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#31 Post by pemasu »

ETP. You are right. the logical place for the resize flag is in the folder where that savefile is. It could be an improvement to suggest to Barry K for woof implementation. I need to check your finding also.

Tman. I have tried to find some documentation how gnome-mplayer - mplayer config files ( there is 3 of them) really interact but without success so far. Trial and error it is for now.....

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#32 Post by Tman »

pemasu wrote: Tman. I have tried to find some documentation how gnome-mplayer - mplayer config files ( there is 3 of them) really interact but without success so far. Trial and error it is for now.....
Yes, I've been doing it by trial and error as well. I was puzzled why your gnome-mplayer works from the start without any initial gnome-player.conf file. Eventually, I figured out that it was using the configuration that you set for mplayer, which was vo=xv,x11,sdl. I have merged your mplayer.conf file with my own, to get what is the best settings I have so far.

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#
# MPlayer configuration file
#
# Configuration files are read system-wide from /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
# and per user from ~/.mplayer/config, where per-user settings override
# system-wide settings, all of which are overrriden by the command line.
#
# The configuration file settings are the same as the command line
# options without the preceding '-'.
#
# See the CONFIGURATION FILES section in the man page
# for a detailed description of the syntax.

menu=yes
mc=1					# keeps video and sound in sync
#autoq=6
#dr=1                   # direct rendering
#vop=pp

[protocol.dvd]
profile-desc="profile for dvd:// streams"
af=volnorm=1 #increase amplitude for dvd movies

[protocol.dvdnav]
profile-desc="profile for dvdnav:// streams"
profile=protocol.dvd
mouse-movements=yes
nocache=yes


##################
# video settings #
##################

# Specify default video driver (see -vo help for a list).
vo=xv,x11,sdl

# FBdev driver:
#
# mode to use (read from fb.modes)
#fbmode = 640x480-120
#
# location of the fb.modes file
#fbmodeconfig = /etc/fb.modes

# Specify your monitor timings for the vesa and fbdev video output drivers.
# See /etc/X11/XF86Config for timings. Be careful; if you specify settings
# that exceed the capabilities of your monitor, you may damage it.
#
# horizontal frequency range (k stands for 1000)
#monitor-hfreq = 31.5k-50k,70k
#
# vertical frequency range
#monitor-vfreq = 50-90
#
# dotclock (or pixelclock) range (m stands for 1000000)
#monitor-dotclock = 30M-300M

# Start in fullscreen mode by default.
#fs=yes

# Change to a different videomode when going fullscreen.
#vm=yes

# Override the autodetected color depth, may need 'vm=yes' as well.
#bpp=0

# Enable software scaling (powerful CPU needed) for video output
# drivers that do not support hardware scaling.
zoom=yes

# standard monitor size, with square pixels
#monitoraspect=4:3

# Use this for a widescreen monitor, non-square pixels.
#monitoraspect=16:9

# Keep the player window on top of all other windows.
#ontop=yes


##################
# audio settings #
##################

# Use pulse, then alsa, then SDL video with the aalib subdriver by default.
ao=alsa,sdl:aalib

# Use SDL audio driver with the esd subdriver by default.
#ao = sdl:esd

# Specify the mixer device.
#mixer = /dev/mixer

# Resample the sound to 44100Hz with the lavcresample audio filter.
#af=lavcresample=44100


##################
# other settings #
##################

stop-xscreensaver=yes

# Pretend to be Window Media Player.
# Fixes playback when playlist and media file use the same URL.
#user-agent=NSPlayer/4.1.0.3856

# Drop frames to preserve audio/video sync.
framedrop = yes

# Specify your preferred skin here (skins are searched for in
# /usr/local/share/mplayer/skins/<name> and ~/.mplayer/skins/<name>).
#skin = Abyss

# Resample the font alphamap.
# 0     plain white fonts
# 0.75  very narrow black outline (default)
# 1     narrow black outline
# 10    bold black outline
#ffactor = 0.75

# cache settings
#
# Use 8MB input cache by default.
#cache = 8192
#
# Prefill 20% of the cache before starting playback.
#cache-min = 20.0
#
# Prefill 50% of the cache before restarting playback after the cache emptied.
#cache-seek-min = 50

# DVD: Display English subtitles if available.
#slang = en

# DVD: Play English audio tracks if available.
#alang = en

###################
# DVDNAV Settings #
###################
#vc=ffmpeg12,

# You can also include other configuration files.
#include = /path/to/the/file/you/want/to/include

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RTL2832U

#33 Post by DC »

Hi pemasu,
DVB RTL2832U testing

After reading your instructions properly the Sandberg stick now gets recognized :)
However still a few bugs I think.

Under puppy 528 kk2.6.33.2 vlc opens with a couple of errors then the picture stays locked in.

Under puppy squeeze k3.6.2.1 vlc opens with a continuous stream of errors. If a picture comes up it then freezes or you just get a black screen. It acts like its got a very weak signal.

Booted between the the two puppies a few times to check and its always the same.

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puppy 528 k2.6.33.2

   BBC ONE selected 

VLC media player 1.0.6 Goldeneye
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 1, expected 0) for PID 0
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 1, expected 0) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 1, expected 0) for PID 100
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 13, expected 0) for PID 17
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 1


puppy squeeze k3.6.2.1

   BBC ONE selected 
   
VLC media player 1.0.6 Goldeneye  
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): PSI section too long
libdvbpsi error (misc PSI): Bad CRC_32 (0x6c237f33) !!!
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 3, expected 2) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (misc PSI): Bad CRC_32 (0xf4997409) !!!
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 8, expected 5) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 2, expected 10) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 7, expected 3) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 15, expected 8) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 3, expected 2) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 6, expected 9) for PID 100
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 1, expected 5) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 9, expected 2) for PID 18
libdvbpsi error (misc PSI): Bad CRC_32 (0x7b0fcc7b) !!!
continuous stream of errors
The DVB Compro U650F stick still seems to have the same problem. Which I find strange because they seem to have the same chip set.

thanks

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#34 Post by pemasu »

DC. Okay...partial success. Now comes the difficult part. Libdvbpsi stream parsing has problems. It can be from poor antenna signal, poorly working libdvbpsi or it can come from the poorly working vlc version or my vlc compile might not be 100 % succesful. So....difficult to narrow the problem. There is only one version of libdvbpsi6 in squeeze repo, it would need recompile and who knows how many other libs are dependent of the used libdvbpsi version, and how many other libs should be recompiled, then compile newest vlc and cross the fingers.

I am not delighted of that atm. I will upgrade vlc at some time, then I think about upgrading the under the hood libs, somewhat.

The developer Palosaari posted, that if the chip has been recognized, then the problem should not come from the kernel drivers, he hasnt got bug reports about poor stream parsing.

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DVB RTL2832U testing

#35 Post by ETP »

Hi DC,
DVB RTL2832U testing

After reading your instructions properly the Sandberg stick now gets recognized
However still a few bugs I think.

Under puppy 528 kk2.6.33.2 vlc opens with a couple of errors then the picture stays locked in.

Under puppy squeeze k3.6.2.1 vlc opens with a continuous stream of errors. If a picture comes up it then freezes or you just get a black screen. It acts like its got a very weak signal.

Booted between the the two puppies a few times to check and its always the same.

errors example

Code:
puppy 528 k2.6.33.2

BBC ONE selected

VLC media player 1.0.6 Goldeneye
DVB-T is a subject close to my heart & I note that you make reference to VLC media player 1.0.6 Goldeneye (the old Lucid pet) with both 528 and puppy squeeze k3.6.2.1.

AFAIK prior to June 2012 that pet was the only version to have been properly compiled for DVB-T support. In June however pemasu produced the following which is compiled correctly:

http://smokey01.com/pemasu/pet_packages ... 1-i686.pet

May I suggest that you give it a try with squeeze? Whilst I still use VLC, in Linux for DVB-T purposes I now prefer smplayer.

You may also wish to try that & I would recommend another of pemasu’s pets:

http://smokey01.com/pemasu/pet_packages ... -0.8.1.pet
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#36 Post by DC »

Hi pemasu and ETP,

Yes I'll try the later version of VLC tonight when I get home.


Two points though;
The same version of VLC is used in both puppies, should that exclude VLC from the problem?
Aerial signal and all hardware are the same for both, so no weak signal.

Lack of knowledge precludes me from commenting on the libraries :?

thanks

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#37 Post by pemasu »

Yeah. Testing with Smplayer would eliminate the vlc produced errors.
How I created the channels.conf for Mplayer format:

First I downloaded w_scan: http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/ma ... 1_i386.deb
w_scan because it does not need ANY initial_file to be used as base for tuning.

Next: I checked this page for right parameters: http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/W_scan
dvb-t and dvb-c needs different parameters.

For my dvb-c and Finland location it was:
w_scan -fc -c FI -M > /root/.mplayer/channels.conf

Hack your working command depending on are you using dvb-t: -ft and what country you are searching for streams: two big letter alphabets, for me FI

-M means mplayer understandable channels.conf format, important.
Next important thing is to output it to the folder, from where Mplayer and Smplayer finds it: > /root/.mplayer/channels.conf
And....if you have tried non-working channels.conf with Smplayer, remove /root/.config/smplayer folder, because those failed efforts inhibit the usage of working channels.conf, really brilliant I think.

Now launch Smplayer, choose TV and voila your channels.conf channels are there to choose, watch and enjoy.

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#38 Post by anikin »

pemasu wrote:Anikin. I have compiled now with patched source (Thanks to rcrsn51 ) eee.ko module. Attached here. Please test and report.
Hi pemasu, unfortunately I failed to install it.
No /proc/eee directory gets created and there's nothing to load through # modprobe eee.
However, # modinfo can see it:
filename: /lib/modules/3.6.2-dpup/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/eee.ko
description: Support for eeePC-specific functionality.
author: Andrew Tipton
license: GPL
depends: i2c-core
vermagic: 3.6.2-dpup SMP mod_unload modversions CORE2
#
and # lsmod shows this:
Module Size Used by
eee 3267 0
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edit:
pemasu, please have a look at this link provided by rcrsn51:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... &start=120
tempestuous wrote:As a postscript to this exercise, it's worth explaining the final outcome:

- Celeron-based Eee models, except the 701SD, use the third party eee kernel module to control CPU speed and fan speed.

- Atom-based Eee models plus the 701SD use the standard eeepc-laptop kernel module to control the CPU speed.
The eee module is still used to control fan speed ... but only because Dougal's fan control daemon was written that way.
Since fan control on Atom-based models doesn't actually require the eee module, it would be an elegant solution to rewrite Dougal's fan control daemon in this situation to use these mechanisms (enabled by the eeepc-laptop module) instead:
to set manual fan speed control

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echo 1 > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/pwm1_enable
to adjust fan speed control

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echo x > /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon0/pwm1
where x is a value between 0 (fan off) to 255 (full speed, 12V).
to read CPU temperature

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cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/TZ00/temperature
01micko wrote:Hmmmm,

I guess I could have a go at that, looking for a little side project so I will start work soon.

Cheers
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#39 Post by pemasu »

Anikin. It loads with modprobe eee for me and also creates /proc/eee and those files inside the /proc/eee it should.
So....I am clueless....

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#40 Post by DC »

Hi pemasu and ETP,

tried VLC 2.0.1 -failed

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# vlc
VLC media player 2.0.1 Twoflower (revision 2.0.1-0-gf432547)
[0x80cdc48] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[0x804e3f0] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
[0x804e3f0] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[0x80cdc48] main interface error: option qt-volume-complete does not exist
[0x80cdc48] skins2 interface error: no suitable dialogs provider found (hint: compile the qt4 plugin, and make sure it is loaded properly)
[0x80cdc48] skins2 interface error: cannot instantiate qt4 dialogs provider
[0x80cdc48] [cli] lua interface: Listening on host "*console".
VLC media player 2.0.1 Twoflower
Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
> 
Tried smplayer - failed

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# smplayer
smplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libQtXml.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
# 
next suggestion please (bit short of time tonight so no rush, will play over the weekend)

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#41 Post by DC »

quick update

got gnome mplayer working, but same problems as VLC 1.0.6

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#42 Post by pemasu »

DC. I am afraid you have screwed a little the setup with using Lucid VLC which has qt libs included.

I suggest starting from fresh install, installing that new dvb-update ( first remove that previous media folder ),
then install these:
http://www.smokey01.com/pemasu/pet_pack ... t-dpup.pet
http://www.smokey01.com/pemasu/pet_pack ... 1-dpup.pet
http://www.smokey01.com/pemasu/pet_pack ... s-dpup.pet
http://www.smokey01.com/pemasu/pet_pack ... -0.8.1.pet

Now you have dpup compliant setup of the applications and libs without interfering lucid stuff.
You can also use PPM which checks the dependencies...when you click check dependencies and it loads the needed depencies which are those above pets.

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#43 Post by pemasu »

DC. If you mean that the dvb-tuner founds the stream, but freezes, then it sounds like the drivers are not working correctly and there is not much to do for it.

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#44 Post by anikin »

pemasu wrote:Anikin. It loads with modprobe eee for me and also creates /proc/eee and those files inside the /proc/eee it should.
So....I am clueless....
pemasu, I managed to get it loaded manually, but only once. Did first mod prob eeepc_laptop, and then modprob eee. It loaded, responded to commands, the folder was there. Rebooting and it's gone and modprob doesn't help anymore.

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#45 Post by pemasu »

Anikin. Ok, something weird about eee.ko module happens. Not sure though what is the reason. For me it behaves nicely, though I dont try to use it. I fear what happens if it start to work, lol.
But I can modprobe and remove and modprobe it repeatitly.
Anyway....3.4.2 kernel version is the main dpup now...this is more or less experimental...where strange things happen...

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#46 Post by don570 »

I compiled the latest gtkdialog 0.8.2 in exprimo

It seems to work in other puppies

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#47 Post by pemasu »

Don570. I do have gtkdialog in /usr/sbin. I changed the folder location to /usr/sbin and then I also stripped the binary.
I will use it now to test new Pmusic development version:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 406#659406
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#48 Post by don570 »

I wrote this rightclick script to convert .ps file (postscript)
to pdf files.

I don't know if it's useful since I don't use ps
I believe it requires ps2pdf and ghostscript to be installed

Try it out for me. I tested it on Barry Kauler's reference file
that is included in every puppy.

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#49 Post by pemasu »

Don570. Ps2pdf do its job just fine. Thanks. I tes ted couple of more complex .ps files. Charlie6 with real need and demands would be best tester, but I am confirmed that I can add this rox right click to the build.

This is nice addition to the existing postscript_viewer rox right click addition which was previously hacked together by charlie6 and Shinobar. Using existing scripts with modifications.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 441#615441

I just changed the .DirIcon to point to the existing .png

Thanks.
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#50 Post by charlie6 »

Hi Pemasu, and don570 ! thanks again to you !

your pet works nicely here on dpup-exprimo.

As I'm «addicted» to zero-paper-management , I am indeed used to daily handle native .ps documents which i can straight use for faxing (using efax-gtk); or which i may convert to png for editing; or pdf for mailing to customers, or archiving;

I also use sam2p for converting graphic formats, but it is one more program to be installed which i believe somewhat redundant with already-on-board binaries as pstopdf, pstopdfwr, etc..

Moreover the roght-click options dramaticaly speeds up the time to get them converted (till now i had to 1st) open a console and 2nd) manually convert using command line scripting and 3rd)..etc...)

for info: sam2p + right-click options here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=32823

Charlie

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