[Mplayer-dvb] DVB-C and channels.conf

[Andreas Matthias]

Nico wrote:

> First:  does dvbstream work for you?

No it does not:

[andreas dvbstream]# ./dvbstream -quam 64 -f 330000000 -s 6900000 -v 255 -a 256
dvbstream v0.4pre3 - (C) Dave Chapman 2001
Released under the GPL.
Latest version available from http://www.linuxstb.org/
Using DVB card "VES1820 based DVB-C frontend"
tuning DVB-C to -712481792, srate=0
polling....
Getting frontend event
FE_STATUS: FE_TIMEDOUT
Not able to lock to the signal on the given frequency


>> [andreas mplayer-cvs]# ll -h file.ts
>> -rw-r--r--    1 andreas  user         512K 2003-10-08 12:07 file.ts
>> 
>>> and playable, please?
>> 
>> Well, mplayer doesn't complain. But I can not hear or see
>> anything.
>>  
> it's too short, let it dump for at least 1 minute and play it with xine, too

I do not stop mplayer. It exists itself.

However, I can play this short file with xine. Maybe it is just
a timeout problem?

Should I try to contact the people from dvbtools? Do you know
who is the right contact person?

Ciao
Andreas