> Hi Simon, > > Simon Baxter wrote: >> Hi. >> I can't get the pvrinput plugin to work with NTSC. >> >> even though my channels.conf has >> 4 KOMO;KOMO:67250:I0C0:C:0:301:300:305:A1:996:0:0:0 >> >> the 'I0' does not seem to select NTSC. I think the picture is being >> recorded is at 720x576, 25fps >> >> if I do a 'vdrsync.pl -i 001.vdr' the video file created reports: >> 'CCIR/ITU >> PAL 625, 4:3, 25 fps' >> >> if I get mplayer to play the file directly 'mplayer 001.vdr' it reports: >> Playing 001.vdr. >> MPEG-PES file format detected. >> VIDEO: MPEG2 720x576 (aspect 2) 25.000 fps 6000.0 kbps (750.0 >> kbyte/s) >> >> There's also no audio.? >> >> Does pvrinput support NTSC??? > > I think it should, from what I've read in its documentation and sources. > The TV norm seems to be only set by the inversion field in the > channels.conf entry, so you have to specify your "I0" (take care of the > syntax, I don't know if it matters if it's before or after "C0". You > should also set "Frames per GOP" in the setup menu or setup.conf entry > of the pvrinput plugin to 15 for NTSC (for PAL I think it's 12). And I > also think I found a bug by grepping after tv norm and stuff in the > source, please also apply attached patch, I think the frame size was > always set to 720x576 which can never be NTSC. > I also guess you patched your VDR for NTSC, so maybe it just can't > playback your pvrinput stream if it's looking like you described, be it > live or recorded, as it seems to be PAL... Patched VDR for NTSC? Nope - I must have missed something?? I had been using VDR in the UK for several years before moving to NTSC land. The PAL recordings I made there do play back ok - just the new stuff recorded with pvrinput fails... > Try these, maybe it helps, but I can't guarantee, as I'm not the author > of pvrinput, and I also can't test with NTSC. > > Lucian Thanks, I'll have a play with the provided patch. Simon
