[linux-dvb] Re: Newbie: Getting a picture with Skystar2

[David Kuehling <dvdkhlng@gmx.de>]

>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Eldridge <bill@rfa.org> writes:

> <Newbie zone>

> I have a Skystar 2 installed & driver found (skystar2.o and mt312).
> scan doesn't work right, but with "szap -r ZDF" I get signal and a
> decent snr, and a ber of 0.

> When I do mplayer - < /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 I get nothing, mplayer
> just says

>     Playing - Reading from stdin...

Looks like MPlayer gets no data from the dvb device.  Try recording the
stream to harddisk:

cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 > test.mpg

If the file test.mpg doesn't fill up, something is wrong with your
setup.  Also try "mplayer dvb://ZDF" optionally with a huge -cache.

David
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