[Mplayer-dvb] (1)Getting DVB:// to work. (2) packet error leading to no aud

[Nico]

petri.nykanen at suomi24.fi wrote:

>Clarification on this one - I used the tzap to set the channel (frequency),
>and I only copied the .tzap/channel.conf to .mplayer/. This means that so
>far I have not been trying to use the .mplayer/channel.conf - It might be
>in wrong format for mplayer or something but I have not yet found that out
>;-)
>  
>
OK, it's right, [cst]zap's format  is the right one

>for those interested, this is the DVB-T channels.conf for Finland Tampere
>area.
>
>  
>
>>>dvbstream -ps -o 513 660 | mplayer -cache 1024 -vop halfpack -double -
>>>(the dvbstream is v04.pre3, and mplayer is v0.91.3.2.2
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>when using dvbstream | mplayer ? strange! try without -ps
>>
>>    
>>
>
>Ok, I removed the -ps, but now I remember why I put it in last night - the
>result without the -ps option is the following:
>
>- startup is delayed, and on xterm the status is indicating it is filling
>up the cache for a while before starting, following that...
>- audio is missing
>- video, especially anywhere where there is movement, is full of artefacts.
>  
>
mystery solved:

 > (the dvbstream is v04.pre3, and mplayer is v0.91.3.2.2

you need mplayer-cvs (the last one), because the TS demuxer and the DVB 
stream weren't backported to 0.9x

Bye,
        Nico