On 1/6/07, Duncan Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen Rowles wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > My new shiny Fedora Core 6 freevo machine is much much better, but I > > still have some weirdness with the DVB-T usb stick. As a result > > sometimes it won't tune first time. When this happens a 2nd attempt will > > usually get it. > > Somebody else had the same or similar problem with a USB tv card, they > solved their problem by rmmod and modprobing the device driver. > Thinking out loud here.. But wether or not this is a module problem, orwhether or not that re-loading the module solves the problem; persistant recording is a kew feature that is missing from the current freevo. When i was recording TV frommy dvb card; I chose to use vdr to record the TV as my signal strength isn't all that great. With mplayer, if it looses signal is stop working, which means end of recording. With vdr, is has some level of persistancy. You can do pratically anything, even restart the pc or have a power out; and as long as vdr starts again withing the record timer's window then vdr will start dumping that stream again. Very swish.
Now; I know freevo2 will be able to dump dvb all on its own (without mplayer). But will it be able to do that?? Mick. > Looks like USB TV card drivers are not yet stable, but there are some > setting that you can use to run you own scripts before and after both > recording and viewing. > > By adding to local_conf.py > VCR_PRE/POST_REC > VIDEO_PRE/POST_PLAY > You can run a bash script to do what you want. > > Duncan > > > However this causes problems with scheduled recordings. The record > > server fires up mplayer to dump the stream, but fails to tune. mplayer > > dies and the recording stops :( > > > > If I am there to spot this, stopping the recording, and then > > re-scheduling it works just fine. But of course I'm not always there :) > > > > I would like to try and edit the record server so that if the record > > command fails within a minute or two of the time is started, then it > > tries again until a pre-defined counter has been reached (maybe twice, > > might as well be configurable though). > > > > I've found recordserver.py, but I'm not great at python (java > > programmer) so not really sure how to read it or where to start, any > > pointers to the right place to look would be ace. If not then please > > consider this a suggestion for the future :) (I'll raise a feature > > request if thats better). I know that really my hardware should work, > > but given the state of some of the drivers for linuxtv this seems a > > pragmatic solution :) > > > > Cheers. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > > Freevo-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
