Using a channels.conf as playlist

[thenktor]

Hi,
I'm using vlc 1.0.0-rc4 and I'm trying to get DVB-S to work. So far I could get a scrambled video output of a channel by manually tweaking the parameters. Next step was using a channels.conf as playlist. At first I've tried one of my VDR and after that I've created a new one with "scan".
But with both channels.conf files the same problem: The channels don't appear as playlist entry, the only playlist entry is channels.conf:


What's wrong? Needless to say that I can't view any channels this way

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

dvb://channels.conf

[thenktor]

dvb://channels.conf

Already tried this:

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[0x854c150] dvb access error: unknown option (channels.conf) [0x85357f8] main input error: open of `dvb://channels.conf' failed: (null)

[The DJ]

@j-b I thought channels.conf was just another playlist file. It does not require the dvb:// access module as far as I know.

@thenktor Anyways, if you can list the debug of the playlist module, when you drop this file in your playlist, or when you can share your channels.conf, we might be able to assist further.

[thenktor]

Of course...
My VDR channels.conf looks like this:

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Das Erste;ARD:11836:hC34:S19.2E:27500:101:102=deu,103=2ch;106=dd:104:0:28106:1:1101:0 ZDF;ZDFvision:11953:hC34:S19.2E:27500:110:120=deu,121=2ch;125=deu:130:0:28006:1:1079:0 Bayerisches FS Nord;ARD:11837:hC34:S19.2E:27500:201:202=deu,203=2ch;206=dd:204:0:28110:1:1101:0 SAT.1;ProSiebenSat.1:12544:hC56:S19.2E:22000:255:256=deu;259=deu:32:0:17500:1:1107:0 RTL Television,RTL;RTL World:12187:hC34:S19.2E:27500:163:104=deu;106=deu:105:0:12003:1:1089:0

The channels.conf produced by scan looks like this:

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ASTRA SDT:12551:v:0:22000:0:0:12 LUXE.TV SD:12551:v:0:22000:98:4451:3992 RTL Tele Letzebuerg:12551:v:0:22000:168:144:3994 Astra Vision:12551:v:0:22000:168:144:3997 QVC Deutschland:12551:v:0:22000:165:166:12100

Output of command line (sorry, it's long):

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thorsten[Desktop]$ vlc -vvv channels.conf VLC media player 1.0.0-rc4 Goldeneye [0x9ac3218] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 1.0.0-rc4 Goldeneye - (c) 1996-2009 the VideoLAN team [0x9ac3218] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure '--prefix=/usr' '--enable-shared' '--disable-static' '--disable-hal' '--disable-mtp' '--disable-dbus-control' '--enable-release' '--enable-notify' '--disable-lua' '--disable-httpd' '--disable-vlm' '--enable-audioscrobbler' '--enable-taglib' '--enable-live555' '--with-live555-tree=/home/root/zenbuilds/vlc/src/live' '--disable-dvdread' '--enable-dvdnav' '--enable-dvbpsi' '--enable-v4l2' '--disable-gnomevfs' '--enable-libcdio' '--enable-cddax' '--enable-libcddb' '--disable-vcdx' '--enable-cdda' '--enable-vcd' '--enable-dvb' '--disable-screen' '--enable-ogg' '--enable-mkv' '--enable-mod' '--enable-mpc' '--enable-mad' '--enable-avcodec' '--enable-avformat' '--enable-swscale' '--enable-postproc' '--enable-faad' '--disable-twolame' '--enable-real' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-libsysfs' '--enable-libtar' '--enable-a52' '--disable-dca' '--enable-flac' '--enable-libmpeg2' '--enable-vorbis' '--disable-tremor' '--enable-speex' '--disable-tarkin' '--enable-theora' '--enable-dirac' '--enable-schroedinger' '--enable-png' '--enable-x264' '--disable-fluidsynth' '--disable-zvbi' '--disable-telx' '--disable-csri' '--disable-libass' '--disable-asademux' '--disable-cmml' '--disable-kate' '--disable-tiger' '--enable-x11' '--enable-xvideo' '--enable-glx' '--enable-xvmc' '--enable-xinerama' '--enable-xcb' '--enable-opengl' '--enable-sdl' '--enable-sdl-image' '--enable-freetype' '--enable-fribidi' '--enable-fontconfig' '--enable-libxml2' '--disable-svg' '--enable-snapshot' '--disable-fb' '--disable-mga' '--disable-omapfb' '--disable-svgalib' '--disable-directfb' '--disable-ggi' '--disable-caca' '--disable-oss' '--disable-pulse' '--disable-portaudio' '--enable-alsa' '--disable-waveout' '--disable-macosx-audio' '--disable-hd1000a' '--disable-jack' '--disable-cyberlink' '--disable-upnp' '--enable-skins2' '--disable-pda' '--disable-maemo' '--enable-qt4' '--disable-ncurses' '--disable-fbosd' '--enable-visual' '--disable-galaktos' '--disable-goom' '--disable-atmo' '--enable-bonjour' '--disable-lirc' '--enable-libgcrypt' '--enable-gnutls' '--disable-remoteosd' '--disable-update-check' '--enable-loader' '--enable-vlc' '--disable-mozilla' '--disable-testsuite' '--with-tuning=i686' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686' 'CXXFLAGS=-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686' 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig' [0x9ac3218] main libvlc debug: translation test: code is "de" [0x9ac3218] main libvlc debug: checking plugin modules [0x9ac3218] main libvlc debug: loading plugins cache file /home/thorsten/.cache/vlc/plugins-04041e.dat [0x9ac3218] main libvlc debug: recursively browsing `/usr/lib/vlc' [0x9ac3218] main libvlc debug: module bank initialized (364 modules) [0x9ac3218] main libvlc debug: opening config file (/home/thorsten/.config/vlc/vlcrc) [0x9ac3218] main libvlc debug: CPU has capabilities 486 586 MMX 3DNow! MMXEXT SSE SSE2 FPU [0x9ac3218] main libvlc debug: looking for memcpy module: 4 candidates [0x9ac3218] main libvlc debug: using memcpy module "memcpymmxext" [0x9b66e08] main input debug: Creating an input for 'Medienbibliothek' [0x9b66e08] main input debug: Input is a meta file: disabling unneeded options [0x9b66e08] main input debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MBytes [0x9b66e08] main input debug: using timeshift path '/tmp' [0x9b66e08] main input debug: `file/xspf-open:///home/thorsten/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf' gives access `file' demux `xspf-open' path `/home/thorsten/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf' [0x9b66e08] main input debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='xspf-open' path='/home/thorsten/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf' [0x9b783f8] main demux debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate [0x9b783f8] main demux warning: no access_demux module matching "file" could be loaded [0x9b783f8] main demux debug: TIMER module_need() : 1,383 ms - Total 1,383 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1,383 ms) [0x9b66e08] main input debug: creating access 'file' path='/home/thorsten/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf' [0x9b7a408] main access debug: looking for access module: 3 candidates [0x9b7a408] access_file access debug: opening file `/home/thorsten/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf' [0x9b7a408] main access debug: using access module "access_file" [0x9b7a408] main access debug: TIMER module_need() : 1,234 ms - Total 1,234 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1,234 ms) [0x9b7ae60] main stream debug: Using AStream*Stream [0x9b7ae60] main stream debug: pre buffering [0x9b7ae60] main stream debug: received first data after 7 ms [0x9b7ae60] main stream debug: pre-buffering done 299 bytes in 0s - 36 kbytes/s [0x9b7b598] main stream debug: looking for stream_filter module: 4 candidates [0x9b7b598] main stream debug: TIMER module_need() : 1,386 ms - Total 1,386 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1,386 ms) [0x9b7b598] main stream debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate [0x9b7b598] main stream debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record" [0x9b7b598] main stream debug: TIMER module_need() : 0,340 ms - Total 0,340 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0,340 ms) [0x9b66e08] main input debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='xspf-open' path='/home/thorsten/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf' [0x9b7ddc8] main demux debug: looking for demux module: 1 candidate [0x9b7ddc8] playlist demux debug: using XSPF playlist reader [0x9b7ddc8] main demux debug: using demux module "playlist" [0x9b7ddc8] main demux debug: TIMER module_need() : 0,690 ms - Total 0,690 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0,690 ms) [0x9b66e08] main input debug: `file/xspf-open:///home/thorsten/.local/share/vlc/ml.xspf' successfully opened [0x9b7f860] main xml debug: looking for xml module: 2 candidates [0x9b7f860] main xml debug: using xml module "xml" [0x9b7f860] main xml debug: TIMER module_need() : 1,270 ms - Total 1,270 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1,270 ms) [0x9b7ddc8] playlist demux debug: parsed 0 tracks successfully [0x9b7f860] main xml debug: removing module "xml" [0x9b66e08] main input debug: EOF reached [0x9b7ddc8] main demux debug: removing module "playlist" [0x9b7b598] main stream debug: removing module "stream_filter_record" [0x9b7a408] main access debug: removing module "access_file" [0x9b66e08] main input debug: TIMER input launching for 'Medienbibliothek' : 21,323 ms - Total 21,323 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 21,323 ms) [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: rebuilding array of current - root Wiedergabeliste [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: rebuild done - 0 items, index -1 [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: Activated [0x9b7f860] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate [0x9b7f860] main interface debug: using interface module "hotkeys" [0x9b7f860] main interface debug: TIMER module_need() : 1,277 ms - Total 1,277 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1,277 ms) [0x9b7f860] main interface debug: thread started [0x9b7f860] main interface debug: thread (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:158) [0x9b7e4d8] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate [0x9b7e4d8] main interface debug: using interface module "inhibit" [0x9b7e4d8] main interface debug: TIMER module_need() : 8,095 ms - Total 8,095 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 8,095 ms) [0x9b7e4d8] main interface debug: thread started [0x9b7e4d8] main interface debug: thread (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:158) [0x9b7b178] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate [0x9b7b178] main interface debug: using interface module "screensaver" [0x9b7b178] main interface debug: TIMER module_need() : 1,715 ms - Total 1,715 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1,715 ms) [0x9b7b178] main interface debug: thread started [0x9b7b178] main interface debug: thread (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:158) [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: adding item `channels.conf' ( channels.conf ) [0x9ac33f0] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate [0x9ac33f0] main interface debug: using interface module "signals" [0x9ac33f0] main interface debug: TIMER module_need() : 2,104 ms - Total 2,104 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2,104 ms) [0x9ac33f0] main interface debug: thread started [0x9ac33f0] main interface debug: thread ended [0x9ac33f0] main interface debug: thread (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:158) [0x9b75780] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 1 candidate [0x9b75780] main interface debug: using interface module "globalhotkeys" [0x9b75780] main interface debug: TIMER module_need() : 20,851 ms - Total 20,851 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 20,851 ms) [0x9b75780] main interface debug: thread started [0x9b75780] main interface debug: thread ended [0x9b75780] main interface debug: thread (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:158) [0x9ac3218] main libvlc: vlc wird mit dem Standard-Interface ausgeführt. Benutzen Sie 'cvlc', um vlc ohne Interface zu verwenden. [0x9b83460] main interface debug: looking for interface module: 3 candidates [0x9b83460] main interface debug: using interface module "qt4" [0x9b83460] main interface debug: TIMER module_need() : 448,212 ms - Total 448,212 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 448,212 ms) [0x9b83460] main interface debug: thread started [0x9b83460] main interface debug: thread ended [0x9b83460] qt4 interface debug: Error while initializing qt-specific localization [0x9b83460] main interface debug: thread (interface) created at priority 0 (interface/interface.c:158) [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: rebuilding array of current - root Wiedergabeliste [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1 [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: processing request item null node Wiedergabeliste skip 0 [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: starting new item [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: creating new input thread [0x9d90638] main input debug: Creating an input for 'channels.conf' [0x9d90638] main input debug: thread (input) created at priority 10 (input/input.c:230) [0x9d90638] main input debug: thread started [0x9d90638] main input debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MBytes [0x9d90638] main input debug: using timeshift path '/tmp' [0x9d90638] main input debug: `channels.conf' gives access `' demux `' path `channels.conf' [0x9d90638] main input debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='channels.conf' [0x9d90888] main demux debug: looking for access_demux module: 5 candidates [0x9d90888] main demux debug: TIMER module_need() : 11,265 ms - Total 11,265 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 11,265 ms) [0x9d90638] main input debug: creating access '' path='channels.conf' [0x9d794d0] main access debug: looking for access module: 7 candidates [0x9d794d0] vcd access debug: trying .cue file: channels.cue [0x9d794d0] vcd access debug: could not find .cue file [0x9d794d0] access_file access debug: opening file `channels.conf' [0x9d794d0] main access debug: using access module "access_file" [0x9d794d0] main access debug: TIMER module_need() : 4,370 ms - Total 4,370 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 4,370 ms) [0x9d7cf30] main stream debug: Using AStream*Stream [0x9d7cf30] main stream debug: pre buffering [0x9d7cf30] main stream debug: received first data after 0 ms [0x9d7cf30] main stream debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 7246 kbytes/s [0x9d7cff8] main stream debug: looking for stream_filter module: 4 candidates [0x9d7cff8] main stream debug: TIMER module_need() : 0,340 ms - Total 0,340 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0,340 ms) [0x9d7cff8] main stream debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate [0x9d7cff8] main stream debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record" [0x9d7cff8] main stream debug: TIMER module_need() : 0,388 ms - Total 0,388 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0,388 ms) [0x9d90638] main input debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='channels.conf' [0x9d7d8f0] main demux debug: looking for demux module: 48 candidates [0x9d7d8f0] avformat demux debug: couldn't guess format [0x9d7d8f0] ps demux warning: this does not look like an MPEG PS stream, continuing anyway [0x9d7d8f0] main demux debug: using demux module "ps" [0x9d7d8f0] main demux debug: TIMER module_need() : 165,354 ms - Total 165,354 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 165,354 ms) [0x9d90638] main input debug: looking for a subtitle file in /home/thorsten/Desktop/ [0x9d90638] main input debug: `channels.conf' successfully opened [0x9d7d8f0] ps demux warning: garbage at input, trying to resync... [0x9d90638] main input debug: EOF reached [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: finished input [0x9d7d8f0] main demux debug: removing module "ps" [0x9d7cff8] main stream debug: removing module "stream_filter_record" [0x9d794d0] main access debug: removing module "access_file" [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: dead input [0x9d90638] main input debug: thread ended [0x9d90638] main input debug: TIMER input launching for 'channels.conf' : 229,349 ms - Total 229,349 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 229,349 ms) [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1) [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: nothing to play [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: processing request item channels.conf node Wiedergabeliste skip 0 [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: resyncing on channels.conf [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: channels.conf is at 0 [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: starting new item [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: creating new input thread [0x9e4b830] main input debug: Creating an input for 'channels.conf' [0x9e4b830] main input debug: thread (input) created at priority 10 (input/input.c:230) [0x9e4b830] main input debug: thread started [0x9b83460] qt4 interface debug: IM: Setting an input [0x9b83460] qt4 interface debug: Updating the geometry [0x9b83460] qt4 interface debug: Updating the geometry [0x9e4b830] main input debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MBytes [0x9e4b830] main input debug: using timeshift path '/tmp' [0x9e4b830] main input debug: `channels.conf' gives access `' demux `' path `channels.conf' [0x9e4b830] main input debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='channels.conf' [0xb75117d8] main demux debug: looking for access_demux module: 5 candidates [0xb75117d8] main demux debug: TIMER module_need() : 0,334 ms - Total 0,334 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0,334 ms) [0x9e4b830] main input debug: creating access '' path='channels.conf' [0x9e65df8] main access debug: looking for access module: 7 candidates [0x9e65df8] vcd access debug: trying .cue file: channels.cue [0x9e65df8] vcd access debug: could not find .cue file [0x9e65df8] access_file access debug: opening file `channels.conf' [0x9e65df8] main access debug: using access module "access_file" [0x9e65df8] main access debug: TIMER module_need() : 1,080 ms - Total 1,080 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1,080 ms) [0x9e661c0] main stream debug: Using AStream*Stream [0x9e661c0] main stream debug: pre buffering [0x9e661c0] main stream debug: received first data after 0 ms [0x9e661c0] main stream debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 6211 kbytes/s [0x9e65370] main stream debug: looking for stream_filter module: 4 candidates [0x9e65370] main stream debug: TIMER module_need() : 0,288 ms - Total 0,288 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0,288 ms) [0x9e65370] main stream debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate [0x9e65370] main stream debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record" [0x9e65370] main stream debug: TIMER module_need() : 0,342 ms - Total 0,342 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0,342 ms) [0x9e4b830] main input debug: creating demux: access='' demux='' path='channels.conf' [0x9e65438] main demux debug: looking for demux module: 48 candidates [0x9e65438] avformat demux debug: couldn't guess format [0x9e65438] ps demux warning: this does not look like an MPEG PS stream, continuing anyway [0x9e65438] main demux debug: using demux module "ps" [0x9e65438] main demux debug: TIMER module_need() : 1,886 ms - Total 1,886 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1,886 ms) [0x9e4b830] main input debug: looking for a subtitle file in /home/thorsten/Desktop/ [0x9e4b830] main input debug: `channels.conf' successfully opened [0x9e65438] ps demux warning: garbage at input, trying to resync... [0x9b83460] qt4 interface debug: New caching: 0 [0x9b83460] qt4 interface debug: New caching: 0 [0x9e4b830] main input debug: EOF reached [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: finished input [0x9e65438] main demux debug: removing module "ps" [0x9e65370] main stream debug: removing module "stream_filter_record" [0x9e65df8] main access debug: removing module "access_file" [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: dead input [0x9e4b830] main input debug: thread ended [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1) [0x9b67438] main playlist debug: nothing to play [0x9b83460] qt4 interface debug: IM: Deleting the input [0x9b83460] qt4 interface debug: Updating the geometry [0x9b83460] qt4 interface debug: Updating the geometry [0x9e4b830] main input debug: TIMER input launching for 'channels.conf' : 15,818 ms - Total 15,818 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 15,818 ms)

But perhaps I've done some wrong bild options? Sorry it's long again:

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./configure --prefix=/usr \ --enable-shared \ --disable-static \ --disable-hal \ --disable-mtp \ --disable-dbus-control \ --enable-release \ --enable-notify \ --disable-lua \ --disable-httpd \ --disable-vlm \ --enable-taglib \ --enable-audioscrobbler \ --enable-taglib \ --enable-live555 \ --with-live555-tree=$startdir/src/live \ --disable-dvdread \ --enable-dvdnav \ --enable-dvbpsi \ --enable-v4l2 \ --enable-pvr \ --disable-gnomevfs \ --enable-libcdio \ --enable-cddax \ --enable-libcddb \ --disable-vcdx \ --enable-cdda \ --enable-vcd \ --enable-dvb \ --disable-screen \ --enable-ogg \ --enable-mkv \ --enable-mod \ --enable-mpc \ --enable-mad \ --enable-avcodec \ --enable-avformat \ --enable-swscale \ --enable-postproc \ --enable-faad \ --disable-twolame \ --enable-real \ --enable-realrtsp \ --enable-libsysfs \ --enable-libtar \ --enable-a52 \ --disable-dca \ --enable-flac \ --enable-libmpeg2 \ --enable-vorbis \ --disable-tremor \ --enable-speex \ --disable-tarkin \ --enable-theora \ --enable-dirac \ --enable-schroedinger \ --enable-png \ --enable-x264 \ --disable-fluidsynth \ --disable-zvbi \ --disable-telx \ --disable-csri \ --disable-libass \ --disable-asademux \ --disable-cmml \ --disable-kate \ --disable-tiger \ --enable-x11 \ --enable-xvideo \ --enable-glx \ --enable-xvmc \ --enable-xinerama \ --enable-xcb \ --enable-opengl \ --enable-sdl \ --enable-sdl-image \ --enable-freetype \ --enable-fribidi \ --enable-fontconfig \ --enable-libxml2 \ --disable-svg \ --enable-snapshot \ --disable-fb \ --disable-mga \ --disable-omapfb \ --disable-svgalib \ --disable-directfb \ --disable-ggi \ --disable-caca \ --disable-oss \ --disable-pulse \ --disable-portaudio \ --enable-alsa \ --disable-waveout \ --disable-macosx-audio \ --disable-hd1000a \ --disable-jack \ --disable-cyberlink \ --disable-upnp \ --enable-skins2 \ --disable-pda \ --disable-maemo \ --enable-qt4 \ --disable-ncurses \ --disable-fbosd \ --enable-visual \ --disable-galaktos \ --disable-goom \ --disable-atmo \ --enable-bonjour \ --disable-lirc \ --enable-libgcrypt \ --enable-gnutls \ --disable-remoteosd \ --disable-update-check \ --enable-loader \ --enable-vlc \ --disable-mozilla \ --disable-testsuite \ --with-tuning=i686 || return 1