Hi. I have a strange problem with a relatively new DVB-T/SD/MPEG2 channel in Sweden. If I try to record from it all I get is a zero-byte file and VDR restarts after the standard 30 seconds reporting the infamous "ERROR: video data stream broken". All other channels on that mux are perfectly OK in VDR. This specific channel plays perfectly using mplayer connecting to VDR through streamdev's or xineliboutput's http ports. It also works perfectly with XBMC as frontend connecting to VDR through the vnsi plugin. Using my standard output plugin xineliboutput with vdr-sxfe as frontend, it normally plays for about a second and then video freezes but audio continues. Given Klaus's track record, I guess that the problem is not in VDR but in the stream itself. I'm not an expert in analyzing mpeg streams so I wonder if anyone out there could suggest a tool to use to debug this. If anybody is interested in helping me out I'd be glad to provide a small clip recorded through streamdev that plays perfectly in mplayer. I currently use cron jobs to record this channel using mplayer's dumpstream on streamdev's ts output, which feels a bit too old-school in the long run. The above applies for a standard unpatched VDR 1.7.16, even without starting any plugins. VDR simply won't record it.
Thankful for any help. /Longtime VDR fan, Magnus H
On 10/18/2010 11:45 AM, Magnus H wrote:
Hi.
The above applies for a standard unpatched VDR 1.7.16, even without starting any plugins. VDR simply won't record it.
For the record: il have exactly the same problem with at least one channel in france. I can play the channle but each time I try to record it I get a 0 byte file. Haven't get time to investigate it yet.
-- eric
2010/10/18 Eric Valette Eric.Valette@free.fr:
On 10/18/2010 11:45 AM, Magnus H wrote:
Hi.
The above applies for a standard unpatched VDR 1.7.16, even without starting any plugins. VDR simply won't record it.
For the record: il have exactly the same problem with at least one channel in france. I can play the channle but each time I try to record it I get a 0 byte file. Haven't get time to investigate it yet.
We got reported the same issue: https://bugs.yavdr.com/issues/143
On 10/18/2010 01:24 PM, Steffen Barszus wrote:
2010/10/18 Eric ValetteEric.Valette@free.fr:
On 10/18/2010 11:45 AM, Magnus H wrote:
Hi.
The above applies for a standard unpatched VDR 1.7.16, even without starting any plugins. VDR simply won't record it.
For the record: il have exactly the same problem with at least one channel in france. I can play the channle but each time I try to record it I get a 0 byte file. Haven't get time to investigate it yet.
We got reported the same issue: https://bugs.yavdr.com/issues/143
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Ok, thanks. That bug report is exactly the same as my problem. Hope to get some time to look at it then since it will help more people. /Magnus