From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp109.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([68.142.225.207]) by www.linuxtv.org with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JNVQg-0005qG-8S for linux-dvb@linuxtv.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:46:18 +0100 Message-ID: <47AC7925.8050709@rogers.com> Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:45:41 -0500 From: CityK MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Per Blomqvist References: <47AB7865.5090008@lsn.se> In-Reply-To: <47AB7865.5090008@lsn.se> Cc: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] Help! I cant view video. BUT I can scan!! 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@linuxtv.org List-ID: Per Blomqvist wrote: > I just signed up for this mailing-list ( I hope this is the right = > forum.. = > = Hi, yes, you're in the right place. > I can "dvbscan" and "tzap", and gets indication of a good signal. BUT, = > I cant view the video! > (from the dvb device) > > Also "dvbdate" command works (that returns time and date from the air, I = > presume). But not a command as "dvbsnoop" (that need = > "/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr"). > > A sample: ( Its step by step of your guide: > http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Testing_your_DVB_device ) > > In one console I run: /.tzap# tzap -r -c channels.conf "TV4 =D6resund" ( = > and are getting lines as: > status 1f | signal c3c3 | snr ffff | ber 0000004a | unc 00000000 | = > FE_HAS_LOCK > status 1f | signal c3c3 | snr ffff | ber 0000004e | unc 00000000 | = > FE_HAS_LOCK > ... > AND in another console: > mplayer -v /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 > (thats basically halts without any further information) > > ALSO if I type: "cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 > afile.txt" > (But then again, "afile.txt" remains empty) > > Conclusion, /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 never returns anything. This = > "/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr" isnt proper. Must be a Linux-kernel/module = > problem.. > = Not so fast! If the channel is encrypted, this is precisely what you = will observe ... though, because this is over-the-air that we're talking = about, this seems less likely to be the case (but you will have to = confirm nonetheless). = I'm more inclined to think that this is related to an issue with stream = identifiers. Is Sweden using MP4 now? = Some further questions, what drivers are you using (distro or recent = LinuxTV)? What dvb-apps ... Christophe had updated the dvb-apps not to long ago = with some changes in regards to MP4 streams (can't remember the exact = nature, but perhaps you should grab a new copy from LinuxTV and try with = those). _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb