Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 18:41:39 +0200 From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> To: Milan Obuch <freebsd-multimedia@dino.sk> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> Subject: Re: ITE Technologies, Inc. DVB-T TV Stick [success report] Message-ID: <20131007164138.GA49120@enceladus10.kn-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <20131007092535.2465d875@wind.dino.sk> References: <20130827230542.4b443eaf@zeta.dino.sk> <521D93E4.5070606@bitfrost.no> <20130828121240.7bf77ae1@zeta.dino.sk> <201309082011.r88KBbx7079350@triton8.kn-bremen.de> <20130909093044.76c70f25@zeta.dino.sk> <20130909200642.GB38609@triton8.kn-bremen.de> <20131006174241.4d8ac3f5@wind.dino.sk> <20131006183352.GA6317@enceladus10.kn-bremen.de> <20131007092535.2465d875@wind.dino.sk>
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On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 09:25:35AM +0200, Milan Obuch wrote: > On Sun, 6 Oct 2013 20:33:52 +0200 > Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> wrote: > > > On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 05:42:41PM +0200, Milan Obuch wrote: > > > On Mon, 9 Sep 2013 22:06:42 +0200 > > > Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 09:30:44AM +0200, Milan Obuch wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 8 Sep 2013 22:11:37 +0200 (CEST) > > > > > Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > [ snip ] > > > > > > > > > Btw is this a dual tuner i.e. do you get /dev/dvb/adapter0 > > > > > > and 1? If yes you might want to test if it can really use > > > > > > both tuners or if that causes stream corruptions like with my > > > > > > af9035 tuner. To test this play two channels from different > > > > > > muxes, for example using vdr-plugin-streamdev in parallel > > > > > > with watching one channel via vdr-sxfe, or play two channels > > > > > > from different muxes both via streamdev. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes it is dual tuner, which was one reason I got this one > > > > > insted of some cheaper single tuner. I have not yet cable > > > > > comfortably available so I can not do much tests, but I will > > > > > try some time later. How will such corruption manifest itself? > > > > > I saw on some DVB-T STB some artifacts, square areas affected > > > > > when signal was weaker or disturbed, but could this be somehow > > > > > distinguished? > > > > > > > > > Yes that's what it looks like, you can watch the uncorrected error > > > > count via vdr-plugin-femon (UNC) provided the tuner driver reads > > > > out that info, if it does and it's non-zero artefacts are caused > > > > by a too weak/corrupted signal. There also is the BER value that > > > > some more drivers read out, that can be nonzero and yet the errors > > > > may be correctable, but if it's constantly zero you can assume > > > > video corruptions aren't caused by the antenna signal. > > > > > > > > > > I am trying to test dual channel receiving, I did not find good > > > description how I should configure second receiver... > > > > vdr should pick up the second tuner automagically so there's no > > need to configure it explicitly. > > > > OK, I supposed it, just good to have it confirmed. But, what I need to > find, is how it will be started to use... I hope I will figure that out. > > > > when I changed IP > > > in vdr_flags from 127.0.0.1 to real one, it works locally but > > > trying to run vdr-sxfe on another box does not work, I got just > > > kernel crash and reboot. > > > > Whoops! I suppose you need to collect a backtrace of that panic... > > > > It is a bit harder, it looks like this is on a bit screwed box. So I > need to test it on another, fully working box, which takes some time to > prepare. > > > > I was under impression vdr-sxfe run with argument > > > xvdr://IP.of.the.server should just work, which is not the case. > > > > You may need to allow you subnet in: > > > > /usr/local/etc/vdr/plugins/xineliboutput/allowed_hosts.conf > > > > This I did already, otherwise it was reported as not allowed or > somesuch. > > > > How should I test streamdev plugin? > > > > Make sure streamdev is enabled in vdr_flags, then just point some > > player like vlc at one of the streamdev channels, like: > > > > vlc http://127.1:3000/1 > > > > (the last 1 there is the channel number.) > > > > You can also point a browser at: > > > > http://127.1:3000/ > > > > to get a channel list. > > > > This interface is working, and I am able to watch one channel via > vdr-sxfe, the second one via vlc. Yupeeee! So this device definitely > works in dual channel mode... That's definitely good news. > I will try to watch it via vlc remotely - > on other box, via network... but it requires a bit of time to prepare > (see above :) ). > > > If you want to test the second tuner make sure the channel is on > > another mux than the one you're watching in vdr-sxfe or both will be > > received by only one tuner... > > > > Yes, that's clear to me. I understand the concept of muxed streams. > > > Oh and there can only be one channel and osd shown by vdr-sxfe, even > > if you connect more than one vdr-sxfe instances over the network, > > that's why I suggested streamdev for testing the second tuner. > > > > > I would expect it should be configured this plugin in vdr_flags... > > > > Yep. > > > > > Also, what about femon plugin? How should it be used? > > > > > It shuold put an entry in the vdr osd main menu, just select that. > > BER and UNC (if available) readings for the currently playing channel > > will be shown in the top display. > > > > Do you mean pressing Tab? Here I see Devices column at the right side. > Is that displaying it? > Pressing tab and then selecting "Signal Information" via cursor down and then pressing OK. (return) Or if there is a digit before a main menu entry you can also press that. > > > On https://wiki.freebsd.org/VDR, there is some menu mentioned. When > > > I use vdr-sxfe, there is no menu. Where is menu mentioned on wiki > > > located and how could it be accessed? > > > > If you use the default /usr/local/etc/vdr/remote.conf installed > > by the vdr-plugin-xineliboutput port (you can look at that file!) > > then the menu is on the tab and insert keys in the vdr-sxfe (or > > softhddevice) osd. > > > > Ahh, finally figured that out! It happened I did not test pressing Tab > key until now in vdr-sxfe... Anyway, thanks for pointing to the config > file, I understand it now much better. It was just some blind testing > before... > > > > This is not clear at all from what's written there... > > > > > Hmm... > > > > Or I was just blind looking here, but surely putting on this page > something like short paragraph 'Accessing OSD menu - You should press > Tab key' would make it clear. In my eyes this is a key information and > should be properly highlighted here. Even if it seems now a bit > overkill, it would saved me a bit of headache :) > Hm actually I see I already have this, that's not enough? Quote: `I have put the menu button on the tab and insert keys and OK on the return key, see /usr/local/etc/vdr/remote.conf for the full keybindings list.' (Under: `Controlling the OSD: Keyboard (not for XBMC-PVR)'.) > > > Otherwise, it looks this device works well for usual watching, I > > > need to find how to do some recording (not only pressing R key in > > > vdr-sxfe) and how to play recorded program back. > > > > > You can either check the epg via the osd (on screen display, Menu > > -> Schedule, or Menu -> Program guide if you enabled the extrecmenu > > plugin) in vdr-sxfe and hit Red (F4) to record the selected show, > > or you can use the live web plugin if you enabled that, by pointing > > a browser at: > > > > http://127.1:8008/ > > > > (Default login/pw is admin/live as mentioned on the wiki.) > > > > I figured it out from wiki, this web plugin is just great. I feel it > could be a primary interface for all my needs. > > There is just one big issue remaining - character encoding in all > output, be it info text displayed when 'I' is pressed in OSD, short > text displayed when channels are switched with 'up' or 'down' cursor > key, or anything in web live interface. In slovak language (or czech, > as czech TV is watched here quite often as well) we use a lot of > various accented characters. All of them are displayed as ?a in OSD > display (while it could be a with umlaut or accent grave - two various > sounds actually), in web live they are displayed as Âa instead of á as > it should be. I did not have any experience with writing accented > characters short of copy-and-paste method, so solving this may be > obvious, too, I just have no idea, how. > This might just be a missing LANG setting, see the wiki under `Troubleshooting': `If the osd shows non-ASCII chars as '?' ...' > So, basically, I am quite impressed with VDR and its web live plugin, > my DVB-T stick seems to be just working really well. Thanks for your > support. > > Regards, > Milan > You are welcome! :) Juergen
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