Request for supporting Ceton devices on Linux

[dapharsyde]

As requested by @mvallevand, I am opening a new thread to discuss support of Ceton devices on Linux.

I have an InfiniTV ETH6 network tuner device.  It would be incredible if the team could add native support for this device on Linux, and I would be more than happy to assist in the testing.

Let me know how I can help, thanks!

[mvallevand]

Thanks this is the first time I am trying this and I am working on theory but it works for SageTV so it should work with with NextPVR. I will do this in stages too

First stage prerequisites.

1. A Schedule direct or xmltv EPG source for the channel number

2. Install OpenDCT https://github.com/enternoescape/opendct The notes are a bit cryptic but I will help you there.

3. Install python3

After that zip and upload your opendct.properties file and I can see if the theory is working for the next step.

I will be assuming and hoping you installed with the deb installer, if you installed manually I need to know where your data files are.

Martin

[dapharsyde]

Thanks this is the first time I am trying this and I am working on theory but it works for SageTV so it should work with with NextPVR.  I will do this in stages too

First stage prerequisites.

1. A Schedule direct or xmltv EPG source for the channel number

2. Install OpenDCT https://github.com/enternoescape/opendct  The notes are a bit cryptic but I will help you there.

3. Install python3

After that zip and upload your opendct.properties file and I can see if the theory is working for the next step.

I will be assuming and hoping you installed with the deb installer, if you installed manually I need to know where your data files are.

Martin

Ok, I've got a schedulesdirect account that's ready to go.

I've installed OpenDCT, and here is the opendct.properties file.  I see lines like "sagetv.device.-2044032763.device_name=DCT-Ceton InfiniTV Ethernet (00-80-8d-8a) Tuner 1" in it, so that's probably a good sign

I also have python 3 installed.

Lastly, yes, I installed NextPVR on Linux from the most recent .deb installer.

Let me know what's next, thanks!

[mvallevand]

That is a really good sign.

Next stage is to try the steps here to make sure they work too.

https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...#pid529987

For the start test, lets start with tuner 1

Test with python3 not python though

Martin

[dapharsyde]

That is a really good sign.

Next stage is to try the steps here to make sure they work too.

https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...#pid529987

For the start test, lets start with tuner 1

Test with python3 not python though

Martin

So far so good.

Running this command:  python3 opendct.py "START" "DCT-Ceton InfiniTV Ethernet (00-80-8d-8a) Tuner 2" 702 /tmp/myfile.mpg

creates the video file as expected (I used Tuner 2 b/c Tuner 1 is busy right now)

[mvallevand]

Great, when you break that you might have to issue the STOP.

Could you confirm the file is actually a ts file and not an mpg ps file with ffprobe /tmp/myfile.mpg

Martin

[dapharsyde]

Great,  when you break that you might have to issue the STOP.

Could you confirm the file is actually a ts file and not an mpg ps file  with ffprobe /tmp/myfile.mpg

Martin

Yep, I issued the STOP command after a few minutes, and it worked as expected.

Here is the ffprobe output for the video file created:

Input #0, mpeg, from '/tmp/myfile.mpg':
  Duration: 00:01:58.74, start: 0.500000, bitrate: 13144 kb/s
    Stream #0:0[0x80]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 384 kb/s
    Stream #0:1[0x81]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 192 kb/s
    Stream #0:2[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video (Main), yuv420p(tv, bt709, top first), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], Closed Captions, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn, 59.94 tbc

If I name the file with a .ts extension instead of .mpg, here is the output from ffprobe:

Input #0, mpegts, from '/tmp/myfile.ts':
Duration: 00:00:30.49, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 12742 kb/s
Program 1
Metadata:
service_name : Service01
service_provider: FFmpeg
Stream #0:0[0x100]: Video: mpeg2video (Main) ([2][0][0][0] / 0x0002), yuv420p(tv, bt709, top first), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], Closed Captions, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 90k tbn, 59.94 tbc
Stream #0:1[0x101](eng): Audio: ac3 ([129][0][0][0] / 0x0081), 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 384 kb/s
Stream #0:2[0x102](spa): Audio: ac3 ([129][0][0][0] / 0x0081), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 192 kb/s

[mvallevand]

Ok so that might be mpeg ps so stop opendct and in the opendct.properties change

opendct.consumer.DynamicConsumerImpl
to
opendct.consumer.RawSageTVConsumerImpl

and restart the server and create and test the file again

It is important to stop the server first .

Martin.

[dapharsyde]

Ok so that might be mpeg ps  so stop opendct and in the opendct.properties change

opendct.consumer.DynamicConsumerImpl
to
opendct.consumer.RawSageTVConsumerImpl

and restart the server and create and test the file again

It is important to stop the server first .

Martin.

Sorry, I edited my original post - did you see the difference in the ffprobe results when i named it with a .ts extension instead?

[mvallevand]

No I missed he post but I now see that it is mpegts so that is good. Eventually I suggest trying the other options if your streams are clean from the Ceton, it saves a remux in OpenDCT.

Next step is to capture the PROPERTIES option output to a file and post it here.

Martin