Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Duncan Webb wrote: >> Elizabeth Dodd wrote: >>> the Celeron processor just didn't have enough grunt to run the dvb-t >>> stream and recording >>> so i'm back using the quad core with loads of RAM to run the tv >>> >>> Now, after some fiddling, the standard mplayer command does record for me >>> VCR_CMD = CONF.mplayer >>> + ' -dumpstream -dumpfile %(filename)s "dvb://%(channel)s"' >>> TV_RECORD_FILE_SUFFIX = '.ts' >>> >>> and I suspect the previous problem was a crash related to not enough cpu >>> and ram. >> I don't think you need much RAM or CPU to record .ts streams. Certainly >> with the IVTV driver (a .ps stream) the CPU usage while recording is 3% >> on my P3. >> >> You should ssh to the box and run "top" to see what is happening while >> recording, you should see the amount of RAM and the CPU usage for mplayer. >> >> Duncan >> > > while it is not in use now, nothing happened. > I watched top carefully and mplayer died so fast I didn't usually see it > appear.
This where DEBUG_CHILDAPP comes in handy as it saves the output of mplayer to a pair of log files, you can then examine the log files and see what the error is. Duncan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
