I'm sure you've tried this, but just to be certain...
>From reading the wiki, and guessing from your emails I think your VCR_CMD
should be:
VCR_CMD = 'cat /dev/video1 > %(filename)s'
Is that what you tried when you say you set the VCR_CMD to /dev/video1? If
not give that a try and see if it works. If I understand things correctly
Freevo simply executes the contents of VCR_CMD when it is time to record.
In this case there is nothing to do except start outputting video1 to
file, so in this case Freevo will fill in the file name for you and do the
correct recording ( I think ).
My freevo simply uses mplayer -dumpstream to dump the digital TV stream
straight to disk and works quite happily, so the above command ought to
work for you too.
>
> I added VCR_CMD = /dev/video1 and only got errors. This is in fact where
> dmesg show the HDPVR coming through, /dev/video0 is the built in webcam.I
> still believe this problem is tied to the Freevo recordserver needing a
> channel conf. in order to start. The channel conf is telling Freevo to
> record from a channel that doesn't exist with this device. If I remove the
> channel conf or try to trick it with a false entry, it simply won't start.
> So, I'm stuck with a Catch 22 situation. VCR_CMD doesn't seem to work as a
> workaround for this problem. I've tried over a dozen different hacks to
> the local_conf.py and no luck so far. If you can think of any other
> commands or a way to get Freevo to record without a channel conf, I'd love
> to know.For now, I'll just stick with using the cat /dev/video1>(filename)
> command to record. It's the only one that works every time.
>
> --- On Thu, 6/4/09, Evan Hisey <ehi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Evan Hisey <ehi...@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] Configuring HD PVR with Freevo 1.90
>> To: freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>> Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009, 9:18 AM
>> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:24 AM, Phil
>> Raymond <tvp...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > I tried several combinations of local conf commands,
>> nothing has worked yet.Although I did get the HDPVR device
>> to light up blue for one second when it started one of the
>> recordings I programmed, so I think I'm closeap.
>> > Perhaps the next version of Freevo could offer an
>> option of recording from usb without a channel conf?
>> Channels are set with the cable remote, since I'm recording
>> the output of the box and I always use manual record, I
>> don't need a channel conf. Anyway,here's the last local conf
>> I used....
>> >
>> > CONFIG_VERSION = 5.27
>> > TV_RECORD_DIR = '/home/tvphil/Videos'
>> > TV_CHANNELS = ('comcast','comcast','NAusb')
>> > TV_DRIVER = 'v4l2'
>> > TV_DEVICE = 'cat /dev/video1'
>> > TV_INPUT = 1
>> > TV_REC_SIZE = (1920, 1080)
>> > TV_RECORD_FILE_SUFFIX = '.mpg'
>> > CHILDAPP_DEBUG = 1
>> >
>> What do you have for the 'VCR_CMD='? This will be the
>> one you need to
>> configure to get the recording to work. I had to modify it
>> to get a
>> WinTVgo card to record. The http://doc.freevo.org/AnalogueTvTypes page
>> should give you a could idea how to setup the VCR_CMD=. The
>> pafe is
>> for analog devices, but mencoder is mencoder regardless of
>> input
>> source.
>>
>> Evan
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