[vdr] Re: vdr 1.1.X and mencoder

[Bernd Juraschek <vdr@pingu.gnuu.de>]

Hi,

thanks for this quick response :-)

> > cat 0*.vdr | mencoder ... -
> So have you tried to use a named pipe ?
>
> mkfifo video.fifo
> cat 0*.vdr > video.fifo
> and on an other console
>
> mencoder video.fifo  <options>
>
> should be worth a try since mencoder seems to work

Sorry - this doesn't work - same error. Mencoder -v gives 
the following output:

----------------------------------------------------------
Reading from stdin...
Checking for YUV4MPEG2
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
ASF_check: not ASF guid!
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
Checking for NuppelVideo
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
Checking for MOV
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
Checking for VIVO
header block 1 size: 0
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
Checking for REAL
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
sync_mpeg_ps: seems to be ES/PES stream...
MPEG Stream reached EOF
ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video)
MPEG packet stats: p100: 223  p101: 212  PES: 2124  MP3: 98
sync_mpeg_ps: seems to be ES/PES stream...
MPEG Stream reached EOF
ds_fill_buffer: EOF reached (stream: video)
MPEG packet stats: p100: 197  p101: 185  PES: 2112  MP3: 112
==> Found audio stream: 0
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837f020
DEMUXER: freeing sh_audio at 0x837f9d8
============= Sorry, this file format not 
recognized/supported ===============
=== If this file is an AVI, ASF or MPEG stream, please 
contact the author! ===
----------------------------------------------------------

More -v options results in many such lines:

----------------------------------------------------------
Opps... elementary video packet found: 112
Opps... elementary video packet found: 113
Opps... elementary video packet found: 114
Opps... elementary video packet found: 115
not layer-3
Opps... PES packet found: 1E7
Opps... elementary video packet found: 116
Opps... elementary video packet found: 117
Opps... elementary video packet found: 118
Opps... elementary video packet found: 119
Opps... elementary video packet found: 11A
not layer-3
Opps... elementary video packet found: 11B
Opps... PES packet found: 1E7
Opps... elementary video packet found: 11C

----------------------------------------------------------

Old vdr files doesn't displays this Opps messages but only 
this few lines:

----------------------------------------------------------
Reading from stdin...
s->pos=0  newpos=0  new_bufpos=0  buflen=0
Checking for YUV4MPEG2
Failed: YUV4MPEG2
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
ASF_check: not ASF guid!
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
Checking for NuppelVideo
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
Checking for MOV
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
Checking for VIVO
header block 1 size: 0
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
Checking for REAL
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
DEMUXER: freeing demuxer at 0x837d3e8
==> Found video stream: 0
Detected MPEG-PES file format!
==> Found audio stream: 0
----------------------------------------------------------

May be this is a problem with the new dvb drivers needed for 
simultaneous viewing and recording with a single DVB card?

Bernd