Hi Bruno, You'll want to add '-qam 16 -cr 3_4' to both the dvbtune and dvbstream lines.
Also 600 601 doesn't sound right, try 601 602 on 505833 (with -qam 16 -cr 3_4) Mike On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 23:23, Bruno Prior wrote: > Gavin, > > Thanks for the pointers. > > Gavin Hamill wrote: > > > > For BBC / Freeview muxes: > > > > dvbstream -f 754167 -qam 16 -cr 3_4 -ps 600 601 -o | mplayer - -nocache > > > > For ITV and C5 muxes > > > > dvbstream -f 834167 -qam 64 -cr 2_3 -ps 512 650 -o | mplayer - -nocache > > I tried this, but using 505833 and 481833, which I think are my > equivalent frequencies (I believe my nearest transmitter is Crystal > Palace). I get the following output with 481833 (and something similar > with 505833): > > dvbstream v0.4pre3 - (C) Dave Chapman 2001 > Released under the GPL. > Latest version available from http://www.linuxstb.org/ > Using GNU internationalization > Original domain: messages > Original dirname: /usr/share/locale > Current domain: mplayer > Current dirname: /usr/share/locale > > > MPlayer 0.90rc1-3.2 (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS) > > CPU: Advanced Micro Devices (Family: 6, Stepping: 0) > CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 > Compiled with RUNTIME CPU Detection - warning, it's not optimal! To get > best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection > Reading config file /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf > Reading config file /root/.mplayer/config > Reading /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open > '/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory > Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 49 audio & 123 video codecs > init_freetype > Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz) > Can't open input config file /root/.mplayer/input.conf : No such file or > directory > Input config file /etc/mplayer/input.conf parsed : 50 binds > Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0 > Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0 : No such file or directory > Can't init input joystick > Setting up lirc support... > mplayer: could not connect to socket > mplayer: No such file or directory > Failed opening lirc support! > You won't be able to use your remote control > > Playing - > Reading from stdin... > Using DVB card "Grundig 29504-401" > tuning DVB-T (in United Kingdom) to 481833000 Hz > polling.... > Getting frontend event > FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI > FE_HAS_SYNC > Bit error rate: 433 > Signal strength: 12079 > SNR: 54227 > FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI > FE_HAS_SYNC > Output to stdout > Streaming 2 streams > > Nothing ever shows on screen. If I use -vo sdl, it's much the same, > except with the odd line saying "Cache fill: 0.00% (0 bytes) polling..." > and a much higher bit error rate. If I use -noaspect, the bit error rate > is low again, and I get the Cache fill messages again if I don't combine > it with -nocache. If I try using gmplayer instead of mplayer, I get a > window filled with blue, but never a picture. > > > > Use 'dvbtune -i' on each mux to find out the lists of PIDs available to > > replace '600 601' with ... > > dvbtune -i -f 505833 gives: > > Using DVB card "Grundig 29504-401" > tuning DVB-T (in United Kingdom) to 505833000 Hz > polling.... > Getting frontend event > FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI > FE_HAS_SYNC > Event: Frequency: 505833000 > SymbolRate: 0 > FEC_inner: 2 > Bit error rate: 73 > Signal strength: 12079 > SNR: 59881 > FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI > FE_HAS_SYNC > <transponder type="T" freq="505833000"> > Nothing to read from fd_pat > Nothing to read from fd_sdt > </transponder> > > Much the same for dvbtune -i -f 481833. > > > You'll probably have better luck with mplayer and "-vo sdl" or maybe > > "-noaspect" and then changing the size settings on your monitor... > > No luck with any of this so far. But this is all Greek to me, so I am > probably missing something obvious. > > Cheers, > > Bruno Prior > > -- Mike Albon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
