Ubuntu Lucid - VLC 1.1.1 - no video/sound for dvbt

[sssmmmddd]

Hi all,

I have the same problem as described here:
The VideoLAN Forums • View topic - VLC 1.1.1 - no video/sound for dvbt

That is - the default VLC 1.0.6 in Ubuntu Lucid works fine - however if I install VLC 1.1.1 from PPA named vlc for Christoph Korn : Christoph Korn, there is simply no audio or video (although nothing crashes, and the LED shines on the device).

I noticed there is a /var/log/mediasrv.log - here are the entries from today, where I have both watched on 1.0.6, and then installed 1.1.1 with a problem, and then reinstalled 1.0.6 back:

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2010-08-07 06:19:40 [25437] Stopping driver system is going into suspend/standby
2010-08-07 11:55:01 [25613] Starting up Multimedia Framework (May  6 2010 17:16:41)
2010-08-07 11:55:01 [25614] Starting service processor (PID 25614)
2010-08-07 11:55:01 [25613] Detected DVB version.h
2010-08-07 11:55:01 [25613] API Version: 5.1
2010-08-07 11:55:01 [25613] Running on Linux (2.6.32-24-generic)
2010-08-07 11:55:01 [25613] Detected: AuthenticAMD
2010-08-07 11:55:01 [25613] This CPU supports: MMX and SSE
2010-08-07 11:55:01 [25613] scanning devices
2010-08-07 11:55:01 [25613] scanning for plugins
2010-08-07 11:55:01 [25613] found lib: libdrv_net.so
2010-08-07 11:55:01 [25613] found lib: libdrv_em28xx.so
2010-08-07 11:55:01 [25613] found lib: libdrv_vivi.so
2010-08-07 11:55:01 [25613] Starting up device manager
2010-08-07 11:55:01 [25613] scanning devices done
2010-08-07 11:55:01 [25613] attached devices:
2010-08-07 11:55:01 [25613] registering ID: 0
2010-08-07 11:55:02 [25613] disconnecting kernel driver
2010-08-07 11:55:03 [25613] attaching Videodecoder
2010-08-07 11:55:03 [25656] Restarting driver after system resume
2010-08-07 11:55:05 [25613] attaching DVB-T, DVB-C
2010-08-07 11:55:11 [25613] demodulator successfully attached (DVB_C)!
2010-08-07 11:55:11 [25613] requesting to attach tuner(s) now
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25613] registering: adapter0
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25613] registered virtual: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25613] registered virtual: /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25613] registered virtual: /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25613] registered virtual: /dev/video0
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25917] Starting audio processor (PID 25917)
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25613] registered virtual: /dev/radio0
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25613] registered virtual: /dev/rds0
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25613] registered virtual: /dev/vbi0
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25613] registered virtual: /dev/mediainput0
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25917] initializing audio in audio processor
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25613] Registering OSS emulation
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25932] RC: IR Event /dev/input/event7
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25613] registered virtual: /dev/dsp1
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25949] RC: IR Event /dev/input/event7
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25613]
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25613] Sundtek MediaTV Driver loaded. This driver is licensed for non-commercial use
2010-08-07 11:55:13 [25613] with Sundtek MediaTV only
2010-08-07 11:55:28 [25613] Enabling standby
2010-08-07 12:05:58 [896] Server already running...
2010-08-07 12:05:58 [898] Starting up Multimedia Framework (May  6 2010 17:16:41)
2010-08-07 12:05:59 [898] Detected DVB version.h
2010-08-07 12:05:59 [898] API Version: 5.1
2010-08-07 12:05:59 [898] Running on Linux (2.6.32-24-generic)
2010-08-07 12:05:59 [898] Detected: AuthenticAMD
2010-08-07 12:05:59 [898] This CPU supports: MMX and SSE
2010-08-07 12:05:59 [898] scanning devices
2010-08-07 12:05:59 [898] scanning for plugins
2010-08-07 12:05:59 [910] Starting service processor (PID 910)
2010-08-07 12:05:59 [898] found lib: libdrv_net.so
2010-08-07 12:05:59 [898] found lib: libdrv_em28xx.so
2010-08-07 12:05:59 [898] found lib: libdrv_vivi.so
2010-08-07 12:05:59 [898] Starting up device manager
2010-08-07 12:05:59 [898] scanning devices done
2010-08-07 12:05:59 [898] attached devices:
2010-08-07 12:05:59 [898] registering ID: 0
2010-08-07 12:05:59 [898] disconnecting kernel driver
2010-08-07 12:06:00 [898] attaching Videodecoder
2010-08-07 12:06:02 [898] attaching DVB-T, DVB-C
2010-08-07 12:06:06 [898] demodulator successfully attached (DVB_C)!
2010-08-07 12:06:06 [898] requesting to attach tuner(s) now
2010-08-07 12:06:09 [898] registering: adapter0
2010-08-07 12:06:09 [898] registered virtual: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
2010-08-07 12:06:09 [898] registered virtual: /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
2010-08-07 12:06:09 [898] registered virtual: /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
2010-08-07 12:06:09 [898] registered virtual: /dev/video0
2010-08-07 12:06:09 [898] registered virtual: /dev/radio0
2010-08-07 12:06:09 [898] registered virtual: /dev/rds0
2010-08-07 12:06:09 [898] registered virtual: /dev/vbi0
2010-08-07 12:06:09 [898] registered virtual: /dev/mediainput0
2010-08-07 12:06:09 [1661] Starting audio processor (PID 1661)
2010-08-07 12:06:09 [910] trying to load uinput module
2010-08-07 12:06:09 [1661] initializing audio in audio processor
2010-08-07 12:06:09 [910] loading uinput kernel extention succeeded, waiting for interface
2010-08-07 12:06:12 [898] Registering OSS emulation
2010-08-07 12:06:12 [898] registered virtual: /dev/dsp0
2010-08-07 12:06:12 [1712] RC: IR Event /dev/input/event7
2010-08-07 12:06:12 [898]
2010-08-07 12:06:12 [898] Sundtek MediaTV Driver loaded. This driver is licensed for non-commercial use
2010-08-07 12:06:12 [898] with Sundtek MediaTV only
2010-08-07 12:06:12 [1726] RC: IR Event /dev/input/event7
2010-08-07 12:06:27 [898] Enabling standby
2010-08-07 12:09:25 [898] SETTING DVB-C
2010-08-07 12:09:25 [898] SETTING DVB-T
2010-08-07 12:09:30 [898] Channel found (714000000)
2010-08-07 12:09:30 [898] =============
2010-08-07 12:09:30 [898] Bandwidth: 8 MHz
2010-08-07 12:09:30 [898] FFT mode: 8k
2010-08-07 12:09:30 [898] Guard Interval: 1/4th
2010-08-07 12:09:30 [898] Constellation: QAM64
2010-08-07 12:09:30 [898] Code rate: 2/3rd
2010-08-07 12:09:30 [898] Hierarchy: None
2010-08-07 12:09:30 [898] Priority: High
2010-08-07 12:09:30 [898] Mirroring: Normal
2010-08-07 12:09:57 [898] Enabling standby
2010-08-07 12:13:09 [898] SETTING DVB-T
2010-08-07 12:13:09 [898] reinitializing previous digital TV parameters
2010-08-07 12:13:11 [898] Channel found (714000000)
2010-08-07 12:13:11 [898] =============
2010-08-07 12:13:11 [898] Bandwidth: 8 MHz
2010-08-07 12:13:11 [898] FFT mode: 8k
2010-08-07 12:13:11 [898] Guard Interval: 1/4th
2010-08-07 12:13:11 [898] Constellation: QAM64
2010-08-07 12:13:11 [898] Code rate: 2/3rd
2010-08-07 12:13:11 [898] Hierarchy: None
2010-08-07 12:13:11 [898] Priority: High
2010-08-07 12:13:11 [898] Mirroring: Normal
2010-08-07 12:13:46 [898] Enabling standby
2010-08-07 12:18:23 [898] SETTING DVB-T
2010-08-07 12:18:23 [898] reinitializing previous digital TV parameters
2010-08-07 12:18:25 [898] Channel found (714000000)
2010-08-07 12:18:25 [898] =============
2010-08-07 12:18:25 [898] Bandwidth: 8 MHz
2010-08-07 12:18:25 [898] FFT mode: 8k
2010-08-07 12:18:25 [898] Guard Interval: 1/4th
2010-08-07 12:18:25 [898] Constellation: QAM64
2010-08-07 12:18:25 [898] Code rate: 2/3rd
2010-08-07 12:18:25 [898] Hierarchy: None
2010-08-07 12:18:25 [898] Priority: High
2010-08-07 12:18:25 [898] Mirroring: Normal


Well, hope this helps in identifying what actually isn't working in the new version...

EDIT: The mediaclient version I was using here is:

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$ /opt/bin/mediaclient --build
Build date: May  6 2010


Thanks in advance for any help,
Cheers!

[Sundtek]

We just tested VLC and it seems to work fine, however we used the development driver which is as it says under development and will replace the 'stable' driver as soon as all new features are set.

http://www.sundtek.de/media/sundtek_installer_development.sh

you can check the version with /opt/bin/mediaclient --build

$ /opt/bin/mediaclient --build
Build date: Aug  6 2010

This driver gets updated very frequently (eg last release is just a few days ago)

Discontinuity Errors are the outcome of a too weak signal here, and only happened until I adjusted the antenna

VLC 1.1.2:



(unfortunately there are some internet connection issues the full screenshot will be uploaded when the connection is fine again).

[sssmmmddd]

Hi Support,

Thanks for the answer, I tried the new driver - but I have exactly the same problem:

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$ /opt/bin/mediaclient --build
Build date: Aug  9 2010

$ /opt/bin/mediaclient -D DVBT
Using device: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
Setting Frontend Properties to: DVBT
Done.

$ vlc -vvvv ~/channels.conf 2>&1 | less -ovlcrep-1.1.2-bad.txt

The full VLC log in on http://slexy.org/view/s21lVZKGwV (1 month expiry), grep through errors

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[0x91af914] main services discovery error: no suitable services discovery module
[0x93299d4] dvb access debug:   forward error correction 1/2
[0x93299d4] dvb access debug:   forward error correction 2/3
[0x93299d4] dvb access debug:   forward error correction 3/4
[0x93299d4] dvb access debug:   forward error correction 5/6
[0x93299d4] dvb access debug:   forward error correction 7/8
[0x93299d4] dvb access debug:   forward error correction auto
[0x93299d4] dvb access debug: - Bit error rate: 0
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 13, expected 0) for PID 0
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 1, expected 0) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 1, expected 0) for PID 82
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 1, expected 0) for PID 17
libdvbpsi error (misc PSI): Bad CRC_32 (0xccf00a82) !!!
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 13, expected 12) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (misc PSI): Bad CRC_32 (0x673568ae) !!!
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 5, expected 4) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 1, expected 0) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 14, expected 12) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 10, expected 8) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 0, expected 14) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 6, expected 4) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 10, expected 9) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 2, expected 15) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 7, expected 6) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 14, expected 11) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 4, expected 1) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 9, expected 7) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 14, expected 13) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 12, expected 10) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 2, expected 15) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 13, expected 11) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 11, expected 8) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 6, expected 5) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 4, expected 2) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 12, expected 11) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 1, expected 0) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (misc PSI): Bad CRC_32 (0xcc0962bb) !!!
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 3, expected 1) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 7, expected 6) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 13, expected 12) for PID 0
[0x933e54c] dvb access debug:   forward error correction 1/2
[0x933e54c] dvb access debug:   forward error correction 2/3
[0x933e54c] dvb access debug:   forward error correction 3/4
[0x933e54c] dvb access debug:   forward error correction 5/6
[0x933e54c] dvb access debug:   forward error correction 7/8
[0x933e54c] dvb access debug:   forward error correction auto
[0x933e54c] dvb access debug: - Bit error rate: 0
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 3, expected 0) for PID 0
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 15, expected 0) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 7, expected 0) for PID 82
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 2, expected 0) for PID 17

/var/log/mediasrv.log from today (with reinstall of driver, and reinstall of VLC)

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2010-08-09 00:40:03 [5679] Stopping driver system is going into suspend/standby
2010-08-09 09:09:22 [5855] Starting up Multimedia Framework (May  6 2010 17:16:41)
2010-08-09 09:09:22 [5856] Starting service processor (PID 5856)
2010-08-09 09:09:22 [5855] Detected DVB version.h
2010-08-09 09:09:22 [5855] API Version: 5.1
2010-08-09 09:09:22 [5855] Running on Linux (2.6.32-24-generic)
2010-08-09 09:09:22 [5855] Detected: AuthenticAMD
2010-08-09 09:09:22 [5855] This CPU supports: MMX and SSE
2010-08-09 09:09:22 [5855] scanning devices
2010-08-09 09:09:22 [5855] scanning for plugins
2010-08-09 09:09:22 [5855] found lib: libdrv_net.so
2010-08-09 09:09:22 [5855] found lib: libdrv_em28xx.so
2010-08-09 09:09:23 [5855] found lib: libdrv_vivi.so
2010-08-09 09:09:23 [5855] Starting up device manager
2010-08-09 09:09:23 [5855] scanning devices done
2010-08-09 09:09:23 [5855] attached devices:
2010-08-09 09:09:23 [5855] registering ID: 0
2010-08-09 09:09:23 [5855] disconnecting kernel driver
2010-08-09 09:09:23 [5897] Restarting driver after system resume
2010-08-09 09:09:24 [5855] attaching Videodecoder
2010-08-09 09:09:26 [5855] attaching DVB-T, DVB-C
2010-08-09 09:09:31 [5855] demodulator successfully attached (DVB_C)!
2010-08-09 09:09:31 [5855] requesting to attach tuner(s) now
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [5855] registering: adapter0
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [5855] registered virtual: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [5855] registered virtual: /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [5855] registered virtual: /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [5855] registered virtual: /dev/video0
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [6158] Starting audio processor (PID 6158)
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [5855] registered virtual: /dev/radio0
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [6158] initializing audio in audio processor
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [5855] registered virtual: /dev/rds0
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [5855] registered virtual: /dev/vbi0
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [5855] registered virtual: /dev/mediainput0
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [5855] Registering OSS emulation
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [6174] RC: IR Event /dev/input/event7
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [5855] registered virtual: /dev/dsp1
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [5855]
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [5855] Sundtek MediaTV Driver loaded. This driver is licensed for non-commercial use
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [5855] with Sundtek MediaTV only
2010-08-09 09:09:33 [6191] RC: IR Event /dev/input/event7
2010-08-09 09:09:48 [5855] Enabling standby
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] Starting up Multimedia Framework (Aug  9 2010 13:54:21)
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] Detected DVB version.h
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] API Version: 5.1
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] Running on Linux (2.6.32-24-generic)
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] Detected: AuthenticAMD
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] This CPU supports: MMX and SSE
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] scanning devices
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] scanning for plugins
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] found lib: libdrv_net.so
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] found lib: libdrv_em28xx.so
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6468] Starting service processor (PID 6468)
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] found lib: libdrv_vivi.so
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] found lib: libdrv_loopback.so
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] unable to open file: ./dvb/libdrv_loopback.so
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] ERROR: ./dvb/libdrv_loopback.so: ELF file data encoding not little-endian
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] Starting up device manager
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] scanning devices done
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] attached devices:
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] registering ID: 0
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] disconnecting kernel driver
2010-08-09 09:27:53 [6467] attaching Videodecoder
2010-08-09 09:27:55 [6467] attaching DVB-T, DVB-C
2010-08-09 09:27:59 [6467] demodulator successfully attached (DVB_C)!
2010-08-09 09:27:59 [6467] requesting to attach tuner(s) now
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6467] registering: adapter0/0
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6467] registered virtual: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6467] registered virtual: /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6467] registered virtual: /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6467] registered virtual: /dev/video0
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6467] registered virtual: /dev/radio0
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6467] registered virtual: /dev/rds0
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6467] registered virtual: /dev/vbi0
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6467] registered virtual: /dev/mediainput0
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6467] Registering OSS emulation
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6506] RC: IR Event /dev/input/event7
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6467] registered virtual: /dev/dsp1
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6467]
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6467] Sundtek MediaTV Driver loaded. This driver is licensed for non-commercial use
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6467] with Sundtek MediaTV only
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6467] Initial devicescan done, switching detection mode
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6523] RC: IR Event /dev/input/event7
2010-08-09 09:28:01 [6467] HALd is running
2010-08-09 09:28:02 [6467] switching to analog TV
2010-08-09 09:28:03 [6467] SETTING PAL/SECAM
2010-08-09 09:28:18 [6467] Enabling standby
2010-08-09 09:28:23 [6467] Using settings for Europe
2010-08-09 09:28:23 [6467] opening in digital TV mode
2010-08-09 09:28:24 [6467] SETTING DVB-C
2010-08-09 09:28:24 [6467] SETTING DVB-T
2010-08-09 09:28:26 [6467] Setting Frequency: 714000000
2010-08-09 09:28:27 [6467] Channel found (714000000)
2010-08-09 09:28:27 [6467] =============
2010-08-09 09:28:27 [6467] Bandwidth: 8 MHz
2010-08-09 09:28:27 [6467] FFT mode: 8k
2010-08-09 09:28:27 [6467] Guard Interval: 1/4th
2010-08-09 09:28:27 [6467] Constellation: QAM64
2010-08-09 09:28:27 [6467] Code rate: 2/3rd
2010-08-09 09:28:27 [6467] Hierarchy: None
2010-08-09 09:28:27 [6467] Priority: High
2010-08-09 09:28:27 [6467] Mirroring: Normal
2010-08-09 09:28:59 [6467] Enabling standby
2010-08-09 09:33:12 [6467] SETTING DVB-T
2010-08-09 09:33:12 [6467] reinitializing previous digital TV parameters
2010-08-09 09:33:12 [6467] Setting Frequency: 714000000
2010-08-09 09:33:17 [6467] Setting Frequency: 714000000
2010-08-09 09:33:22 [6467] Channel found (714000000)
2010-08-09 09:33:23 [6467] =============
2010-08-09 09:33:23 [6467] Bandwidth: 8 MHz
2010-08-09 09:33:23 [6467] FFT mode: 8k
2010-08-09 09:33:23 [6467] Guard Interval: 1/4th
2010-08-09 09:33:23 [6467] Constellation: QAM64
2010-08-09 09:33:23 [6467] Code rate: 2/3rd
2010-08-09 09:33:23 [6467] Hierarchy: None
2010-08-09 09:33:23 [6467] Priority: High
2010-08-09 09:33:23 [6467] Mirroring: Normal
2010-08-09 09:34:01 [6467] Enabling standby
2010-08-09 09:34:45 [6467] SETTING DVB-T
2010-08-09 09:34:45 [6467] reinitializing previous digital TV parameters
2010-08-09 09:34:45 [6467] Setting Frequency: 714000000
2010-08-09 09:35:01 [6467] Enabling standby
2010-08-09 09:35:20 [6467] SETTING DVB-T
2010-08-09 09:35:20 [6467] reinitializing previous digital TV parameters
2010-08-09 09:35:20 [6467] Setting Frequency: 714000000
2010-08-09 09:35:21 [6467] Setting Frequency: 714000000
2010-08-09 09:35:21 [6467] Channel found (714000000)
2010-08-09 09:35:21 [6467] =============
2010-08-09 09:35:21 [6467] Bandwidth: 8 MHz
2010-08-09 09:35:21 [6467] FFT mode: 8k
2010-08-09 09:35:21 [6467] Guard Interval: 1/4th
2010-08-09 09:35:21 [6467] Constellation: QAM64
2010-08-09 09:35:21 [6467] Code rate: 2/3rd
2010-08-09 09:35:21 [6467] Hierarchy: None
2010-08-09 09:35:21 [6467] Priority: High
2010-08-09 09:35:21 [6467] Mirroring: Normal
2010-08-09 09:36:11 [6467] Enabling standby
2010-08-09 09:38:15 [6467] SETTING DVB-T
2010-08-09 09:38:15 [6467] reinitializing previous digital TV parameters
2010-08-09 09:38:15 [6467] Setting Frequency: 714000000
2010-08-09 09:38:15 [6467] Setting Frequency: 714000000
2010-08-09 09:38:16 [6467] Channel found (714000000)
2010-08-09 09:38:16 [6467] =============
2010-08-09 09:38:16 [6467] Bandwidth: 8 MHz
2010-08-09 09:38:16 [6467] FFT mode: 8k
2010-08-09 09:38:16 [6467] Guard Interval: 1/4th
2010-08-09 09:38:16 [6467] Constellation: QAM64
2010-08-09 09:38:16 [6467] Code rate: 2/3rd
2010-08-09 09:38:16 [6467] Hierarchy: None
2010-08-09 09:38:16 [6467] Priority: High
2010-08-09 09:38:16 [6467] Mirroring: Normal
2010-08-09 09:38:52 [6467] Setting Frequency: 714000000
2010-08-09 09:38:53 [6467] Channel found (714000000)
2010-08-09 09:38:53 [6467] =============
2010-08-09 09:38:53 [6467] Bandwidth: 8 MHz
2010-08-09 09:38:53 [6467] FFT mode: 8k
2010-08-09 09:38:53 [6467] Guard Interval: 1/4th
2010-08-09 09:38:53 [6467] Constellation: QAM64
2010-08-09 09:38:53 [6467] Code rate: 2/3rd
2010-08-09 09:38:53 [6467] Hierarchy: None
2010-08-09 09:38:53 [6467] Priority: High
2010-08-09 09:38:53 [6467] Mirroring: Normal
2010-08-09 09:39:41 [6467] Enabling standby
2010-08-09 09:40:07 [6467] SETTING DVB-T
2010-08-09 09:40:07 [6467] reinitializing previous digital TV parameters
2010-08-09 09:40:07 [6467] Setting Frequency: 714000000
2010-08-09 09:40:07 [6467] Setting Frequency: 714000000
2010-08-09 09:40:08 [6467] Channel found (714000000)
2010-08-09 09:40:08 [6467] =============
2010-08-09 09:40:08 [6467] Bandwidth: 8 MHz
2010-08-09 09:40:08 [6467] FFT mode: 8k
2010-08-09 09:40:08 [6467] Guard Interval: 1/4th
2010-08-09 09:40:08 [6467] Constellation: QAM64
2010-08-09 09:40:08 [6467] Code rate: 2/3rd
2010-08-09 09:40:08 [6467] Hierarchy: None
2010-08-09 09:40:08 [6467] Priority: High
2010-08-09 09:40:08 [6467] Mirroring: Normal
2010-08-09 09:40:40 [6467] Setting Frequency: 714000000
2010-08-09 09:40:41 [6467] Channel found (714000000)
2010-08-09 09:40:41 [6467] =============
2010-08-09 09:40:41 [6467] Bandwidth: 8 MHz
2010-08-09 09:40:41 [6467] FFT mode: 8k
2010-08-09 09:40:41 [6467] Guard Interval: 1/4th
2010-08-09 09:40:41 [6467] Constellation: QAM64
2010-08-09 09:40:41 [6467] Code rate: 2/3rd
2010-08-09 09:40:41 [6467] Hierarchy: None
2010-08-09 09:40:41 [6467] Priority: High
2010-08-09 09:40:41 [6467] Mirroring: Normal
2010-08-09 09:41:08 [6467] Enabling standby
2010-08-09 09:51:09 [6467] SETTING DVB-T
2010-08-09 09:51:09 [6467] reinitializing previous digital TV parameters
2010-08-09 09:51:09 [6467] Setting Frequency: 714000000
2010-08-09 09:51:24 [6467] Enabling standby

I have noticed that the duration in the lower right corner, never appears in the new VLC 1.1.1/1.1.2:

even if I get the title of the channel displayed in VLC...

Could it be that the driver is not at fault, and I just have an old lib stuck, maybe the one doing the dvb decoding ??!

Well, any other suggestions are welcome, and let me know if I can provide some other logs..

Thanks,
Cheers!

EDIT: Just noticed this in mediasrv.log:

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2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] unable to open file: ./dvb/libdrv_loopback.so
2010-08-09 09:27:52 [6467] ERROR: ./dvb/libdrv_loopback.so: ELF file data encoding not little-endian
This looks like the problem?

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$ find / -name libdrv_loopback.so 2>/dev/null
/opt/bin/dvb/libdrv_loopback.so

$ readelf -h /opt/bin/dvb/libdrv_loopback.so
ELF Header:
  Magic:   7f 45 4c 46 01 02 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  Class:                             ELF32
  Data:                              2's complement, big endian
  Version:                           1 (current)
  OS/ABI:                            UNIX - System V
  ABI Version:                       0
  Type:                              DYN (Shared object file)
  Machine:                           MIPS R3000
  Version:                           0x1
  Entry point address:               0xc50
  Start of program headers:          52 (bytes into file)
  Start of section headers:          50724 (bytes into file)
  Flags:                             0x70001007, noreorder, pic, cpic, o32, mips32r2
  Size of this header:               52 (bytes)
  Size of program headers:           32 (bytes)
  Number of program headers:         6
  Size of section headers:           40 (bytes)
  Number of section headers:         37
  Section header string table index: 34

Could this be the source of the problem?

[Sundtek]

the loopback error is no issue, it's something that will be available in newer driver versions.

did you try to use mplayer?

This issue seems to be a signal problem maybe previous vlc versions have been more faulty tolerant.

you can try mplayer using following command (you can use this at the same time as VLC):

cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 | mplayer -cache 10240 -

and compare the video quality

additionally you might check the signal strength:
/opt/bin/mediaclient --readsignal=0 -d /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 (it scans until you stop it with ctrl-c)


In case it works well with mplayer try to capture a video (for 30 seconds - this will take 100-200 mb).

cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 > /tmp/test.ts

afterwards try to play the video with vlc, if it doesn't work with vlc but with mplayer please upload the video so we can check if the content has some generic issues with VLC.

[sssmmmddd]

Hi Support,

Thanks for the speedy answer...

the loopback error is no issue, it's something that will be available in newer driver versions.

Thanks for the info - good to know!

did you try to use mplayer?

Nope, I didn't even have it installed - so now I just sudo apt-get install-ed it..

This issue seems to be a signal problem maybe previous vlc versions have been more faulty tolerant.

Could be, since both VLC 1.0.6 and Kaffeine 1.0-svn3 deal OK with video (but Kaffeine still cannot handle audio on my system)

you can try mplayer using following command (you can use this at the same time as VLC):

cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 | mplayer -cache 10240 -

and compare the video quality

Ok, this is interesting - after install (or after I unplug/plug the stick), I try to run the following:

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$ /opt/bin/mediaclient -D DVBTUsing device: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
Setting Frontend Properties to: DVBT
Done.

$ cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 | mplayer -cache 10240 -
MPlayer SVN-r1.0~rc3+svn20090426-4.4.3 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing -.
Reading from stdin...
Cache fill:  0.00% (0 bytes)   ^C

MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: enable_cache
Cache fill:  0.00% (0 bytes)  
Exiting... (Quit)

And it stays and "Cache fill:  0.00% (0 bytes)" all the time until I press Ctrl-C; no window (for displaying video) is raised at all...

Then, I start VLC1.0.6 on a channel which works - and I try to run mplayer "in parallel":

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$ cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 | mplayer -cache 10240 - 2>&1 | less -omplayervlc.log
While VLC is running, so does mlayer - although mplayer keeps on "jerking" the video (as in playing half a second, then pausing for less than half a second, then playing again etc.. - note though, this is not a powerful PC, and any application showing DVBT uses like 80% of CPU); although the audio seems fine.

If I then close VLC, and leave mplayer running, it will speed play through the remaining video (while audio still runs smoothly) - and as soon as it runs out of frames, the video freezes; and only thing I can do is close mplayer.

The 'mplayervlc.log' captured in such a session is here: http://slexy.org/raw/s2Hqorchp9 (1.5 MB, one month expiry)

If after that, I try to run the mplayer command line again:

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$ cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 | mplayer -cache 10240 -
MPlayer SVN-r1.0~rc3+svn20090426-4.4.3 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing -.
Reading from stdin...
Cache fill: 19.38% (2031616 bytes)  
TS file format detected.
VIDEO MPEG2(pid=2311) AUDIO MPA(pid=2021) NO SUBS (yet)!  PROGRAM N. 0
^C

MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: enable_cache


MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: video_read_properties
MPEG: FATAL: EOF while searching for sequence header.
Video: Cannot read properties.
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
ADecoder init failed :(
ADecoder init failed :(
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
Unknown/missing audio format -> no sound
ADecoder init failed :(
Requested audio codec family [mad] (afm=libmad) not available.
Enable it at compilation.
Opening audio decoder: [hwmpa] MPEG audio pass-through (fake decoder)
Cannot sync MPA frame: 0
ADecoder init failed :(
ADecoder init failed :(
Cannot find codec for audio format 0x50.
Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
Audio: no sound
Video: no video


Exiting... (End of file)

Or, in other words, it starts buffering up to 19%, and then it freezes until you press Ctrl-C (and bviously, since it started buffering, now it gives more verbose messages than when it buffered 0%). Repeated callings of this command line hereafter always result with buffering up to circa 19% though not always exact the same (another run may give 19.69%, etc).

additionally you might check the signal strength:
/opt/bin/mediaclient --readsignal=0 -d /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 (it scans until you stop it with ctrl-c)

Here's a brief log, signal seems fine:

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$ /opt/bin/mediaclient --readsignal=0 -d /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
== reading digital TV signal ==
SIGNAL: [                                                                                                    ] (0%)
SIGNAL: [                                                                                                    ] (0%)
SIGNAL: [                                                                                                    ] (0%)
SIGNAL: [                                                                                                    ] (0%)
SIGNAL: [                                                                                                    ] (0%)
SIGNAL: [.....................................................................                               ] (69%)
SIGNAL: [.....................................................................                               ] (69%)
SIGNAL: [.......................................................................                             ] (71%)
SIGNAL: [....................................................................                                ] (68%)
SIGNAL: [.....................................................................                               ] (69%)
SIGNAL: [.....................................................................                               ] (69%)
SIGNAL: [........................................................................................            ] (88%)
SIGNAL: [........................................................................................            ] (88%)
SIGNAL: [....................................................................                                ] (68%)
SIGNAL: [....................................................................                                ] (68%)
SIGNAL: [......................................................................                              ] (70%)
SIGNAL: [............................................................................................        ] (92%)
SIGNAL: [.............................................................................................       ] (93%)
SIGNAL: [.............................................................................................       ] (93%)
SIGNAL: [...........................................................................................         ] (91%)
SIGNAL: [...........................................................................................         ] (91%)
SIGNAL: [...........................................................................................         ] (91%)
SIGNAL: [............................................................................................        ] (92%)
SIGNAL: [.............................................................................................       ] (93%)
SIGNAL: [............................................................................................        ] (92%)
SIGNAL: [............................................................................................        ] (92%)
SIGNAL: [...........................................................................................         ] (91%)
SIGNAL: [...........................................................................................         ] (91%)
SIGNAL: [...........................................................................................         ] (91%)
SIGNAL: [...........................................................................................         ] (91%)
SIGNAL: [........................................................................................            ] (88%)
SIGNAL: [........................................................................................            ] (88%)
SIGNAL: [..........................................................................................          ] (90%)
SIGNAL: [..........................................................................................          ] (90%)
SIGNAL: [.........................................................................................           ] (89%)
SIGNAL: [.........................................................................................           ] (89%)
SIGNAL: [...........................................................................................         ] (91%)
SIGNAL: [...........................................................................................         ] (91%)
SIGNAL: [..........................................................................................          ] (90%)
SIGNAL: [..........................................................................................          ] (90%)
SIGNAL: [..........................................................................................          ] (90%)
SIGNAL: [..........................................................................................          ] (90%)
SIGNAL: [........................................................................................            ] (88%)
SIGNAL: [........................................................................................            ] (88%)
SIGNAL: [.......................................................................................             ] (87%)
SIGNAL: [.......................................................................................             ] (87%)
SIGNAL: [.......................................................................................             ] (87%)
SIGNAL: [........................................................................................            ] (88%)
SIGNAL: [........................................................................................            ] (88%)
SIGNAL: [.......................................................................................             ] (87%)


In case it works well with mplayer try to capture a video (for 30 seconds - this will take 100-200 mb).

cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 > /tmp/test.ts

afterwards try to play the video with vlc, if it doesn't work with vlc but with mplayer please upload the video so we can check if the content has some generic issues with VLC.

Hm... The thing is mplayer will only show any kind of video if VLC 1.0.6 is running along; so I'm not sure whether that could be called 'works well'... However, I tried the above command while VLC 1.0.6 is running, and the resulting test.ts opens very well and plays back in VLC 1.0.6 (in spite of a couple of discontinuity errors)... Though I haven't tested that .ts file yet with VLC > 1.1.1...


Well, I hope this sheds some light on the subject - else please let me know what else I should try...

Cheers!


EDIT - just tried to play the test.ts on a VLC 1.1.1 on a different Ubuntu Lucid machine, and it won't play! So, I uploaded it here
http://www.mediafire.com/?qbfqy4h8qpcrlpx
(http://download566.mediafire.com/0a4l9ir8lz7g/qbfqy4h8qpcrlpx/test.ts)

Hope it will help..

Cheers!

[Sundtek]

ok this sounds like a VLC (maybe ffmpeg) issue then and has nothing to do with the driver.

I looked at the stream and it's an MPEG-4 stream (mpeg-4 is not fully mainstream yet - so we don't wonder that there are some issues at this time since people are still working on it).

If you can capture one more sample (50-100 MB) we can host them on our server so opensource developers can download them quickly.

VLC 1.1.2 (64 Bit) works fine with this video, while mplayer does not.

In order to watch TV we advice to stick with the working VLC version for now, we'll also do some tests with 32bit VLC and put together a summary within the next days. It's mainly a video codec problem.

[Sundtek]

ok, please see:
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=79946#p267085

VLC 1.1.1 was very buggy with mpeg-ts

[sssmmmddd]

Hi Support,

Thanks again for the response!

ok this sounds like a VLC (maybe ffmpeg) issue then and has nothing to do with the driver.

Yup - good to have confirmed that...

I looked at the stream and it's an MPEG-4 stream (mpeg-4 is not fully mainstream yet - so we don't wonder that there are some issues at this time since people are still working on it).

If you can capture one more sample (50-100 MB) we can host them on our server so opensource developers can download them quickly.

Also, had no idea that mpeg-4 is still being worked on; good to know that - another piece (different channel and resolution) is here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sr4heopxx4fsv7r
(http://download155.mediafire.com/3q4ade1kb4jg/sr4heopxx4fsv7r/test2.ts)

ok, please see:
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=79946#p267085

VLC 1.1.1 was very buggy with mpeg-ts

VLC 1.1.2 (64 Bit) works fine with this video, while mplayer does not.

In order to watch TV we advice to stick with the working VLC version for now, we'll also do some tests with 32bit VLC and put together a summary within the next days. It's mainly a video codec problem.

Well, at least its great to finally know the problem is in 'mpeg-ts' and in VLC Yup, I'll keep using the old version, as also 1.1.2 has the same problem - and if I get some time, I may try to build the command line VLC from latest git source (which should be around 1.2.0) and see if that has a problem too..

In any case - thanks for the great help !!

Cheers!

[Sundtek]

For MPlayer we have this report now:
http://www.pubbs.net/201008/mplayer/14086-mplayer-users-qualtiy-issues-with-mpeg-4-danish-dvb-t-clip.html

VLC we still need to check on 32 Bit.