[linux-dvb] Re: Skystar II / general confusion

[Niklas Peinecke <n.peinecke@web.de>]

tom wa wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to get a Skystar II card working but seem to be missing the final step.
> Following a slightly lazy route, I built the modules from a stock 2.6.5 kernel and then created dev entries with a script from linuxtv.
>
> Loading modules seems to work fine and I can even tune with szap:
> zapping to 'Eurosport':
> sat 0, frequency = 11954 MHz H, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x019a, apid = 0x01a4
> using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
> status 1f | signal ac72 | snr 9d74 | ber 0000fff0 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
>
> So I'm assuming all is good to this point, except that I cannot actually view the video :-P
> I've only tried mplayer which seems to complain that it is getting no data. Indeed cat'ing /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 does nothing.
>
> Have I missed anything?
>
> Thanks
> Tom.
Hi Tom,

from the szap README:


By default the MPEG stream is routed to a hardware decoder. If you want to
record the stream to disk you will route it to the DVR device by using the
'-r' option:

$ ./tzap -c channels-conf/dvb-t/de-Berlin phoenix -r
[keep it running in one console]

Then you can view via mplayer /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0

Niklas