Hi, I recently replaced two Twinhan cards with both a plus and lite version of the DVico FusionHDTV cards. The cards work pretty well (about 3x the signal strength of the VisionPlus cards), but audio is missing on some HD channels in mplayer. Here is the output from one of the channels that drops audio: MPlayer 1.0pre5-3.3.4 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP/XP-M Barton 2088 MHz (Family: 6, Steppi ng: 0) Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal! To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection. Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.confReading config file /home /mythtv/.mplayer/config Reading /home/mythtv/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs .conf: Using built-in default codecs.conf. font: can't open file: /home/mythtv/.mplayer/font/font.desc font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc Using usleep() timing Setting up LIRC support... Playing dvb://0@ABC HDTV. code taken from dvbstream for mplayer v0.4pre1 - (C) Dave Chapman 2001 Released under the GPL. Latest version available from http://www.linuxstb.org/ dvb_tune Freq: 662500000 TS file format detected. DEMUX OPEN, AUDIO_ID: -1, VIDEO_ID: -1, SUBTITLE_ID: -1, PROBING UP TO 2000000, PROG: 0 VIDEO MPEG2(pid=2314)...NO AUDIO! NO SUBS (yet)! PROGRAM N. 0 Opened TS demuxer, audio: ffffffff(pid -1), video: 10000002(pid 2314)...POS=3139 6 VIDEO: MPEG2 720x576 (aspect 3) 50.000 fps 8500.0 kbps (1062.5 kbyte/s) vo: X11 running at 800x600 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":0.0" => local display) ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES) Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale... Opening video filter: [scale] VDecoder init failed :( Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.3.1 Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2 (libmpeg2)) ========================================================================== Audio: no sound Starting playback... VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Planar YV12) VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. VO: [xv] 720x576 => 1024x576 Planar YV12 V:74517.2 195 13% 10% 0.0% 0 0 0% Exiting... (Quit) On a channel that doesn't drop audio, the output looks like: MPlayer 1.0pre5-3.3.4 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP/XP-M Barton 2088 MHz (Family: 6, Stepping: 0) Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal! To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection. Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.confReading config file /home/mythtv/.mplayer/c onfig Reading /home/mythtv/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Using built -in default codecs.conf. font: can't open file: /home/mythtv/.mplayer/font/font.desc font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc Using usleep() timing Setting up LIRC support... Playing dvb://0@7 HD Digital. code taken from dvbstream for mplayer v0.4pre1 - (C) Dave Chapman 2001 Released under the GPL. Latest version available from http://www.linuxstb.org/ dvb_tune Freq: 620500000 TS file format detected. DEMUX OPEN, AUDIO_ID: -1, VIDEO_ID: -1, SUBTITLE_ID: -1, PROBING UP TO 2000000, PROG: 0 VIDEO MPEG2(pid=833)...AUDIO MPA(pid=834) NO SUBS (yet)! PROGRAM N. 0 Opened TS demuxer, audio: 50(pid 834), video: 10000002(pid 833)...POS=30080 VIDEO: MPEG2 720x576 (aspect 3) 50.000 fps 9000.0 kbps (1125.0 kbyte/s) ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3 MP3lib: init layer2&3 finished, tables done AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 32000->192000 (256.0 kbit) Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3) ========================================================================== vo: X11 running at 800x600 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":0.0" => local display) ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES) Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale... Opening video filter: [scale] VDecoder init failed :( Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.3.1 Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2 (libmpeg2)) ========================================================================== Checking audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit -> 48000Hz/2ch/16bit... AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 48000 hz, little endian signed int AF_pre: 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps) Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit -> 48000Hz/2ch/16bit... Starting playback... VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred csp: Planar YV12) VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. VO: [xv] 720x576 => 1024x576 Planar YV12 A:13537.1 V:13537.7 A-V: -0.621 ct: -0.412 207/207 16% 10% 12.1% 0 0 0%% Exiting... (Quit) The difference is obviously the PID for the audio. If I grep HD on my channels.conf file, I get: ABC HDTV:662500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE:2314:0:560 7 HD Digital:620500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8:HIERARCHY_NONE:833:834:1332 Nine Digital HD:641500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE:512:0:1073 TEN HD:711500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE:514:0:1592 SBS HD:683500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8:HIERARCHY_NONE:102:103:78 As you can see, the PID reported from scan for ABC HDTV, Nine Digital HD and TEN HD are all 0 and mplayer barfs over that. Now, when I do "scan -o pids", and grep those results for HD I get: ABC HDTV (0x0230) 01: PCR 0x0903 V 0x090a TT 0x090c AC3 0x090b 7 HD Digital (0x0534) 01: PCR == V V 0x0341 A 0x0342 TT 0x0304 AC3 0x0343 Nine Digital HD (0x0431) 01: PCR 0x0080 V 0x0200 TT 0x0240 AC3 0x028a TEN HD (0x0638) 01: PCR 0x0082 V 0x0202 AC3 0x02a0 SBS HD (0x0310) 01: PCR == V V 0x0066 A 0x006 As you can see, the channels that don't have audio in mplayer are ones that don't transmit a standard audio channel, but transmit AC3. Unfortunately, scan doesn't appear to report a valid audio PID for mplayer to read. I tried changing the Audio PID in channels.conf to the ac3 PID. That gave me audio, but after a few seconds the vidoe slows down or the audio stops and I get output like: MPlayer 1.0pre5-3.3.4 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP/XP-M Barton 2088 MHz (Family: 6, Stepping: 0) Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal! To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection. Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.confReading config file /home/mythtv/.mplayer/c onfig Reading /home/mythtv/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Using built -in default codecs.conf. font: can't open file: /home/mythtv/.mplayer/font/font.desc font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc Using usleep() timing Setting up LIRC support... Playing dvb://0@Nine Digital HD. code taken from dvbstream for mplayer v0.4pre1 - (C) Dave Chapman 2001 Released under the GPL. Latest version available from http://www.linuxstb.org/ dvb_tune Freq: 641500000 TS file format detected. DEMUX OPEN, AUDIO_ID: -1, VIDEO_ID: -1, SUBTITLE_ID: -1, PROBING UP TO 2000000, PROG: 0 VIDEO MPEG2(pid=512)...AUDIO A52(pid=650) NO SUBS (yet)! PROGRAM N. 0 Opened TS demuxer, audio: 2000(pid 650), video: 10000002(pid 512)...POS=350996 VIDEO: MPEG2 1440x1088 (aspect 3) 25.000 fps 12600.0 kbps (1575.0 kbyte/s) ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52 AC3: 2.0 (dolby) 48000 Hz 384.0 kbit/s AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 48000->192000 (384.0 kbit) Selected audio codec: [a52] afm:liba52 (AC3-liba52) ========================================================================== vo: X11 running at 800x600 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":0.0" => local display) Disabling DPMS ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough VDec: vo config request - 1440 x 1088 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES) Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale... Opening video filter: [scale] VDecoder init failed :( Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.3.1 Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG 1 or 2 (libmpeg2)) ========================================================================== Checking audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit -> 48000Hz/2ch/16bit... AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 48000 hz, little endian signed int AF_pre: 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps) Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/16bit -> 48000Hz/2ch/16bit... Starting playback... VDec: vo config request - 1440 x 1088 (preferred csp: Planar YV12) VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. VO: [xv] 1440x1088 => 1934x1088 Planar YV12 A:77522.2 V: 0.0 A-V:77522.152 ct: 0.000 1/ 1 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.2 V: 0.1 A-V:77522.102 ct: 0.004 2/ 2 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.2 V: 0.1 A-V:77522.046 ct: 0.008 3/ 3 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.2 V:77522.5 A-V: -0.345 ct: 0.004 4/ 4 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.2 V:77522.6 A-V: -0.369 ct: 0.000 5/ 5 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.3 V:77522.6 A-V: -0.297 ct: -0.004 6/ 6 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.3 V:77522.7 A-V: -0.323 ct: -0.008 7/ 7 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.3 V:77522.7 A-V: -0.352 ct: -0.012 8/ 8 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.4 V:77522.7 A-V: -0.287 ct: -0.016 9/ 9 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.5 V:77522.8 A-V: -0.313 ct: -0.020 10/ 10 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.5 V:77522.8 A-V: -0.339 ct: -0.024 11/ 11 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.6 V:77522.9 A-V: -0.239 ct: -0.028 12/ 12 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.7 V:77522.9 A-V: -0.222 ct: -0.032 13/ 13 0% 0% 0.0% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.7 V:77522.9 A-V: -0.257 ct: -0.036 14/ 14 41% 10% 1.6% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.7 V:77523.0 A-V: -0.287 ct: -0.040 15/ 15 41% 10% 1.5% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.7 V:77523.0 A-V: -0.328 ct: -0.044 16/ 16 40% 10% 1.5% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.8 V:77523.1 A-V: -0.229 ct: -0.048 17/ 17 40% 10% 1.5% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.8 V:77523.1 A-V: -0.289 ct: -0.052 18/ 18 39% 10% 1.5% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.8 V:77523.1 A-V: -0.315 ct: -0.056 19/ 19 39% 10% 1.5% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.9 V:77523.2 A-V: -0.250 ct: -0.060 20/ 20 39% 10% 1.6% 0 0 0%^MA:77522.9 V:77523.2 A-V: -0.279 ct: -0.064 21/ 21 39% 10% 1.6% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.1 V:77523.3 A-V: -0.202 ct: -0.068 22/ 22 38% 10% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.1 V:77523.3 A-V: -0.232 ct: -0.072 23/ 23 38% 10% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.1 V:77523.3 A-V: -0.249 ct: -0.076 24/ 24 38% 10% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.2 V:77523.4 A-V: -0.193 ct: -0.080 25/ 25 38% 10% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.2 V:77523.4 A-V: -0.219 ct: -0.084 26/ 26 38% 10% 1.6% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.2 V:77523.5 A-V: -0.244 ct: -0.088 27/ 27 38% 10% 1.6% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.3 V:77523.5 A-V: -0.210 ct: -0.092 28/ 28 38% 10% 1.6% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.3 V:77523.5 A-V: -0.240 ct: -0.096 29/ 29 38% 10% 1.6% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.3 V:77523.6 A-V: -0.265 ct: -0.100 30/ 30 37% 10% 1.6% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.4 V:77523.6 A-V: -0.200 ct: -0.104 31/ 31 37% 10% 1.6% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.4 V:77523.7 A-V: -0.226 ct: -0.108 32/ 32 37% 10% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.4 V:77523.7 A-V: -0.252 ct: -0.112 33/ 33 37% 10% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.5 V:77523.7 A-V: -0.187 ct: -0.116 34/ 34 37% 10% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.6 V:77523.8 A-V: -0.216 ct: -0.120 35/ 35 37% 10% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.7 V:77523.8 A-V: -0.139 ct: -0.124 36/ 36 37% 10% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.7 V:77523.9 A-V: -0.169 ct: -0.128 37/ 37 37% 10% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.7 V:77523.9 A-V: -0.220 ct: -0.132 38/ 38 37% 10% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.8 V:77523.9 A-V: -0.125 ct: -0.136 39/ 39 37% 10% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.8 V:77524.0 A-V: -0.166 ct: -0.140 40/ 40 37% 11% 1.6% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.8 V:77524.0 A-V: -0.227 ct: -0.144 41/ 41 37% 11% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.9 V:77524.1 A-V: -0.127 ct: -0.148 42/ 42 37% 11% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77523.9 V:77524.1 A-V: -0.157 ct: -0.152 43/ 43 37% 11% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77524.0 V:77524.1 A-V: -0.111 ct: -0.156 44/ 44 37% 12% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77524.0 V:77524.2 A-V: -0.140 ct: -0.160 45/ 45 37% 12% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77524.1 V:77524.2 A-V: -0.166 ct: -0.164 46/ 46 37% 12% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77524.2 V:77524.3 A-V: -0.102 ct: -0.168 47/ 47 37% 12% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77524.1 V:77524.3 A-V: -0.162 ct: -0.172 48/ 48 37% 13% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77524.1 V:77524.3 A-V: -0.187 ct: -0.176 49/ 49 37% 13% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77524.3 V:77524.4 A-V: -0.087 ct: -0.180 50/ 50 37% 13% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77524.3 V:77524.4 A-V: -0.148 ct: -0.184 51/ 51 37% 13% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77524.3 V:77524.5 A-V: -0.182 ct: -0.188 52/ 52 36% 13% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77524.4 V:77524.5 A-V: -0.078 ct: -0.192 53/ 53 36% 13% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77524.4 V:77524.5 A-V: -0.138 ct: -0.196 54/ 54 36% 14% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77524.4 V:77524.6 A-V: -0.164 ct: -0.200 55/ 55 37% 14% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77524.6 V:77524.6 A-V: -0.064 ct: -0.204 56/ 56 37% 14% 1.7% 0 0 0%^MA:77524.5 V:77524.7 A-V: -0.125 ct: -0.208 57/ 57 36% 14% 1.8% 0 0 0%^MA:77524.5 V:77524.7 A-V: -0.151 ct: -0.212 58/ 58 36% 14% 1.8% 0 0 0%^Ma52: CRC check failed! The "a52: CRC check failed!" error repeats over and over. So, how do I resolve this? Should I set the audio PID to the SD audio channel one? The only reservation I have of doing that is the possibility that some HD programming may NOT be simply simulcasts of the normal HD programming. Craig... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.15 - Release Date: 22/05/2005
