VLC, DVB and Gentoo.

elprawn · 12-19-2008, 11:23 AM

Right, I have my DVB device installed (it's under /dev/dvb/adapter0) and I have installed VLC with the DVB USE flag enabled.

When I go to File -> Open Capture Device -> DVB, there are a few fields...

Adapter - Default is 0, which I'm presuming is correct since my device is adapter0.

Transponder/multiplex frequency - ?

Transponder symbol rate in khz -?

I've tried with the default values and I get "Unable to open 'dvb://'" as an error message.

If anyone knows how the hell to use this, then I'd be deeply grateful.

Thanking you.

serafean · 12-19-2008, 01:26 PM

Hi, install linuxtv-dvb-apps, run

Code:

dvbscan -o zap /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/cz-Praha >> channels.conf

replacing cz-Praha by your location. then simply run

Code:

vlc channels.conf

Of course, you can scan the whole frequency scale, to do this, install w_scan and run :

Code:

w_scan -X >> channels.conf

(the -X is there so that channels.conf is in zap format, and not in vdr : VLC doesn't work with vdr format for me) Then you change channels in the playlist.

elprawn · 12-19-2008, 01:48 PM

Erm... I've already done all that. Probably should've said. I've got it working on Kaffeine now, anyway. Thanks for the help!

serafean · 12-19-2008, 03:36 PM

Quote:

When I go to File -> Open Capture Device -> DVB, there are a few fields...

I supposed you just opened the device and had no idea what frequencies to input. For me, opening channels.conf in vlc is enough, no need to go through the capture device section.

elprawn · 12-20-2008, 07:56 AM

I opened channels.conf and it didn't do anything.