
> 
> 2009-03-04 17:30:45,001 INFO recordserver.py (944): going to
> record: Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30)  I9.28458213.microsoft.com
>  BBC World News
> 2009-03-04 17:30:45,004 INFO recordserver.py (962): start
> recording: Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30) 
> I9.28458213.microsoft.com  BBC
> World News
> 2009-03-04 17:30:45,516 INFO recordserver.py (1329):
> RECORD_START Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30) 
> I9.28458213.microsoft.com  BBC
> World News
> 2009-03-04 17:59:51,116 INFO recordserver.py (1337): RECORD_STOP
> Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30)  I9.28458213.microsoft.com
>  BBC World News
> 
> In the sample above, the recording should have started at 17:30:00,
> but it started at 17:30:45 instead.  My local_conf.py has
> 'TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE = 0', so the recordings should be starting at
> the designated time.  Anyway, I decided to compensate by changing
> this value to 'TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE = 45'.  However, this resulted
> in the recordings starting 15 seconds *before* the scheduled start
> time, as shown below (17:59:45 instead of the expected 18:00:00):
> 
> 2009-03-05 17:59:45,003 INFO recordserver.py (944): going to
> record: Thu Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00)  I28.28460456.microsoft.com
>  BBC World News
> 2009-03-05 17:59:45,006 INFO recordserver.py (962): start
> recording: Thu Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00) 
> I28.28460456.microsoft.com  BBC
> World News
> 2009-03-05 17:59:45,520 INFO recordserver.py (1329):
> RECORD_START Thu Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00) 
> I28.28460456.microsoft.com  BBC
> World News
> 2009-03-05 18:29:59,563 INFO recordserver.py (1337): RECORD_STOP
> Thu Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00)  I28.28460456.microsoft.com
>  BBC World News
> 
> I played around with various values for TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE and
> found that if the value is 15 to 45, recordings will start 15
> seconds too early.  If the value is less than 15, then recordings
> will start 45 seconds too late.  I see that there's in comment in
> local_conf.py that, although the padding time is designated in
> seconds, precision is only at the minute level.  This could explain
> why I couldn't set a start time in between 15 seconds too early or
> 45 seconds too late (-15 secs to +45 secs = 60 secs).  However, I am
> able to set TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST to sub-minute precision.  In the
> first set of log entries above, note that the stop time for the
> program was at 51 seconds (9 seconds before the scheduled stop
> time).  I added some seconds to TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST and you'll
> note in the second set of log entries that stop time was at 59
> seconds (1 second before the scheduled stop time).  In other words,
> I was able to tweak the stop time by a few seconds via
> TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST, but a similar action with
> TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE did not yield any change less than 60 seconds
> (1 minute).
> 
> Anyway, I can accept the inprecision of TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE, but
> how can I get my recordings to start exactly at the scheduled start
> time without tryin

Re: [Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)

[Art S R]

I checked my Freevo 1.7.x installation (where recordings start at the
correct time) and see that recordserver.py (revision 9844) has some code to
check for the "top of the minute" in startMinuteCheck(self) and
minuteCheck(self).  These aren't in recordserver.py for Freevo 1.8.3.  Is
there some other routine in the current version that syncs recordserver to
start recordings at the beginning of the minute (0 seconds) instead of 45
seconds later?

Art S R

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Art S R  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I noticed that the beginnings of my recorded TV programs were truncated, so
> I looked in recordserver-1000.log and saw that recordserver was starting all
> recordings 45 seconds *after* the scheduled start time for each program:
>
> 2009-03-04 17:30:45,001 INFO recordserver.py (944): going to record:
> Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30)  I9.28458213.microsoft.com BBC World News
> 2009-03-04 17:30:45,004 INFO recordserver.py (962): start recording:
> Wed Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30)  I9.28458213.microsoft.com BBC World News
> 2009-03-04 17:30:45,516 INFO recordserver.py (1329): RECORD_START Wed
> Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30)  I9.28458213.microsoft.com BBC World News
> 2009-03-04 17:59:51,116 INFO recordserver.py (1337): RECORD_STOP Wed
> Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30)  I9.28458213.microsoft.com BBC World News
>
> In the sample above, the recording should have started at 17:30:00, but it
> started at 17:30:45 instead.  My local_conf.py has 'TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE =
> 0', so the recordings should be starting at the designated time.  Anyway, I
> decided to compensate by changing this value to 'TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE =
> 45'.  However, this resulted in the recordings starting 15 seconds *before*
> the scheduled start time, as shown below (17:59:45 instead of the expected
> 18:00:00):
>
> 2009-03-05 17:59:45,003 INFO recordserver.py (944): going to record:
> Thu Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00)  I28.28460456.microsoft.com BBC World News
> 2009-03-05 17:59:45,006 INFO recordserver.py (962): start recording:
> Thu Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00)  I28.28460456.microsoft.com BBC World News
> 2009-03-05 17:59:45,520 INFO recordserver.py (1329): RECORD_START Thu
> Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00)  I28.28460456.microsoft.com BBC World News
> 2009-03-05 18:29:59,563 INFO recordserver.py (1337): RECORD_STOP Thu
> Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00)  I28.28460456.microsoft.com BBC World News
>
> I played around with various values for TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE and found
> that if the value is 15 to 45, recordings will start 15 seconds too early.
> If the value is less than 15, then recordings will start 45 seconds too
> late.  I see that there's in comment in local_conf.py that, although the
> padding time is designated in seconds, precision is only at the minute
> level.  This could explain why I couldn't set a start time in between 15
> seconds too early or 45 seconds too late (-15 secs to +45 secs = 60 secs).
> However, I am able to set TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST to sub-minute precision.
> In the first set of log entries above, note that the stop time for the
> program was at 51 seconds (9 seconds before the scheduled stop time).  I
> added some seconds to TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST and you'll note in the second
> set of log entries that stop time was at 59 seconds (1 second before the
> scheduled stop time).  In other words, I was able to tweak the stop time by
> a few seconds via TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST, but a similar action with
> TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE did not yield any change less than 60 seconds (1
> minute).
>
> Anyway, I can accept the inprecision of TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE, but how can
> I get my recordings to start exactly at the scheduled start time without
> trying to compensate via TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE (which doesn't yield good
> results anyway -- 15 seconds too early or 45 seconds late are both bad).
> What's causing recordings to start 45 seconds too late with the default
> settings?
>
> Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
>
> Art S R
>
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[Freevo-users] Recording start time is late (Freevo 1.8.3)

[Art S R]

Hi all,

I noticed that the beginnings of my recorded TV programs were truncated, so
I looked in recordserver-1000.log and saw that recordserver was starting all
recordings 45 seconds *after* the scheduled start time for each program:

2009-03-04 17:30:45,001 INFO recordserver.py (944): going to record: Wed
Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30)  I9.28458213.microsoft.com BBC World News
2009-03-04 17:30:45,004 INFO recordserver.py (962): start recording: Wed
Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30)  I9.28458213.microsoft.com BBC World News
2009-03-04 17:30:45,516 INFO recordserver.py (1329): RECORD_START Wed
Mar 04 17:30->18:00 (17:30)  I9.28458213.microsoft.com BBC World News
2009-03-04 17:59:51,116 INFO recordserver.py (1337): RECORD_STOP Wed Mar
04 17:30->18:00 (17:30)  I9.28458213.microsoft.com BBC World News

In the sample above, the recording should have started at 17:30:00, but it
started at 17:30:45 instead.  My local_conf.py has 'TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE =
0', so the recordings should be starting at the designated time.  Anyway, I
decided to compensate by changing this value to 'TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE =
45'.  However, this resulted in the recordings starting 15 seconds *before*
the scheduled start time, as shown below (17:59:45 instead of the expected
18:00:00):

2009-03-05 17:59:45,003 INFO recordserver.py (944): going to record: Thu
Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00)  I28.28460456.microsoft.com BBC World News
2009-03-05 17:59:45,006 INFO recordserver.py (962): start recording: Thu
Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00)  I28.28460456.microsoft.com BBC World News
2009-03-05 17:59:45,520 INFO recordserver.py (1329): RECORD_START Thu
Mar 05 18:00->18:30 (18:00)  I28.28460456.microsoft.com BBC World News
2009-03-05 18:29:59,563 INFO recordserver.py (1337): RECORD_STOP Thu Mar
05 18:00->18:30 (18:00)  I28.28460456.microsoft.com BBC World News

I played around with various values for TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE and found that
if the value is 15 to 45, recordings will start 15 seconds too early.  If
the value is less than 15, then recordings will start 45 seconds too late.
I see that there's in comment in local_conf.py that, although the padding
time is designated in seconds, precision is only at the minute level.  This
could explain why I couldn't set a start time in between 15 seconds too
early or 45 seconds too late (-15 secs to +45 secs = 60 secs).  However, I
am able to set TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST to sub-minute precision.  In the first
set of log entries above, note that the stop time for the program was at 51
seconds (9 seconds before the scheduled stop time).  I added some seconds to
TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST and you'll note in the second set of log entries that
stop time was at 59 seconds (1 second before the scheduled stop time).  In
other words, I was able to tweak the stop time by a few seconds via
TV_RECORD_PADDING_POST, but a similar action with TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE did
not yield any change less than 60 seconds (1 minute).

Anyway, I can accept the inprecision of TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE, but how can I
get my recordings to start exactly at the scheduled start time without
trying to compensate via TV_RECORD_PADDING_PRE (which doesn't yield good
results anyway -- 15 seconds too early or 45 seconds late are both bad).
What's causing recordings to start 45 seconds too late with the default
settings?

Thanks for any help anyone can offer.

Art S R
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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording issue

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o 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'   : 400,
> # 'bitrate_peak'  : 400,
> # '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','','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'),
>

Re: [Freevo-users] Recording issue

[markus frei]

;,'2359'),
#  ('1234567','','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'





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> Datum: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:14:02 +0100
> Von: Duncan Webb 
> 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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[Duncan Webb]

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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[Freevo-users] Recording issue

[markus frei]

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.


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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording not starting and problem with channel management

[markus frei]

OK, I didn't get anywhere, so I tried this on another PC with a similar config. 
Again I used the mint repositories to install freevo 1.8.1 through synaptic and 
had similar porblems. I then used standard channels and not frequencies, again 
similar problems. Then I uninstalled freevo via synaptic and instead installed 
the freevo source. With that I got it working. Is there something broken with 
freevo and mint6 from the mint repositories?

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> Datum: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:58:48 +
> Von: John Molohan 
> An: freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> CC: freevo-us...@list.sourceforge.net
> Betreff: Re: [Freevo-users] Recording not starting and problem with channel 
> management

> markus frei wrote:
> > I have at least 2 issues with freevo 1.8.1 (installed in mint 6 from
> repositories and using tvtime with a pinnaclesys tv pro card):
> >
> > 1).  Tvtime itself works great, and I'm using frequencies to tune the
> channels, as that gives me better quality and I don't have to finetune. When
> freevo adds it's info to the tvtime stationlist.xml file, it also adds "US
> Cable" to the band identifier. This makes it impossible to actually tune in
> to the channel. When I then edit the stationlist.xml file and change "US
> Cable" to "Custom", then restart freevo, it works. The problem seems to be
> that after a PC restart freevo again puts the "US Cable" into the file. Does
> anyone know where I can change that behavior?
> >   
> It's a bug. I patched it a long time ago when I was using tvtime but 
> never submitted it and now it's long gone (I'm using ivtv). It wasn't 
> difficult to patch so if you have the time and can submit a patch that 
> would be great. From what I remember I changed it so that when using 
> frequencies I had Custom set as the country in freevo.conf then patched 
> tvtime.py so that it in turn set Custom in it's xml file instead of US 
> Cable when it saw that. I could be wrong though it was around 3 years ago.
> > 2).  I can't get any recording from TV to start. I do get a file with
> the scheduled recording info, but no recording itself. I tried the
> instructions on the following Link where there is a bash script that is run 
> to start
> mencoder, http://freevo.sr-club.de/ and I also tried the freevo builtin
> things by just uncommenting the mencoder parts in my local_conf.py file (the
> user's file) and no recording started. If I do everything from the terminal
> it works, but as I'm not a scripter I don't know how to get the correct
> info from freevo to go into the bash script. Can someone help me here?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >   
> We'll need some more info - the relevant settings from your config and 
> excerpts from main.log and recordserver.log.
> 
> John
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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording not starting and problem with channel management

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: XMLTV, got cached guide 
(version 6).
2009-01-15 12:39:21,062 INFO No Type found by Extension. Trying all
2009-01-15 12:39:21,182 INFO Invalid header
2009-01-15 12:39:21,286 INFO trying mpeg-pes scan
Stopping webserver plugin.
Stopping webserver plugin.
Stopping webserver plugin.

Freevo 1.8.1 r10783 finished at Thu Jan 15 12:36:03 2009


And this is the recording log:


Freevo 1.8.1 r10783 started at Thu Jan 15 12:06:52 2009

2009-01-15 12:06:53,056 INFO config.py (534): LOGDIR: /var/log 
/home/freevo/log
2009-01-15 12:06:53,059 INFO config.py (535): STATICDIR: /var/lib 
/home/freevo/static
2009-01-15 12:06:53,060 INFO config.py (536): CACHEDIR: /var/cache 
/home/freevo/cache
2009-01-15 12:06:53,061 INFO config.py (555): Loading freevo configuration 
file "/etc/freevo/freevo.conf"
2009-01-15 12:06:53,065 INFO config.py (591): Loading debconf configuration 
file "/etc/freevo/debconf.py"
2009-01-15 12:06:54,618 INFO new process watcher instance
2009-01-15 12:07:02,231 INFO config.py (646): Loading debconf configuration 
file "/etc/freevo/debconf.py"
2009-01-15 12:07:02,233 INFO config.py (656): Loading local configuration 
file "/etc/freevo/local_conf.py"

Warning: freevo_config.py was changed, please check local_conf.py

You are using version 5.23, changes since then:
Version 5.24:
 Added POLL_TIME to allow custom poll rates to be set, default 0.01 seconds
 


2009-01-15 12:07:02,482 INFO config.py (1054): overlaydir: 
/home/freevo/cache/vfs
2009-01-15 12:07:23,645 INFO recordserver.py (109): PLUGIN_RECORD: 28
2009-01-15 12:07:23,868 INFO generic_record.py (65): ACTIVATING GENERIC 
RECORD PLUGIN
2009-01-15 12:07:23,897 WARNING  record_types.py (198): [Errno 2] No such file 
or directory: '/home/freevo/static/favorites.pickle'
2009-01-15 12:07:53,006 INFO recordserver.py (271): Got ScheduledRecordings 
(version 3).
2009-01-15 12:07:53,019 INFO create thread notifier pipe
2009-01-15 12:36:41,092 INFO recordserver.py (183): Overlap:
Thu Jan 01 01:00->04:14 (01:00)* C1.sfdrs.ch This channel has no data loaded
Thu Jan 15 12:30->13:30 (12:30)* C3.br-online.de Planet Wissen
2009-01-15 12:36:41,110 INFO recordserver.py (913): 
overlap_duration=915464647
2009-01-15 12:36:41,113 INFO recordserver.py (927): CALLED RECORD STOP 1: 
Thu Jan 01 01:00->04:14 (01:00)* C1.sfdrs.ch This channel has no data loaded
2009-01-15 12:36:41,114 WARNING  recordserver.py (945): delaying: Thu Jan 15 
12:30->13:30 (12:30)* C3.br-online.de Planet Wissen
2009-01-15 12:36:45,002 INFO recordserver.py (947): going to record: Thu 
Jan 15 12:30->13:30 (12:30)* C3.br-online.de Planet Wissen
2009-01-15 12:36:45,004 INFO recordserver.py (965): start recording: Thu 
Jan 15 12:30->13:30 (12:30)  C3.br-online.de Planet Wissen
2009-01-15 12:36:45,006 WARNING  channels.py (181): Unable to get channel list 
for europe-west.
2009-01-15 12:36:45,523 INFO recordserver.py (1332): RECORD_START Thu Jan 
15 12:30->13:30 (12:30)  C3.br-online.de Planet Wissen
2009-01-15 12:36:46,072 INFO recordserver.py (1340): RECORD_STOP Thu Jan 15 
12:30->13:30 (12:30)  C3.br-online.de Planet Wissen
2009-01-15 12:36:48,347 WARNING  videothumb.py (115): no imagefile found for 
"/home/freevo/recordings/01-15_12_30_Planet_Wissen.avi"


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> Datum: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:58:48 +
> Von: John Molohan 
> An: freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> CC: freevo-us...@list.sourceforge.net
> Betreff: Re: [Freevo-users] Recording not starting and problem with channel 
> management

> markus frei wrote:
> > I have at least 2 issues with freevo 1.8.1 (installed in mint 6 from
> repositories and using tvtime with a pinnaclesys tv pro card):
> >
> > 1).  Tvtime itself works great, and I'm using frequencies to tune the
> channels, as that gives me better quality and I don't have to finetune. When
> freevo adds it's info to the tvtime stationlist.xml file, it also adds "US
> Cable" to the band identifier. This makes it impossible to actually tune in
> to the channel. When I then edit the stationlist.xml file and change "US
> Cable" to "Custom", then restart freevo, it works. The problem seems to be
> that after a PC restart freevo again puts the "US Cable" into the file. Does
> anyone know where I can change that behavior?
> >   
> It's a bug. I patched it a long time ago when I was using tvtime but 
> never submitted it and now it's 

Re: [Freevo-users] Recording not starting and problem with channel management

[markus frei]

I've changed the tvtime.py file to just return "Custom" instead of "US Cable". 
This seems to work for me now, but I guess it isn't the patch you had in mind. 
I'll probably also have to repeat the edit when I get system updates.


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> Datum: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:58:48 +
> Von: John Molohan 
> An: freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> CC: freevo-us...@list.sourceforge.net
> Betreff: Re: [Freevo-users] Recording not starting and problem with channel 
> management

> markus frei wrote:
> > I have at least 2 issues with freevo 1.8.1 (installed in mint 6 from
> repositories and using tvtime with a pinnaclesys tv pro card):
> >
> > 1).  Tvtime itself works great, and I'm using frequencies to tune the
> channels, as that gives me better quality and I don't have to finetune. When
> freevo adds it's info to the tvtime stationlist.xml file, it also adds "US
> Cable" to the band identifier. This makes it impossible to actually tune in
> to the channel. When I then edit the stationlist.xml file and change "US
> Cable" to "Custom", then restart freevo, it works. The problem seems to be
> that after a PC restart freevo again puts the "US Cable" into the file. Does
> anyone know where I can change that behavior?
> >   
> It's a bug. I patched it a long time ago when I was using tvtime but 
> never submitted it and now it's long gone (I'm using ivtv). It wasn't 
> difficult to patch so if you have the time and can submit a patch that 
> would be great. From what I remember I changed it so that when using 
> frequencies I had Custom set as the country in freevo.conf then patched 
> tvtime.py so that it in turn set Custom in it's xml file instead of US 
> Cable when it saw that. I could be wrong though it was around 3 years ago.
> > 2).  I can't get any recording from TV to start. I do get a file with
> the scheduled recording info, but no recording itself. I tried the
> instructions on the following Link where there is a bash script that is run 
> to start
> mencoder, http://freevo.sr-club.de/ and I also tried the freevo builtin
> things by just uncommenting the mencoder parts in my local_conf.py file (the
> user's file) and no recording started. If I do everything from the terminal
> it works, but as I'm not a scripter I don't know how to get the correct
> info from freevo to go into the bash script. Can someone help me here?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >   
> We'll need some more info - the relevant settings from your config and 
> excerpts from main.log and recordserver.log.
> 
> John
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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording not starting and problem with channel management

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, markus frei wrote:
> 2).  I can't get any recording from TV to start. I do get a file with the
> scheduled recording info, but no recording itself. I tried the instructions
> on the following Link where there is a bash script that is run to start
> mencoder, http://freevo.sr-club.de/ and I also tried the freevo builtin
> things by just uncommenting the mencoder parts in my local_conf.py file
> (the user's file) and no recording started. If I do everything from the
> terminal it works, but as I'm not a scripter I don't know how to get the
> correct info from freevo to go into the bash script. Can someone help me
> here?
could you get appropriate ideas from this page
http://doc.freevo.org/MultiRecordingCard
for creating a bash script?
There isn't a sample for your card but you should be able to work it out if 
you can do command line recording


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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording not starting and problem with channel management

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, markus frei wrote:
> When freevo adds it's info to the tvtime stationlist.xml file, it also adds
> "US Cable" to the band identifier. This makes it impossible to actually
> tune in to the channel. When I then edit the stationlist.xml file and
> change "US Cable" to "Custom", then restart freevo, it works. The problem
> seems to be that after a PC restart freevo again puts the "US Cable" into
> the file. Does anyone know where I can change that behavior?

My change was less sophisticated than the other respondent, but I fixed the 
directory containing stationlist.xml to be read only.
It may have been /home/user/.tvtime
Trying to make stationlist.xml readonly didn't do the trick.



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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording not starting and problem with channel management

[John Molohan]

markus frei wrote:
> I have at least 2 issues with freevo 1.8.1 (installed in mint 6 from 
> repositories and using tvtime with a pinnaclesys tv pro card):
>
> 1).  Tvtime itself works great, and I'm using frequencies to tune the 
> channels, as that gives me better quality and I don't have to finetune. When 
> freevo adds it's info to the tvtime stationlist.xml file, it also adds "US 
> Cable" to the band identifier. This makes it impossible to actually tune in 
> to the channel. When I then edit the stationlist.xml file and change "US 
> Cable" to "Custom", then restart freevo, it works. The problem seems to be 
> that after a PC restart freevo again puts the "US Cable" into the file. Does 
> anyone know where I can change that behavior?
>   
It's a bug. I patched it a long time ago when I was using tvtime but 
never submitted it and now it's long gone (I'm using ivtv). It wasn't 
difficult to patch so if you have the time and can submit a patch that 
would be great. From what I remember I changed it so that when using 
frequencies I had Custom set as the country in freevo.conf then patched 
tvtime.py so that it in turn set Custom in it's xml file instead of US 
Cable when it saw that. I could be wrong though it was around 3 years ago.
> 2).  I can't get any recording from TV to start. I do get a file with the 
> scheduled recording info, but no recording itself. I tried the instructions 
> on the following Link where there is a bash script that is run to start 
> mencoder, http://freevo.sr-club.de/ and I also tried the freevo builtin 
> things by just uncommenting the mencoder parts in my local_conf.py file (the 
> user's file) and no recording started. If I do everything from the terminal 
> it works, but as I'm not a scripter I don't know how to get the correct info 
> from freevo to go into the bash script. Can someone help me here?
>
> Thanks.
>   
We'll need some more info - the relevant settings from your config and 
excerpts from main.log and recordserver.log.

John

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[Freevo-users] Recording not starting and problem with channel management

[markus frei]

I have at least 2 issues with freevo 1.8.1 (installed in mint 6 from 
repositories and using tvtime with a pinnaclesys tv pro card):

1).  Tvtime itself works great, and I'm using frequencies to tune the channels, 
as that gives me better quality and I don't have to finetune. When freevo adds 
it's info to the tvtime stationlist.xml file, it also adds "US Cable" to the 
band identifier. This makes it impossible to actually tune in to the channel. 
When I then edit the stationlist.xml file and change "US Cable" to "Custom", 
then restart freevo, it works. The problem seems to be that after a PC restart 
freevo again puts the "US Cable" into the file. Does anyone know where I can 
change that behavior?

2).  I can't get any recording from TV to start. I do get a file with the 
scheduled recording info, but no recording itself. I tried the instructions on 
the following Link where there is a bash script that is run to start mencoder, 
http://freevo.sr-club.de/ and I also tried the freevo builtin things by just 
uncommenting the mencoder parts in my local_conf.py file (the user's file) and 
no recording started. If I do everything from the terminal it works, but as I'm 
not a scripter I don't know how to get the correct info from freevo to go into 
the bash script. Can someone help me here?

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[Freevo-users] Recording of running show never ends

[Martin Beck]

Hi,
I run freevo 1.8.1 on ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) with dvb-t tv-card. When I
start a recording of a show that's already started there seem to be no
end time to the recording and the tuner is not made free for TV
watching after the show has finnished. Is this a bug or can I do
something differently?
Cheers,
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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording live tv

[John Molohan]

Duncan Webb wrote:
> John Molohan wrote:
>   
>> David Frager wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks John
>>>
>>> I did not see any configuration for this behavior...I will dig around a
>>> little more.  I don't recall seeing this issue when I first started using in
>>> back in March..maybe something has changed recently 
>>>   
>>>   
>> It looks like Richard did a pretty good job with the doc for the plugin, 
>> actually he's probably set the standard for others to follow. Here's the 
>> output from running
>>
>> freevo plugins -i tv.ivtv_xine_tv
>>
>> Name: tv.ivtv_xine_tv
>> Type: Plugin
>> File: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/tv/plugins/ivtv_xine_tv.py
>>
>> Description:
>> 
>> Plugin to watch live tv with xine. The plugin supports:
>>
>> - Live TV: pause & continue, seek forward & backward
>> - Multiple digit channel selection: '1', '12, '123'
>> - Channel stack: jump to previously viewed channel
>> - Automatic jump: undo time shift on channel change
>> - OSD messges: volume and channel info
>> - Progressive seek: automatically increase seek speed
>> - Video groups: enable svideo and composite inputs
>> - Stop confirmation: press STOP twice to return to menu
>> - Record stream: press RECORD to record the current show
>>
>> =
>> Requirements:
>> =
>>
>> The following software must be installed:
>>
>> - ivtv driver (for e.g. Haupage x50 series TV card)
>>   version ivtv: >= 0.10.6
>>
>> - xine media player (built with xvmc / xxmc if available)
>>   version xine-lib: >= 1.1.9
>>   version xine-ui: >= 0.99.6
>>
>> =
>> Configuration:
>> =
>>
>> The following items should be configured in local_conf.py:
>>
>> Freevo General Config Items
>> - TV_CHANNELS
>> - MIXER_VOLUME_TV_IN
>> - MIXER_MAJOR_CTRL
>> - XINE_COMMAND
>> - XINE_ARGS_DEF
>>
>> Plugin Specific Config Items
>> - XINE_TV_VO_DEV
>> - XINE_TV_AO_DEV
>> - XINE_TV_TIMESHIFT_FILEMASK
>> - XINE_TV_CONFIRM_STOP
>> - XINE_TV_PROGRESSIVE_SEEK
>> - XINE_TV_PROGRESSIVE_SEEK_THRESHOLD
>> - XINE_TV_PROGRESSIVE_SEEK_INCREMENT
>> - XINE_TV_INPUT_REAL_CHANNELS
>> - XINE_TV_LIVE_RECORD
>> - XINE_TV_INDENT_OSD
>>
>> =
>> Plugin Specific Events
>> =
>> The following additional events can be defined:
>>
>> | # go back to the previous viewed channel
>> | EVENTS['tv']['SOME_LIRC_CMD'] = Event('POPCHANNEL')
>> |
>> | # show program info
>> | EVENTS['tv']['SOME_LIRC_CMD'] = Event('TOGGLE_OSD')
>> |
>> | # normal seek forward/backward by 1 second
>> | EVENTS['tv']['SOME_LIRC_CMD'] = Event(SEEK, arg=-1)
>> | EVENTS['tv']['SOME_LIRC_CMD'] = Event(SEEK, arg=+1)
>>
>> =
>> Timeshift Filemask
>> =
>> The LIVE TV functionality requires a large buffer on disk
>> where the TV stream is being recorded while watching.
>>
>> | # This specifies the path and filemask that xine uses for
>> | # timeshifting. File can get quite big (several gigabytes)
>> | XINE_TV_TIMESHIFT_FILEMASK = '/local/tmp/xine-buf-!/local/saved/!20'
>>
>> Note: the format is 'a!b!c', where:
>> a = prefix (with path) for temporary file buffers
>> b = prefix (with path) for saved recordings
>> c = number of file buffers (200MB each) to use
>>
>> The path for saved recordings must be on the same partition as
>> the path for temporary file buffers. If the save path is empty
>> then the saved files will be stored in the path for temporary
>> files.
>>
>> =
>> STOP Confirmation
>> =
>> The STOP event will cancel the history of the TV stream. To
>> prevent that this happens by accident, a confirmation can be
>> requested.
>>
>> | # Stop confirmation: press STOP twice to return to menu
>> | XINE_TV_CONFIRM_STOP = True
>>
>> =
>> Progressive Seek
>> =
>> If progressive is enabled, then seeking in the TV stream
>> will speed up by 'increment' seconds every 'threshold'
>> seconds. Note, set the starting seek event to 1 second to
>> allow fine control.
>>
>> | # This enables the progressive seek feature. The speed
>> | # for seeking (fast forward and rewind) is increased
>> | # automatically. The speed is increased every [THRESHOLD]
>> | # seconds in steps of [INCREMENT] secnds.
>> | XINE_TV_PROGRESSIVE_SEEK = True
>> | XINE_TV_PROGRESSIVE_SEE

Re: [Freevo-users] Recording live tv

[Duncan Webb]

John Molohan wrote:
> David Frager wrote:
>> Thanks John
>>
>> I did not see any configuration for this behavior...I will dig around a
>> little more.  I don't recall seeing this issue when I first started using in
>> back in March..maybe something has changed recently 
>>   
> It looks like Richard did a pretty good job with the doc for the plugin, 
> actually he's probably set the standard for others to follow. Here's the 
> output from running
> 
> freevo plugins -i tv.ivtv_xine_tv
> 
> Name: tv.ivtv_xine_tv
> Type: Plugin
> File: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/tv/plugins/ivtv_xine_tv.py
> 
> Description:
> 
> Plugin to watch live tv with xine. The plugin supports:
> 
> - Live TV: pause & continue, seek forward & backward
> - Multiple digit channel selection: '1', '12, '123'
> - Channel stack: jump to previously viewed channel
> - Automatic jump: undo time shift on channel change
> - OSD messges: volume and channel info
> - Progressive seek: automatically increase seek speed
> - Video groups: enable svideo and composite inputs
> - Stop confirmation: press STOP twice to return to menu
> - Record stream: press RECORD to record the current show
> 
> =
> Requirements:
> =
> 
> The following software must be installed:
> 
> - ivtv driver (for e.g. Haupage x50 series TV card)
>   version ivtv: >= 0.10.6
> 
> - xine media player (built with xvmc / xxmc if available)
>   version xine-lib: >= 1.1.9
>   version xine-ui: >= 0.99.6
> 
> =
> Configuration:
> =
> 
> The following items should be configured in local_conf.py:
> 
> Freevo General Config Items
> - TV_CHANNELS
> - MIXER_VOLUME_TV_IN
> - MIXER_MAJOR_CTRL
> - XINE_COMMAND
> - XINE_ARGS_DEF
> 
> Plugin Specific Config Items
> - XINE_TV_VO_DEV
> - XINE_TV_AO_DEV
> - XINE_TV_TIMESHIFT_FILEMASK
> - XINE_TV_CONFIRM_STOP
> - XINE_TV_PROGRESSIVE_SEEK
> - XINE_TV_PROGRESSIVE_SEEK_THRESHOLD
> - XINE_TV_PROGRESSIVE_SEEK_INCREMENT
> - XINE_TV_INPUT_REAL_CHANNELS
> - XINE_TV_LIVE_RECORD
> - XINE_TV_INDENT_OSD
> 
> =
> Plugin Specific Events
> =
> The following additional events can be defined:
> 
> | # go back to the previous viewed channel
> | EVENTS['tv']['SOME_LIRC_CMD'] = Event('POPCHANNEL')
> |
> | # show program info
> | EVENTS['tv']['SOME_LIRC_CMD'] = Event('TOGGLE_OSD')
> |
> | # normal seek forward/backward by 1 second
> | EVENTS['tv']['SOME_LIRC_CMD'] = Event(SEEK, arg=-1)
> | EVENTS['tv']['SOME_LIRC_CMD'] = Event(SEEK, arg=+1)
> 
> =
> Timeshift Filemask
> =
> The LIVE TV functionality requires a large buffer on disk
> where the TV stream is being recorded while watching.
> 
> | # This specifies the path and filemask that xine uses for
> | # timeshifting. File can get quite big (several gigabytes)
> | XINE_TV_TIMESHIFT_FILEMASK = '/local/tmp/xine-buf-!/local/saved/!20'
> 
> Note: the format is 'a!b!c', where:
> a = prefix (with path) for temporary file buffers
> b = prefix (with path) for saved recordings
> c = number of file buffers (200MB each) to use
> 
> The path for saved recordings must be on the same partition as
> the path for temporary file buffers. If the save path is empty
> then the saved files will be stored in the path for temporary
> files.
> 
> =
> STOP Confirmation
> =
> The STOP event will cancel the history of the TV stream. To
> prevent that this happens by accident, a confirmation can be
> requested.
> 
> | # Stop confirmation: press STOP twice to return to menu
> | XINE_TV_CONFIRM_STOP = True
> 
> =
> Progressive Seek
> =
> If progressive is enabled, then seeking in the TV stream
> will speed up by 'increment' seconds every 'threshold'
> seconds. Note, set the starting seek event to 1 second to
> allow fine control.
> 
> | # This enables the progressive seek feature. The speed
> | # for seeking (fast forward and rewind) is increased
> | # automatically. The speed is increased every [THRESHOLD]
> | # seconds in steps of [INCREMENT] secnds.
> | XINE_TV_PROGRESSIVE_SEEK = True
> | XINE_TV_PROGRESSIVE_SEEK_THRESHOLD = 2
> | XINE_TV_PROGRESSIVE_SEEK_INCREMENT = 5
> 
> =
> Live Record
> =

Re: [Freevo-users] Recording live tv

[John Molohan]

David Frager wrote:
> Thanks John
>
> I did not see any configuration for this behavior...I will dig around a
> little more.  I don't recall seeing this issue when I first started using in
> back in March..maybe something has changed recently 
>   
It looks like Richard did a pretty good job with the doc for the plugin, 
actually he's probably set the standard for others to follow. Here's the 
output from running

freevo plugins -i tv.ivtv_xine_tv

Name: tv.ivtv_xine_tv
Type: Plugin
File: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/freevo/tv/plugins/ivtv_xine_tv.py

Description:

Plugin to watch live tv with xine. The plugin supports:

- Live TV: pause & continue, seek forward & backward
- Multiple digit channel selection: '1', '12, '123'
- Channel stack: jump to previously viewed channel
- Automatic jump: undo time shift on channel change
- OSD messges: volume and channel info
- Progressive seek: automatically increase seek speed
- Video groups: enable svideo and composite inputs
- Stop confirmation: press STOP twice to return to menu
- Record stream: press RECORD to record the current show

=
Requirements:
=

The following software must be installed:

- ivtv driver (for e.g. Haupage x50 series TV card)
  version ivtv: >= 0.10.6

- xine media player (built with xvmc / xxmc if available)
  version xine-lib: >= 1.1.9
  version xine-ui: >= 0.99.6

=
Configuration:
=

The following items should be configured in local_conf.py:

Freevo General Config Items
- TV_CHANNELS
- MIXER_VOLUME_TV_IN
- MIXER_MAJOR_CTRL
- XINE_COMMAND
- XINE_ARGS_DEF

Plugin Specific Config Items
- XINE_TV_VO_DEV
- XINE_TV_AO_DEV
- XINE_TV_TIMESHIFT_FILEMASK
- XINE_TV_CONFIRM_STOP
- XINE_TV_PROGRESSIVE_SEEK
- XINE_TV_PROGRESSIVE_SEEK_THRESHOLD
- XINE_TV_PROGRESSIVE_SEEK_INCREMENT
- XINE_TV_INPUT_REAL_CHANNELS
- XINE_TV_LIVE_RECORD
- XINE_TV_INDENT_OSD

=
Plugin Specific Events
=
The following additional events can be defined:

| # go back to the previous viewed channel
| EVENTS['tv']['SOME_LIRC_CMD'] = Event('POPCHANNEL')
|
| # show program info
| EVENTS['tv']['SOME_LIRC_CMD'] = Event('TOGGLE_OSD')
|
| # normal seek forward/backward by 1 second
| EVENTS['tv']['SOME_LIRC_CMD'] = Event(SEEK, arg=-1)
| EVENTS['tv']['SOME_LIRC_CMD'] = Event(SEEK, arg=+1)

=
Timeshift Filemask
=
The LIVE TV functionality requires a large buffer on disk
where the TV stream is being recorded while watching.

| # This specifies the path and filemask that xine uses for
| # timeshifting. File can get quite big (several gigabytes)
| XINE_TV_TIMESHIFT_FILEMASK = '/local/tmp/xine-buf-!/local/saved/!20'

Note: the format is 'a!b!c', where:
a = prefix (with path) for temporary file buffers
b = prefix (with path) for saved recordings
c = number of file buffers (200MB each) to use

The path for saved recordings must be on the same partition as
the path for temporary file buffers. If the save path is empty
then the saved files will be stored in the path for temporary
files.

=
STOP Confirmation
=
The STOP event will cancel the history of the TV stream. To
prevent that this happens by accident, a confirmation can be
requested.

| # Stop confirmation: press STOP twice to return to menu
| XINE_TV_CONFIRM_STOP = True

=
Progressive Seek
=
If progressive is enabled, then seeking in the TV stream
will speed up by 'increment' seconds every 'threshold'
seconds. Note, set the starting seek event to 1 second to
allow fine control.

| # This enables the progressive seek feature. The speed
| # for seeking (fast forward and rewind) is increased
| # automatically. The speed is increased every [THRESHOLD]
| # seconds in steps of [INCREMENT] secnds.
| XINE_TV_PROGRESSIVE_SEEK = True
| XINE_TV_PROGRESSIVE_SEEK_THRESHOLD = 2
| XINE_TV_PROGRESSIVE_SEEK_INCREMENT = 5

=
Live Record
=
If live record is enabled, then the RECORD button will cause the
current show to be recorded permanently. Freevo will set marks
in the video stream when a new show starts (according to the
program guide) and when the ch

Re: [Freevo-users] Recording live tv

[David Frager]

Thanks John

I did not see any configuration for this behavior...I will dig around a
little more.  I don't recall seeing this issue when I first started using in
back in March..maybe something has changed recently 

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David Frager wrote:
> In my configuration, I am running:
>Freevo 1.8.2-svn r10784
>xine 0.99.6CVS
>
>
> While watching TV, I press the F6 key to begin recording a show.  What 
> I recently noticed is that the recording does not start when I press 
> F6, the recording started when I first began watching the show, so in 
> some cases, I have a lot of up-front video that I do not want.
>
> I am not sure if this is a recent change or not, but I was expecting 
> to see a file added to my TV_RECORD_DIR directory, containing a video 
> from the time I pressed "F6".  Instead, I see what appears to be the 
> timeshift file located in the XINE_TV_TIMESHIFT_FILEMASK location.
>
> Any thoughts on if this is a bug or a configuration issue?
>   
This is a new feature that was introduced sometime within the last couple of
releases. Check the changelog on the wiki which will have a link to the
original tracker item which might have more explaination and possibly
configuration settings for changing the behaviour.

John

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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording live tv

[John Molohan]

David Frager wrote:
> In my configuration, I am running:
>Freevo 1.8.2-svn r10784
>xine 0.99.6CVS
>
>
> While watching TV, I press the F6 key to begin recording a show.  What I
> recently noticed is that the recording does not start when I press F6, the
> recording started when I first began watching the show, so in some cases, I
> have a lot of up-front video that I do not want. 
>
> I am not sure if this is a recent change or not, but I was expecting to see
> a file added to my TV_RECORD_DIR directory, containing a video from the time
> I pressed "F6".  Instead, I see what appears to be the timeshift file
> located in the XINE_TV_TIMESHIFT_FILEMASK location.
>
> Any thoughts on if this is a bug or a configuration issue?
>   
This is a new feature that was introduced sometime within the last 
couple of releases. Check the changelog on the wiki which will have a 
link to the original tracker item which might have more explaination and 
possibly configuration settings for changing the behaviour.

John

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[Freevo-users] Recording live tv

[David Frager]

In my configuration, I am running:
   Freevo 1.8.2-svn r10784
   xine 0.99.6CVS


While watching TV, I press the F6 key to begin recording a show.  What I
recently noticed is that the recording does not start when I press F6, the
recording started when I first began watching the show, so in some cases, I
have a lot of up-front video that I do not want. 

I am not sure if this is a recent change or not, but I was expecting to see
a file added to my TV_RECORD_DIR directory, containing a video from the time
I pressed "F6".  Instead, I see what appears to be the timeshift file
located in the XINE_TV_TIMESHIFT_FILEMASK location.

Any thoughts on if this is a bug or a configuration issue?


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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording/watching priority

[Andrew Jeffery]

John Molohan wrote:
> Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
>> On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, Andrew Jeffery wrote:
>>   
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> Is there any way to make recording a TV show a priority over watching?
>>> So say if someone is watching TV before a recording is scheduled freevo
>>> will stop the current session and allow the recordserver to use the
>>> tuner? Unfortunately I only have the one tuner so it'd be great if this
>>> is possible :)
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>> 
>> I'm running a 1.7.3 (I think, not the latest 1.7, anyway) and that is the 
>> default behaviour.
>> You get a couple of warnings on the screen that a recording will be made, 
>> and 
>> the tv picture gets cut off.
>> Try it and see.
>>
>>   
> It's the upsoon plugin that does it, not sure if it's enabled by default 
> but it should do what you want.
> 
> John

Cheers - I'll give it a shot :)

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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording/watching priority

[John Molohan]

Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, Andrew Jeffery wrote:
>   
>> Hey all,
>>
>> Is there any way to make recording a TV show a priority over watching?
>> So say if someone is watching TV before a recording is scheduled freevo
>> will stop the current session and allow the recordserver to use the
>> tuner? Unfortunately I only have the one tuner so it'd be great if this
>> is possible :)
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> 
>
> I'm running a 1.7.3 (I think, not the latest 1.7, anyway) and that is the 
> default behaviour.
> You get a couple of warnings on the screen that a recording will be made, and 
> the tv picture gets cut off.
> Try it and see.
>
>   
It's the upsoon plugin that does it, not sure if it's enabled by default 
but it should do what you want.

John

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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording/watching priority

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, Andrew Jeffery wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Is there any way to make recording a TV show a priority over watching?
> So say if someone is watching TV before a recording is scheduled freevo
> will stop the current session and allow the recordserver to use the
> tuner? Unfortunately I only have the one tuner so it'd be great if this
> is possible :)
>
> Andrew
>

I'm running a 1.7.3 (I think, not the latest 1.7, anyway) and that is the 
default behaviour.
You get a couple of warnings on the screen that a recording will be made, and 
the tv picture gets cut off.
Try it and see.



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[Freevo-users] Recording/watching priority

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Is there any way to make recording a TV show a priority over watching?
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is possible :)

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Re: [Freevo-users] recording an X session

[Alberto Hernando]

El Monday 26 March 2007 09:46:42 Michel Hoogervorst escribió:
> Something like this?:
> http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/

Right! This is what I was looking for.
Now I just have to test it...

thanks

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Re: [Freevo-users] recording an X session

[Michel Hoogervorst]

Something like this?:
http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/


Michel

2007/3/26, Alberto Hernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:


Hi.

Recently, I've seen somewhere a software to record an X session. I know
about
xvidcap, but it eats a lot of cpu. The software I saw used some layer of
the
X protocol, and it sounded to be quite good. I thought that I had seen it
here, but I can't find it. But I've seen the video of freevo2, and I was
wondering how it was made. Perhaps using the program I'm talking about? If
not, how?

Thanks

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[Freevo-users] recording an X session

[Alberto Hernando]

Hi.

Recently, I've seen somewhere a software to record an X session. I know about 
xvidcap, but it eats a lot of cpu. The software I saw used some layer of the 
X protocol, and it sounded to be quite good. I thought that I had seen it 
here, but I can't find it. But I've seen the video of freevo2, and I was 
wondering how it was made. Perhaps using the program I'm talking about? If 
not, how?

Thanks

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Re: [Freevo-users] recording server, how can this work???

[Paul Sijben]

Ah, OK will undo my changes and try again!

Duncan Webb wrote:
> Paul Sijben wrote:
>   
>> Duncan Webb wrote:
>> 
 Now there must be at least something wrong with this indentation because
 a real DVD does not have a info_type.
 
>>> You're not backing up a DVD but a title and titles have info_type.
>>>   
>>   
>> If I try and backup a DVD I come by the same code, and it is completely
>> bypassed (because a DVD has no info_type) so I see no entry in the menu
>> and can not backup. That is what I see happening. Is that correct?
>> 
>
> You need to go to the sub-menu (Enter) of a DVD and then select a title
> and then the sub-menu of a title, you will find it there.
>
> The plug-in has a bad name is should really be called backupdvdtrack.
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Re: [Freevo-users] recording server, how can this work???

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Paul Sijben wrote:
> Duncan Webb wrote:
>>
>>> Now there must be at least something wrong with this indentation because
>>> a real DVD does not have a info_type.
>>
>> You're not backing up a DVD but a title and titles have info_type.
>   
> If I try and backup a DVD I come by the same code, and it is completely
> bypassed (because a DVD has no info_type) so I see no entry in the menu
> and can not backup. That is what I see happening. Is that correct?

You need to go to the sub-menu (Enter) of a DVD and then select a title
and then the sub-menu of a title, you will find it there.

The plug-in has a bad name is should really be called backupdvdtrack.

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Re: [Freevo-users] recording server, how can this work???

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Duncan Webb wrote:
>
>> Now there must be at least something wrong with this indentation because
>> a real DVD does not have a info_type.
>> 
>
> You're not backing up a DVD but a title and titles have info_type.
>
>   
If I try and backup a DVD I come by the same code, and it is completely
bypassed (because a DVD has no info_type) so I see no entry in the menu
and can not backup. That is what I see happening. Is that correct?

Paul

> Duncan
>
>   
>> So I hacked the code around a little to make sure that we got to the bit
>> that has the comment on the real dvd disc in it. Next issue: the url ==
>> dvd:// according to the log, which int should be put here in self.title?
>>
>> At this point I am stumped. How can this code work? Am I missing something?
>> I have looked at both the plugin for 1.5.x as well as the version in
>> 1.7.0rc1.
>> Input is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> 
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Re: [Freevo-users] recording server, how can this work???

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Paul Sijben wrote:
> All,
> 
> I tried getting the recording server to work, but I get no items in the
> menu. OK so I look at the source code for dvdbackup.py. I see this
> 
>  if item.type == 'video' and item.mode == 'dvd' and hasattr(item,
> 'info_type'):
> if item.info_type == "track": #and item.media and
> item.media.devicename:
> #for dvd on disc
> self.dvdsource = item.filename
> self.title = int(split(item.url)[-1])
>
> if hasattr(item, 'media') and hasattr(item.media,
> 'devicename'):
> #we have a "real" dvd disc
> self.dvdsource = item.media.devicename
> self.title = int(item.url[6:])
> 
> self.item = item
> return [ (self.encoding_profile_menu, _('Backup this dvd
> title...')) ]
> return []
> 
> Now there must be at least something wrong with this indentation because
> a real DVD does not have a info_type.

You're not backing up a DVD but a title and titles have info_type.

Duncan

> So I hacked the code around a little to make sure that we got to the bit
> that has the comment on the real dvd disc in it. Next issue: the url ==
> dvd:// according to the log, which int should be put here in self.title?
> 
> At this point I am stumped. How can this code work? Am I missing something?
> I have looked at both the plugin for 1.5.x as well as the version in
> 1.7.0rc1.
> Input is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Paul
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[Freevo-users] recording server, how can this work???

[Paul Sijben]

All,

I tried getting the recording server to work, but I get no items in the
menu. OK so I look at the source code for dvdbackup.py. I see this

 if item.type == 'video' and item.mode == 'dvd' and hasattr(item,
'info_type'):
if item.info_type == "track": #and item.media and
item.media.devicename:
#for dvd on disc
self.dvdsource = item.filename
self.title = int(split(item.url)[-1])
   
if hasattr(item, 'media') and hasattr(item.media,
'devicename'):
#we have a "real" dvd disc
self.dvdsource = item.media.devicename
self.title = int(item.url[6:])

self.item = item
return [ (self.encoding_profile_menu, _('Backup this dvd
title...')) ]
return []

Now there must be at least something wrong with this indentation because
a real DVD does not have a info_type.
So I hacked the code around a little to make sure that we got to the bit
that has the comment on the real dvd disc in it. Next issue: the url ==
dvd:// according to the log, which int should be put here in self.title?

At this point I am stumped. How can this code work? Am I missing something?
I have looked at both the plugin for 1.5.x as well as the version in
1.7.0rc1.
Input is greatly appreciated.

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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording like "high speed" ??

[edodd]

On Saturday 26 August 2006 04:08, Ignacio - wrote:
> WTF! :P, I've done a record and has been recorded in dobule speed, i
> think it plays in 1 second, 2 seconds of video and audio, What
> happened?
> here is my vcr conf:
You can achieve this effect if you start to record when the tv playing program 
is already running - well that's how I got that effect.
I think I had started tvtime outside of freevo on those occasions.
I tried putting kill commands in front of the mencoder command but that method 
didn't stop the sound from the tv playing with more disastrous results.

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[Freevo-users] Recording like "high speed" ??

[Ignacio -]

WTF! :P, I've done a record and has been recorded in dobule speed, i
think it plays in 1 second, 2 seconds of video and audio, What
happened?
here is my vcr conf:

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=4000:' + # 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.
   '-vf pp=lb ' +
   '-endpos %(seconds)s ' +# only mencoder uses this
so do it here.
   '-o %(filename)s') # Filled in by Freevo

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Re: [Freevo-users] recording sound via cd (winfast expert)

[Amadeus Stevenson]

I think I'm getting closer; this is the script I'm using to record via 
the command line:

By enabling the cd mixer playback shouldn't I be hearing the tv program 
when this command is executed?

So far I can only hear a "hiss" that switches on/off when the tv card is 
accessed.

#!/bin/sh

mencoder='/usr/bin/mencoder'
channel=$1

width=320
height=240

adevice=/dev/alsa

output=/home/tv/test.avi

# set cd volume to 80% and mute playback

amixer cset numid=21 80%
#amixer cset numid=20 off
amixer cset numid=20 on   # so we can test if it's working

# capture source CD

amixer cset numid=26 1
amixer cset numid=27 on

$mencoder tv:// -tv 
driver=v4l:input=0:norm=pal:channel=$channel:width=$width:height=$height:outfmt=yuy2:device=/dev/video0:adevice=$adevice:audiorate=32000
 
buffersize=64 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=5000:keyint=30 
-oac mp3lame -lameopts br=128:cbr:mode=3 -ffourcc divx -endpos 409 -o 
$output

# unmute playback

amixer cset numid=20 on

# capture source CD off

amixer cset numid=27 off


[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ amixer info
Card default 'IXP'/'ATI IXP rev 0 with AD1888 at 0xfe80, irq 209'
  Mixer name: 'Analog Devices AD1888'
  Components: 'AC97a:41445368'
  Controls  : 43
  Simple ctrls  : 29

The TV sound ouput is plugged into the CD in socket on the motherboard.

I am using the right channel, because if I watch tv in tvtime and run 
amixer cset numid=20 off then the sound is cut off. So it seems that the 
sound isn't getting output from the tv card at all when using mencoder.

:(

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[Freevo-users] Recording Conficts

[Scott Carr]

I have been using freevo for the last couple of days, trying things 
out.  I really like the web interface, so far, as well as the fact that 
everything is in Python. 

Now to my question. 

I setup two programs to record, one at 9:00pm and the next at 9:30pm.  
The first one started great, then at 9:30pm the first one was stopped, 
and the next started recording, cutting off the first.


What I was expecting to see happen was the second show would be set to a 
conflict state, and would look through the tv guide to find the next 
showing, and schedule that to record.


Is there any way to set priority, and set conflict handling?

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Re: [Freevo-users] recording tv & playback

[Alberto Hernando]

El Martes, 8 de Noviembre de 2005 13:19, Alberto Hernando escribió:
> I think I've found it out. Just set a low cache for avi files. I have 500
> now and I have to wait just some seconds before the playback.

Hi.

Another thing: now I think that it's better just to use -nocache. There is 
another problem, though. If you start the playback long after the recording 
started, mplayer will need to make an index (option -idx), so it will take 
some time to start. I think that I'll just look for another codec with good 
quality and good search capabilities. mpeg/mpeg2? Disk space is not that 
important.

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Re: [Freevo-users] recording tv & playback

[Alberto Hernando]

El Viernes, 4 de Noviembre de 2005 16:12, Alberto Hernando escribió:
> What is happening? Should it always work, or is there some trick
> I'm missing? Perhaps some buffer issue?

Hi. 

I think I've found it out. Just set a low cache for avi files. I have 500 now 
and I have to wait just some seconds before the playback.  But that's the 
key. If the file is smaller than the cache when you start the playback, the 
end of the file will go into the cache. If not, it's fine.

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Re: [Freevo-users] recording tv & playback

[Justin]

I do false time-shifting like that.  I do not compress the files on the
fly though, it is a raw mpeg stream that I watch while it records.  Mpeg
is generally a lot more forgiving to incomplete files and headers than
avi.

I watch with mplayer and record with mencoder -dumpstream blah.  Works
fine with this methodology for me.  10 seconds of prestream may not be
long enough though, as it will stop when it runs out of stream (one fast
forward and the file will end).  I tend to let it run for about 10 - 15
minutes at a minimum (not by choice.. I have kids) before I start
watching.  On most instances I end up watching the actual recording abut
a month later.

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On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 16:12 +0100, Alberto Hernando wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Some time ago, while talking about timeshifting, somebody said that what he 
> did was start recording the show he wanted to watch. Then, instead of 
> watching it with tv, he saw the recording, having timeshifting this way. I've 
> tried it. In some cases, the playback ends as if it wasn't being recorded 
> anymore. I mean, you start playback 10 seconds after you start recording, and 
> you can see only 10 seconds. Start again, and you have only 20 seconds, and 
> so on. Other times, it works, and I can see all the show, as it is being 
> recorded. What is happening? Should it always work, or is there some trick 
> I'm missing? Perhaps some buffer issue? Does anybody else do this?
> 
> thx
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Re: [Freevo-users] recording tv & playback

[Stephan Kanthak]

Hi,

I think I was the one who mentioned that trick. Yes, it works exactly the
way you describe it. It seems that mplayer doesn't stream the file. Instead
it measures the size upon startup and only plays till he reaches that
position. I never fixed that issue, because my girlfriend and I perfectly came
along with that behaviour. In most cases, recording has already finished when
mplayer stops in the middle and we can start it a second time and seek to
that position to watch the rest. Maybe you can fix it by passing the recording
on stdin to mplayer:

cat *.avi | mplayer -

This way mplayer can't measure the size of the file and has to assume a
stream.

Stephan

On Friday 04 November 2005 16:12, Alberto Hernando wrote:
> Some time ago, while talking about timeshifting, somebody said that what he
> did was start recording the show he wanted to watch. Then, instead of
> watching it with tv, he saw the recording, having timeshifting this way.
> I've tried it. In some cases, the playback ends as if it wasn't being
> recorded anymore. I mean, you start playback 10 seconds after you start
> recording, and you can see only 10 seconds. Start again, and you have only
> 20 seconds, and so on. Other times, it works, and I can see all the show,
> as it is being recorded. What is happening? Should it always work, or is
> there some trick I'm missing? Perhaps some buffer issue? Does anybody else
> do this?

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[Freevo-users] recording tv & playback

[Alberto Hernando]

Hi.

Some time ago, while talking about timeshifting, somebody said that what he 
did was start recording the show he wanted to watch. Then, instead of 
watching it with tv, he saw the recording, having timeshifting this way. I've 
tried it. In some cases, the playback ends as if it wasn't being recorded 
anymore. I mean, you start playback 10 seconds after you start recording, and 
you can see only 10 seconds. Start again, and you have only 20 seconds, and 
so on. Other times, it works, and I can see all the show, as it is being 
recorded. What is happening? Should it always work, or is there some trick 
I'm missing? Perhaps some buffer issue? Does anybody else do this?

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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording Volume?

[john]

Craig Cooper wrote:
OK, I have Freevo working very well now, but the recording level seems
a bit low (50%).
Is this set in loca_conf.py or in the OS, or in the mencoder options?!
any help appreciated.
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In your local_conf.py, you can set various sound levels. There's also 
the ability to run commands before and after recording that would mute 
and unmute etc. info in local_conf and the wiki.

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[Freevo-users] Recording Volume?

[Craig Cooper]

OK, I have Freevo working very well now, but the recording level seems
a bit low (50%).

Is this set in loca_conf.py or in the OS, or in the mencoder options?!

any help appreciated.

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[Freevo-users] recording fails

[Bjoern Franke]

Hello,

after updating my debian-sid-system some strange things happen:
freevo records only damaged avi's.
I enabled CHILDAPP_DEBUG=1, but nothing is logged into
/tmp/freevo/recorder_stdout and _err.

excert from recordserver-0.log:
2005/03/24 22:17 CET [*RecordServer*] found a program to clean
2005/03/24 22:17 CET [*RecordServer*] SAVE: saving cached file
(/var/cache/freev
o/record_schedule.xml)
2005/03/24 22:17 CET [*RecordServer*] SAVE: ScheduledRecordings has 2
items.
2005/03/24 22:17 CET [*RecordServer*] autokill timeout, stopping
recording
2005/03/24 22:17 CET [*RecordServer*] Record_Thread::run: past
wait()!!
2005/03/24 22:17 CET [*RecordServer*] Record_Thread::run: finished
recording
2005/03/24 22:17 CET [*RecordServer*] killing pid 1760 with sig 15
2005/03/24 22:17 CET [*RecordServer*] recorderver: After wait()
2005/03/24 22:17 CET [*RecordServer*] waiting on pid 1760
2005/03/24 22:17 CET [*RecordServer*] Record_Thread::run: mode=idle
2005/03/24 22:17 CET [*RecordServer*] Traceback (most recent call
last):
  File
"/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/twisted/python/log.py", line 52
, in callWithContext
return context.call({ILogContext: newCtx}, func, *args,
**kw)
  File
"/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/twisted/python/context.py", lin
e 43, in callWithContext
return func(*args,**kw)
  File
"/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/twisted/internet/default.py", l
ine 126, in run
self.mainLoop()
  File
"/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/twisted/internet/default.py", l
ine 134, in mainLoop
self.runUntilCurrent()
---  ---
  File
"/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/twisted/internet/base.py", line
 423, in runUntilCurrent
call.func(*call.args, **call.kw)
  File
"/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/freevo/helpers/recordserver.py"
, line 996, in handleEvents
vfs.getoverlay(os.path.splitext(prog.filename)[0] +
'.png'))
exceptions.OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Any ideas?

TIA
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[Freevo-users] Recording from satellite/cable box with SPDIF IN

[swrobel]

I haven't set up a Freevo box yet, but I was considering the option of
using my satellite box (although I assume it would be the same way with
cable) through an analog capture card (probably s-video in) for the video,
but I figured why do analog audio capture if I can do digital.  Most boxes
(including my dish network satellite box) have SPDIF out, so is it
possible to record 5.1 (or just pure digital 2.0) audio through an SPDIF
input on a sound card using Freevo.  I figured someone out there has to
have tried this.  Thanks!





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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording automatically from favourites

[Justin]

Oh excellent.. thanks for that.

-Justin

On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 18:19 +0100, Bart Heremans wrote:
> If you don't use the 'freevo tv_grab' helper to grab your xmltv file you
> have to run the 'freevo schedulefavorites' to schedlue your favorite
> recordings after you grab the xmltv file.
> 
> see :
> http://freevo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/doc/Recordserver#head-a384a0ecd443ecbdd32b5c060f7b078d3f7e2e44
> 
> Bart
> 
> On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 00:44 +0800, Justin wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I was wondering if it is possible to set a favourite and have freevo
> > record it whenever it is on automatically.  An example would be if I set
> > the News on CH7 between 6 and 6:30pm on weekdays as a favourite, it
> > would then just automatically record.
> > 
> > This would be preferrable to having to set multiple recordings of the
> > same show on every xmltv update.
> > 
> > Any ideas?  Functionality like this would actually make the favourites
> > list usefull.  (Or is it supposed to do this anyway?)
> > 
> > -Justin
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording automatically from favourites

[Bart Heremans]

If you don't use the 'freevo tv_grab' helper to grab your xmltv file you
have to run the 'freevo schedulefavorites' to schedlue your favorite
recordings after you grab the xmltv file.

see :
http://freevo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/doc/Recordserver#head-a384a0ecd443ecbdd32b5c060f7b078d3f7e2e44

Bart

On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 00:44 +0800, Justin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering if it is possible to set a favourite and have freevo
> record it whenever it is on automatically.  An example would be if I set
> the News on CH7 between 6 and 6:30pm on weekdays as a favourite, it
> would then just automatically record.
> 
> This would be preferrable to having to set multiple recordings of the
> same show on every xmltv update.
> 
> Any ideas?  Functionality like this would actually make the favourites
> list usefull.  (Or is it supposed to do this anyway?)
> 
> -Justin
> 
> 



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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording automatically from favourites

[Jesper Mathiassen]

Justin wrote:
Hi,
I was wondering if it is possible to set a favourite and have freevo
record it whenever it is on automatically.  An example would be if I set
the News on CH7 between 6 and 6:30pm on weekdays as a favourite, it
would then just automatically record.
This would be preferrable to having to set multiple recordings of the
same show on every xmltv update.
Any ideas?  Functionality like this would actually make the favourites
list usefull.  (Or is it supposed to do this anyway?)
-Justin
 

AFAIK this is how it already works... if you push record on a show in 
the tv-guide and choose add to favorites, a submenu will appear allowing 
you to select when to record the show.. i.e. every at 6pm on ch7 ... (It 
looks up the name in the tv-guide to get the exact start and stop times..)

Works fin here at least :)
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[Freevo-users] Recording automatically from favourites

[Justin]

Hi,

I was wondering if it is possible to set a favourite and have freevo
record it whenever it is on automatically.  An example would be if I set
the News on CH7 between 6 and 6:30pm on weekdays as a favourite, it
would then just automatically record.

This would be preferrable to having to set multiple recordings of the
same show on every xmltv update.

Any ideas?  Functionality like this would actually make the favourites
list usefull.  (Or is it supposed to do this anyway?)

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[Freevo-users] Recording TV - No sound

[Mary Strimel]

Hi John,

> However, when I try watching TV with
> mplayer I get a picture, but no sound.  The no sound problem carries
> over to when I try to record with mencoder, which is activated in my
> Freevo configuration, and also streamer (part of the xawtv package).
>
> At this point I'm working outside of Freevo with mplayer and mencoder
> at the command line level trying various options, but have not hit
> upon anything that works yet.

Not sure if this is your problem, but when I was debugging sound on my
system using an "mencoder" command string, I kept leaving off the
"chanlist=" option in the hope of keeping things simple ... after hours of
trying, I finally figured out that when I added that option back in, sound
worked again.  [in my case it was "chanlist=us-cable" IIRC].

to figure out the mixer settings I also found it helpful to run Freevo in a
window rather than fullscreen, run a graphical mixer in another window, and
watch the settings on the mixer to see what freevo does when it starts up.
It turned out Freevo was muting my mic, and aumix solved it as per other
posts to this list.
cheers,
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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording TV - no sound

[Jesper Mathiassen]

John Welch wrote:
Hello all,
I have been trying to setup Freevo to record TV shows, but I'm running 
into some problems.  I've worked through most of my issues, but now my 
big stumbling block is that I cannot get any sound to record.
Maybe you could list up these issues and how you solved them (where you 
found the information to solve it.. and stuff) Could help streamlining 
the installation for other people.

My tv tuner card is a Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP Expert, which uses the 
cx88 drivers.  This particular version of the card has an on-board 
audio out connection that goes directly to my sound card.

I can watch and hear TV just fine with tvtime (also used in my Freevo 
configuration) and xawtv.  However, when I try watching TV with 
mplayer I get a picture, but no sound.  The no sound problem carries 
over to when I try to record with mencoder, which is activated in my 
Freevo configuration, and also streamer (part of the xawtv package).

At this point I'm working outside of Freevo with mplayer and mencoder 
at the command line level trying various options, but have not hit 
upon anything that works yet.

I know this is not a Freevo specific issue, but I'm hoping that 
someone on the list has experienced similar problems and come up with 
a solution.

Thanks in advance.
John
You should check your mixer settings. I find aumix to be a great utility 
for this, as it is commandline, and works equally well for both oss and 
alsa. Check to see if the IGain of your card is turned up while 
recording. This control sets the input volume from the recording source 
(which you should also make sure is set to Line, or which ever input you 
use). While watching TV however, the soundcard internal loopback is 
used, which is controlled by the Line controller in aumix, hence if your 
line is turned up and your IGain  is at 0 youd get sound while watching, 
but not while recording.
Sollution is to set Line to 0 and IGain to 90 (100 tends to distort 
sound slightly, at least on my card) while recording and Line to 100 and 
IGain to 0 while watching TV. (not really sure if IGain has to be 0 
here, but just in case..) you can use the VCR_PRE_CMD and VCR_POST_CMD 
in your local_conf.py to execute these mixersettings.

best of luck :)
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[Freevo-users] Recording TV - no sound

[John Welch]

Hello all,
I have been trying to setup Freevo to record TV shows, but I'm running 
into some problems.  I've worked through most of my issues, but now my 
big stumbling block is that I cannot get any sound to record.

My tv tuner card is a Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP Expert, which uses the 
cx88 drivers.  This particular version of the card has an on-board audio 
out connection that goes directly to my sound card.

I can watch and hear TV just fine with tvtime (also used in my Freevo 
configuration) and xawtv.  However, when I try watching TV with mplayer 
I get a picture, but no sound.  The no sound problem carries over to 
when I try to record with mencoder, which is activated in my Freevo 
configuration, and also streamer (part of the xawtv package).

At this point I'm working outside of Freevo with mplayer and mencoder at 
the command line level trying various options, but have not hit upon 
anything that works yet.

I know this is not a Freevo specific issue, but I'm hoping that someone 
on the list has experienced similar problems and come up with a solution.

Thanks in advance.
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[Freevo-users] Recording from satellite/cable box with SPDIF IN

[Stefan Wrobel]

I haven't set up a Freevo box yet, but I was considering the option of 
using my satellite box (although I assume it would be the same way with 
cable) through an analog capture card (probably s-video in) for the 
video, but I figured why do analog audio capture if I can do digital. 
Most boxes (including my dish network satellite box) have SPDIF out, so 
is it possible to record 5.1 (or just pure digital 2.0) audio through an 
SPDIF input on a sound card using Freevo.  I figured someone out there 
has to have tried this.  Thanks!

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[Freevo-users] recording sound in FC-3

[Matthew Bettencourt]

I just upgraded to FC3 and it seems that I can't record sound anymore 
either with mplayer or within freevo.  I noticed that it went from OSS 
to ALSA in this update and I am guessing that is my problem

My record line looks something like
 mencoder tv:// -tv 
driver=v4l:freq=55.250:device=/dev/video0:input=0:norm=NTSC:width=640:height=480 
-ovc 

This used to work if I selected the right channel for the audio with 
something like alsamixer, but no longer does...  I can hear the audio 
coming through the sound card if I unmute the video button on the mixer, 
but it does not record even though record is set.  I have a ensoniq 1391 
card and a BT878 video BTW.

Has anyone else run into this?
Thanks
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[Freevo-users] recording error (not working)

[Mike Warner]

Hi, Freevo is all set up.  I can run it, schedule recordings, watch TV and
other stored movie clips.  When a scheduled recording tries to kick off I
get the following error in the recording schedule log:

2004/12/04 17:55 EST [*RecordServer*] **  Warning: No recording plugin
registered.  **
2004/12/04 17:55 EST [*RecordServer*] **   Check your
local_conf.py for a   **
2004/12/04 17:55 EST [*RecordServer*] **   bad "plugin_record ="
line or**
2004/12/04 17:55 EST [*RecordServer*] **   this log for a plugin
failure.   **
2004/12/04 17:55 EST [*RecordServer*] **   Recordings will fail!  
 **


Here is that section in my local_config.py:


#
# Use ivtv_record instead if you have an ivtv based card (PVR-250/350)
# and want freevo to do everthing for you. TV_SETTINGS must be set
# correctly. To use you need to set the following two lines:
#
plugin.remove('tv.mplayer')
plugin_record = plugin.activate('tv.tvtime')

I use tvtime, because mplayer only presents me with a blue screen.  Any
idea what the problem is?

Thanks,
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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording TV in stereo

[Thorsten Pferdekämper]

On Monday 29 November 2004 06:07, Ducson Nguyen wrote:
> local_config.py has audio recording forced to mono, but is it possible
> to record in stereo?
>

Hi,
this is from the local_conf.py of my 1.3.4 freevo installation:

VCR_CMD = ('nice -n -20 ' +
   '/usr/bin/mencoder ' +
   '-tv driver=v4l2:input=0:norm=PAL:chanlist=europe-west:' +
   '+width=720:height=576:device=/dev/video0:adevice=/dev/dsp1:' + 
   'audiorate=32000:forceaudio:buffersize=64:volume=80 ' +
   '-sws 0 -vf pp=lb,crop=700:556,denoise3d,scale=384:288 ' +
   '-ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=2400:keyint=25 ' +
   '-ffourcc divx -oac mp3lame -lameopts br=192:cbr:mode=1 ' +
   '-endpos %(seconds)s -o %(filename)s.avi tv://%(channel)s')

I believe that the recordings are in stereo...

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[Freevo-users] Recording TV in stereo

[Ducson Nguyen]

local_config.py has audio recording forced to mono, but is it possible
to record in stereo?

I finally have my home theatre complete and when I watch a Freevo
recording I'd like to have the same great Pro Logic II decoding I get
with live TV.

Thanks!

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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording TV in stereo

[Eric Jorgensen]

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:37:25 -0500
Ducson Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> The comment for the VCR_AUDIO field in local_config.py says "Forced
> mono for bug in my driver". What kind of bug is this, and does this
> mean we can't record audio in stereo at all?


   You can record in stereo if (and only if) 

   A: Your recording source is a normal sound card, or: 

   B: Your TV tuner card has a stereo decoder chip AND

  1: There is a linux driver for it 

  2: it is loaded

  3: it is properly configured

  4: You line out to a normal sound card, or 

  4a: Your card properly supports btaudio and you have configured it
correctly, and it is connected to the audio on your card /after/ the stereo
decoder. Not all tv tuner cards implement the ADC function for audio. Many
implement it poorly. 



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[Freevo-users] Recording TV in stereo

[Ducson Nguyen]

The comment for the VCR_AUDIO field in local_config.py says "Forced
mono for bug in my driver". What kind of bug is this, and does this
mean we can't record audio in stereo at all?

Thanks


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>   3. Mplayer won't play on TV (Nick)
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> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [Freevo-users] Re: can't record
> >
> > Scott Miller wrote:
> > >   Hi I'm running Freevo 1.5.2 in Mandrake 10.1. Everything seems to be
> > > set up fine, and when I set to record something (manually or picked
> > > program), nothing records. I get a message: ".avi not found" inside
> > > Freevo. I've got an Avermedia Ultra PCI 350 tv card which uses bttv, and
> > > works fine in all other tv-type apps.
> >
> > When you have the fxd, the recorder is called but it failed for some
> > reason. Take a lock in /var/log/freevo. There are log files for the
> > recordserver and the recording app (most of the time mplayer or
> > mencoder).
> >
> 
> One cause of this is an incorrect TV_REC_DIR setting in local_conf.py,
> double check your paths.
> 
> Johnm
> 
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> From: Dirk Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> bitwilist wrote:
> > Hi,
> >I've done something silly .. can't figure my way out. I got freevo
> > running
> > OK on machine "B" by copying a working freevo 1.5.1 tree from machine "A",
> > then did a freevo 1.5.2 install on machine "B" from the .tgz file.  I'm
> > getting this error message during startup:
> >
> > WARNING: PyLirc not found, lirc remote control disabled!
> > failed to load plugin tv.scheduled_recordings
> > start 'freevo plugins -l' to get a list of plugins
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/freevo/plugin.py", line 570,
> > in  __load_plugin__
> >  exec('import %s' % module)
> >File "", line 1, in ?
> >File
> > "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/freevo/tv/plugins/scheduled_recordings.=
> py",
> > line 46, in ?
> >  import tv.record_client as record_client
> >File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/freevo/tv/record_client.py",
> > line  60, in ?
> >  server =3D xmlrpclib.Server(server_string, allow_none=3D1)
> > TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'allow_none'
> 
> Maybe your version of twisted is too old? But it's only a guess.
> 
> Dischi
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> Subject: [Freevo-users] Mplayer won't play on TV
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> 
> Hello,
> 
> Hoping somebody can help me, it's probably a simple issue (I hope).
> 
> I've got Freevo up and running, it seems to do very well when plugged
> into my computer monitor via VGA.  The problem is that when I plug the
> sytem into my TV via a composite video cable, after modifying my
> Xorg.conf file I get the console on the TV, along with Freevo's menu.
> However, once I start playing a movie the screen goes black and there
> is about 1/2 - 1 second of sound, then nothing.  If I hit ESC several
> times I get back to the Freevo menu.  I've tried a few things but
> nothing works.
> 
> I am able to play movies from the comm

Re: [Freevo-users] Recording Bug/Feature Request & other ideas

[Mick]

> This could probably be done as a Plugin. I might give it a go myself
> if I get time (Ha! Ahem...) I'd envisage a separate Transcode Daemon
> to take care of the transcoding, perhaps auto pause/resuming
> transcoding based on system load and/or other Freevo activity (ie; if
> Freevo not playing anything, and not recording, then Transcode!).
> 
Check out the encoding server package from the addons page.  den_RDC
wrote it with these exact features in mind.  It may be that only a
plugin is required.  

I'd be happy to to assist its developement, the existing plugin will
only send dvd's to the encoding server, I'd like th new plugin to be
able to create DVD's from any multimedia file and so forth..

> There could also be options to auto-transcode if a show is old, and
> disk is low...
> 
Yes, this could easily be done within the same plugin.  I have written
one which will delete the the oldest avi in the tv_rec dir.  This could
easily be extended to listen to the recordign extention and then just
send it to the record server for re-coding...

Mick


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[Freevo-users] Recording Bug/Feature Request & other ideas

[Jaap Struyk]

I forgot one thing to mention as a future request;
Apart from the allready available option to select a player for certain
suffix, is it possible to make the same kind of selection for vcd dvd
players?
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[Freevo-users] Recording Bug/Feature Request & other ideas

[Trevor Phillips]

I've recently started using Freevo to watch & record TV, and there's a
few niggling issues, or missing features with Freevo that bug me.

First up is the record padding. It would be REALLY nice if there was a
separate pre- and post- record padding. Shows here have a tendency to
start anywhere from on-time to minutes late, and can quite frequently
run even later. Ergo, I need a minimal pre-padding (a minute or two),
but a large post-padding (up to 15 mins).
I've hacked my own Freevo to support Pre/Post padding, and it works quite well.
Ideally, it'd be nice to set this per-channel, since some channels are
pretty decent, while others vary wildly.

Second up, a related issue, is record scheduling. I'd really like to
have the option of editing the details of a record item. I've had
times where the Guide has been a little inaccurate (and now once where
the finish time for a show was out by an hour). Sure, I could manually
add an item to record and stick in ALL the data, but it would be much
easier to just go "Schedule to Record", then "Edit", and tweak those
values which need it. Such a facility should be easy to implement in
the Webserver (and I may have a go at it myself if no-one else wants
to), but it'd be nice to have it in the normal interface as well.

Next, which is sort of a mix of the two above - an easy way to "tweak"
the padding of a recording/recorded show. So if you KNOW a particular
show is famous for running overtime (chat-shows have a tendency to do
it here), you can easily add/remove extra record time, say, in 2
minute chunks?

(Gee - can you tell I've missed the last 5 minutes of way too many shows? ^_^)

The next idea is also Recording, but a different slant - transcoding.
I have a DVB card, which means I natively get good quality mpeg2
streams saved when I record. This takes up quite a bit of disk tho, so
stuff I want to keep, I'd like to transcode into DivX. I have a little
script I whipped up to do this for me, but it's a manual process.

What would be great would be an option within Freevo to tag a recorded
show for transcoding. Even better would be a few transcoding options,
for different bit-rates (cooking shows (don't ask ^_^) don't need as
much bitrate as movies), and different cropping options (some shows
are 16:9, some are 4:3 - the signal/stream is always 16:9).

This could probably be done as a Plugin. I might give it a go myself
if I get time (Ha! Ahem...) I'd envisage a separate Transcode Daemon
to take care of the transcoding, perhaps auto pause/resuming
transcoding based on system load and/or other Freevo activity (ie; if
Freevo not playing anything, and not recording, then Transcode!).

There could also be options to auto-transcode if a show is old, and
disk is low...

Something that's been mentioned briefly in the past - the auto-icon
support. Sometimes this works, and sometimes it really doesn't. I've
had shows where the icon was of the show before (which still had
recorded bits of) - and sometimes it shows an Ad. The former can be
avoided by picking a frame nearer the middle of the show, rather than
the start. The latter is a bit harder to fix.

One solution would be to have an option to regenerate the icon which
shows a selection of images (9? 12?), and you select which to keep as
the icon.

Oh, and while I'm at it - support for widescreen layout of Freevo
menus would be appreciated. ^_^ Also, maybe some variants of the
standard skins using smaller fonts? (And more TV Guide columns? Is
that definable?)

Lastly - a "bug" of sorts. I keep having issues watching DVB streams
(ts/mpg) with Freevo. Sometimes it sucks all my CPU (not a very fast
one), the Sync goes straight out the window, and sometimes I get black
dots scattered around & in the borders of hard-white output. I *think*
it's rogue unneeded filters for mplayer kicking in, but I've yet to
reliably disable them. Any ideas?

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Web Technical Administrator  -  IT Services, Murdoch University
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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording doesn't work any longer

[Mick]

> since 1.5.0-rc3 or 1.5.0-rc4 recording doesn't work. Now I am using
> freevo 1.5.0. I didn't change my VCR_CMD. If I try to record something I
> get the VCR_CMD output in the recordserver log file and I find the fxd
> file but no video file. A copy and paste of the mencoder command from
> the log file shows that mencoder works.
> 
Does all recording fail?


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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording doesn't work any longer

[Mick]

Post the command..

Mick
On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 15:06, Renà SchrÃder wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> since 1.5.0-rc3 or 1.5.0-rc4 recording doesn't work. Now I am using
> freevo 1.5.0. I didn't change my VCR_CMD. If I try to record something I
> get the VCR_CMD output in the recordserver log file and I find the fxd
> file but no video file. A copy and paste of the mencoder command from
> the log file shows that mencoder works.
> 
> Can somebody point me in the right direction.
> 
> Thanks
> Rene


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[Freevo-users] Recording doesn't work any longer

[René Schröder]

Hi,

since 1.5.0-rc3 or 1.5.0-rc4 recording doesn't work. Now I am using
freevo 1.5.0. I didn't change my VCR_CMD. If I try to record something I
get the VCR_CMD output in the recordserver log file and I find the fxd
file but no video file. A copy and paste of the mencoder command from
the log file shows that mencoder works.

Can somebody point me in the right direction.

Thanks
Rene

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[Freevo-users] recording app with no stop time

[Mick]

I'm about to start using a recording app with no stop time or frame
count.

Anyone doing this?  Will this break recordserver?

Mick


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Where is recording server file located?


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Re: [Freevo-users] recording and xmltv

[Gavin Fuller]

Hey Joe - thanks for the response

When I try and start it all I get is the following:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File
"/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/freevo/helpers/recordserver.py",
line 120, in ?
import rc
  File
"/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/freevo/rc.py", line
59, in ?
import util
  File
"/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/freevo/util/__init__.py",
line 55, in ?
from misc import *
  File
"/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/freevo/util/misc.py",
line 55, in ?
from xml.utils import qp_xml
ImportError: No module named utils


I have even tried to reinstall all deps and freevo but
nothing helps.

Cheers

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 08:47:01 -0400
 "Joe Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> record_daemon.py has been retired (pre 1.4 or something).
>  I ran into
> the same issue trying to set mine up.  From the command
> line type:
>  freevo recordserver & to start the daemon in the
> background.  I just
> add this line to my rc.local file.  Then you will be able
> to see if your
> config works for recording. Once used a log file will be
> created in (I
> think) /var/cache/freevo.  If recording doesn't work copy
> the line in
> the log file that is dumped from the config to record and
> try it from
> the command line until you can get it working.  It took
> me a little
> while to get this working, but it has been running super
> ever since.  
> 
> Good luck,
> Joe Harris
> Director of Technical Services
> Whole Systems Solutions, Inc
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> 
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Gavin
> Fuller
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 10:20 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Freevo-users] recording and xmltv
> 
> Hey all
> 
> I have a few problems that I cannot find info on - maybe
> I'm just stupid, but I'm willing to take the rotten eggs
> right now:)
> 
> Some pre info - freevo 1.4.1 running an unstable (and
> very
> cut down) debian. Source was the source tarball.
> 
> Issue 1.
> 
> recording server - how the hell??? Ive looked at the docs
> and NOWHERE do I find record_daemon.py. So all I get now
> is
> record server unavailable. What gives - have I forgotten
> to
> download something here?
> 
> Issue 2.
> 
> XMLTV listings. This weird. I can add my tv listings for
> a
> day, maybe 2, but when the list goes over 2 days or is
> 2days long but wiht m,ultiple channels, the EPG just goes
> blank. I would think it was a config or a pebcak issue,
> but
> the fact that it works with a small list count and not
> with
> a big one is disturbing. Anyone know the issue here, or
> have I found an unwritten feature ;).
> 
> Cheers guys
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RE: [Freevo-users] recording and xmltv

[Joe Harris]

record_daemon.py has been retired (pre 1.4 or something).  I ran into
the same issue trying to set mine up.  From the command line type:
 freevo recordserver & to start the daemon in the background.  I just
add this line to my rc.local file.  Then you will be able to see if your
config works for recording. Once used a log file will be created in (I
think) /var/cache/freevo.  If recording doesn't work copy the line in
the log file that is dumped from the config to record and try it from
the command line until you can get it working.  It took me a little
while to get this working, but it has been running super ever since.  

Good luck,
Joe Harris
Director of Technical Services
Whole Systems Solutions, Inc
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: 336.297.4977  
Fax: 336.297.9787
http://www.wss.net

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Fuller
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 10:20 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Freevo-users] recording and xmltv

Hey all

I have a few problems that I cannot find info on - maybe
I'm just stupid, but I'm willing to take the rotten eggs
right now:)

Some pre info - freevo 1.4.1 running an unstable (and very
cut down) debian. Source was the source tarball.

Issue 1.

recording server - how the hell??? Ive looked at the docs
and NOWHERE do I find record_daemon.py. So all I get now is
record server unavailable. What gives - have I forgotten to
download something here?

Issue 2.

XMLTV listings. This weird. I can add my tv listings for a
day, maybe 2, but when the list goes over 2 days or is
2days long but wiht m,ultiple channels, the EPG just goes
blank. I would think it was a config or a pebcak issue, but
the fact that it works with a small list count and not with
a big one is disturbing. Anyone know the issue here, or
have I found an unwritten feature ;).

Cheers guys


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[Freevo-users] recording and xmltv

[Gavin Fuller]

Hey all

I have a few problems that I cannot find info on - maybe
I'm just stupid, but I'm willing to take the rotten eggs
right now:)

Some pre info - freevo 1.4.1 running an unstable (and very
cut down) debian. Source was the source tarball.

Issue 1.

recording server - how the hell??? Ive looked at the docs
and NOWHERE do I find record_daemon.py. So all I get now is
record server unavailable. What gives - have I forgotten to
download something here?

Issue 2.

XMLTV listings. This weird. I can add my tv listings for a
day, maybe 2, but when the list goes over 2 days or is
2days long but wiht m,ultiple channels, the EPG just goes
blank. I would think it was a config or a pebcak issue, but
the fact that it works with a small list count and not with
a big one is disturbing. Anyone know the issue here, or
have I found an unwritten feature ;).

Cheers guys


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[Gavin Fuller]

Hi all - I noticed that my mail didnt get through yesterday
, so I'm sending it again
 
 *
 
Hey all

I have a few problems that I cannot find info on - maybe
I'm just stupid, but I'm willing to take the rotten eggs
right now:)

Some pre info - freevo 1.4.1 running an unstable (and very
cut down) debian. Source was the source tarball.

Issue 1.

recording server - how the hell??? Ive looked at the docs
and NOWHERE do I find record_daemon.py. So all I get now is
record server unavailable. What gives - have I forgotten to
download something here?

Issue 2.

XMLTV listings. This weird. I can add my tv listings for a
day, maybe 2, but when the list goes over 2 days or is
2days long but wiht m,ultiple channels, the EPG just goes
blank. I would think it was a config or a pebcak issue, but
the fact that it works with a small list count and not with
a big one is disturbing. Anyone know the issue here, or
have I found an unwritten feature ;).

Cheers guys
 


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[Freevo-users] Recording Problem

[Corey Halpin]

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  Hello freevo-users.  I have one issue and a number of questions.
  The issue is this: I can't get freevo to record more than 5 minutes  
or so of anything.
  This seems to be the relevant portion of the recordserver log:

2004/05/13 08:31 CDT [*RecordServer*] RECORDSERVER HANDLING EVENT
2004/05/13 08:31 CDT [*RecordServer*] popen  /home/freevo/bin/record  
tv://10 -tv  
driver=v4l:norm=NTSC:chanlist=us-cable:alsa:width=320:height=240: 
outfmt=yuy2:buffersize=256 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq -oac  
mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3 -endpos 220 -o  
/usr/local/freevo/tv/05-13_08:30_test_-_.avi 2004/05/13 08:33 CDT  
[*RecordServer*] Reaping unregistered pid 32213! Status: 02004/05/13  
08:33 CDT [*RecordServer*] RECORDSERVER GOT EVENT NOTICE2004/05/13  
08:33 CDT [*RecordServer*] RECORDSERVER GOT EVENT NOTICE2004/05/13  
08:33 CDT [*RecordServer*] RECORDSERVER HANDLING EVENT2004/05/13 08:33  
CDT [*RecordServer*] killing pid 32213 with sig 152004/05/13 08:33 CDT  
[*RecordServer*] force killing with signal 92004/05/13 08:33 CDT  
[*RecordServer*] recorderver: After wait()2004/05/13 08:33 CDT  
[*RecordServer*] RECORDSERVER HANDLING EVENT2004/05/13 08:33 CDT  
[*RecordServer*] waiting on pid 32213

  /home/freevo/bin/record is a bash script that sets up volume levels,  
muting, etc, and then punts to mencoder.

  How do I fix this?  This has only been a problem recently.

  And some questions:
  how do I disable the creation of those .fxd files when I record a  
show?  I don't want them.
  Also, the filename in the .fxd is always .mpeg, regardless of if the  
associated show was recorded to a .avi.

  Thank you for some really neat software.

regards,
crh
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RE: [Freevo-users] Recording Issues

[Mick]

check the logs. Should be in /var/log/freevo/recordserver.log

very likely your mencoder command is broken.  BTW RTFMFFS.

THis question gets asked repeatedly.  Shortest path forward is to try the
mencoder command found in the above log and if it don't work, fix it.  Else,
provide the relevent info fromthe log with your next query..

Cheers

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I am running the newest version of freevo from the website install script.
(its not 5)

I run a ./freevo recordserver

I tell freevo to record something, if I look on the web interface, it says
it is recording.  however NO file is created.


Can someone please point me in the right direction?

Mike



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[Freevo-users] Recording Issues

[Lists]

I am running the newest version of freevo from the website install script.  
(its not 5)

I run a ./freevo recordserver

I tell freevo to record something, if I look on the web interface, it says 
it is recording.  however NO file is created. 


Can someone please point me in the right direction?

Mike



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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording through alsa

[Zeratul]

Guido Bakker wrote:

Hi,

I'm playing with this at the moment, but i only use SPDIF for audio out.
I could i route this?
I have no experience with SPDIF.
But the ALSA Wiki pages are a very good source of info IMO:
http://opensrc.org/alsa/index.php?page=emu10k1
Zeratul

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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording through alsa

[Guido Bakker]

Hi,

I'm playing with this at the moment, but i only use SPDIF for audio out.
I could i route this?
Zeratul wrote:
I updated the wiki with some info on recording through Alsa without OSS 
emulation in the btaudio page .

You have two options: use snd-bt87x (which is the alsa equivalent of 
btaudio) or use the line-in.
mencoder doesn't support btaudio (yet?) and the same problems arise with 
snd-bt87x, but it should work with mp1e with the patch from the wiki.
Access the snd-bt87x mixer through alsamixer -c 1 or alsamixer -D bt87x

For analog loopback cable recording add option 'alsa' to -tv options 
list, and take as adevice your soundcard (emu10k1 in my case)
adevice=/dev/adsp did NOT work for me (records only silence).

I have the following /etc/asound.conf:

pcm.emu10k1 {   type hw   card 0}
   ctl.emu10k1 {   type hw   card 0}
pcm.bt87x {   type hw   card 1}
   ctl.bt87x {   type hw   card 1}
Recording from line-in with the sound MUTED works, so I can use 
mplayer/mencoder for timeshift recording (of course, seeking doesn't 
work then).
Hope this is of any help for someone.

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[Freevo-users] Recording through alsa

[Zeratul]

I updated the wiki with some info on recording through Alsa without OSS 
emulation in the btaudio page .

You have two options: use snd-bt87x (which is the alsa equivalent of 
btaudio) or use the line-in.
mencoder doesn't support btaudio (yet?) and the same problems arise with 
snd-bt87x, but it should work with mp1e with the patch from the wiki.
Access the snd-bt87x mixer through alsamixer -c 1 or alsamixer -D bt87x

For analog loopback cable recording add option 'alsa' to -tv options 
list, and take as adevice your soundcard (emu10k1 in my case)
adevice=/dev/adsp did NOT work for me (records only silence).

I have the following /etc/asound.conf:

pcm.emu10k1 { 
  type hw 
  card 0 
   } 

   ctl.emu10k1 { 
  type hw 
  card 0 
   } 

pcm.bt87x { 
  type hw 
  card 1 
   } 

   ctl.bt87x { 
  type hw 
  card 1 
   } 

Recording from line-in with the sound MUTED works, so I can use 
mplayer/mencoder for timeshift recording (of course, seeking doesn't 
work then).
Hope this is of any help for someone.

Zeratul



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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording to vfat broken due to invalid characters (:) in filename

[Ole Andre Schistad]

Rob Shortt wrote:

Ole Andre Schistad wrote:

recorded TV show - the colon (:) character is not allowed on a FAT32 


Yep.

At the moment I've written an external record command which amongst 
other things replaces the colon(s) with underscore(s), and this allows 


Ack...

HH:MM:SS format may be there for a good reason and that changing it 
may break things, but for what its worth it would be great if someone 
would 


Nothing relies on that format, its ok to change it, in fact there is a 
config variable to do so. :)

Change TV_RECORDFILE_MASK in your local_conf.py, it defaults to 
'%%m-%%d %%H:%%M %(progname)s - %(title)s', you may remove the ':' or 
reformat it how you wish.  The %% variables need to be valid for 
strftime.

-Rob
Wow, that was very quick and very useful, thank you! :)

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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording to vfat broken due to invalid characters (:) in filename

[Rob Shortt]

Ole Andre Schistad wrote:
recorded TV show - the colon (:) character is not allowed on a FAT32 
Yep.

At the moment I've written an external record command which amongst 
other things replaces the colon(s) with underscore(s), and this allows 
Ack...

HH:MM:SS format may be there for a good reason and that changing it may 
break things, but for what its worth it would be great if someone would 
Nothing relies on that format, its ok to change it, in fact there is a 
config variable to do so. :)

Change TV_RECORDFILE_MASK in your local_conf.py, it defaults to '%%m-%%d 
%%H:%%M %(progname)s - %(title)s', you may remove the ':' or reformat it 
how you wish.  The %% variables need to be valid for strftime.

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[Freevo-users] Recording to vfat broken due to invalid characters (:) in filename

[Ole Andre Schistad]

I've seen this touched upon earlier but it looks like nobody found the 
cause. The reason why freevo cannot record to a fat32 (vfat) partition 
is that it uses illegal characters in the filename when creating a 
recorded TV show - the colon (:) character is not allowed on a FAT32 
filesystem.

At the moment I've written an external record command which amongst 
other things replaces the colon(s) with underscore(s), and this allows 
me to record to a vfat partition. Unfortunately, freevos database of 
recorded shows still refers to the original filename, and this has the 
inconvenient effect that all recorded shows are listed twice, once by 
name and description and once by filename, and of course only the latter 
actually works since the former filename is nonexistent.

I haven't looked very hard at the relevant portions of freevo (my python 
skills are at pidgin level) but I have a nasty suspicion that the 
HH:MM:SS format may be there for a good reason and that changing it may 
break things, but for what its worth it would be great if someone would 
consider a workaround - I'm sure there are lots of people using shared 
partitions or filesystems mounted from windows hosts who may benefit 
from such a fix. If I were more familiar with the code I'd at least do 
an honest attempt at fixing it myself, and may still do so, but it may 
not happen soon... :)

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[Freevo-users] Recording only makes 2kb file

[Tim Walter]

Hi, When recording TV it seems to trigger a 2kb file to be created and 
then quits  This is from my recordserver log, running it directly seems 
to run indifinitely but only the 2kb file created again

Any pointers?

2004/03/06 08:46 GMT [*RecordServer*] popen ./runtime/runapp
/usr/bin/mencoder
tv://on:driver=v4l:input=0:norm=pal:channel=35:chanlist=europe-west:width
=320:height=240:outfmt=yv12:device=/dev/video0:adevice=/dev/dsp4:audior
ate=32000:forceaudio:forcechan=1:buffersize=64 -ovc lavc -lavcopts 
vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1200:keyint=30 -oac mp3lame -lameopts
br=128:cbr:mode=3 -ffourcc divx -endpos 829 -o 
/media/video/recorded/03-06_08:35_Scooby-Doo_and_Scrappy-Doo_-_.avi

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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording not working

[jonr]

> Hi!
>
> Am Sa, den 28.02.2004 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] um 20:01:
>>  /usr/local/bin/mencoder tv://
>> on:driver=v4l:inout=0:norm=NTSC:channel=11:chanlist=us-cable:width320:height=240:outfmt=yv12:device=/dev/video0:adevice=/dev/dsp0:audiorate=44100:forceaudio:forcechan=1:buffersize=64
>> -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1200:keyint -oac mp3lame
>> -lameopts br=128:cbr:mode=3 -ffourcc divx test2.avi
>
> You are missing the -tv switch before the tv options. Try removinf the
> on: in the options, that did the trick for my setup. In this example,
> you forgot the = for the width option.
>
> Cheers,
> Manuel
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Hi Manuel,

Your first reply to me helped me figure it out. I took the command
mencoder was trying to run and tried it on the cli. From there I was able
to go and find other sites that showed the syntax they used. Once I was
able to find one that worked from the cli I put those commands in my
local_config.py file as my defaults for the VCR_CMD command. I shutdown
freevo and restarted but it only took some of the new parameters and
didn't add the tv:// in the command. I have no idea why, I had to reboot
and when I did it all worked correctly.

Thank you for your simple suggestion of trying it on the cli, that was the
catalyst for me to figure it out.

Thanks a lot Manuel!

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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording not working

[Manuel Borchers]

Hi!

Am Sa, den 28.02.2004 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] um 20:01:
>  /usr/local/bin/mencoder tv://
> on:driver=v4l:inout=0:norm=NTSC:channel=11:chanlist=us-cable:width320:height=240:outfmt=yv12:device=/dev/video0:adevice=/dev/dsp0:audiorate=44100:forceaudio:forcechan=1:buffersize=64
> -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1200:keyint -oac mp3lame
> -lameopts br=128:cbr:mode=3 -ffourcc divx test2.avi

You are missing the -tv switch before the tv options. Try removinf the
on: in the options, that did the trick for my setup. In this example,
you forgot the = for the width option.

Cheers,
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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording not working

[jonr]

> Hi!
>
> Am Fr, den 27.02.2004 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] um 23:24:
>> 2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] popen ./runtime/runapp
>> /usr/local/bin/mencoder -tv
>> on:driver=v4l:input=0:norm=NTSC:channel=11:chanlist=us-cable:width=320:height=240:outfmt=yv12:device=/dev/video0:adevice=/dev/dsp0:audiorate=44100:forceaudio:forcechan=1:buffersize=64
>> -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1200:keyint=30 -oac mp3lame
>> -lameopts br=128:cbr:mode=3 -ffourcc divx -endpos 289 -o
>> /home/jonr/Movies//02-27_13:10_Manual_Recorded_-_.avi
>> 2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] Record_Thread::run: past wait()!!
>> 2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] RECORDSERVER GOT EVENT NOTICE
>> 2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] RECORDSERVER GOT EVENT NOTICE
>> 2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] RECORDSERVER HANDLING EVENT
>> 2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] killing pid 31777 with sig 15
>
> That means, mencoder immediately dies.
> Did you try this exact command on the commandline to see, if mencoder is
> working at all?
>
> Cheers,
> Manuel
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 Thanks Manuel,

 I don't know why I didn't try that first before posting. When I run the
command from the command line this is the error I get:

 /usr/local/bin/mencoder tv://
on:driver=v4l:inout=0:norm=NTSC:channel=11:chanlist=us-cable:width320:height=240:outfmt=yv12:device=/dev/video0:adevice=/dev/dsp0:audiorate=44100:forceaudio:forcechan=1:buffersize=64
-ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1200:keyint -oac mp3lame
-lameopts br=128:cbr:mode=3 -ffourcc divx test2.avi
MEncoder 1.0pre3-3.2.2 (C) 2000-2003 MPlayer Team

CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville 731.1 MHz (Family:
6, Stepping: 3)
Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE

Reading /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open
'/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open
'/usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf.
File not found: 'frameno.avi'
Failed to open frameno.avi
Reading config file /root/.mplayer/mencoder: No such file or directory
Error: option 'lavcopts' must have a parameter!
Exiting... (error parsing cmdline)

lavcopts does have the parameter vcodec= but it doesn't seem to recognize
this. Doing google searches turnedup many examples showing just this
syntax, what am I doing wrong?

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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording not working

[Manuel Borchers]

Hi!

Am Fr, den 27.02.2004 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] um 23:24:
> 2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] popen ./runtime/runapp
> /usr/local/bin/mencoder -tv
> on:driver=v4l:input=0:norm=NTSC:channel=11:chanlist=us-cable:width=320:height=240:outfmt=yv12:device=/dev/video0:adevice=/dev/dsp0:audiorate=44100:forceaudio:forcechan=1:buffersize=64
> -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1200:keyint=30 -oac mp3lame
> -lameopts br=128:cbr:mode=3 -ffourcc divx -endpos 289 -o
> /home/jonr/Movies//02-27_13:10_Manual_Recorded_-_.avi
> 2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] Record_Thread::run: past wait()!!
> 2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] RECORDSERVER GOT EVENT NOTICE
> 2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] RECORDSERVER GOT EVENT NOTICE
> 2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] RECORDSERVER HANDLING EVENT
> 2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] killing pid 31777 with sig 15

That means, mencoder immediately dies.
Did you try this exact command on the commandline to see, if mencoder is
working at all?

Cheers,
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[Freevo-users] Recording not working

[jonr]

Whenever I try to record either through the web or through freevo directly
it always fails with this message in my /tmp/freevo/recordserver-500.log
file:

2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] RECORDSERVER GOT EVENT NOTICE
2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] RECORDSERVER HANDLING EVENT
2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] popen ./runtime/runapp
/usr/local/bin/mencoder -tv
on:driver=v4l:input=0:norm=NTSC:channel=11:chanlist=us-cable:width=320:height=240:outfmt=yv12:device=/dev/video0:adevice=/dev/dsp0:audiorate=44100:forceaudio:forcechan=1:buffersize=64
-ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1200:keyint=30 -oac mp3lame
-lameopts br=128:cbr:mode=3 -ffourcc divx -endpos 289 -o
/home/jonr/Movies//02-27_13:10_Manual_Recorded_-_.avi
2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] Record_Thread::run: past wait()!!
2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] RECORDSERVER GOT EVENT NOTICE
2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] RECORDSERVER GOT EVENT NOTICE
2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] RECORDSERVER HANDLING EVENT
2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] killing pid 31777 with sig 15
2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] recorderver: After wait()
2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] RECORDSERVER HANDLING EVENT
2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] waiting on pid 31777
2004/02/27 13:10 AKST [*RecordServer*] Record_Thread::run: mode=idle


Can someone give me an answer to what is going on here? Is there more info
I could post that would help with this?

Jon


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RE: [Freevo-users] Recording issue with mencoder

[Patrick M Geahan]

On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Dave Smylie wrote:

> An easy way to do is to not encode audio to mp3 on the way, or decrease
> the resolution you are capturing at . . .

I'm already at 320x240, which I would think would be the lowest decent 
resolution I'd see.

What would you recommend for an easier audio encoding scheme?


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Re: [Freevo-users] Recording issue with mencoder

[Jaap Struyk]

Op ma 09-02-2004, om 00:41 schreef Patrick M Geahan:

> I'm having an issue with the recording function.  After a short period of 
> time(less than three minutes), I start getting "dropped audio frames" and 
> "video buffer full" errors.  

There is a problem with nehemiah CPU's with model 9 that prevents ffmpeg
(libavcodec/mplayer) from detecting mmx properly...

root:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo 
processor   : 0
vendor_id   : CentaurHauls
cpu family  : 6
model   : 9
model name  : VIA Nehemiah
stepping: 3
cpu MHz : 1000.058

If you have such a CPU, your lucky, there's a patch for it, if not I
can't help you.
In the source off mplayer in mplayer/libavcodec/i386/cputest.c
and/or in ffmpeg libavcodec/i386/cputest.c
Youll find the lines:

 } else if (ebx == 0x746e6543 &&
   edx == 0x48727561 &&
   ecx == 0x736c7561) {  /*  "CentaurHauls" */
/* VIA C3 */
cpuid(0x8000, eax, ebx, ecx, edx);
if ((unsigned)eax < 0x8001)
goto inteltest;
cpuid(0x8001, eax, ebx, ecx, edx);
edx = 0x1380b035;   // <- Add this for Nehemiah mmx ->  
rval = 0;
if( edx & ( 1 << 31) )
  rval |= MM_3DNOW;
if( edx & ( 1 << 23) )
  rval |= MM_MMX;
if( edx & ( 1 << 24) )
  rval |= MM_MMXEXT;
return rval;

I've got the same problem on my V1000, and it prevented me from trowing
it ut of the window... (or even worse, install M$ on it ;)
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