I updated the wiki (section WinFast Expert in TV config) with a script
that handles this behaviour, although it's ugly it works.
Integrating freq.py would save a lot of time; but I don't know how to do it.
Enough for now from me;
Amadeus
John Molohan wrote:
> Amadeus Stevenson wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> With the help of the v4l mailing list I can now get mplayer to record my
>> television programs with sound on my Winfast Expert video card.
>>
>> There is a problem however; the following is my channel list as for use
>> with tvtime:
>>
>> TV_CHANNELS = [
>> ( "euronews", "Euronews", "S37"),
>> ( "bbc1", "BBC1", "S13" ),
>> ( "tf1", "TF1", "E6"),
>> ( "france2", "France 2", "U24"),
>> ( "france3", "France 3", "S5"),
>> ( "arte", "Arte", "S16" ),
>> ( "tv5", "TV5", "S17"),
>> ( "la%20une", "La Une", "E7"),
>> ( "la%20deux", "La Deux", "S15"),
>> ( "kanaal2", "KanaalTwee", "S6"),
>> ( "vt4", "VT4", "S12"),
>> ( "tv1", "Een", "E5" ),
>> ( "vtm", "VTM", "S11"),
>> ( "ketnet", "ketnet", "E11"),
>> ( "mtv", "MTV", "U26", ('1234567','1800','0559')),
>> ( "mtv", "nickelodeon", "U26", ('1234567','0600','1759')) ]
>>
>> However some of these channel names don't exist in freq.py (such as S13,
>> U26) and mplayer/mencoder seems to use the same data as freq.py so I
>> can't record some channels. The corresponding channel list using freq.py is:
>>
>> TV_CHANNELS = [
>> ( "euronews", "Euronews", "S37"),
>> ( "bbc1", "BBC1", "SE13" ),
>> ( "tf1", "TF1", "E6"),
>> ( "france2", "France 2", "24"),
>> ( "france3", "France 3", "SE5"),
>> ( "arte", "Arte", "SE16" ),
>> ( "tv5", "TV5", "SE17"),
>> ( "la%20une", "La Une", "E7"),
>> ( "la%20deux", "La Deux", "SE15"),
>> ( "kanaal2", "KanaalTwee", "SE6"),
>> ( "vt4", "VT4", "SE12"),
>> ( "tv1", "Een", "E5" ),
>> ( "vtm", "VTM", "SE11"),
>> ( "ketnet", "ketnet", "E11"),
>> ( "canvas", "canvas", "E11"),
>> ( "mtv", "MTV", "26", ('1234567','1800','0559')),
>> ( "nickelodeon", "nickelodeon", "26", ('1234567','0600','1759')) ]
>>
>> Which works with mplayer.
>>
>> However, the mplayer channel list doesn't work with the tvtime list so I
>> can choose either to watch tv or record it but not both using freevo!
>>
>> Is there a way I can specify two channel frequencies for a channel that
>> are passed to viewing and recording apps?
>>
>> Otherwise I will modify my recording script to change the tvtime channel
>> names before passing them onto mplayer, which is a bodge.
>>
>> Amadeus
>>
>>
> I've been using an ivtv card for a while so I'm a bit rusty on this.
> From what I remember this stems from the fact that tvtime uses a
> separate it's own createChannelsLookupTables function instead of using
> the freq.py file like the rest of the tv plugins. There's no way to use
> two different sets of channels. I hacked the tvtime plugin a long time
> ago to use freq.py and from what I remember I got it working but I could
> be wrong. If you're stuck I can try dig out that copy and post it for
> you to continue work on. It really should be patched to use freq.py and
> if you can do it that would be great. One other method might be to just
> use mplayer as your tv player but try the following option;
>
> # For pal and dvb-t recordings, the following looks good
> MPLAYER_VF_INTERLACED = 'pp=md/de,phase=U'
>
> Now I just checked the list and saw your next post so I guess this is
> irrelevant :)
>
>> ps. freevo still shows both sets of channels that are time dependent. Is
>> there anyway to hide a channel when it isn't broadcasting?
>>
>>
> Haven't tried that feature so I'm not sure.
>
> John
>
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