OpenDCT: An open source digital cable tuner.

[emveepee]

@sic0048 are you using the dynamic or raw consumer?

[dapharsyde]

Originally Posted by emveepee

@dapharsyde although possibly not related to your problem, I see an issue in your logs perhaps with my understanding of the protocal. OpenDCT is trying to create a file to tell us about the DRM issue instead of streaming it over the Media port.

I was passing a filename 'stdout' as reference for myself thinking it was never used, maybe this has to be a valid filename on the server.

Back to my post, I will try to simplify the question. Are any SageTV users using the Ceton device and can it take 20 or 30 seconds on some channels (other than Music Choice)?

Martin

Yea I did notice that too, but I think it is unrelated to the tuning problem. I also have to apologize, the slow tuning behavior I was seeing before is probably a red herring.

The bigger issue I'm having is that tuning to the same channel sometimes reports it as Copy Free, but at other times it is Copy Never. Unfortunately I don't know enough about how the DRM works, but this seems like strange unexpected behavior that could be worked around.

I am happy to provide additional log files if necessary, if somebody could help with this.

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by dapharsyde

Yea I did notice that too, but I think it is unrelated to the tuning problem. I also have to apologize, the slow tuning behavior I was seeing before is probably a red herring.

The bigger issue I'm having is that tuning to the same channel sometimes reports it as Copy Free, but at other times it is Copy Never. Unfortunately I don't know enough about how the DRM works, but this seems like strange unexpected behavior that could be worked around.

I am happy to provide additional log files if necessary, if somebody could help with this.

If you're using the older 4 tuner Ceton model, the issue you're running into is related to analog copy protection flags. They are often discovered a few seconds into streaming and do not always exist; that's why everything seems fine until it isn't. Ceton never put out a firmware that removed that no longer required enforcement for the 4 tuner model. The 6 tuner model on the latest firmware will ignore this flag. If you want to disable the copy protection notifications, you can change error_videos_enabled=true to error_videos_enabled=false in opendct.properties (be sure to stop the service before changing this).

[AlphaCrew]

Can someone take a look into these logs to help me determine where to start looking for the cause.

I can no longer get through a recording without it stopping and starting again, causing sage to create multiple video files.

The only thing that has changed with my system is the last Windows update and upgraded my entire network with Unifi gear. (I'm assuming I don't have to have UnPn turned on in the router for all this to work..?)

[jpwegas]

Originally Posted by AlphaCrew

The only thing that has changed with my system is the last Windows update and upgraded my entire network with Unifi gear. (I'm assuming I don't have to have UnPn turned on in the router for all this to work..?)

I use UniFi gear and I have UPnP disabled and I don't have any issues.

--John

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by AlphaCrew

Can someone take a look into these logs to help me determine where to start looking for the cause.

I can no longer get through a recording without it stopping and starting again, causing sage to create multiple video files.

The only thing that has changed with my system is the last Windows update and upgraded my entire network with Unifi gear. (I'm assuming I don't have to have UnPn turned on in the router for all this to work..?)

UPnP on the router isn't going to matter since we don't attempt to automatically open ports to the internet. The SageTV logs might help too since it looks like SageTV is telling OpenDCT to stop and start again. Prior to being told to stop, OpenDCT doesn't appear to be seeing any issues. Maybe disk issues?

[JustFred]

Originally Posted by AlphaCrew

I can no longer get through a recording without it stopping and starting again, causing sage to create multiple video files.

The only thing that has changed with my system is the last Windows update and upgraded my entire network with Unifi gear. (I'm assuming I don't have to have UnPn turned on in the router for all this to work..?)

Is a Ubiquity Ultimate Dream Machine Pro (UDM-Pro) part of your network? There have been some reports that the UDM-Pro intermittently stops passing network traffic. Easiest way to troubleshoot this might be to temporarily restore your old network configuration to see if the problems disappear.

[hufnagel]

unRAID SageTV/OpenDCT newborn here.
tried searching; my google-fu is failing me.

Got both dockers installed, and i'm trying to set up my tuners.
HDHR3-CC (3 channel cable card.)
I've noticed, the lineup dct_hdhomerun.properties file doesn't have a populated channel listing in it, like on my current windows setup.

how do I kick off the console-only script such that the docker updates the lineup file properly? I tried opening a docker console and I get the following:

Running OpenDCT Digital Cable Tuner for SageTV...
OpenDCT Digital Cable Tuner for SageTV is already running.

stopping the service kills the docker, so that doesn't work.

[AlphaCrew]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

UPnP on the router isn't going to matter since we don't attempt to automatically open ports to the internet. The SageTV logs might help too since it looks like SageTV is telling OpenDCT to stop and start again. Prior to being told to stop, OpenDCT doesn't appear to be seeing any issues. Maybe disk issues?

I believe that was Exactly the problem. Once again THANK YOU. I would have never found the problem (via the logs) without your direction. The recording SSD was having issues.

Originally Posted by JustFred

Is a Ubiquity Ultimate Dream Machine Pro (UDM-Pro) part of your network? There have been some reports that the UDM-Pro intermittently stops passing network traffic. Easiest way to troubleshoot this might be to temporarily restore your old network configuration to see if the problems disappear.

I have the NON Pro model.

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by hufnagel

unRAID SageTV/OpenDCT newborn here.
tried searching; my google-fu is failing me.

Got both dockers installed, and i'm trying to set up my tuners.
HDHR3-CC (3 channel cable card.)
I've noticed, the lineup dct_hdhomerun.properties file doesn't have a populated channel listing in it, like on my current windows setup.

how do I kick off the console-only script such that the docker updates the lineup file properly? I tried opening a docker console and I get the following:

Running OpenDCT Digital Cable Tuner for SageTV...
OpenDCT Digital Cable Tuner for SageTV is already running.

stopping the service kills the docker, so that doesn't work.

It sounds like you have never run the channel scan on the HDHomerun device itself. Note that this is not required nor is that file being populated required to use the tuner.

[nyplayer]

I cannot see t get captions to work ...

My Settings
consumer.dynamic.default=opendct.consumer.FFmpegTransSageTVConsumerImpl
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_all_streams=true
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_custom_options=-1
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_enabled=true
consumer.ffmpeg.circular_buffer_size=7864320


Doc

CCExtractor Options:
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_all_streams=true
This enables extracting of both CC1 and CC2. If this is off, it will output only CC1. You will likely want to leave this set to true.
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_custom_options=
This can be any combination of valid CCExtractor options with the exception of -12, -1, -2, -in=, -out= and -o. Some people might want to change how roll-up captions are written for example. These options are sanitized to prevent execution of other programs, so you will not be able to do that from this option.
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_enabled=false
This enables CCExtractor when set to true.

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

I cannot see t get captions to work ...

My Settings
consumer.dynamic.default=opendct.consumer.FFmpegTransSageTVConsumerImpl
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_all_streams=true
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_custom_options=-1
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_enabled=true
consumer.ffmpeg.circular_buffer_size=7864320


Doc

CCExtractor Options:
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_all_streams=true
This enables extracting of both CC1 and CC2. If this is off, it will output only CC1. You will likely want to leave this set to true.
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_custom_options=
This can be any combination of valid CCExtractor options with the exception of -12, -1, -2, -in=, -out= and -o. Some people might want to change how roll-up captions are written for example. These options are sanitized to prevent execution of other programs, so you will not be able to do that from this option.
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_enabled=false
This enables CCExtractor when set to true.

consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_custom_options=-1 might be throwing an exception in the logs. Do you have a log of a recording with this setting enabled?

[nyplayer]

Logs attached I remove the -1 ... look for Jay Leno

[gordyp]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

I cannot see t get captions to work ...

My Settings
consumer.dynamic.default=opendct.consumer.FFmpegTransSageTVConsumerImpl
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_all_streams=true
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_custom_options=-1
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_enabled=true
consumer.ffmpeg.circular_buffer_size=7864320


Doc

CCExtractor Options:
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_all_streams=true
This enables extracting of both CC1 and CC2. If this is off, it will output only CC1. You will likely want to leave this set to true.
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_custom_options=
This can be any combination of valid CCExtractor options with the exception of -12, -1, -2, -in=, -out= and -o. Some people might want to change how roll-up captions are written for example. These options are sanitized to prevent execution of other programs, so you will not be able to do that from this option.
consumer.ffmpeg.ccextractor_enabled=false
This enables CCExtractor when set to true.

I am also having problems with .srt files not being created (noted in another thread). My settings in opendct.properties are the same as nyplayer's, without the -1 in the custom properties. I am not getting any .srt files created. Normally, when working correctly, with each recording the following files are created:
.ts
CC1.srt
CC2.srt
.log
.my
.ts.properties

I am currently only getting the .ts, the .log and .ts.properties files.

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Logs attached I remove the -1 ... look for Jay Leno

https://github.com/enternoescape/ope...nfig.java#L222

https://github.com/enternoescape/ope...Impl.java#L134

Sorry for the delayed response. The feature is incompatible with upload ID.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

https://github.com/enternoescape/ope...nfig.java#L222

https://github.com/enternoescape/ope...Impl.java#L134

Sorry for the delayed response. The feature is incompatible with upload ID.

What do I need to change in my properties to make it work ?

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by gordyp

I am also having problems with .srt files not being created (noted in another thread). My settings in opendct.properties are the same as nyplayer's, without the -1 in the custom properties. I am not getting any .srt files created. Normally, when working correctly, with each recording the following files are created:
.ts
CC1.srt
CC2.srt
.log
.my
.ts.properties

I am currently only getting the .ts, the .log and .ts.properties files.

I got this working by setting these ....

consumer.ffmpeg.upload_id_enabled=false
consumer.raw.upload_id_enabled=false

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

I got this working by setting these ....

consumer.ffmpeg.upload_id_enabled=false
consumer.raw.upload_id_enabled=false

Yep. Those will do it.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

Yep. Those will do it.

I want to say thanks ... This plugin makes the Android miniclient better than the HD300 I have replaced them with FireTV 4K. Now I can watch LiveTV with CC.

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

I want to say thanks ... This plugin makes the Android miniclient better than the HD300 I have replaced them with FireTV 4K. Now I can watch LiveTV with CC.

You're very welcome. I'm glad this has afforded you a positive experience.