Thanks - it works a treat now.
diff -Naur device.c.org device.c.patched --- device.c.org 2006-06-21 12:08:56.000000000 -0700 +++ device.c.patched 2006-06-21 12:00:13.000000000 -0700 @@ -502,9 +502,9 @@ tsBuffer = new cRingBufferLinear(MEGABYTE(3), TS_SIZE, false, "PVRTS"); tsBuffer->SetTimeouts(100, 100); readThread = new cPvrReadThread(video_fd, vbi_fd, tsBuffer, &mutex); - SetVideoNorm(videoNormPAL); + SetVideoNorm(videoNormNTSC); SetCodec(); - SetVideoSize(720, 576); + SetVideoSize(720, 480); SetInput(tunerInput); SetPicture(PvrSetup.Brightness, PvrSetup.Contrast, PvrSetup.Saturation, PvrSetup.Hue); SetVolume(PvrSetup.AudioVolume); @@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ { SetVideoNorm(lastNorm); SetCodec(); - SetVideoSize(720, 576); + SetVideoSize(720, 480); SetInput(lastInput); SetPicture(PvrSetup.Brightness, PvrSetup.Contrast, PvrSetup.Saturation, PvrSetup.Hue); SetVolume(PvrSetup.AudioVolume);
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jose Alberto Reguero" jareguero@telefonica.net To: "VDR Mailing List" vdr@linuxtv.org Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [vdr] Re: pvrinput - NTSC doesn't work - some progress
El Miércoles, 21 de Junio de 2006 19:50, Simon Baxter escribió:
Thankyou for everyone's suggestion - but I'm not trying to play NTSC content, I'm trying to watch/record it via the pvrinput plugin
I also guess you patched your VDR for NTSC, so maybe it just can't playback your pvrinput stream if it's looking like you described, be it live or recorded, as it seems to be PAL...
Patched VDR for NTSC? Nope - I must have missed something??
Well, I remember there was a thread even this year in which Klaus was admitting he should make this configurable after version 1.4 is polished http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2006-April/008726.html The attached patch was sent by C.Y.M. by that time, and looking to it, it seems it could make a difference, as it hard-codes the frame rate in recording.h among other things. I just tried if it cleanly applies to vdr-1.4.1 and it does, so give it a try.
No, it's not VDR that seems to be causing the problem. To clarify, this is my setup: -vdr 1.4.0 -Shuttle SK43G PC with s-video output -Unichrome drivers for NTSC tv-out -USA NTSC Television -PVR-150 (NTSC only) -xine plugin
VDR works fine. I can use it to watch old (PAL) recordings made in the UK, watch .avi files, play mp3s, play DVDs etc
Yes, and don't forget that "Frames per GOP" setting, maybe that one is important, too. In the end maybe it starts working with both of these patches.
I set this too, with no affect.
I have made one change which seems to have changed the output slightly. I applied the following changes to pvrinput: diff -Naur device.c device.c.SBB --- device.c 2006-06-21 09:46:01.000000000 -0700 +++ device.c.SBB 2006-06-21 08:11:14.000000000 -0700 @@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ readThread = new cPvrReadThread(video_fd, vbi_fd, tsBuffer, &mutex); SetVideoNorm(videoNormPAL);
The norm (PAL,NTSC,..) is setting in:
SetVideoNorm()
You can try changing:
SetVideoNorm(videoNormPAL); to SetVideoNorm(videoNormNTSC)
Jose Alberto
SetCodec();
SetVideoSize(720, 576);
SetVideoSize(720, 480); SetInput(tunerInput); SetPicture(PvrSetup.Brightness, PvrSetup.Contrast,PvrSetup.Saturation, PvrSetup.Hue); SetVolume(PvrSetup.AudioVolume); @@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ { SetVideoNorm(lastNorm); SetCodec();
SetVideoSize(720, 576);
SetVideoSize(720, 480); SetInput(lastInput); SetPicture(PvrSetup.Brightness, PvrSetup.Contrast,PvrSetup.Saturation, PvrSetup.Hue); SetVolume(PvrSetup.AudioVolume);
Now the file that's being recorded is: MPEG-PS file format detected. VIDEO: MPEG2 720x480 (aspect 2) 25.000 fps 6000.0 kbps (750.0 kbyte/s)
The picture now looks like all the information is there, but the frame-rate is still wrong, and I can't see anywhere in the pvrinput sourcecode to change this.
I tried taking the recorded 001.vdr, vdrsync.pl-ing it, and then ffmpeg recoding the mpegv2 file to 30fps, but this just made a mess too.
As mentioned before, Freevo records and plays the channels fine - but I don't want to use Freevo, the OSD sucks. I can also stream the video device directly to mplayer 'mplayer /dev/video', which plays fine too.
any other ideas??
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