[MPlayer-dvb] Record dvb-t on Ubuntu linux

[Moisés Pérez]

 Hello and thanks everybody!!thanks a lot!!

Originally posted by Santiago Muelas
"I have made a Java application that launches different scripts to do
what you want. It is possible to select the channel to see TV or record
immediately what you are seeing or program "cron" to record some channel
at some time some day. If you want I can send it to you or put it in a
place for you to download (don't remember the size). "

I'm very grateful for the offert and, obviously, I accept it. If the java
program is small enought to be sended by mail, please send it at;
spir73[at]gmail[dot]com. I'll be very very grateful.
  If it's a big file, If you send it for downloading, please type the link.

Thank you very much for your comments, both, Nicola and Santiago

I've write a post in ubuntu-es explainig the installation of a dvb-t device
based on AF9005 chipset, the link is:
http://www.ubuntu-es.org/index.php?q=node/40359
It is in spainsh (I'm form spain...) but the original source is in this page
(italian):
http://www.freedreamer.it/?p=511
I hope it'll be useful for anyone

thank a lot!! bye!!

2007/3/27, Santiago Muelas < smuelas at telefonica.net>:
>
> Hi Moises,
>
> What you are looking for is simply:  "mencoder -endpos 00:30:00
> ........"  (this will record during 30 min.)
>
> I have made a Java application that launches different scripts to do
> what you want. It is possible to select the channel to see TV or record
> immediately what you are seeing or program "cron" to record some channel
> at some time some day. If you want I can send it to you or put it in a
> place for you to download (don't remember the size).
>
> To see TV I use a script with name "mt":
> mplayer -vf crop=688:540:16:16 dvb://$1 > /dev/null
>
> I have my channels with names that I've changed. So to see TVE1, I
> write:  "mt tv1" and after a few seconds it begins.
> If there is a film with ratio 16:9 on TV I have "mt1":
> mplayer -vf crop=672:400:24:88 dvb://$1 > /dev/null
>
> and so on.   To record, I have for normal size, "gb":
> mencoder -endpos $3 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=1200
> -vf crop=688:544:16:16,scale=512:384 -oac copy -o $2 dvb://$1 > /dev/null
>
> (The croping and/or scaling is done as usually the signal includes some
> ugly black lines at borders and depending on your computer speed/ram).
>
> To record TVE1 during 1h-20min with the name "myrecord.avi", I write:
> "gb tv1 myrecord.avi 01:20:00"  and it is done. (I have all my scripts
> in /usr/local/bin)
>
> The same can be changed according to your computer if you prefer bigger
> size. Also it is convenient to do a deinterlace using "pp=lb" as many
> signal are interlaced (live ones almost always).
>
> Now, if I want to make a recording at a certain day/time I prepare a
> file " set.cron":
> 0 20 31 12 *  /home/myhome/grabar
>
> and run crontab on it. Then I write file "grabar" as:
> /usr/local/bin/gb2 tv1 /home/myhome/grabacionesTV/record_1.avi 02:00:00
>
> and I know that the 31th. of 12 (December) at 20h-0min, the file grabar
> will be launched and the program on TVE1 (hopefully) recorded during 2
> hours with a ratio of 2.33:1 (I use gb2 for this ratio).
>
> (As you can imagine, you can use your preferred instructions for
> mencoder.)
>
> The Java program runs all that without need to write anything.
>
>
> Hope to have been useful.
>
> Santiago
>
>
> Moisés Pérez wrote:
> > Hello!!
> > I'm using a Ubuntu linux and running Mplayer with a dvb-T USB CARD
> > The USB CArd works correctly and I can use the tools scan, dvbstream,
> > etc....
> >
> > I want to record my favorite dvb-t channels and I found in docs the
> > way to
> > do it:
> >
> > mplayer -dumpfile r1.ts -dumpstream dvb://CHANNEL
> >
> > Or in avi file:
> >
> > mencoder -o r1.avi -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=800 -oac mp3lame
> > -lameopts cbr:br=128 -pp=ci dvb://CHANNEL
> >
> > The second doesn't work, but it isn't the problem, the problem is that I
>
> > want to do this record at night, programing it with cron or at
> >
> > My question is that I can't found a way to do a  record with mplayer of
> a
> > determined duration, as 50 minutes.
> >
> > I've being searching and I found and way to do this for recording
> > audio with
> > mims, which supports this option:
> >
> > and if this option isn't available; I've thougth doing a script and
> > launch
> > it with cron, but how can i stop it after a determined duration??
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > NOTE: I'm not very experienced in Linux and, at least, sorry for not
> very
> > correct english....I hope you understand it!!
> >
> >
> > Bye!!
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Moisés Pérez León