Hi,
Has anyone been able to run VLC, used as a stream server, without streamdev?
I tried without success: vlc -vvv v4l:/dev/video0 [...etc...] but it fails with a "can't access /dev/video*". I'm still lost/learning the framework, so could someone be so kind to explain me the relation between vdr and /dev/video*.
I have a budget (skystar2) card, is that the reason why /dev/video* doesn't get available? do I need any additional kernel driver? Or, is it possible to have 'vdr' (or xine/softdevice plugins) push the selected channel towards /dev/video*, so it can be read by vlc?
Main reason I want this is to have OSD on the stream vs streamdev. If you know of another alternative to get streaming+OSD then I'm also interested.
Thanks a lot for your help
luis
Luis Palacios wrote:
Correct. /dev/video provides full-frame video, completely uncompressed. Hence it only exists when using a full-featured card, because the card does the MPEG2 decode.
Or, is it possible to have 'vdr' (or xine/softdevice plugins) push the selected channel towards /dev/video*, so it can be read by vlc?
Nope, this is not currently possible.
Cheers, Gavin.
El 13/02/2006, a las 9:47, Gavin Hamill escribió:
Ok, thank you Gavin.
Let me add some complexity and find out (before buying) more about it.
What if I add another board to my setup? I'm planning to buy a DVB-T (Hauppauge WinTV NOVA-t USB2) for terrestrial view. (http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/pages/products/data_novatusb2.html)
I guess vdr supports this: 1xDVB-S + 1xDVB-T, but how does it handle it?, two vdr instances? or one instance and special channels.conf?
Would I get VLC access to /dev/video*? when Terrestrial channel is selected?
Anyone has this type of setup and is willing to share experience?
Thanks again, luis
Luis Palacios wrote:
It's handled natively by a single VDR instance.. each channels.conf line refers to the technology used.. e.g in my DVB-C and DVB-T system:
BBC ONE;BC27:595000:C34M64:C:6952:600:32=eng,602=eng:605:0:1701:61472:401:0
BBC ONE;BBC:754166:C34D34M16B8T2G32Y0:T:27500:600:601=eng,602=eng:0:0:4168:9018:4104:0
for the same channel, the first on cable, and the second on terrestrial - notice the 'T' and 'C' field..
Would I get VLC access to /dev/video*? when Terrestrial channel is selected?
Yes, provided the VDR 'head unit' is tuned to that channel (the data passes in 'transfer mode' from the DVB-T to the full-feature DVB-S
Note that it is perfectly possible to make a recording on the DVB-T card and watch a different channel.. or stream a DVB-T channel via streamdev, and record/watch a DVB-S channel :)
gdh
En/na Luis Palacios ha escrit:
Main reason I want this is to have OSD on the stream vs streamdev.
If you use streamdev-client you have an OSD, but it's been a while since I last used streamdev because...
If you know of another alternative to get streaming+OSD then I'm also interested.
...the xine plugin with the network patches works very well[*]: I have a dxr3 in my vdr box to connect it to the tv set, but when I want to watch tv on my laptop I just use xine and the dxr3 stops working automatically. When xine client disconnects the dxr3 starts working again.
[*]although there are still problems with fast forward/rewind/jump 1 minute back/forward.
Bye
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