Hi,
First of all thanks for excellent software! VDR is very good and I hope it won't stop its improving in the future :)
Now about my problem. I've installed VDR and VDRAdmin using RPMs. Everything works fine but preview of channel on the page 'Watch TV' is not working. It displays nothing. I tried to find what is problem. As I understand VDRAdmin grab video as images and then shows them on the web page. I didn't see any error messages in the VDRAdmin log or VDR log. (the fragment of VDR log):
Feb 15 21:26:30 localhost vdr: [3807] connect from 127.0.0.1, port 3035 - accepted Feb 15 21:26:30 localhost vdr: [3807] closing SVDRP connection So, everything seems ok but video is not displayed.
Any idea why?
Thanks in advanced.
My configuration: VDR 1.3.37 and vdradmin-0.97-1.
From: vdr-bounces@linuxtv.org Now about my problem. I've installed VDR and VDRAdmin using RPMs. Everything works fine but preview of channel on the page 'Watch TV' is not working. It displays nothing. I tried to find what is problem. As I understand VDRAdmin grab video as images and then shows them on the web page. I didn't see any error messages in the VDRAdmin log or VDR log. (the fragment of VDR log):
Feb 15 21:26:30 localhost vdr: [3807] connect from127.0.0.1, port 3035 - accepted Feb 15 21:26:30 localhost vdr: [3807] closing SVDRP connection So, everything seems ok but video is not displayed.
Any idea why?
Thanks in advanced.
My configuration: VDR 1.3.37 and vdradmin-0.97-1.
If I recall correctly vdradmin writes an image file to /tmp and to do that it has to have correct rights. Have you checked that.
Although I think there should be a message in log file.
\Kartsa
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:53:35 +0200 "Kartsa" kari@kniivila.com wrote:
From: vdr-bounces@linuxtv.org Now about my problem. I've installed VDR and VDRAdmin using RPMs. Everything works fine but preview of channel on the page 'Watch TV' is not working. It displays nothing. I tried to find what is problem. As I understand VDRAdmin grab video as images and then shows them on the web page. I didn't see any error messages in the VDRAdmin log or VDR log. (the fragment of VDR log):
Feb 15 21:26:30 localhost vdr: [3807] connect from127.0.0.1, port 3035 - accepted Feb 15 21:26:30 localhost vdr: [3807] closing SVDRP connection So, everything seems ok but video is not displayed.
Any idea why?
Thanks in advanced.
My configuration: VDR 1.3.37 and vdradmin-0.97-1.
If I recall correctly vdradmin writes an image file to /tmp and to do that it has to have correct rights. Have you checked that.
Although I think there should be a message in log file.
\Kartsa
Preview only works with full-featured DVB-cards that have an onboard MPEG-2 decoder. With budget cards you can install streamdev-server plugin and use streaming instead, but you won't get OSD that way.
--Niko
Niko Mikkila writes:
Preview only works with full-featured DVB-cards that have an onboard MPEG-2 decoder. With budget cards you can install streamdev-server plugin and use streaming instead, but you won't get OSD that way.
Well - I have got periodic still images (including OSD) with vdr-xine. I am not sure about after the last upgrade, though. For streaming, yes, no such thing.
yours, Jouni
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:35:47 +0200 Jouni Karvo jouni.karvo@tkk.fi wrote:
Niko Mikkila writes:
Preview only works with full-featured DVB-cards that have an onboard MPEG-2 decoder. With budget cards you can install streamdev-server plugin and use streaming instead, but you won't get OSD that way.
Well - I have got periodic still images (including OSD) with vdr-xine. I am not sure about after the last upgrade, though. For streaming, yes, no such thing.
Interesting. Where does VDR Admin get those decoded images from? I thought the only source VDR Admin uses is /dev/video* and that is certainly not available when having only Xine (or softdevice or Dxr3) as a decoder. Are you sure you don't have a FF card in your system?
--Niko
On Friday 24 February 2006 13:10, Niko Mikkila wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:35:47 +0200
Jouni Karvo jouni.karvo@tkk.fi wrote:
Niko Mikkila writes:
Preview only works with full-featured DVB-cards that have an onboard MPEG-2 decoder. With budget cards you can install streamdev-server plugin and use streaming instead, but you won't get OSD that way.
Well - I have got periodic still images (including OSD) with vdr-xine. I am not sure about after the last upgrade, though. For streaming, yes, no such thing.
Interesting. Where does VDR Admin get those decoded images from? I thought the only source VDR Admin uses is /dev/video* and that is certainly not available when having only Xine (or softdevice or Dxr3) as a decoder. Are you sure you don't have a FF card in your system?
VDRAdmin uses VDR's "grab" command. AFAIK the output device plugins have to implement this feature so that VDR can grab. Seems like it's implemented for vdr-xine and FF cards, but not for vdr-softdevice.
Regards, Andreas
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:22:05 +0100 Andreas Mair Andreas.Mair@linogate.com wrote:
On Friday 24 February 2006 13:10, Niko Mikkila wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:35:47 +0200
Jouni Karvo jouni.karvo@tkk.fi wrote:
Niko Mikkila writes:
Preview only works with full-featured DVB-cards that have an onboard MPEG-2 decoder. With budget cards you can install streamdev-server plugin and use streaming instead, but you won't get OSD that way.
Well - I have got periodic still images (including OSD) with vdr-xine. I am not sure about after the last upgrade, though. For streaming, yes, no such thing.
Interesting. Where does VDR Admin get those decoded images from? I thought the only source VDR Admin uses is /dev/video* and that is certainly not available when having only Xine (or softdevice or Dxr3) as a decoder. Are you sure you don't have a FF card in your system?
VDRAdmin uses VDR's "grab" command. AFAIK the output device plugins have to implement this feature so that VDR can grab. Seems like it's implemented for vdr-xine and FF cards, but not for vdr-softdevice.
Ok, seems that some additional utility programs are needed for grabbing with the Xine plugin. Instructions in vdr-xine's INSTALL doc.
--Niko
I demand that Niko Mikkila may or may not have written...
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:22:05 +0100 Andreas Mair Andreas.Mair@linogate.com wrote:
[snip]
VDRAdmin uses VDR's "grab" command. AFAIK the output device plugins have to implement this feature so that VDR can grab. Seems like it's implemented for vdr-xine and FF cards, but not for vdr-softdevice.
Ok, seems that some additional utility programs are needed for grabbing with the Xine plugin. Instructions in vdr-xine's INSTALL doc.
For Debian systems: y4mscaler, mjpegtools, netpbm. My vdr-plugin-xine package suggests them.
netpbm is in the official archive; I have y4mscaler in my archive (see .sig) and mjpegtools is in Christian Marillat's archive: deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian/marillat/ $DIST main
Niko Mikkila wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:35:47 +0200 Jouni Karvo jouni.karvo@tkk.fi wrote:
Niko Mikkila writes:
Preview only works with full-featured DVB-cards that have an onboard MPEG-2 decoder. With budget cards you can install streamdev-server plugin and use streaming instead, but you won't get OSD that way.
Well - I have got periodic still images (including OSD) with vdr-xine. I am not sure about after the last upgrade, though. For streaming, yes, no such thing.
Interesting. Where does VDR Admin get those decoded images from? I thought the only source VDR Admin uses is /dev/video* and that is certainly not available when having only Xine (or softdevice or Dxr3) as a decoder. Are you sure you don't have a FF card in your system?
Sorry, I didn't write about FF card. Of course, it's there :)
--Niko
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Niko Mikkila wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:53:35 +0200 "Kartsa" kari@kniivila.com wrote:
From: vdr-bounces@linuxtv.org Now about my problem. I've installed VDR and VDRAdmin using RPMs. Everything works fine but preview of channel on the page 'Watch TV' is not working. It displays nothing. I tried to find what is problem. As I understand VDRAdmin grab video as images and then shows them on the web page. I didn't see any error messages in the VDRAdmin log or VDR log. (the fragment of VDR log):
Feb 15 21:26:30 localhost vdr: [3807] connect from127.0.0.1, port 3035 - accepted Feb 15 21:26:30 localhost vdr: [3807] closing SVDRP connection So, everything seems ok but video is not displayed.
Any idea why?
Thanks in advanced.
My configuration: VDR 1.3.37 and vdradmin-0.97-1.
If I recall correctly vdradmin writes an image file to /tmp and to do that it has to have correct rights. Have you checked that.
Although I think there should be a message in log file.
\Kartsa
Preview only works with full-featured DVB-cards that have an onboard MPEG-2 decoder. With budget cards you can install streamdev-server plugin and use streaming instead, but you won't get OSD that way.\
I know it. Right after installation preview worked. This is a strange for me.
--Niko
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Kartsa wrote:
From: vdr-bounces@linuxtv.org Now about my problem. I've installed VDR and VDRAdmin using RPMs. Everything works fine but preview of channel on the page 'Watch TV' is not working. It displays nothing. I tried to find what is problem. As I understand VDRAdmin grab video as images and then shows them on the web page. I didn't see any error messages in the VDRAdmin log or VDR log. (the fragment of VDR log):
Feb 15 21:26:30 localhost vdr: [3807] connect from127.0.0.1, port 3035 - accepted Feb 15 21:26:30 localhost vdr: [3807] closing SVDRP connection So, everything seems ok but video is not displayed.
Any idea why?
Thanks in advanced.
My configuration: VDR 1.3.37 and vdradmin-0.97-1.
If I recall correctly vdradmin writes an image file to /tmp and to do that it has to have correct rights. Have you checked that.
Yes, I know it. The /tmp direcory is empty but I'm sure the image files are created but with zero size (I put debug message into vdradmin perl script).
Although I think there should be a message in log file.
\Kartsa
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