BTV-Externinator - Alpha release

[cfaslave]

Originally Posted by jmaver

That seemed to work!
The BTV warning about not finding the tuner is normal, right?
And I want to hide the file if my BTVLibraryService is at 50% cpu right?

Worked for me also!!!!

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by cfaslave

Worked for me also!!!!

Good!

Now I just need someone to confirm that the Firewire recordings are still working and I can eliminate the External recordings from BTV-Negociator!

[cat6man]

Originally Posted by Fonceur

As Nick was saying all along, if nothing is listening (i.e. VLC or NetPerSec?) the stream will close itself. The only exception being if the ICMP traffic is blocked by a firewall, since the HDHomeRun never hears back of any problems, it simply assumes/hopes that everything is fine.

last night cfaslave said that he finds the hdhr stream is in fact working ok by checking with netpersec....therefore hdhr is not shutting down, correct?
if there is no udp streaming, that is consistent with what fonceur is saying.

however, if the udp streaming is ok without vlc started, the issue is still why won't vlc pick it up for him?

cfaslave: is this correct? if so, i assume you have vlc turned off.
now after starting the streaming, and netpersec shows udp transmission is fine, can you manually start vlc and open the network stream? or is it just the automated sequence that fails without the 'correct' sequence?

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by cat6man

or is it just the automated sequence that fails without the 'correct' sequence?

The official answer from Nick is:

Originally Posted by Nick@Silicon dust

The recommended flow is as follows:

1) Clear old target if active.
2) Set channel.
3) Set program number.
4) Launch VLC.
5) Wait 250ms.
6) Set target.
7) Wait 250ms
8) Read target.
9) If target == "none" then goto 5.

VLC will take a few seconds to launch.
The HDHomeRun will clear the target if it receives an ICMP packet (in this case when the target is set before VLC is ready).

Could you try enabling the "VLC first" to see if it also works for you? If it does, I would hardcode it instead of leaving it as an option...

[Zogg]

That's the process I used to do a manual recording. Set the channel, set the program, set VLC to record the stream, then set the target.

On another note, is the HDHomeRun-Program tab supposed to be working? It looks like you load your scanned channel list and then associate a lineup channel with a scanned channel. I guess it isn't implemented yet?

In the meantime should I be able to do anything with the Channel(HDHR) tab or should I just wait since my cable is HRC?

Thanks, Z

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by Zogg

On another note, is the HDHomeRun-Program tab supposed to be working? It looks like you load your scanned channel list and then associate a lineup channel with a scanned channel. I guess it isn't implemented yet?

Indeed, there is nothing "under the hood" yet, I was waiting on analyzing the various channel scan files I received before implementing it.

In the meantime should I be able to do anything with the Channel(HDHR) tab or should I just wait since my cable is HRC?

Even if you are using HRC, I still think that you should be able to save a file and find out the PID's in it... Otherwise, wait a bit longer for the Program support...

[Zogg]

Fonceur wrote:
Even if you are using HRC, I still think that you should be able to save a file and find out the PID's in it...

Yes, I've done that. The filter command doesn't work for me though, tried it on a couple of channels and I'm still getting a full stream. I can do some testing with it though while I wait patiently for you to implement the new stuff.

Also, I figured out what was wrong with creating a lineup. I had a bogus unnamed lineup that was preventing me from creating a new one from Snapstream.net. Once I deleted that in the Setup Wizard I was able to create a new one that contains all my QAM channels. It's always the little things...

Regards,
Z

[jmaver]

XP SP2 with BTV 4.5

Originally Posted by cat6man

yes.....but why does my system not have the 50% cpu????????

i'm on windows xp...what operating system are you using?
what version of btv?

[cat6man]

Originally Posted by Fonceur

The official answer from Nick is:



Could you try enabling the "VLC first" to see if it also works for you? If it does, I would hardcode it instead of leaving it as an option...

i may get a chance to test tonight but i'm not sure if i'll have time before tomorrow.....what version of BTVNego are you suggesting i try?

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by cat6man

i may get a chance to test tonight but i'm not sure if i'll have time before tomorrow.....what version of BTVNego are you suggesting i try?

None, you should use the latest version of BTV-Externinator...

[Fonceur]

Version .04 (alpha) is available:

- HDHomeRun: added support for the Program filtering instead of the PID filtering.

Only one copy of each Channel is mapped, so adding the Program filter will remove it from the PID filter and vice-versa. Now time to play with the channel scan files...

[Zogg]

Playing around, I now have a runaway file that keeps growing. Rebooted the server and it started up again. Power cycled the hdhr but it kept growing. Seems like vlc is causing it but no vlc procs in task manager. How do I kill this thing?

[cat6man]

Originally Posted by Fonceur

Version .04 (alpha) is available:

- HDHomeRun: added support for the Program filtering instead of the PID filtering.

Only one copy of each Channel is mapped, so adding the Program filter will remove it from the PID filter and vice-versa. Now time to play with the channel scan files...

thanks....by the way, please do not delete the PID version....there may be issues with having more than 1 audio pid that impacts network media players and/or "hdtvtompeg2" software....i'm still investigating.

[cat6man]

i'm trying to sneak in a test with vlc first before dinner.......i set the parameter, did a save parameters, closed and reopened....but vlc first was off again........i just checked it again, hit apply..........is that correct?

where is 'vlc first' parameter saved?

edit: just started test, and it seems to be recording ok so far.....will set up more tests during dinner......looks like it works both ways for me but i want to test more extensively before committing.

[cat6man]

by the way, what is 'use the source's name'?