[linux-dvb] Re: New Hauppauge Nova-s

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

chrisb wrote:
> On Monday 09 December 2002 11:42, Holger Waechtler wrote:
> 
> 
>>I'll add the required modifications and to the BSRU6 driver to CVS soon,
>>so just now you'll have to use the patch posted previously for now.
> 
> 
> I applied the patch already (actually, I created a new uni_stv0299.[co]) and 
> the card is just working fine.
> 
> 
>>The dvr device will only get a stream if you set up the Demux
>>appropriatly, e.g. by calling
>>
>>$ szap -r zdf
>>
>>then let it run in one console and call
>>
>>$ cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 | ts2ps 0x65 0x66 | mplayer -cache 2048  -
>>
>>in another one.
> 
> 
> It took me a day or so to find out that you have to run both commands at the 
> same time 8-) Being used to KWinTV and others this isn't a very intuitive 
> way.

szap, czap & co. are written as simple test programs in order to verify 
your setup and find out what causes problems. And to show the 'real 
application developers' how to use the DVB API.

Nobody expects you to use these programs directly, there you want to 
take e.g. VDR, Enigma, whatever...


> I think I will write a HOWTO-Budget-Cards after I found out what to do to get 
> it all running. The above solution is not very userfriendy and I try to get 
> some more infos about useable applications (where you can swap channels 
> without restarting mplayer). I would even write them myself if I would know 
> where to start...

This would be fine, please post the HOWTO on this list so we can enclose 
it to the CVS tree...

Holger




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