Re: [Freevo-users] recording tv playback
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. Alberto --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42 plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] recording tv playback
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. Alberto --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42 plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] recording tv playback
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? -- _ Stephan Kanthak, Dipl.-Informatikermobil: +49 178 3883852 IT-Ingenieur, Markt 1-3, 52062 Aachenemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42 plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
Re: [Freevo-users] recording tv playback
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. -Stygen 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 --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42 plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users -- Justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42 plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php ___ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
