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Since 0.6.8 it's possible to watch the TV in smplayer (dvb:// and tv://).
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This document provides some info about how to do it.
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smplayer doesn't include any option to scan for channels, so mplayer must be
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configured to tune to TV channels.
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That means that the following:
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should work (should display a TV channel).
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And the following should tune to the specified channel:
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mplayer dvb://Channel_name
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mplayer tv://Channel_name
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The support for dvb in smplayer is intented for dvb-t (terrestrial). It can
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work with dvb-c and dvb-s (cable and satellite) but it hasn't been tested.
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smplayer will look for the file ~/.mplayer/channels.conf.ter (or
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~/.mplayer/channels.conf if that doesn't exist), and the menus Open->TV and
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Open->Radio will be populated with the channels there (the menu Open->Radio
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will show the channels without video pid. Notice that for dvb-s and dvb-c the
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check for audio and video pids will probably fail and all channels will end up
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If you don't have a ~/.mplayer/channels.conf you can create with scan (in
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ubuntu is in the dvb-apps package):
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scan initial_file > ~/.mplayer/channels.conf
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The initial_file contains info about the frequencies that have to be scanned,
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you'll find a lot in /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/ (use the one for your town).
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You can also use w_scan, which doesn't require any initial file.
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The support for analog TV (tv://) in smplayer is very basic (it can recognize
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a tv:// stream as being a TV channel, but that's all) and configuration
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has to be done manually.
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First you need some lines in your ~/.mplayer/config with the TV configuration
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(driver, norms, frequencies...). Example:
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tv=driver=v4l:input=0:width=768:height=576:device=/dev/video0:audiorate=48000:n
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orm=PAL:chanlist=europe-west:channels=46-TV_1,43-TV_2,50-TV_3,53-TV_4
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For more info take a look at the mplayer manpage.
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After that you have to introduce all channels in smplayer (Open->TV->Edit).
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The channel editor allows you to add, modify and remove TV channels. You'll
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see a table with all channels. Each channel contains 3 fields: icon, name
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and stream. The name will appear in the menu, the stream is what mplayer will
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open to tune the channel. Examples:
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The list of TV channels is saved to ~/.config/smplayer/tv.m3u8, while the
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list of radio is saved to ~/.config/smplayer/radio.m3u8.
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Note 1: by default smplayer will scan the file ~/.mplayer/channels.conf on every
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startup and will add the new channels it finds there. That means that if you
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delete dvb channels from the editor they will appear again in the next session
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(smplayer will think they are new). To avoid that, there's an option in
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Preferences->TV to disable the scanning of the channels.conf file.
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Note 2: it's possible to set an icon for each channel. The icon will be
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displayed in the menus. Currently it's possible to set an icon, change it
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but there's now way to remove it... (unless you edit manually the *.m3u8 files)
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Note 3: the tv and radio lists can be "misused" as favorite lists, you can
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enter any other kind of media (internet streams, local files...) not only tv
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Some options have been added for TV:
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* there's a new section for TV in Preferences, which allows for instance to
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set the default deinterlacer to be use with TV channels.
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* it's possible to set a cache for TV in Preferences -> Performance -> Cache
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REMEMBERING THE TV SETTINGS
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One nice thing: the settings of TV channels are remembered. That means that
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filters, options (like zoom) and so on will be remembered when you tune that
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(ADVANCED) ADDITIONAL AUDIO TRACKS IN DVB CHANNELS
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You'll notice that when you tune a dvb channel only the first audio track is
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available. To fix the problem you need to add manually the additional audio pids
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For instance, take a look at this line taken from ~/.mplayer/channels.conf:
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ANTENA.NEOX:858000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE:501:503:141
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Let's see the 3 last fields:
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501 is the video pid, 503 is the audio pid (and 141 I think is the teletext pid)
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Several audio pids can be added separated by "+". For instance:
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This way the 2nd audio track (504) will be available when you watch that channel
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in smplayer. Notice that to be able to actually switch audio tracks in dvb
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channels you need a recent version of mplayer (r29381).
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