OEM Version as a network encoder

[antplugger]

Hi Guys,

I have a XP based SageTV server (4.1.12) serving 4 PC clients (4.1.12) to which I have added a Linux Network Encoder (4.1.6).

Sage Server: AMD 3000+, 6600GT, 1080i Plasma, 1GB Mem, 2 x PVR-150, 2 x Avermedia Hybrid HDTV A16A, USB-UIRT

Linux Network Encoder: AMD 2600+, 512MB, Headless, 1 x PVR-250, Centos 4.2, ivtv version 4.1

* I can connected from SageTV Client to Linux Network Encoder and everything works perfectly.
* Network Encoder Discovery works from SageTV server, finds Linux encoder and configures source fine.
* When viewing Network Encoder channel from SageTV Server or Client I get "No Signal" error.
I can see the capture file being created on the SageTV:
"\\Mediaserver\Recording\1687498159_1_0415_1614-0.mpg" but the size never grows beyond 0 (zero) bytes
* The GET_FILE_SIZE error continues until I stop the client watching the source.
* I have tried deleting Sage.properties and Wiz.* and restarting

---- SageTVClient ----
Data",-1687498159@0415.16:00,120] host=mediaserver encodedBy=video0 on vmail:6969 Best

\\Mediaserver\Recording\1687498159_1_0415_1614-0.mpg, Seg0[Sat 4/15 16:14:20.953-Thu 1/1 10:00:00.000]]

ifn=null] nPlayin=false
Sat 4/15 16:14:20.700 VF network encoder playback detected: false
Sat 4/15 16:14:20.721 VF waiting for data to appear in new file...liveWait=253
Sat 4/15 16:14:20.722 VF thread is now waiting for 0:00:00.200

---- Linux Server ----
Sat 4/15 16:14:20.897 EncodingServer Recvd:START video0

Composite|768268657|1|2290163321946|\\Mediaserver\Recording\1687498159_1_0415_1614-0.mpg|Best
Sat 4/15 16:14:20.899 Uploading network encode to remote file:

stv://768268657@192.168.0.200/\\Mediaserver\Recording\1687498159_1_0415_1614-0.mpg
Sat 4/15 16:14:20.900 startEncoding for IVTV capture device

file=stv://768268657@192.168.0.200/\\Mediaserver\Recording\1687498159_1_0415_1614-0.mpg chan=1
Sat 4/15 16:14:20.901 IVTV: video0 PVR card type is WinTV PVR 250^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
Sat 4/15 16:14:20.969 Error with EncodingServer socket:sage.EncodingException: ERROR (179,0x2): There

was a problem setting up software audio compression.
Sat 4/15 16:14:21.224 EncodingServer received

connection:Socket[addr=/192.168.0.200,port=2429,localport=6969]
Sat 4/15 16:14:21.225 EncodingServer Recvd:NOOP
Sat 4/15 16:14:21.227 Encoding server sent response to

Socket[addr=/192.168.0.200,port=2429,localport=6969]
Sat 4/15 16:14:21.252 EncodingServer Recvd:GET_FILE_SIZE
\\Mediaserver\Recording\1687498159_1_0415_1614-0.mpg

----- dmesg IVTV output ------
ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv: version 0.4.1 (tagged release) loading
ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.9-34.EL 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4
ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card (cx23415 based)
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
tveeprom: ivtv version
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 48051, rev = I110, serial# = 6136126
tveeprom: tuner = Philips FI1236 MK2 (idx = 10, type = 2)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
tveeprom: audio processor = MSP3435 (type = a)
tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115 (type = 13)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
saa7115 0-0021: ivtv driver
saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7115, addr=21]
msp3400 0-0040: ivtv driver
msp3400 0-0040: chip=MSP3435G-B6 +nicam +simple +simpler +radio mode=simpler
msp3400 0-0040: msp34xxg daemon started
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=MSP3435G-B6, addr=40]
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
tuner: type set to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)) by ivtv i2cdriver #0
ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #0
ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================

debug file attached

Any help greatly appreciated

Cheers

[_Demo_]

Thanks for the info, I'll need to check that. The program tries to write the wrong file name it seems.

_Demo_

[Narflex]

Submit a bug report on this. If you're trying to make it an encoder for a Windows server, then it won't work yet because there's some updates needed to the Linux capture code for this. To make it work with a Linux server, you can probably just do some config changes (but still submit a bug report http://sagetv.com/bugs.html and you will get a reply)

[antplugger]

Thanks Guys - Bug submitted

[antplugger]

Hi Guys,

Just installed Version 5 beta and still get the same errors - Is this version expected to work as Network Encoder to a Windows server ?

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Sat 5/27 18:49:45.791 Encoding server sent response to Socket[addr=/192.168.0.200,port=4889,localport=6969]
Sat 5/27 18:49:53.960 EncodingServer Recvd:BUFFER video0 S-Video|193108021|1|16777216|\\Mediaserver\Recording\video0onvmail6969SVideo-0.mpgbuf|Best
Sat 5/27 18:49:53.961 Uploading network encode to remote file: stv://193108021@192.168.0.200/\\Mediaserver\Recording\video0onvmail6969SVideo-0.mpgbuf
Sat 5/27 18:49:53.962 startEncoding for IVTV capture device file=stv://193108021@192.168.0.200/\\Mediaserver\Recording\video0onvmail6969SVideo-0.mpgbuf chan=1
Sat 5/27 18:49:55.285 IVTV: video0 PVR card type is WinTV PVR 250^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^
@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@Sat 5/27 18:49:55.511 Error with EncodingServer socket:sage.EncodingException: E
RROR (179,0x2): There was a problem setting up software audio compression.Sat 5/27 18:49:55.802 EncodingServer received connection:Socket[addr=/192.168.0.
200,port=4891,localport=6969]Sat 5/27 18:49:55.803 EncodingServer Recvd:GET_FILE_SIZE \\Mediaserver\Recording
\video0onvmail6969Composite-0.mpgbufSat 5/27 18:49:55.804 Error with EncodingServer socket:java.lang.NullPointerExce
ptionSat 5/27 18:49:56.034 EncodingServer received connection:Socket[addr=/192.168.0.
200,port=4892,localport=6969]Sat 5/27 18:49:56.036 EncodingServer Recvd:GET_FILE_SIZE \\Mediaserver\Recording
\video0onvmail6969Composite-0.mpgbufSat 5/27 18:49:56.037 Error with EncodingServer socket:java.lang.NullPointerExce
ption
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Works fine when I use standard SageTVClient on a PC.

Cheers

[Narflex]

This issue is still not fixed yet.

[antplugger]

Thats a shame - Do I need to log another bug against V5 ? I had logged one before against 4.0.6.

Cheers

[Narflex]

No, we've already got it logged.

[ChePazzo]

Originally Posted by Narflex

This issue is still not fixed yet.

Any ETA on this fix?

I am running 6.013 on the Windows machine and 6.0.12 on the Linux (can't seem to find 6.0.13 for Linux).

I can connect to Linux via placeshifter and watch live TV, but just not through the Windows server.

In the meantime, if I need to record 3 shows at once, I just have to placeshift into the Linux box to manually set up the conflicted show to record there.

I actually had this same problem trying to use a Windows network encoder with a Windows server. I have since moved the tuner into a linux box, so I can't recreate that.

[antplugger]

I am still waiting for this as well - Purchased Linux version in March as a network encoder no joy - That said I knew that going in just figured it would be fixed quicker.

Cheers

[ChePazzo]

My goal is to get off of Windows completely, so I won't have a need for a Linux encoder with a Windows server.

However, I may at somepoint want to add another Linux box as an encoder when I run out of PCI slots on my server PC, so at that point, I will need to have a Linux Server / Linux Encoder pair that works.

Of course, that would only happen if I need to record more than 4 things at once! And really, where would I find the time to watch that much TV anyway??

[antplugger]

Any update guys - Is this fix scheduled anytime soon ?

Thanks

[antplugger]

Does anyone know of the Linux version will act as a Network Encoder yet - I have had my Linux version for year now and still looking for a bug fix on this ?

Thanks

[antplugger]

Bump

[bcjenkins]

Just wanted to post a "Me too" message in this thread. I have come up with a few potential solutions but alas, the java I know is the one I drink in the morn.

B

[bcjenkins]

If anyone is reading this and interested in testing out a theory.. Read my ramblings here: http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...8&postcount=15

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[Motofreak75]

any update to this issues, has this been resolved yet ?