> i would like to user freevo 1.7.4 with dvbstreamer 0.8. > > The Setup works (Live TV with pause). But i have one issue: Glad to hear someone else is using it :-)
> Sometimes DVBstreamer fails to tune a channel. This will crash the > freevo Frontend. I tried to catch the RuntimeError (that works) but i > can't figure out how to tell freevo to switch back where it came from. I've had the same problems but I've been unable (well haven't looked too hard) to work out what was going wrong, as normally trying again works. > So if i browse the tv-guide, try to tune a channel and dvbstreamer > fails i would like to display a small dialog box "tuning channel > failed" and drop back to the tv-guide. A quick hack would be to change the state to idle (this will take you back to the TV guide) when you catch the RuntimeException from select. > > > > > Another Issue, but i already have a workaround: > > Dvbstreamer updates its channel-names by reading the DVB-Stream. As > Freevo tries to tune the channels by name not id (don't know if the > streamer can do it) it will fail if the station updates its name > (happens in germany with ZDF which will switch to ZDFW for > widescreen). As a workaround i wrote a small python script reading the > dvbstreamer sqlite database for the current name. In Freevo i placed > the ID which doesn't change. right before i need to switch a channel i > will translate it to the current name and switch then. The OSD > displays "buffering channel 452" but i can live with it (way to lazy > to update all the places where the name is used ;)) Interesting I didn't know that some broadcasters where doing that, but the good news is that DVBStreamer 0.9 (due for release this weekend) allows you to select channels based on the DVB id (use the serviceinfo or lsservices -id command to find them out), so you'll be able to replace the channels names in local_conf.py with the ids and then not need to worry about the name changing. Cheers Adam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
