Watching a DVB-T stream on vlc

[zyx]

Hi,

I'm kind of new to dvb(-t) viewing and streaming and i'm running into some troubles, hopefully someone can help
First the basics: I installed my dvb-t (Pinnacle Solo 72e stick) on my Fedora box within a few minutes.
Dmesg shows the correct driver and after following these commands i have a working setup:

tzap -r -c ~/.tzap/channels.conf "Nederland 2"
mplayer /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0

But, my goal was to use VLC so i could resend the dvb-t stream down the ethernet in my house.
I figured the following command would do the trick, but unfortunately it didn't:

tzap -r -c ~/.tzap/channels.conf "Nederland 2"
vlc /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
[00000323] skins2 interface error: Cannot open display
[00000323] skins2 interface error: cannot initialize OSFactory
Remote control interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 4.1.1 from http://dvd.sf.net
libdvdnav: vm: failed to open/read the DVD
[00000332] vcd access error: could not read TOCHDR
[00000332] vcd access error: no movie tracks found
[00000332] access_file access error: cannot open file /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 (Device or resource busy)
status change: ( new input: /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 )
status change: ( audio volume: 256 )
status change: ( play state: 1 )
[00000341] access_file access error: cannot open file /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 (Device or resource busy)
[00000327] main input error: no suitable access module for `/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0'
status change: ( stop state: 0 )
[00000317] main playlist: nothing to play


I read something about dvb support in vlc so i checked my version:

[root@localhost ~]# vlc --list | grep dvb
VLC media player 0.8.6f Janus
mux_ts TS muxer (libdvbpsi)
dvbsub DVB subtitles decoder
dvbsub DVB subtitles encoder
dvb DVB input with v4l2 support

So it seems dvb support is allready compiled in, when trying to access the dvb:// i get a simial error as above.
Googling returns a lot of results, unfortunately for me without any pointers.

Can anyone direct me to a solution? Is it possible to watch my DVB-T feed using vlc?

Cheers,
Peter

[derdau]

Hi,

i am using vlc for streaming tv-channels. My command for German "ARD" is:

vlc -v -I http --program=28106 dvb: --dvb-adapter=0 --dvb-frequency=11836000 --dvb-srate=27500000 --dvb-voltage=18 --dvb-lnb-lof1=9750000 --dvb-lnb-lof2=10600000 --dvb-lnb-slof=11700000 --sout="#transcode{vcodec=WMV1,vb=350,acodec=mp3,ab=32,channels=1}:duplicate{dst=std{access=http,mux=asf,dst=:1234}}}"

Complete channel-parameter list will be available from April 30 on http://tv.fuerzw.de or http://sopcast.fuerzw.de

You can also send an email to me.

Greatings

[sozz]

Hi zyx,
I'm also working with DVB-t and I'm living in The Netherlands.

That is the command line that I use to stream one channel:

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cvlc -vvvv --programs=1101 dvb:// :dvb-adapter=0 :dvb-frequency=618000000 :dvb-bandwidth=8 :dvb-transmission=8 :dvb-guard=4 :dvb-modulation=64 :dvb-cache=512 --ts-es-id-pid --sout "#standard{mux=ts,access=udp,dst=239.255.255.255:1234,name=Nederland-1},select="program=1101"}"

I hope it will help you!

tot ziens