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| Author: | tprossjr [ Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | test-mpeg2 included in myth .20 ? |
I'm trying to debug my DCT-6200 to firewire to Dragon 2.0 connection, and am finding numerous threads which recommend test-mpeg2 as the best way to find out if the STB is actually streaming the video. Is it part of the MythTv release (I believe I have the latest as of 12-01-2007)? Do I need to find the source code and compile it? |
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| Author: | bobmyth [ Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:15 pm ] |
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Yes, I posted a script to do this at one time but I was not able to find that posting. So, here you go: Code: #!/bin/sh
apt-get source libiec61883 cd libiec61883* ./configure make cd examples gcc -g -O2 -o test-mpeg2 test-mpeg2.o /usr/lib/libiec61883.so \ /usr/lib/libraw1394.so -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib install -m 0755 -o root -g root test-mpeg2 /usr/local/bin It would be test to run this using sudo or as superuser. |
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| Author: | tprossjr [ Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | test-mpeg2 |
Thanks. I got it working. No good results with my STB yet. |
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| Author: | tprossjr [ Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | test-mpeg2 works about 10% of the time. |
I'm still trying to get Comcast to give me a STB that has Firewire working reliably. I waited around for 3 hours Saturday to get another box(#3), but it was not even a 6200. If I run test-mpeg2 successfully, ( it creates a non-zero length file), I might get lucky and get a program to record from the schedule. I has worked 2 times. Another thing I have noticed is that the output file from test-mpeg2 has to be deleted if it gets too big. If I leave the file in my home directory, GWM refuses to let me log in because it can't write some file because my account has a file capacity limit. I'm the only user and I don't have enough capacity. I have to log in as root, delete the file, then I can log in as myself. Any clue how to raise my file limit? |
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| Author: | bobmyth [ Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: test-mpeg2 works about 10% of the time. |
tprossjr wrote: Another thing I have noticed is that the output file from test-mpeg2 has to be deleted if it gets too big.
I typically do these types of experiments in /myth/tmp so I have plenty of space and the system won't get upset. |
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| Author: | marc.aronson [ Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:48 am ] |
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Quote: If I run test-mpeg2 successfully, ( it creates a non-zero length file), I might get lucky and get a program to record from the schedule. I has worked 2 times.
I believe your implicit question is "Why doesn't it record anything most of the time?" There can be a lot of reasons for this -- one I can think of is if you attempt to record a channel that is either encrypted OR a show on a channel that has the copy control indicator set, your 6200 will be left in a state where it cannot record anything else until it is reset. This this thread I assume you are using something like "firewire_tester -B -n 0 -P 0 -v" to reset your firewire channel. Marc |
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