> > I'm in the UK and my setup is Nova-t + dxr3. > > Great. At lease one other person has done it, then! :-)
Yep - originally I thought I /needed/ to use the 'NEWSTRUCT' driver, but I since found out my tuning wasn't exact enough and the 'normal' driver would work. The frequency tables on http://www.dtg.org.uk/retailer/tx_details/-tx_indx.htm Only give to the nearest MHz, so there was me plugging in "754000000" Hz into 'dvbtune' and getting absolutely nowhere. It was only after several hours that I discovered the broadcast frequencies in the UK are +/- 167kHz... so when I tuned to "754166667" Hz, the whole thing suddenly lit up and I got perfect pictures... Note of course, you local transmitter might end up being '753833333' Hz instead, etc. > > At the moment, I'm using the development versions of VDR (1.1.12 right > > now) because they support proper plugins instead of having to patch the > > VDR source code.. > > Righto. I'm currently using this driver: ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/pub/people/kls/vdr/Developer/siemens_dvb-0.9.4-2002-06- 23.patch.tar.bz2 This is the driver that Klaus (VDR author) reccommends for use with VDR.. so you'll have better mileage if/when you write to the mailing list if you use this driver. and this VDR: ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/pub/people/kls/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.1.12.tar.bz2 (1.1.13 is released in the same directory and will also work =) > Can you watch an existing recording (via the Dxr3) whilst the Nova-t is > recording something else? I haven't got that far yet :/ As soon as I hit 'Record', the picture freezes for several seconds. I haven't tried sending the recorded file directly to the dxr3... If I try to replay a recording from within VDR, VDR segfaults :/ > And can you watch live programmes OK? Yes, this works perfectly, with on-screen "now and next" programme info and everything. > > The authors of the dxr3 plugins have said this week that a new version > > should be released in approximately one month. > > Superb! Is there a mailing list or somesuch for that plugin? Nope, but the authors are on this list - they announce new versions of their DVD-player plugin, so I'm guessing they do the same with the Dxr3 one. It (and other plugins) are linked from http://www.cadsoft.de/people/kls/vdr/plugins.htm > That's what I'm thinking. I don't have a Nova-t yet, nor do I have a big > enough hard disk (Linux box has 420 MB!), but I feel the need to prat around > with a Dxr3 and some MPEG-2 clips! :-) Yes, you'll need a fair bit more than 420Mb to do any serious recording... VDR spools the direct broadcast MPEG2.. that runs at 9Mbit/sec for most channels (BBC1 gets 15Mbit/sec!)... gdh -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
