me-tv = no TV

[Edmund Mergl]

I'm on ubuntu 12.04, all updates applied. me-tv-1.4.0.9
I managed to scan the Astra satellite and to produce a channels.conf with w_scan.
The channels.conf looks good.
I also managed to import this channels.conf into me-tv, at least all the channels
appear in the channels window.
But what now ? Whenever I select a channel nothing happens. Black screen and no sound.
Starting the client with -v is not really informative. Once and a while me-tv spits out
hundred of lines of an xml-channel-listing. Thats it. So what can I do ?

dmesg | grep dvb
[ 5.048723] dvb-usb: found a 'Technisat SkyStar USB 2 HD CI' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
[ 5.117217] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-az6027-03.fw'
[ 5.194559] dvb-usb: found a 'Technisat SkyStar USB 2 HD CI' in warm state.
[ 5.194611] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
[ 7.366235] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 400 msecs.
[ 7.366238] dvb-usb: Technisat SkyStar USB 2 HD CI successfully initialized and connected.
[ 7.366264] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_az6027

[Frédéric Côté (frederic-cote)]

Hi Mr. No-TV,

Try installing "VLC". If it's not working, joint the output of the command
"me-tv-client -v".

Cheers,
Frederic

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Edmund Mergl <email address hidden>wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> I'm on ubuntu 12.04, all updates applied. me-tv-1.4.0.9
> I managed to scan the Astra satellite and to produce a channels.conf with
> w_scan.
> The channels.conf looks good.
> I also managed to import this channels.conf into me-tv, at least all the
> channels
> appear in the channels window.
> But what now ? Whenever I select a channel nothing happens. Black screen
> and no sound.
> Starting the client with -v is not really informative. Once and a while
> me-tv spits out
> hundred of lines of an xml-channel-listing. Thats it. So what can I do ?
>
> dmesg | grep dvb
> [ 5.048723] dvb-usb: found a 'Technisat SkyStar USB 2 HD CI' in cold
> state, will try to load a firmware
> [ 5.117217] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file
> 'dvb-usb-az6027-03.fw'
> [ 5.194559] dvb-usb: found a 'Technisat SkyStar USB 2 HD CI' in warm
> state.
> [ 5.194611] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to
> the software demuxer.
> [ 7.366235] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 400 msecs.
> [ 7.366238] dvb-usb: Technisat SkyStar USB 2 HD CI successfully
> initialized and connected.
> [ 7.366264] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_az6027
>
> ** Affects: me-tv
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to Me TV.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/988401
>
> Title:
> me-tv = no TV
>
> Status in Me TV, it's TV for me computer:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I'm on ubuntu 12.04, all updates applied. me-tv-1.4.0.9
> I managed to scan the Astra satellite and to produce a channels.conf with
> w_scan.
> The channels.conf looks good.
> I also managed to import this channels.conf into me-tv, at least all the
> channels
> appear in the channels window.
> But what now ? Whenever I select a channel nothing happens. Black screen
> and no sound.
> Starting the client with -v is not really informative. Once and a while
> me-tv spits out
> hundred of lines of an xml-channel-listing. Thats it. So what can I do ?
>
> dmesg | grep dvb
> [ 5.048723] dvb-usb: found a 'Technisat SkyStar USB 2 HD CI' in cold
> state, will try to load a firmware
> [ 5.117217] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file
> 'dvb-usb-az6027-03.fw'
> [ 5.194559] dvb-usb: found a 'Technisat SkyStar USB 2 HD CI' in warm
> state.
> [ 5.194611] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to
> the software demuxer.
> [ 7.366235] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 400 msecs.
> [ 7.366238] dvb-usb: Technisat SkyStar USB 2 HD CI successfully
> initialized and connected.
> [ 7.366264] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_az6027
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/me-tv/+bug/988401/+subscriptions
>

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[Lukas Svoboda (svoboda77)]

I can confirm the same here. Tested on two different computers, two different Linux supported tuners.

Ubuntu 12.04 x64
MeTV 1.4.0.9 from ppa:me-tv-development/ppa
VLC installed

Configuration channels.conf is correctly loaded, but no audio/video shows, only black window.

me-tv-client -v > me-tv.log attached

[pinus (pinus)]

I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 x64 and me-tv 1.4 but could not get it working.

[Frédéric Côté (frederic-cote)]

Did you installed the package "vlc"?
 On Apr 29, 2012 10:00 AM, "pinus" <email address hidden> wrote:

> I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 x64 and me-tv 1.4 but could not
> get it working.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to Me TV.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/988401
>
> Title:
> me-tv = no TV
>
> Status in Me TV, it's TV for me computer:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I'm on ubuntu 12.04, all updates applied. me-tv-1.4.0.9
> I managed to scan the Astra satellite and to produce a channels.conf with
> w_scan.
> The channels.conf looks good.
> I also managed to import this channels.conf into me-tv, at least all the
> channels
> appear in the channels window.
> But what now ? Whenever I select a channel nothing happens. Black screen
> and no sound.
> Starting the client with -v is not really informative. Once and a while
> me-tv spits out
> hundred of lines of an xml-channel-listing. Thats it. So what can I do ?
>
> dmesg | grep dvb
> [ 5.048723] dvb-usb: found a 'Technisat SkyStar USB 2 HD CI' in cold
> state, will try to load a firmware
> [ 5.117217] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file
> 'dvb-usb-az6027-03.fw'
> [ 5.194559] dvb-usb: found a 'Technisat SkyStar USB 2 HD CI' in warm
> state.
> [ 5.194611] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to
> the software demuxer.
> [ 7.366235] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 400 msecs.
> [ 7.366238] dvb-usb: Technisat SkyStar USB 2 HD CI successfully
> initialized and connected.
> [ 7.366264] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_az6027
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/me-tv/+bug/988401/+subscriptions
>

[Edmund Mergl (e-mergl)]

here comes the output of me-tv -v
and yes, I have vlc installed.

[Joachim Schwender (jschwender)]

I also have me-tv @ppa + vlc on fresh install precise and use dvbt device over usb. The application starts, video ok, sound ok, but as soon as i try to configure something and save that the application hangs. It may also hang when i switch the channel, but this may happen, is not really reproducable. Logs with -v show always that it hangs at "Reading data", like in the second last line of log in #5.

[Frédéric Côté (frederic-cote)]

People with a lot of channel (more then a few hundred) seams to experience some problem. I'll try to reproduce this but I don't have many channel here.

Can someone try the version 1.3.7 (from the source code) to see if this problem is generate by the new architecture ?

Thanks,
Frederic

[Edmund Mergl (e-mergl)]

I tried to load a smaller channels.conf.
Besides the fact, that it's very painfull to load a channels.conf because of many crashes and freeezes
there was no other result: no sound , no picture, nothing.
Has this application really been tested on ubuntu 12.04 ?

[Edmund Mergl (e-mergl)]

where do I get 1.3.7 ?
If I go to "All downloads" there is only a 1.3.6.

[Frédéric Côté (frederic-cote)]

Here it is (I've just upload it):
https://launchpad.net/me-tv/+download

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Edmund Mergl <email address hidden>wrote:

> where do I get 1.3.7 ?
> If I go to "All downloads" there is only a 1.3.6.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to Me TV.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/988401
>
> Title:
> me-tv = no TV
>
> Status in Me TV, it's TV for me computer:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I'm on ubuntu 12.04, all updates applied. me-tv-1.4.0.9
> I managed to scan the Astra satellite and to produce a channels.conf with
> w_scan.
> The channels.conf looks good.
> I also managed to import this channels.conf into me-tv, at least all the
> channels
> appear in the channels window.
> But what now ? Whenever I select a channel nothing happens. Black screen
> and no sound.
> Starting the client with -v is not really informative. Once and a while
> me-tv spits out
> hundred of lines of an xml-channel-listing. Thats it. So what can I do ?
>
> dmesg | grep dvb
> [ 5.048723] dvb-usb: found a 'Technisat SkyStar USB 2 HD CI' in cold
> state, will try to load a firmware
> [ 5.117217] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file
> 'dvb-usb-az6027-03.fw'
> [ 5.194559] dvb-usb: found a 'Technisat SkyStar USB 2 HD CI' in warm
> state.
> [ 5.194611] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to
> the software demuxer.
> [ 7.366235] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 400 msecs.
> [ 7.366238] dvb-usb: Technisat SkyStar USB 2 HD CI successfully
> initialized and connected.
> [ 7.366264] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_az6027
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/me-tv/+bug/988401/+subscriptions
>

--
"In a world without walls, who really needs Windows"
"Nothing is foolproof because fools are so ingenious"

[Edmund Mergl (e-mergl)]

so here are the results for me-tv-1.3.7:

first of all: no sound, no picture.
At least I get some more information on stdout:

Me TV 1.3.7
05/05/2012 21:18:47: Device: 'STB0899 Multistandard' (DVB-S) at "/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0"
05/05/2012 21:18:49: Frontend::tune_to(10744000)
05/05/2012 21:18:49: Waiting for signal lock ...
05/05/2012 21:18:50: Got signal lock
me-tv-player (xine): Failed to initialise video driver 'xshm'

it says the same for every other video driver.

and last but not least: pressing quit freezes me-tv.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for Me TV because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Russel Winder (russel)]

The "me-tv-player (xine): Failed to initialise video driver 'xshm'" is really weird; the Debian built /usr/bin/me-tv-player does not suffer this problem. I am investigating this as I have to have a resolution to it before doing the GTK+2 to GTK+3 change.

[Russel Winder (russel)]

I should not that it is not an xshm thing since the same problem happens with opengl driver. At least on Debian. On Fedora everything is fine with my build of the forked 1.3 branch I am working on.

[Russel Winder (russel)]

OK me-tv-player (xine): Failed to initialise video driver 'xshm' problem solved: mismatch of versions of libxine at compile time and run time.