From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]) by www.linuxtv.org with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KiV30-0007Ki-I8 for linux-dvb@linuxtv.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:08:56 +0200 Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:08:21 +0200 From: "Hans Werner" In-Reply-To: <200809241538.51217.hftom@free.fr> Message-ID: <20080924140821.40890@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <200809211905.34424.hftom@free.fr> <200809221201.26115.hftom@free.fr> <20080923162757.282370@gmx.net> <200809241538.51217.hftom@free.fr> To: Christophe Thommeret Cc: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] hvr4000-s2api + QAM_AUTO List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: linux-dvb-bounces@linuxtv.org Errors-To: linux-dvb-bounces+mchehab=infradead.org@linuxtv.org List-ID: > Le Tuesday 23 September 2008 18:27:57 Hans Werner, vous avez =E9crit : > = > > > Sure, here it is (patch against current svn > > > http://websvn.kde.org/branches/extragear/kde3/multimedia/) > > > > > > Atm, s2api is only used for S/S2. > > > > > > P.S. > > > In order to play H264/HD with kaffeine/xine, you need a fairly recent > > > ffmpeg > > > and xine compiled with --with-external-ffmpeg configure option. (and > of > > > course a quite strong cpu, unlike my old athlon-xp-2600 :) > > > However, you can still record and/or broadcast without this update. > > > > Success! Many thanks Christophe. > > > > With the following: > > HVR4000 card > > S2API + multifrontend patch (hg clone > http://linuxtv.org/hg/~stoth/s2-mfe) > > ffmpeg from SVN > > xine-lib from mercurial (compiled with --with-external-ffmpeg) > > Kaffeine from SVN + Christophe's S2API patch > = > Good :) > = > > Scanning to find channels and tuning are working in Kaffeine for DVB-T, > > DVB-S and DVB-S2. S/S2 tuning and scanning is with S2API. > > > > My CPU (3ghz core 2 quad) is fast enough to show live HD video so I can > > watch HD channels live inside Kaffeine, > = > Lucky you :) > = > > or record to disk and watch = > > afterwards. ASTRA HD+ and ANIXE HD are good. ARTE HD throws some errors > and > > stutters a bit. Simul HD can crash Kaffeine. Does anyone have any info about Arte HD or Simul HD? = > > I enabled the two lines in dvbstream.cpp which set modulation to QPSK > > instead of QAM_AUTO for DVB-S. > = > So, you see this also. This was my original report, and why i introduced > this = > fix. > = > > Settings: number of xine threads >=3D 4, de-interlacing(CTRL-I) at mini= mum > > (is it useful for HD ? > = > Yes for 1080i but not for 720p. > = > > I don't know). The load isn't always distributed = > > well across the 4 cpus -- it can max out one of them sometimes, with the > > others almost idle. Perhaps this can be improved. > = > Perhaps, but this is ffmpeg stuff. Yes. The multithreaded decoding does spread the load well for some HD chann= els. > Btw, while cx24116 single-frontend seems pretty stable, the mfe driver is > not = > here. As soon as i switch to dvb-t, the cx24116 firmware crashes (at least > seems so: ~"Firmware doen't respond .." ) and is reloaded on next S/S2 > zap, = > and after a while, the dvb-t signal appears more and more noisy. I have to > unload/reload the modules to cure this. Oh. I haven't seen any problems like that or heard it reported before. I am using firmware version 1.23.86.1. Which version are you using? Regards, Hans -- = Release early, release often. GMX startet ShortView.de. Hier findest Du Leute mit Deinen Interessen! Jetzt dabei sein: http://www.shortview.de/wasistshortview.php?mc=3Dsv_ext_m= f@gmx _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb