Re: [Freevo-users] Rebuilding again my freevobox...
schirrms wrote: Phil Raymond a écrit : I use the Hauppauge HD PVR, which captures HD from the cable box using component cables, then converts it to h.264 AVCHD in a .mpg container. I posted a local_conf example in the Freevo wiki, it's just a simple stream dump, since this is a hardware encoder. Component out from an SD box would work, albeit not HD. It is a bit expensive, Amazon has it for $204 U.S., it lists for $249. The beauty of this device is that it will record anything from your cable box, even premium movie channels and on-demand content. Hi Phil, Thanks for your answer. Unfortunately, the HD PVR is very expensive in Europe, and I wasn't so confident to buy one in te United States. So I finally bougth a 'not so cheap' Hauppauge PVR USB2. This thing is really easy to setup, it's nearly a PCI PVR replacment, for freevo (and for xin, too) ! So as you can guess, here I am with some questions ;-) First the setup : I setu the PVR USB3 like a PCI PVR card, so I use the ivtv_xine_tv plugin to drive the beast. * I was a little bit astonished when I did download the svn version of freevo, as freevo states that the current version is still 1.8.4 ? So I finally installed the tags/REL-1_9_1 version (and the current kaa svn version). Hi Pascal, Can you let me know where and I'll change that? John * When I started the tv plugin, I got a crash : (I didn't recordthe exact message, but the trouble was when the ivtv.py prog try first to read the 'Stream VBI Format', the just after to set the same'Stream VBI Format'.) To pass over, I just change in tv/ivtv.py, line 325 and 338 : The original line was: if self.version = 0x800: and I rplaced by if self.version = 0xF00: so this part of the test is false and the prog go further, with only a short message : 2009-11-07 18:48:52,193 WARNING ivtv.py (333): getvbiembed: failed 2009-11-07 18:48:52,194 WARNING ivtv.py (345): setvbiembed: failed But I suppose that this is not the correct solution ! * Last (for now !), my system set the PVR box as /dev/video1. I setup freevo according, but xine didn't like it. In fact, xine in the pvr/// forms seems to connect only on /dev/viedo0, and google dind't help much, this time. To be sure, I remove the webvcam driver (I currently use my laptop for the test, so no, I cannot disconnect the webcam !), then the pvrusb2 driver, and loaded then in the reverse order : pvrusb2 got the /dev/video0 and I can watch TV (didn't do a lot of test for now !) Is there a way to tell xine to use another device than /dev/video0, an if so, is freevo 'aware' of that ? Many many thanks, Pascal -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Rebuilding again my freevobox...
John Molohan a écrit : schirrms wrote: First the setup : I setu the PVR USB3 like a PCI PVR card, so I use the ivtv_xine_tv plugin to drive the beast. * I was a little bit astonished when I did download the svn version of freevo, as freevo states that the current version is still 1.8.4 ? So I finally installed the tags/REL-1_9_1 version (and the current kaa svn version). Hi Pascal, Can you let me know where and I'll change that? John Hi John, Not sure that I understand your question ! To download (from SVN) a freevo version tagged 1.9.1, i did : svn co svn://svn.freevo.org.freevo/tags/REL-1_9_1/freevo With the 'known' command : svn co svn://svn.freevo.org.freevo/branches/rel-1/freevo my freevo says version 1.8.4 Idon't know if the two are dirrerents, in fact ;-) Pascal -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Rebuilding again my freevobox...
Pascal Schirrmann wrote: John Molohan a écrit : schirrms wrote: First the setup : I setu the PVR USB3 like a PCI PVR card, so I use the ivtv_xine_tv plugin to drive the beast. * I was a little bit astonished when I did download the svn version of freevo, as freevo states that the current version is still 1.8.4 ? So I finally installed the tags/REL-1_9_1 version (and the current kaa svn version). Hi Pascal, Can you let me know where and I'll change that? John Hi John, Not sure that I understand your question ! To download (from SVN) a freevo version tagged 1.9.1, i did : svn co svn://svn.freevo.org.freevo/tags/REL-1_9_1/freevo With the 'known' command : svn co svn://svn.freevo.org.freevo/branches/rel-1/freevo my freevo says version 1.8.4 Idon't know if the two are dirrerents, in fact ;-) Pascal Ah, sorry. I thought you meant it was listed as being the latest release on the website somewhere. John -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Rebuilding again my freevobox...
Phil Raymond a écrit : I use the Hauppauge HD PVR, which captures HD from the cable box using component cables, then converts it to h.264 AVCHD in a .mpg container. I posted a local_conf example in the Freevo wiki, it's just a simple stream dump, since this is a hardware encoder. Component out from an SD box would work, albeit not HD. It is a bit expensive, Amazon has it for $204 U.S., it lists for $249. The beauty of this device is that it will record anything from your cable box, even premium movie channels and on-demand content. Hi Phil, Thanks for your answer. Unfortunately, the HD PVR is very expensive in Europe, and I wasn't so confident to buy one in te United States. So I finally bougth a 'not so cheap' Hauppauge PVR USB2. This thing is really easy to setup, it's nearly a PCI PVR replacment, for freevo (and for xin, too) ! So as you can guess, here I am with some questions ;-) First the setup : I setu the PVR USB3 like a PCI PVR card, so I use the ivtv_xine_tv plugin to drive the beast. * I was a little bit astonished when I did download the svn version of freevo, as freevo states that the current version is still 1.8.4 ? So I finally installed the tags/REL-1_9_1 version (and the current kaa svn version). * When I started the tv plugin, I got a crash : (I didn't recordthe exact message, but the trouble was when the ivtv.py prog try first to read the 'Stream VBI Format', the just after to set the same'Stream VBI Format'.) To pass over, I just change in tv/ivtv.py, line 325 and 338 : The original line was: if self.version = 0x800: and I rplaced by if self.version = 0xF00: so this part of the test is false and the prog go further, with only a short message : 2009-11-07 18:48:52,193 WARNING ivtv.py (333): getvbiembed: failed 2009-11-07 18:48:52,194 WARNING ivtv.py (345): setvbiembed: failed But I suppose that this is not the correct solution ! * Last (for now !), my system set the PVR box as /dev/video1. I setup freevo according, but xine didn't like it. In fact, xine in the pvr/// forms seems to connect only on /dev/viedo0, and google dind't help much, this time. To be sure, I remove the webvcam driver (I currently use my laptop for the test, so no, I cannot disconnect the webcam !), then the pvrusb2 driver, and loaded then in the reverse order : pvrusb2 got the /dev/video0 and I can watch TV (didn't do a lot of test for now !) Is there a way to tell xine to use another device than /dev/video0, an if so, is freevo 'aware' of that ? Many many thanks, Pascal -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
[Freevo-users] Rebuilding again my freevobox...
Hi, As usual (!), I'm (trying to) rebuild(ing) my freevobox. The trouble with my current freevobox is the temp : Outside tv TV closet, everything is OK, but at the normal place (at least in my wife feeling), the system receives simply not enough fresh air. The trouble is greatly related to the PVR-150 card, witch is a good heat generator ! So I'm trying to use an USB capture device. I don't need a TV tuner, as the box need to record also TV show from the cable decoder, so I can (and will probably) forget the tuner part, and better use an IR blaster to drive the decoder. For the IR Blaster, I think to use this one, recommended on mythtv wiki : http://www.commandir.com/content/view/19/31/ But I'm not able to find a non expansive video encoder, supported by Linux. I am pretty sure thet the Hauppauge PVR USB2 device would do the trick, but this one is not exactly non expensive ! At this time, I'm still searching an SD solution, our living room TV -and calbe decoder- is still a CRT model, but if a solution can be 'HD ready', it could be interresting. Also, the power is here to to a software encoding, but if I can havez a decent hardware encoding, I could also slow down the processor. What do you use, or know ? Thanks, Pascal -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] Rebuilding again my freevobox...
I use the Hauppauge HD PVR, which captures HD from the cable box using component cables, then converts it to h.264 AVCHD in a .mpg container. I posted a local_conf example in the Freevo wiki, it's just a simple stream dump, since this is a hardware encoder. Component out from an SD box would work, albeit not HD. It is a bit expensive, Amazon has it for $204 U.S., it lists for $249. The beauty of this device is that it will record anything from your cable box, even premium movie channels and on-demand content. - Original Message From: Pascal Schirrmann schir...@schirrms.net To: freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sun, October 11, 2009 7:17:49 AM Subject: [Freevo-users] Rebuilding again my freevobox... Hi, As usual (!), I'm (trying to) rebuild(ing) my freevobox. The trouble with my current freevobox is the temp : Outside tv TV closet, everything is OK, but at the normal place (at least in my wife feeling), the system receives simply not enough fresh air. The trouble is greatly related to the PVR-150 card, witch is a good heat generator ! So I'm trying to use an USB capture device. I don't need a TV tuner, as the box need to record also TV show from the cable decoder, so I can (and will probably) forget the tuner part, and better use an IR blaster to drive the decoder. For the IR Blaster, I think to use this one, recommended on mythtv wiki : http://www.commandir.com/content/view/19/31/ But I'm not able to find a non expansive video encoder, supported by Linux. I am pretty sure thet the Hauppauge PVR USB2 device would do the trick, but this one is not exactly non expensive ! At this time, I'm still searching an SD solution, our living room TV -and calbe decoder- is still a CRT model, but if a solution can be 'HD ready', it could be interresting. Also, the power is here to to a software encoding, but if I can havez a decent hardware encoding, I could also slow down the processor. What do you use, or know ? Thanks, Pascal -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
