The best linux TVTuner program in the world (by now)
Hi, all TV Tuner User Today I have been found that Mplayer is the greatest TVTuner software for Linux, with the best image quality (better that DScaler for windows provide) So, for you people, here is a script that I use to see some chanells from my country: #!/bin/sh gmplayer -tv on:driver=v4l:width=768:height=576:channels=34-TVR_1,38-Prima,51-TVR_2,57-Antena_1:channel=57:chanlist=europe-east -vo xv -vop pp=lb/tn -aspect 16:9 -cache 5000 Unfortunately, there IS NO GUI for this facility, and the options are well hidden.... If it is a good programer to provide a interface for this facility, we are save.... so , the script I have been found on www.mandrakenation.ro PS Sorry for my english
On Friday 22 August 2003 07:30, Dorin Titiriga wrote:
Today I have been found that Mplayer is the greatest TVTuner software for Linux, with the best image quality (better that DScaler for windows provide)
that at least made me curious... :)
#!/bin/sh gmplayer -tv on:driver=v4l:width=768:height=576:channels=34-TVR_1,38-Prima,51-TVR_2,57-A ntena_1:channel=57:chanlist=europe-east -vo xv -vop pp=lb/tn -aspect 16:9 -cache 5000
Tried it and started playing with some features (not all, didn't have the time yet). I get it to display TV-channels, but there doesn't seem to be any "red" color in them (the "hint" in the mplayer documentation don't seem to change anything). And mplayer says it'll start saying: "Audio: no sound!!!", but there is perfect sound. But I can't get it to stop playing (after I close mplayer). (OK, I can start KWinTV afterwards which will "take over" the soundsystem, I guess, and when I close that, the sound'll be stopped.) So I got a little question, not directly about mplayer -I gotta keep experimenting with that- , but about the sound-thing: I tried to figure out why it keeps playing sound and especially how it does it. I couldn't find any process that seemed to be related to that in the ProcessTable of the KDESystemGuard. So I just logged off the user (jliedtke) I started mplayer with (and logged in as root in textmode to investigate furter) - sound kept playing. There were no processes (says top) left that were started by jliedtke. fuser -v /dev/* doesn't give me anything video- and/or sound-related (as far as I can tell). I also restarted "alsasound" - that didn't even interrupted the sound. I thought I should see some busy device or process that produces the sound. But O'Reilly's "Linux in a nutshell" doesn't seem to give me any more advice on how to find out what my 'puter is doing, than the above mentioned. Could anybody point me in the right direction where to look or what to check, or maybe tell me what I should read for more information about the linux sound system? -- Powered by SuSE 8.1pro - KDE 3.0.3 - KMail 1.4.3 At least, try asking smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Netiquette is easy: http://learn.to/edit_messages ...and you'll get flame-free answers in no time.
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 16:24, Johannes Liedtke wrote:
I tried to figure out why it keeps playing sound and especially how it does it. I couldn't find any process that seemed to be related to that in the ProcessTable of the KDESystemGuard. So I just logged off the user (jliedtke) I started mplayer with (and logged in as root in textmode to investigate furter) - sound kept playing. There were no processes (says top) left that were started by jliedtke. fuser -v /dev/* doesn't give me anything video- and/or sound-related (as far as I can tell). I also restarted "alsasound" - that didn't even interrupted the sound. It wouldn't, because (assuming your tv card is wired through your soundcard) it uses a different audio channel. So you can start wav/mp3 sounds, but it wouldn't interrupt.
My guess is that mplayer doesn't deactivate the cards audio device properly. I've had this in win98 with a Zoltrix TV MAX One thought: how did you exit mplayer? Ctrl+C? Esc? I have a feeling these two would not exit properly. Try pressing "q" which is the mplayer keystroke for quit. Hans
On Friday 22 August 2003 20:14, H du Plooy wrote:
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 16:24, Johannes Liedtke wrote:
[sound keeps playing after exiting mplayer]
It wouldn't, because (assuming your tv card is wired through your soundcard) it uses a different audio channel. So you can start wav/mp3 sounds, but it wouldn't interrupt.
My guess is that mplayer doesn't deactivate the cards audio device properly. I've had this in win98 with a Zoltrix TV MAX
Guess you're right...
One thought: how did you exit mplayer? Ctrl+C? Esc? I have a feeling these two would not exit properly. Try pressing "q" which is the mplayer keystroke for quit.
I just used the "X" (aka Alt-F4 in KDE) on the window frame. Which seems to send the correct signal to mplayer because exiting with "q" results in the same quitting message in the konsole and the sound keeps playing nonetheless. Oh well, I wanted to try TVTime anyway... Hansen -- Powered by SuSE 8.1pro - KDE 3.0.3 - KMail 1.4.3 At least, try asking smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it. - Henry Allen
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 07:30, Dorin Titiriga wrote:
#!/bin/sh gmplayer -tv on:driver=v4l:width=768:height=576:channels=34-TVR_1,38-Prima,51-TVR_2,57-Antena_1:channel=57:chanlist=europe-east -vo xv -vop pp=lb/tn -aspect 16:9 -cache 5000
I toyed with this and it looks good. One question: how to I tell mplayer to use AV/composite instead of tuner? Searching for "AV" and "composite" in the mplayer manpage didn't turn up anything relevant. Thanks Hans
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On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 07:30, Dorin Titiriga wrote:
#!/bin/sh gmplayer -tv on:driver=v4l:width=768:height=576:channels=34-TVR_1,38-Prima,51-TVR_2,57 -Antena_1:channel=57:chanlist=europe-east -vo xv -vop pp=lb/tn -aspect 16:9 -cache 5000
I toyed with this and it looks good. One question: how to I tell mplayer to use AV/composite instead of tuner? Searching for "AV" and "composite" in the mplayer manpage didn't turn up anything relevant.
mplayer -tv on:driver=v4l:input=1 You could also use Tvtime, which is way better than Mplayer for tvcards, and is much easier to use: ftp://ftp.funktronics.ca/pub/rpm/SuSE-8.2/i586-f/tvtime-0.9.8.5-1.i586.rpm - -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Rmy7+FOexA3koIgRAqviAJ9u4RuTlr9DsAQhgq/oMjKc0+Q3yACgtVbR g5/6VcssLLhylcCjsv1a4cQ= =2Nd5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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