Re: [opensuse] Kaffeine on 11.3 fails to produce audio

On 27/07/10 23:24, Peter Nikolic wrote:
On Tuesday 27 Jul 2010 12:53:55 Basil Chupin wrote:
On 27/07/10 17:12, Peter Nikolic wrote:
On Tuesday 27 Jul 2010 00:52:17 Rodney Baker wrote:
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:30:31 Basil Chupin wrote:
On 07/07/10 19:37, peter nikolic wrote:
Well this does not bode at all well

Kaffeine fails very miserably on the first hurdle try to view TV and
i get a quick click of sound no video and a report of kaffeine xbu
segmentation fault this is not good at all for what is supposed to be
the best around in fact it sucks .
There is nothing spectacular about kaffeine, Peter, except that it can
record a program. (I've been waiting for a fix to be implemented for
around 12 months now after the maintainer said he found the reason for
the problem I reported :-( .)

I use xine which I find far superior to kaffeine - except that it
cannot do recordings.

To use xine install xine-ui. Configure xine - if you need some info or
even my control file then simply ask and I'll send you my copy which
you can then alter to suit your system.

Also, to watch TV you will need to create a channels.conf file for it
and the bestest way of doing this is to install w-scan; then run
"w_scan -c<yy> -X> channels.conf" [1] where<yy> is your country's
code (like AU is for me) and it will generate the conf file for where
you live; copy this conf file to the ~/.xine directory and away you go
with your TV. (BTW, the line command I just gave applies for a
terrestrial system - and you will need to change the "-c" to configure
for for cable or satellite - read the README for w-scan.)

[1] note the difference between the "-" and the underscore "_" in
"w-scan" and "w_scan". Also note my use of">" and not the">>" used in
the README.

BC
Basil,
Where did you get w_scan from? I can't find it in any of the repo's that
I have configured (which include packman and vlc) - running
11.2/KDE4.4.93.

Thanks,
Rodney.
Yes Hi again Basil .

i have to admit i had forgotten about w-scan althou xine does scan ok a
bit slow and clunky and makes a bit of a mess it works BUT VLC also
works and does a nice job of the tv display
I'm buggered if I can figure out on how to get vlc to recognise the TV
channels on the DVB-T card :-( . And I cannot find the appopriate
documentation which would show me how to do this - most of the dox
appear to be in the "yet to do" category :-( . Perhaps something in the
mail list of the forum for videolan but as xine is working most
satisfactorily for me I haven't bothered to go tearing my hair out
trying to get vlc to do TV.

Right then here is what i do to get VLC to show TV

Open VLC> Media> open capture device

New window opens

then the box where it says video for Linux 2 click on that pick DVB you
will then see just below that the DVB adaptor pick DVB s t or c to suit
your card mine is t terristial then at the bottom of the window you will see
a button Play click that it will then clear off a new small window will open
and show the scan progress .

Been there, done that...and this is where the wheels fall off :-( . The scan progresses but no stations are selected! :-( . Zilch. Nothing. :-(

Something is missing but I don't know what.

If I could get the darn thing to actually find the stations during the scan I would be a happy-chappy. kaffeine will do it without any problems; xine will do it with the help of either dvb-utils or w-scan - but not vlc :-( .

BC


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