[MPlayer-users] DV1394 stream

[Nico Sabbi]

Nate Solberg wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> I've gotten a Motorola DCT-6200 digital cable HDTV box with a firewire 
> output. I've been told that this is a pure MPEG-2 stream and should be 
> able to be displayed/encoded by any MPEG-2 decoder. I've setup the 
> DV1394 kernel module and everything seems kosher, but I need something 
> to play back the stream. I was wondering if MPlayer can do that, and 
> if so how. I've seen that there is some trouble with digital 
> camcorders, but this should be a little simpler since there's no 
> controls, just a pure MPEG-2 stream.
>

what device is exposed by dv1394?
can it be simply cat or does it need ioctl()s?
in the former case, assuming the output is simply MPEG-TS, 

mplayer - < /dev/1394device_name should go, in the latter case

you need for a stream driver.

I'm curious, where can I find docs regarding MPEG-TS over 1394 and about 
dv1394 in linux?

> By the way, I've been researching this for about a month or two now, 
> and I think that HDTV from your cable box with only a firewire cable 
> is something that should be announced loudly. The FCC has required 
> that connection for just this reason, being able to watch HD without a 
> $1000 TV.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -Nate Solberg
>
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