On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Johannes Stezenbach wrote: > Matt Holgate wrote: >> Patrick Boettcher wrote: >>> run tzap -r "BBC One Scot" and let mplayer play /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 >>> directly (you don't need dvbstream, when playing locally). >>> >>> When mplayer appears to have the blocky picture, try to run dvbscan -c, >>> while tzap is still running. >> >> OK, just tried this. Below is the output: >> >> [when working] >> matt@aragorn:~$ dvbscan -c >> using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' >> 0x0000 0x107c: pmt_pid 0x107c BBC -- BBC ONE Scot (???) > ... >> [when not working] >> matt@aragorn:~$ dvbscan -c >> using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' >> WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0011 > > This is typical for bad signal. dvbscan -5c might give you valid output. Not in this case. The signal is good as his tzap-output indicates. >>> It if won't time out, but put out the channels of this frequency, than >>> the problem is probably the software-demuxer (unlikely), otherwise it is >>> a bug in the dvb-usb-framework... > > Why are you so sure that the device doesn't just output a broken stream? Good point. I think it is something of both: the stream is somehow misaligned and the software demuxer (although fed via dvb_dmx_swfilter) looses alignment... I have a suspicion, I hope I can fix it at the weekend. best regards, Patrick. -- Mail: patrick.boettcher@xxxxxxx WWW: http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pboettch/
