Comment 10 for bug 160447

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Michael Lamothe (lamothe-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: [Bug 160447] Re: problems with Australian (Sydney) HD channels

Same problem in Canberra on my setup. Haven't tested whether totem is
any better, had to get off the TV but I can confirm that there are
issues. Looking into the code now.

On 07/11/2007, Daniel Newman <email address hidden> wrote:
> on 07/11/07 15:52 Michael Lamothe said the following:
> > So, we've got your video problem sorted out, right? Now just the
> > audio. Why wouldn't ALSA like your audio setup? Especially now that
> > we know that it worked for Dale. I've got nothing! Grasping at
> > straws here ... are you sure that you got the right audio PID? I ask
> > because xine and mplayer ignore this and work it out automatically by
> > sniffing the stream. Me TV does not ignore so it's very important
> > that you got it right.
> >
> I'm using the same channnels.conf which works under totem, and it seems
> that me-tv is using the correct audio PID:
>
> 07/11/07 16:28:24 - Request to change channel to 'ABC HDTV'
> 07/11/07 16:28:24 - Changing channel to 'ABC HDTV'
> 07/11/07 16:28:24 - --> Stopping EPG thread
> 07/11/07 16:28:24 - <-- Stopping EPG thread
> 07/11/07 16:28:24 - Purging remaining EPG events
> 07/11/07 16:28:24 - EPG events purged
> 07/11/07 16:28:24 - --> Stopping stream thread
> 07/11/07 16:28:24 - <-- Stream loop
> 07/11/07 16:28:24 - <-- Stream thread function
> 07/11/07 16:28:24 - <-- Stopping stream thread
> 07/11/07 16:28:24 - Closing xine stream
> 07/11/07 16:28:24 - Tuning to 'ABC HDTV' ...
> 07/11/07 16:28:25 - Tuned to 'ABC HDTV'
> 07/11/07 16:28:25 - --> Opening FIFO for writing
> 07/11/07 16:28:25 - <-- Opening FIFO for writing
> 07/11/07 16:28:25 - Stream thread created
> 07/11/07 16:28:25 - EPG thread created
> 07/11/07 16:28:25 - --> Stream thread function
> 07/11/07 16:28:25 - Video thread created
> 07/11/07 16:28:25 - About to open FIFO
> 'fifo://home/dmn/.me-tv/video.fifo' ...
> 07/11/07 16:28:25 - Stream Thread: Set video PID filter to 2314
> 07/11/07 16:28:25 - Stream Thread: Set audio PID filter to 2315
> 07/11/07 16:28:25 - --> Stream loop
> 07/11/07 16:28:25 - Channel changed to 'ABC HDTV'
> 07/11/07 16:28:25 - About to play from FIFO ...
> 07/11/07 16:28:25 - Playing from FIFO
> AFD changed from -2 to -1
>
> Also, it looks to me like Dale only got the SBS HD audio to work under
> me-tv (which works for me also). To get the ABC HD audio to work he
> used mplayer (which also works for me).
>
> The problem for me-tv applies to all the HD channels except SBS (ABC, 7,
> 9, 10).
>
> More suggestions, please?
>
> Dan
>
> --
> problems with Australian (Sydney) HD channels
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160447
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