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The following page has been changed by 80.141.82.22: http://freevo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/TipsAndTricks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ = Tips and Tricks = -''Freevo's interface is straight forward, but sometimes features are more in how you use what you have than adding new options.'' +Freevo's interface is straight forward, but sometimes features are more in how you use what you have than adding new options. +Moreover this is a good place to present helpfull scripts and other tricks, more or less belonging to freevo. [[BR]][[BR]] == Get Mouse support == @@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ Just run the following script with your video files as argument, and see thumbnail captures on your Freevo box ! -Exemple : videothumb *.avi +Example : videothumb *.avi @@ -348,14 +349,34 @@ Hopefully that will give you a starting point to create your own transcoding setup. +== Setting the time from the DVB signal == +There is a small program called 'dvbdate' in the dvb-utils package, which can be used to set the system time from the dvb signal. +For that purpose you must tune your dvb card to an appropriate channel and run ''dvbdate -s'' as root. +I have a small script which is executed during boot up: +{{{ +#!/bin/bash +# tune the dvb card to an channel +tzap -c /etc/channels.conf ZDF& +#this stops the script when tzap could not be launched +#(maybe the dvb device is not ready) +if ps |grep $! >/dev/null;then + +# start dvbdate +dvbdate -sf + +# kill the tuning process +kill $! +fi +}}} +Of course you must use the right 'zap' application for your kind of DVB (tzap, szap or czap). +And replace ''ZDF'' with the name of one of your channels. - - +[[BR]][[BR]][[BR]][[BR]][[BR]][[BR]] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click _______________________________________________ Freevo-wikilog mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-wikilog
