[MPlayer-dvb] Mencoder and DVB-C Non-FTA channels

[Jonas Roum-Møller]

On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 12:01 +0200, Nico Sabbi wrote:
> Jonas Roum-Møller wrote:
> 
> >Hi, sorry for the late reply..
> >
> >I have not been able to run gdb when piping data.. 
> >But I've found a work-around, I simply set -cache to 1024 or similar,
> >this will have mencoder wait for correct data instead of quitting
> >prematurely. Only problem with this methods seems to be that the
> >generated avi files doesnt have an index, so I can't see the duration of
> >the recording, I can however seek in it.
> >  
> >
> 
> using or avoiding the cache doesn't affect in any way the
> generation of the index; if the index is missing you have some
> other problem
> 

Ok, I will try to look into that, since I've only just gotten it to work
I havent tested that much yet.

> >I'm now using:
> >
> >/usr/local/dvb-apps/bin/gnutv -out stdout DVBCHANNELNAME | mencoder
> >-cache 1024 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=2000:keyint=300
> >-oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=224 -vf pp=ld -o OUTPUTFILE -
> >  
> >
> it's perfectly fine
> 
Tnx

Regards,
Jonas