From ddef07cab834612d6470fbb4483afde40cd2d708 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Mateusz=20=C5=81ukasik?= Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 05:45:30 -0400 Subject: Import smplayer_18.2.2~ds0.orig.tar.bz2 [dgit import orig smplayer_18.2.2~ds0.orig.tar.bz2] --- Watching_TV.txt | 131 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 131 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Watching_TV.txt (limited to 'Watching_TV.txt') diff --git a/Watching_TV.txt b/Watching_TV.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c7548ff --- /dev/null +++ b/Watching_TV.txt @@ -0,0 +1,131 @@ +Since 0.6.8 it's possible to watch the TV in smplayer (dvb:// and tv://). + +This document provides some info about how to do it. + +INTRO: + +smplayer doesn't include any option to scan for channels, so mplayer must be +configured to tune to TV channels. + +That means that the following: + +mplayer dvb:// +or +mplayer tv:// + +should work (should display a TV channel). + +And the following should tune to the specified channel: + +mplayer dvb://Channel_name +or +mplayer tv://Channel_name + + +DVB: + +The support for dvb in smplayer is intented for dvb-t (terrestrial). It can +work with dvb-c and dvb-s (cable and satellite) but it hasn't been tested. + +smplayer will look for the file ~/.mplayer/channels.conf.ter (or +~/.mplayer/channels.conf if that doesn't exist), and the menus Open->TV and +Open->Radio will be populated with the channels there (the menu Open->Radio +will show the channels without video pid. Notice that for dvb-s and dvb-c the +check for audio and video pids will probably fail and all channels will end up +in the TV menu). + +If you don't have a ~/.mplayer/channels.conf you can create with scan (in +ubuntu is in the dvb-apps package): + +scan initial_file > ~/.mplayer/channels.conf + +The initial_file contains info about the frequencies that have to be scanned, +you'll find a lot in /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/ (use the one for your town). + +You can also use w_scan, which doesn't require any initial file. + + +TV: + +The support for analog TV (tv://) in smplayer is very basic (it can recognize +a tv:// stream as being a TV channel, but that's all) and configuration +has to be done manually. + +First you need some lines in your ~/.mplayer/config with the TV configuration +(driver, norms, frequencies...). Example: + +tv=driver=v4l:input=0:width=768:height=576:device=/dev/video0:audiorate=48000:n +orm=PAL:chanlist=europe-west:channels=46-TV_1,43-TV_2,50-TV_3,53-TV_4 + +For more info take a look at the mplayer manpage. + +After that you have to introduce all channels in smplayer (Open->TV->Edit). + + +THE CHANNEL EDITOR: + +The channel editor allows you to add, modify and remove TV channels. You'll +see a table with all channels. Each channel contains 3 fields: icon, name +and stream. The name will appear in the menu, the stream is what mplayer will +open to tune the channel. Examples: + +ICON NAME STREAM + CNN dvb://CNN + BBC tv://TV_1 + Webcam tv:// + +The list of TV channels is saved to ~/.config/smplayer/tv.m3u8, while the +list of radio is saved to ~/.config/smplayer/radio.m3u8. + +Note 1: by default smplayer will scan the file ~/.mplayer/channels.conf on every +startup and will add the new channels it finds there. That means that if you +delete dvb channels from the editor they will appear again in the next session +(smplayer will think they are new). To avoid that, there's an option in +Preferences->TV to disable the scanning of the channels.conf file. + +Note 2: it's possible to set an icon for each channel. The icon will be +displayed in the menus. Currently it's possible to set an icon, change it +but there's now way to remove it... (unless you edit manually the *.m3u8 files) + +Note 3: the tv and radio lists can be "misused" as favorite lists, you can +enter any other kind of media (internet streams, local files...) not only tv +channels. + + +OPTIONS FOR TV + +Some options have been added for TV: + + * there's a new section for TV in Preferences, which allows for instance to + set the default deinterlacer to be use with TV channels. + * it's possible to set a cache for TV in Preferences -> Performance -> Cache + + +REMEMBERING THE TV SETTINGS + +One nice thing: the settings of TV channels are remembered. That means that +filters, options (like zoom) and so on will be remembered when you tune that +channel again. + + +(ADVANCED) ADDITIONAL AUDIO TRACKS IN DVB CHANNELS + +You'll notice that when you tune a dvb channel only the first audio track is +available. To fix the problem you need to add manually the additional audio pids +to channels.conf. + +For instance, take a look at this line taken from ~/.mplayer/channels.conf: + +ANTENA.NEOX:858000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:501:503:141 + +Let's see the 3 last fields: +501:503:141 + +501 is the video pid, 503 is the audio pid (and 141 I think is the teletext pid) +Several audio pids can be added separated by "+". For instance: + +501:503+504:141 + +This way the 2nd audio track (504) will be available when you watch that channel +in smplayer. Notice that to be able to actually switch audio tracks in dvb +channels you need a recent version of mplayer (r29381). -- cgit v1.2.3