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

[Andreas Matthias]

Nico wrote:

> Andreas Matthias wrote:
> 
>> Nico wrote:

[ mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile file.ts dvb:// ]

>>> 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?
>> 
> does it play without errors?

Yes, xine plays file.ts with no errors. Video and audio are fine.

> Does mplayer play that file?

[andreas mplayer-cvs]# ./mplayer file.ts
MPlayer dev-CVS-031007-03:42-3.3.1 (C) 2000-2003 MPlayer Team
 
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP/XP-M Barton 1830 MHz (Family: 6, Stepping: 0)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE
 
Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or directory
Reading config file /home/andreas/.mplayer/config
Reading /home/andreas/.mplayer/codecs.conf: 61 audio & 157 video codecs
Font /home/andreas/.mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz).
Input config file /home/andreas/.mplayer/input.conf parsed: 52 binds
Setting up LIRC support...
mplayer: could not open config file
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to read LIRC config file ~/.lircrc.
You will not be able to use your remote control.
 
Playing file.ts
TS file format detected.
PROBING UP TO 2000000, PROG: 0
 
New TS pid=255
 
New TS pid=256
 

... but nothings happens (no audio, no video). After 4 minutes
I killed the process.


> The tuning parameters seem to be fine, and  in any  case I set these values:
> 
> feparams.frequency=freq;
> feparams.inversion=INVERSION_OFF;
> feparams.u.qam.symbol_rate = srate;
> feparams.u.qam.fec_inner = FEC_AUTO;
> feparams.u.qam.modulation = QAM_64;
> 
> Do they correspond to the values you are using?

Pardon? I just know about the values in channels.conf:

ProSieben:330000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6900000:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:255:256:898

> You can try to set 	feparams.inversion=INVERSION_AUTO;
> and see if it helps

I have set INVERSION_AUTO and/or FEC_NONE but nothing changes.

Is there some other kind of debugging I can do?

Ciao
Andreas