The PCH also freezes for me when using streamdev directly. My current solution is to use VLC's VLM telnet interface to clean up the stream.
I start VLC like this:
vlc-wrapper --ttl 1 --color -I telnet --telnet-password xxxxxx --vlm-conf /video/vlm.conf & Where vlm.conf has all the channels from VDR and looks like this:
new 52767 broadcast enabled* (New broadcast, channel number padded +20000 to avoid conflicts with other services)* setup 52767 input http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx:3000/TS/32767 *(Input stream from VDR/Streamdev)* setup 52767 output #std{access=http,mux=ts,dst=:52767} *(Output stream from VLC : http://<ip-address>:52767)*
I used awk to convert channels.conf to vlm.conf. my command is listed below. It will probably need some work :)
awk '{sub(":@", ""); chann = $0 + 20000; print "new " chann " broadcast enabled"; print "setup " chann " input http://vdr.decord.com:3000/TS/%22$0; print "setup " chann " output #std{access=http,mux=ts,dst=:"chann "}" }' channels.conf
You can then telnet into VLC like this : telnet xxx.xxx.xx.xx 4212
start streaming: control 52767 play The stream will be available at: http://<ip-address>:52767 I have a page with links like this: <a href='http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx:xxxx' vod>channel</a>
stop streaming: control 52767 stop
This is just a hack, until hopefully VDR/streamdev will be able stream to the PCH without causing it to freeze. But using this method I am able to watch channels within 2~3 seconds of clicking on them, plus no freezing :)
VLC shows alot of errors like those listed below, but is able to fix the stream to make it playable on the PCH
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 12, expected 0) for PID 0 libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 15, expected 0) for PID 18 libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 5, expected 0) for PID 33 libdvbpsi error (misc PSI): Bad CRC_32 (0x871f6707) !!! libdvbpsi error (misc PSI): Bad CRC_32 (0x871f6707) !!! libdvbpsi error (misc PSI): Bad CRC_32 (0x871f6707) !!! libdvbpsi error (misc PSI): Bad CRC_32 (0x871f6707) !!! libdvbpsi error (misc PSI): Bad CRC_32 (0x871f6707) !!! libdvbpsi error (misc PSI): Bad CRC_32 (0x871f6707) !!!
Hopefully this helps.
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 15:23:51 +0100 From: Tom?? Sko?dopole tomas.skocdopole@gmail.com Subject: Re: [vdr] Small VDR-streamdev patch for Popcorn Hour NMT To: Goga777 goga777@bk.ru, VDR Mailing List vdr@linuxtv.org Message-ID: b8a3b1ca0903090723q121787f2ua1612d9a0262b09a@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
2009/2/17 Goga777 goga777@bk.ru:
???????????, Tom??
can you watch hdtv channels on Popcorn with vdr 174 ?
Hi Goka777,
This week I switched to vdr-1.7.4 and streamdev-cvs (both without any patches). Its better than vdr-1.7.0 and streamdev-1.3.4 but popcornhour still sometimes freezes (while watching SD /HDTV channels) and power off from electrical network is needed.
I tried Nova HD and Eurosport HD channels and I am able to watch both of them. But sometimes with freezing.
With what can I help? Could I save stream and store somewhere to FTP for analysing or send some logs from vdr?
Best regards, Tomas