[mythtv-users] Still trying to get Ceton InfiniTV working
Yippee Three-eight
yp_38 at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 2 20:34:14 UTC 2014
I've got a Ceton InfiniTV 4 PCIe installed in my Backend system (OpenSUSE 13.1 - x86_64). It seems to be working fine because I can play live TV using mplayer. However, I cannot get live TV to work in MythTV. I'm running MythTV 0.27. When I try to tune a channel, I get,
"You should have received a channel lock by now. You can continue to wair for a signal, or you can change the channel with Up or Down, change video source (Y), inputs (C ), etc."
When I hit <Enter>, I get the channel info box and it says,
"Two Wheel Insanitiy: Isle of Man TT
“Isle of Man TT Racing” Signal 100% | (TL__) Partial Lock"
Obviously, the first line, and first half of second line are the show information. The second half of the second line is the part I can't solve. I've googled (A LOT!) and haven't found anything that's helped me. Most of the results of searches are for older versions of MythTV, and as such do not require RTP streaming from the InfiniTV, or the OP can't even get mplayer to work. Once they get mplayer to work, MythTV works. I'm in between.
I have no idea where to go from here. I've posted here before and not gotten any response, posted on the MythTalk forums without response, posted on TheGreenButton forums without response, and e-mailed Ceton withot response (not a surprise). I don't know where else to find help.
Additional information....
In the Ceton web interface I can start streaming on any channel. Here is the info it gives me on that web interface for Tuner 0:
On the Status tab:
WMDRM Pairing: Red
Carrier Lock: 1
Digital Lock: 1
Signal Level: 2.8 dBmV
Playback: Playing
Program Number: 210
PIDs: 1FFC, 1C50, 80, 90, 0, 1C51, 1C5D, 1C52, 1C53, 1C54
CableCARD: Inserted
Channel: 210
Descrambling Status: Unknown
Copy Protection: Copy Control Information: "Copy Free" (00)
On the Tuner tab:
Frequency: 111000
Modulation: QAM256
Program Number: 210
Carrier Lock: 1
Digital Lock: 1
Signal Level: 2.6dBmV
Signal To Noise Level: 35.4 dB
Temperature: 42.8 C
Last Resolve: Unknown
Streaming Setup: Destination IP: 192.168.200.2
Destination Port: 8000
Protocal: RTP
State: Started
When I try to use the python client to stream video, it just hangs at:
> python client.py -i 192.168.200.2 -t 0 -c 210
1401737846.825501 client.py:136 Initializing
I did get the streaming from the client to work once. At least it looked like it worked because it didn't hang at "initializing". However, I was unable to view the stream. I have been unable to duplicate getting the client to work.
Starting streaming on the Ceton web interface, then trying to view the stream in VLC produces no results whatsoever. I don't get an error, but it doesn't do anything. I also tried to read the stream via mplayer, and this is what I got,
> mplayer rtp://192.168.200.2:8000
MPlayer -4.8 (C) 2000-2014 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 rtp://192.168.200.2:8000.
STREAM_RTP, URL: rtp://192.168.200.2:8000
Timeout! No data from host 192.168.200.2
rtp_streaming_start failed
No stream found to handle url rtp://192.168.200.2:8000
Exiting... (End of file)
Based on that, it looks like my InfiniTV card is not streaming at all. However, I have no idea why.
I'm looking for any help that anybody can give me. If you've got a Ceton InfiniTV card that is working on 0.27 I would love if you could compare your tuner information from the web interface to mine and tell me if anything looks different. Or, tell me what you did to get yours working. If anybody else can tell me what the (TL__) code on the Partial Lock message means, that would give me somewhere to start. Any help would be appreciated.
I'm about at the end of my rope here. I don't know where else to find assistance, and I really, really don't want to have to buy a copy of Windows to run my MythTV backend.
Mike B
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