>> ...snip >> Not sure how to get this working : >> [file] No filename >> Failed to open dvb:// >> Cannot open file/device. > > Was mplayer built with dvb support? When building mplayer > the configure script needs to find the appropriate headers > before it will compile in dvb -- where to find them depends > on your linux distribution. No, I just Yummed it (lazy!!) Have been holding off building it as I want to get the VDR plugin in it too... >> It looks ok : >> [root@media ~]# /root/bin/tzap -c /root/.tzap/channels.conf -r 'five' >> using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' >> tuning to 561833330 Hz >> video pid 0x0000, audio pid 0x0caa >> status 01 | signal 3838 | snr f763 | ber 0000089c | unc 00000000 | >> status 01 | signal 3939 | snr f763 | ber 0000089c | unc 00000000 | >> status 1f | signal 3a3a | snr ffd6 | ber 00000029 | unc 00000000 | >> FE_HAS_LOCK >> status 1f | signal 3939 | snr ffff | ber 00000000 | unc 0000000b | >> FE_HAS_LOCK >> status 1f | signal 3939 | snr ffff | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | >> FE_HAS_LOCK > > What happens if you start tzap like that and then > > cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 > five.ts > > ... kill it after a while and then ls -l five.ts to see if > you got anything? If you did, you can use mencoder to > convert it to something else (or view the ts with mplayer). tzap tune works fine - but I get nothing on a 'cat' either. no output at all!