OK, think I might be getting somewhere... I've been able to have szap put out something sensible looking: [user@vortexbox ~]$ dvbtune -f 1183000 -s 22500 -p h -m Using DVB card "Conexant CX24123/CX24109" tuning DVB-S to L-Band:0, Pol:H Srate=22500000, 22kHz=off ERROR setting tone : Invalid argument polling.... Getting frontend event FE_STATUS: polling.... Getting frontend event FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL polling.... Getting frontend event FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI FE_HAS_SYNC Bit error rate: 0 Signal strength: 61952 SNR: 58030 FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI FE_HAS_SYNC FE READ UNCORRECTED BLOCKS: : Operation not supported Signal=61952, Verror=0, SNR=57861dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|) FE READ UNCORRECTED BLOCKS: : Operation not supported Signal=61952, Verror=0, SNR=57426dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|) FE READ UNCORRECTED BLOCKS: : Operation not supported Signal=61952, Verror=0, SNR=57853dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|) ^C [user@vortexbox ~]$ dvbtune -f 1183000 -s 22500 -p h -m 2>/dev/null & [1] 27306 [user@vortexbox ~]$ scandvb -cva 0 -U -o zap using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' PAT PMT 0x1100 for service 0xfffe PMT 0x0056 for service 0x233e PMT 0x010f for service 0x0776 PMT 0x0111 for service 0x0775 PMT 0x010c for service 0x0774 PMT 0x010b for service 0x0770 PMT 0x0110 for service 0x040e PMT 0x010e for service 0x040c PMT 0x010d for service 0x040b PMT 0x010a for service 0x0401 SDT (actual TS) 0x0000 0x0775: pmt_pid 0x0111 Television New Zealand -- TV ONE (running) 0x0000 0x0401: pmt_pid 0x010a Maori Television Service -- Maori TV (running) 0x0000 0x040b: pmt_pid 0x010d Television New Zealand -- TV ONE (running) 0x0000 0x040c: pmt_pid 0x010e Television New Zealand -- TV2 (running) 0x0000 0x0776: pmt_pid 0x010f Television New Zealand -- TV ONE (running) 0x0000 0x040e: pmt_pid 0x0110 Television New Zealand -- TVNZ 7 (running) 0x0000 0x0774: pmt_pid 0x010c Television New Zealand Ltd. -- TV ONE (running) 0x0000 0x0770: pmt_pid 0x010b Television New Zealand -- U (running) 0x0000 0x233e: pmt_pid 0x0056 SKY -- TS 22 IEPG DATA SERVICE (running) NIT (actual TS) Network Name 'Freeview' dumping lists (10 services) Maori TV:12483:h:0:22500:514:652:1025 TV ONE:12483:h:0:22500:515:653:1035 TV2:12483:h:0:22500:516:654:1036 TVNZ 7:12483:h:0:22500:518:656:1038 U:12483:h:0:22500:512:650:1904 TV ONE:12483:h:0:22500:519:657:1908 TV ONE:12483:h:0:22500:513:651:1909 TV ONE:12483:h:0:22500:517:655:1910 TS 22 IEPG DATA SERVICE:12483:h:0:22500:0:0:9022 [000-fffe]:12483:h:0:22500:0:0:65534 Done. [user@vortexbox ~]$ scandvb -cva 0 -U -o zap > channels.conf using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' PAT PMT 0x1100 for service 0xfffe PMT 0x0056 for service 0x233e PMT 0x010f for service 0x0776 PMT 0x0111 for service 0x0775 PMT 0x010c for service 0x0774 PMT 0x010b for service 0x0770 PMT 0x0110 for service 0x040e PMT 0x010e for service 0x040c PMT 0x010d for service 0x040b PMT 0x010a for service 0x0401 NIT (actual TS) Network Name 'Freeview' SDT (actual TS) 0x0000 0x0775: pmt_pid 0x0111 Television New Zealand -- TV ONE (running) 0x0000 0x0401: pmt_pid 0x010a Maori Television Service -- Maori TV (running) 0x0000 0x040b: pmt_pid 0x010d Television New Zealand -- TV ONE (running) 0x0000 0x040c: pmt_pid 0x010e Television New Zealand -- TV2 (running) 0x0000 0x0776: pmt_pid 0x010f Television New Zealand -- TV ONE (running) 0x0000 0x040e: pmt_pid 0x0110 Television New Zealand -- TVNZ 7 (running) 0x0000 0x0774: pmt_pid 0x010c Television New Zealand Ltd. -- TV ONE (running) 0x0000 0x0770: pmt_pid 0x010b Television New Zealand -- U (running) 0x0000 0x233e: pmt_pid 0x0056 SKY -- TS 22 IEPG DATA SERVICE (running) dumping lists (10 services) Done. [user@vortexbox ~]$ cp channels.conf ~/.szap/channels.conf [user@vortexbox ~]$ szap -r TV2 reading channels from file '/home/user/.szap/channels.conf' zapping to 3 'TV2': sat 0, frequency = 12483 MHz H, symbolrate 22500000, vpid = 0x0204, apid = 0x028e using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' opening frontend failed: Device or resource busy [user@vortexbox ~]$ fg dvbtune -f 1183000 -s 22500 -p h -m 2> /dev/null ^C [user@vortexbox ~]$ szap -r TV2 reading channels from file '/home/user/.szap/channels.conf' zapping to 3 'TV2': sat 0, frequency = 12483 MHz H, symbolrate 22500000, vpid = 0x0204, apid = 0x028e using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' status 01 | signal fa00 | snr f772 | ber 00000000 | unc fffffffe | status 01 | signal 0f00 | snr a344 | ber 00000000 | unc fffffffe | status 01 | signal 0f00 | snr a423 | ber 00000000 | unc fffffffe | ... ... ... ^C [user@vortexbox ~]$ And, while szap -r TV2 is running, on another console I should be able to run mplayer? So: [user@vortexbox ~]$ mplayer -vo x11 /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 MPlayer SVN-r33254-snapshot-4.5.1 (C) 2000-2011 MPlayer Team 162 audio & 360 video codecs Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory Can't init input joystick mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. Playing /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0. MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: demux_open MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: demux_open [user@vortexbox ~]$ But, nothing happens at Playing /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0. ... Where should I see what's playing? Thanks for listening, M -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
