[MPlayer-users] DV1394 stream

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This link /may/ have some info for you on this topic

http://www.linux1394.org/faq.php#DCvsDV

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:52:48 +0200, Nico Sabbi <nsabbi at tiscali.it> wrote:
> Nate Solberg wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Aug 24, 2004, at 12:33 PM, Nico Sabbi wrote:
> >
> >> 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?
> >
> >
> > I tried to CAT the /dev/dv1394 device, and nothing showed up at all.
> > I'm still looking into it, but it seems that the box does need to be
> > configured like a DVHS recorder or something of the sort. I'm guessing
> > the cable box needs a init string to begin transmitting. In Windows
> > (yeah yeah I know) the device can be recognized as a Panasonic DVHS
> > recorder. I had been using a stock Fedora Core 1 install, but got the
> > idea that DV1394 was a little more mature in the 2.6 tree, so I'm
> > trying to get 2.6.8 working right with the crap that Redhat ships.
> >
> > To be totally honest, I need to put a little more time into this
> > project. I've been out of the hacking job for a while now and I'm
> > pretty rusty. I was kinda hoping it would be like the Mac and just
> > plug and work.
> 
> 
> if dvhs recorders use AVC command set then maybe you can save the stream
> with Kino and then read it with mplayer.
> I never tried it
> 
> 
> 
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