Re: Brazilian television capture device

2015-10-20 Thread David Liontooth
On 10/20/15 11:32 AM, Markus Rechberger wrote: The new Sundtek devices support DVB-C, DVB-T, ISDB-T, AnalogTV and FM Radio. The old ones only supported ISDB-T/AnalogTV and FM Radio. Power consumption is very low too. OK, very cool -- I see for instance

Brazilian television capture device

2015-10-19 Thread David Liontooth
Does anyone know of a tv capture device for Brazil (ISDB-T) that is supported in Linux and available for sale? I'm having a hard time finding any of the devices listed under http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ISDB-T_USB_Devices or ISDB-T PCIe devices -- * Pixelview SBTVD

Re: dvbv5-scan needs which channel file?

2014-12-30 Thread David Liontooth
between the old and the new format. Cheers, -olli On 29 December 2014 at 22:09, David Liontooth lionte...@cogweb.net wrote: Greetings -- How do you actually use dvbv5-scan? It seems to require some kind of input file but there is no man page and the --help screen doesn't say anything about

Re: dvbv5-scan needs which channel file?

2014-12-30 Thread David Liontooth
: dvbv5-scan ~/initial_data_v5.conf Alternatively you can skip the whole conversion phase and run dvbv5-scan with the DVBV3 initial tuning data: dvbv5-scan -I CHANNEL ~/initial_v3.conf Cheers, -olli On 30 December 2014 at 10:23, David Liontooth lionte...@cogweb.net wrote: Ah, thank you Olli -- much

dvbv5-scan needs which channel file?

2014-12-29 Thread David Liontooth
Greetings -- How do you actually use dvbv5-scan? It seems to require some kind of input file but there is no man page and the --help screen doesn't say anything about it. Could we document this? I tried $ dvbv5-scan Usage: dvbv5-scan [OPTION...] initial file scan DVB services using the

ISDB caption support

2014-11-28 Thread David Liontooth
What is the status of ISDB-Tb / ISDB-T International / ISDB Japanese closed captioning support? If anyone is working on this, please get in touch -- we're particularly interested in getting Brazilian SBTVD working. I see Mauro has been working on DVBv5 support, but does this include

Re: ISDB caption support

2014-11-28 Thread David Liontooth
with (whether that be VLC, mplayer, ccextractor, etc). Cheers, Devin On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 2:55 PM, David Liontooth lionte...@cogweb.net wrote: What is the status of ISDB-Tb / ISDB-T International / ISDB Japanese closed captioning support? If anyone is working on this, please get in touch

Status of DVB-C cards with CI

2012-02-25 Thread David Liontooth
I'm trying to put together a box with DVB-C PCIe (or PCI) cards and CI support for recording in Denmark. Is there support for any such cards in Linuxtv or mainline? In Denmark, as I understand it, even the main national public station is encrypted, and as of January 2012 the transport

Re: gnutv: What causes DVR overflow?

2010-12-01 Thread David Liontooth
On 11/29/2010 05:24 AM, Devin Heitmueller wrote: On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 2:54 AM, David Liontoothlionte...@cogweb.net wrote: I'm seeing great results with gnutv on HVR-1850 cards, but each recording triggers the message DVR overflow What is this, and what are the typical causes? What can I

Re: Unsafe to reinsert HVR-1850 kernel modules?

2010-12-01 Thread David Liontooth
On 11/29/2010 04:38 AM, Andy Walls wrote: On Sun, 2010-11-28 at 23:49 -0800, David Liontooth wrote: My HVR-1850 card occasionally jams, meaning it still tunes (according to gnutv), but no mpeg stream comes through. This heals on reboot, but I figured it should also heal on module reinsertion

Re: [linux-dvb] gnutv: move channel_name to flag to allow piped output

2010-11-28 Thread David Liontooth
On 11/28/2010 03:40 AM, Edgar Matzinger wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Dave, On 28/11/10 05:42, David Liontooth wrote: gnutv -adapter 0 -channel_list ~/.azap/channels.conf -timeout 10 -channel_name KCBS \ -out stdout | tee $FIL.mpg | zvbi-atsc-cc --atsc -T -9

Unsafe to reinsert HVR-1850 kernel modules?

2010-11-28 Thread David Liontooth
My HVR-1850 card occasionally jams, meaning it still tunes (according to gnutv), but no mpeg stream comes through. This heals on reboot, but I figured it should also heal on module reinsertion. However, when I remove the CX23885 module, along with the full set of DVB and related modules,

gnutv: What causes DVR overflow?

2010-11-28 Thread David Liontooth
I'm seeing great results with gnutv on HVR-1850 cards, but each recording triggers the message DVR overflow What is this, and what are the typical causes? What can I do to prevent it from happening? Could it be related to slow hard drives? I'm assuming an overflow results in some

gnutv: move channel_name to flag to allow piped output

2010-11-27 Thread David Liontooth
I need to capture ATSC QAM closed captioning to file, and at the same time the mpeg-ts stream to a different file. I've been looking for an app that will let me do this. A simple cat works: cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 | tee $FIL.mpg | zvbi-atsc-cc --atsc -m -C $FIL.txt -T KCBS But there is

Re: zvbi-atsc-cc device node conflict

2010-04-17 Thread David Liontooth
HoP wrote: 2010/4/17 Devin Heitmueller dheitmuel...@kernellabs.com: On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 7:19 PM, David Liontooth lionte...@cogweb.net wrote: I'm using a HVR-1850 in digital mode and get good picture and sound using mplayer -autosync 30 -cache 2048 dvb://KCAL-DT Closed captioning

Re: zvbi-atsc-cc device node conflict

2010-04-17 Thread David Liontooth
HoP wrote: 2010/4/17 David Liontooth lionte...@cogweb.net: HoP wrote: 2010/4/17 Devin Heitmueller dheitmuel...@kernellabs.com: On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 7:19 PM, David Liontooth lionte...@cogweb.net wrote: I'm using a HVR-1850 in digital mode and get good picture

zvbi-atsc-cc device node conflict

2010-04-16 Thread David Liontooth
I'm using a HVR-1850 in digital mode and get good picture and sound using mplayer -autosync 30 -cache 2048 dvb://KCAL-DT Closed captioning works flawlessly with this command: zvbi-atsc-cc -C test-cc.txt KCAL-DT However, if I try to run both at the same time, I get a device node conflict:

PCI slots vanish with hvr-1800

2010-03-16 Thread David Liontooth
I just purchased some Hauppauge HVR-1800 cards. They work fine in these two PCIe slots: :06:00.0 :09:00.0 These are PCI Express* Gen1 slots (see details below); the others are PCI Express* Gen2. When I place a card in one of these Gen2 slots, the card does not show up. What's

Re: Audio drop on saa7134

2009-09-21 Thread David Liontooth
Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:24:12 -0700 David Liontooth lionte...@cogweb.net escreveu: Sep 18 07:00:01 prato kernel: saa7133[4]/audio: dsp write reg 0x464 = 0x00 Sep 18 07:00:01 prato kernel: saa7133[4]/audio: dsp write reg 0x46c = 0xbb This means mute

Re: Audio drop on saa7134

2009-09-21 Thread David Liontooth
hermann pitton wrote: Hi, Am Sonntag, den 20.09.2009, 06:02 -0300 schrieb Mauro Carvalho Chehab: Em Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:24:12 -0700 David Liontooth lionte...@cogweb.net escreveu: Sep 18 07:00:01 prato kernel: saa7133[4]/audio: dsp write reg 0x464 = 0x00 Sep 18 07:00:01 prato

Re: Audio drop on saa7134

2009-09-20 Thread David Liontooth
Hi Hermann -- I ran in debug mode; results below -- and let me correct a mistake: these are 7134 cards, not 7135. I tried some low-profile 7135 cards, but got a far higher rate of audio drops and stopped using them. David Liontooth wrote: hermann pitton wrote: Am Montag, den 14.09.2009, 22

Re: Audio drop on saa7134

2009-09-15 Thread David Liontooth
hermann pitton wrote: Am Montag, den 14.09.2009, 22:16 -0700 schrieb David Liontooth: hermann pitton wrote: Am Montag, den 14.09.2009, 21:02 -0700 schrieb David Liontooth: snip We've been using saa7135 cards for several years with relatively few incidents

Re: Reliable work-horse capture device?

2009-09-15 Thread David Liontooth
Andy Walls wrote: On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 21:02 -0700, David Liontooth wrote: Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Hi David, Em Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:41:13 -0700 David Liontooth lionte...@cogweb.net escreveu: We're setting up NTSC cable television capture devices in a handfull

Reliable work-horse capture device?

2009-09-14 Thread David Liontooth
We're setting up NTSC cable television capture devices in a handfull of remote locations, using four devices to capture around fifty hours a day on each location. Capture is scripted and will be ongoing for several years. We want to minimize the need for human intervention. I'm looking for

Re: Reliable work-horse capture device?

2009-09-14 Thread David Liontooth
Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Hi David, Em Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:41:13 -0700 David Liontooth lionte...@cogweb.net escreveu: We're setting up NTSC cable television capture devices in a handfull of remote locations, using four devices to capture around fifty hours a day on each location

Re: Reliable work-horse capture device?

2009-09-14 Thread David Liontooth
Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:02:52 -0700 David Liontooth lionte...@cogweb.net escreveu: As for the ventilation issue for USB devices, that may not be a serious obstacle. If the USB sticks such as Hauppauge HVR-950 have reliable components, we could strip the plastic

Audio drop on saa7134

2009-09-14 Thread David Liontooth
hermann pitton wrote: Am Montag, den 14.09.2009, 21:02 -0700 schrieb David Liontooth: snip We've been using saa7135 cards for several years with relatively few incidents, but they occasionally drop audio. I've been unable to find any pattern in the audio drops, so I haven't reported