GUI for rtmp/dump

machinebacon · 2012-05-01 20:29:23

rtmpdump can be used to receive and play rtmp-streams in vlc or mplayer.
If you want to watch some HD TV channels, copy the script into your /bin folder, chmod+x and run it.
You'll need zenity (for the dialogues), rtmpdump (which is probably in squeeze) and of course vlc player. The script also supports flvstreamer, so please check the code and uncomment the lines where needed.

http://crunchbanglinux.org/pastebin/1631

Feel free to add more stations. Have fun smile

Edits:
May 03:
changed PLAYER variable for mplayer (thanks Stanie)
added flvstreamer as alternative for rtmpdump (check the code)
added lower def. channels/another server
now closes on cancel
general clean-up and comments
May 02:
fixed one link

Last edited by machinebacon (2012-05-02 17:34:11)

rhowaldt · 2012-05-01 21:39:21

wait a sec.. free tv? i'm gonna have to check this out...

machinebacon · 2012-05-01 21:42:18

@roald: Y U NO SLEEP?

don't forget to apt-get install rtmpdump

rhowaldt · 2012-05-01 21:48:48

^ aaaahhhh, these forums are damn addictive man. gotta get some sleep indeed. just one more reply... only one more smoke...

machinebacon · 2012-05-01 21:51:04

Agree to that smoke, once more smile Does the script work in the Netherlands?

Bonster · 2012-05-01 22:05:16

Thanks, works but kind of laggy, wonder if theres anything to do to fix that

machinebacon · 2012-05-01 22:07:36

^ That's due to the network speed, I guess. I'll put together one for the normal definition channels, soon.

Carl · 2012-05-01 22:34:24

Really cool!

although I'm getting this error with a number of channels such as HBO hmm

(process:6119): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
    Using the fallback 'C' locale.
Warning: call to signal(13, 0x1)
INFO: Connected...
Warning: call to rand()
Warning: call to rand()
Warning: call to rand()
[0xe9ac80] main stream error: cannot pre fill buffer

Last edited by Carl (2012-05-01 22:36:14)

machinebacon · 2012-05-01 22:54:18

Thanks for the feedback, Carl. I'll look into it, though I suppose the problem is not on our side wink

Edit: try the other servers and/or keep it open for a while.

Last edited by machinebacon (2012-05-01 22:56:16)

Carl · 2012-05-01 23:39:51

machinebacon wrote:

Thanks for the feedback, Carl. I'll look into it, though I suppose the problem is not on our side
Edit: try the other servers and/or keep it open for a while.

Will do wink

Carl · 2012-05-01 23:47:09

Wow I'd be set if I spoke german lol

gutterslob · 2012-05-02 00:51:15

I've never bothered with streaming before, tbh.

@bacon
Would be cool if I could somehow get this working on my phone. Then I'd get on-the-go TV like those Japs/Koreans do.

... but how does one find channels?
I tried searching for "rtmp channel list" or whatever, but so far I don't get much hits, and none in the z.######.stream formats that are listed in your script.

machinebacon · 2012-05-02 01:24:13

@slob

generally for streaming rtmp: you "just" need to find an online stream (can also be a video) from which you extract the rtmp address using a package sniffer like wireshark or tcpdump. As vlc is not able to play rtmp://.... files, you need rtmpdump to collect the stream and pipe it to the player or into a file.

How to find channels: google for xmbc rtmp or rtmpgui wink Or click http://bit.ly/Ix9LQu

The z.#####.stream is not the 'general' format for all rtmp-streams, but one type of provider. You'll soon see what I mean:)

johnraff · 2012-05-02 05:14:30

Thank you! This is pretty neat, except my box can't handle the HD data speed. Maybe some day you add low quality links?

machinebacon wrote:

generally for streaming rtmp: you "just" need to find an online stream (can also be a video) from which you extract the rtmp address using a package sniffer like wireshark or tcpdump.

Ahh there's the rub. That's where I got stuck playing around with rtmpdump - delighted you've got it. smile

How to find channels: google for xmbc rtmp or rtmpgui Or click http://bit.ly/Ix9LQu

Had no idea such sites existed! Should have known better...

Stanie · 2012-05-02 09:28:01

Thanks machinebacon, I like it!!! And I will (try to) patiently wait for non HD channels.
Just a few questions.

On my old iron I have always had better video results with mplayer than vlc. Even with rtmpdumpTV vlc was a little jerky so I tried using mplayer. The video quality was good but sound was out of sync sad
Any suggestion how to fix it? For now I use vlc in non full screen mode or tv-maxe (sopcast) for some channels.

BTW is it possible to choose another player like smplayer or umplayer? It didn't work for me. I wasn't able to get past caching...

And one last thing - zenity dialog box can only be closed by closing terminal. If you open the script by double-clicking on it, you won't be able to close it without terminal command or taskmanager.

machinebacon · 2012-05-02 11:33:12

Hello Stanie,

no idea which players support the incoming rtmp stream - I only know that "recent" VLC is capable of doing so, and mplayer, but you can also just pipe into a file and watch it later. As for mplayer and VLC, you can try to play around with the buffer size of rtmpdump (adding the option --buffer IN_MILLISECONDS) and the audio sync of your player. You can also try to add decoding options if the output is chunky, like for mplayer (sorry for the full quote)

 xv (X11 only)
              Uses  the XVideo extension of XFree86 4.x to enable hardware ac
              celerated playback.  If you cannot use a hardware specific drivâ€
              er,  this  is  probably  the best option.  For information about
              what colorkey is used and how it is drawn run  MPlayer  with  -v
              option and look out for the lines tagged with [xv common] at the
              beginning.
                 adaptor=<number>
                      Select a specific XVideo adaptor (check xvinfo results).
                 port=<number>
                      Select a specific XVideo port.
                 ck=<cur|use|set>
                      Select the source from which the colorkey is taken  (deâ€
                      fault: cur).
                         cur  The  default takes the colorkey currently set in
                              Xv.
                         use  Use but do not set  the  colorkey  from  MPlayer
                              (use -colorkey option to change it).
                         set  Same as use but also sets the supplied colorkey.
                 ck-method=<man|bg|auto>
                      Sets the colorkey drawing method (default: man).
                         man  Draw  the  colorkey manually (reduces flicker in
                              some cases).
                         bg   Set the colorkey as window background.
                         auto Let Xv draw the colorkey.

       x11 (X11 only)
              Shared memory video output driver without hardware  acceleration
              that works whenever X11 is present.

       xover (X11 only)
              Adds  X11  support  to  all  overlay based video output drivers.
              Currently only supported by tdfx_vid.
                 <vo_driver>
                      Select the driver to use as source to overlay on top  of
                      X11.

       vdpau  (with -vc ffmpeg12vdpau, ffwmv3vdpau, ffvc1vdpau, ffh264vdpau or
       ffodivxvdpau)
              Video output that uses VDPAU to decode video via hardware.  Also
              supports displaying of software-decoded video.
                 sharpen=<-1-1>
                      For positive values, apply a sharpening algorithm to the
                      video, for negative values  a  blurring  algorithm  (deâ€
                      fault: 0).
                 denoise=<0-1>
                      Apply a noise reduction algorithm to the video (default:
                      0, no noise reduction).
                 deint=<0-4>
                      Select the deinterlacer (default: 0).  All modes > 0 reâ€
                      spect -field-dominance.
                         0    no deinterlacing
                         1    Show only first field, similar to -vf field.
                         2    Bob deinterlacing, similar to -vf tfields=1.
                         3    motion  adaptive temporal deinterlacing May lead
                              to A/V desync with slow  video  hardware  and/or
                              high  resolution.  This is the default if "D" is
                              used to enable deinterlacing.
                         4    motion  adaptive  temporal  deinterlacing   with
                              edge-guided  spatial  interpolation  Needs  fast
                              video hardware.
                 chroma-deint
                      Makes temporal deinterlacers operate both  on  luma  and
                      chroma (default).  Use nochroma-deint to solely use luma
                      and speed up advanced deinterlacing.  Useful  with  slow
                      video memory.
                 pullup
                      Try to skip deinterlacing for progressive frames, useful
                      for watching telecined content, needs fast  video  hardâ€
                      ware for high resolutions.  Only works with motion adapâ€
                      tive temporal deinterlacing.
                 colorspace
                      Select the color space for YUV to  RGB  conversion.   In
                      general  BT.601  should  be used for standard definition
                      (SD) content and BT.709 for high  definition  (HD)  conâ€
                      tent.   Using  incorrect color space results in slightly
                      under or over saturated and shifted colors.
                         0    Guess the color space based on video resolution.
                              Video  with width >= 1280 or height > 576 is asâ€
                              sumed to be HD and BT.709 color  space  will  be
                              used.
                         1    Use ITU-R BT.601 color space (default).
                         2    Use ITU-R BT.709 color space.
                         3    Use SMPTE-240M color space.
                 hqscaling
                         0    Use default VDPAU scaling (default).
                         1-9  Apply  high quality VDPAU scaling (needs capable
                              hardware).
                 force-mixer
                      Forces the use of the VDPAU mixer, which implements  all
                      above  options  (default).   Use  noforce-mixer to allow
                      displaying BGRA colorspace.  (Disables all above options
                      and the hardware equalizer if image format BGRA is actuâ€
                      ally used.)

       xvmc (X11 with FFmpeg MPEG-1/2 decoder only)
              Video output driver that uses the XvMC (X Video Motion Compensaâ€
              tion) extension of XFree86 4.x to speed up MPEG-1/2 and VCR2 deâ€
              coding.
                 adaptor=<number>
                      Select a specific XVideo adaptor (check xvinfo results).
                 port=<number>
                      Select a specific XVideo port.
                 (no)benchmark
                      Disables image display.  Necessary for proper benchmarkâ€
                      ing  of drivers that change image buffers on monitor reâ€
                      trace only (nVidia).  Default is not  to  disable  image
                      display (nobenchmark).
                 (no)bobdeint
                      Very  simple  deinterlacer.   Might not look better than
                      -vf tfields=1, but it is the only deinterlacer for  xvmc
                      (default: nobobdeint).
                 (no)queue
                      Queue  frames for display to allow more parallel work of
                      the video hardware.  May add a  small  (not  noticeable)
                      constant A/V desync (default: noqueue).
                 (no)sleep
                      Use sleep function while waiting for rendering to finish
                      (not recommended on Linux) (default: nosleep).
                 ck=cur|use|set
                      Same as -vo xv:ck (see -vo xv).
                 ck-method=man|bg|auto
                      Same as -vo xv:ck-method (see -vo xv).

       dga (X11 only)
              Play video through the XFree86 Direct Graphics Access extension.
              Considered obsolete.

       sdl (SDL only, buggy/outdated)
              Highly  platform  independent SDL (Simple Directmedia Layer) liâ€
              brary video output driver.  Since SDL uses its  own  X11  layer,
              MPlayer X11 options do not have any effect on SDL.  Note that it
              has several minor bugs (-vm/-novm is mostly ignored, -fs behaves
              like  -novm  should, window is in top-left corner when returning
              from fullscreen, panscan is not supported, ...).
                 driver=<driver>
                      Explicitly choose the SDL driver to use.
                 (no)forcexv
                      Use XVideo through the sdl video output driver (default:
                      forcexv).
                 (no)hwaccel
                      Use hardware accelerated scaler (default: hwaccel).

       vidix
              VIDIX  (VIDeo  Interface  for *niX) is an interface to the video
              acceleration features of different graphics  cards.   Very  fast
              video output driver on cards that support it.
                 <subdevice>
                      Explicitly  choose  the  VIDIX  subdevice driver to use.
                      Available  subdevice  drivers  are   cyberblade,   ivtv,
                      mach64,   mga_crtc2,  mga,  nvidia,  pm2,  pm3,  radeon,
                      rage128, s3, sh_veu, sis_vid and unichrome.

       xvidix (X11 only)
              X11 frontend for VIDIX
                 <subdevice>
                      same as vidix

       cvidix
              Generic and platform independent VIDIX frontend, can even run in
              a text console with nVidia cards.
                 <subdevice>
                      same as vidix

       winvidix (Windows only)
              Windows frontend for VIDIX
                 <subdevice>
                      same as vidix

       direct3d (Windows only) (BETA CODE!)
              Video output driver that uses the Direct3D interface (useful for
              Vista).

       directx (Windows only)
              Video output driver that uses the DirectX interface.
                 noaccel
                      Turns off hardware acceleration.  Try this option if you
                      have display problems.

       kva (OS/2 only)
              Video output driver that uses the libkva interface.
                 snap Force SNAP mode.
                 wo   Force WarpOverlay! mode.
                 dive Force DIVE mode.
                 (no)t23
                      Enable  or  disable  workaround for T23 laptop (default:
                      disabled).  Try to enable this option if your video card
                      supports upscaling only.

       quartz (Mac OS X only)
              Mac  OS X Quartz video output driver.  Under some circumstances,
              it might be more efficient to force a packed YUV output  format,
              with e.g. -vf format=yuy2.
                 device_id=<number>
                      Choose the display device to use in fullscreen.
                 fs_res=<width>:<height>
                      Specify  the  fullscreen resolution (useful on slow sysâ€
                      tems).

       corevideo (Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.3.9 with QuickTime 7)
              Mac OS X CoreVideo video output driver
                 device_id=<number>
                      Choose the display device to use for fullscreen  or  set
                      it  to -1 to always use the same screen the video window
                      is on (default: -1 - auto).
                 shared_buffer
                      Write output to a shared memory buffer instead  of  disâ€
                      playing  it and try to open an existing NSConnection for
                      communication with a GUI.
                 buffer_name=<name>
                      Name of the shared buffer created with shm_open as  well
                      as the name of the NSConnection MPlayer will try to open
                      (default: "mplayerosx").  Setting buffer_name implicitly
                      enables shared_buffer.

       fbdev (Linux only)
              Uses the kernel framebuffer to play video.
                 <device>
                      Explicitly  choose  the  fbdev  device name to use (e.g.
                      /dev/fb0) or the name of the VIDIX subdevice if the  deâ€
                      vice  name  starts with 'vidix' (e.g. 'vidixsis_vid' for
                      the sis driver).

       fbdev2 (Linux only)
              Uses the kernel framebuffer to play video, alternative implemenâ€
              tation.
                 <device>
                      Explicitly choose the fbdev device name to use (default:
                      /dev/fb0).

       vesa
              Very general video output driver that should work  on  any  VESA
              VBE 2.0 compatible card.
                 (no)dga
                      Turns DGA mode on or off (default: on).
                 neotv_pal
                      Activate the NeoMagic TV out and set it to PAL norm.
                 neotv_ntsc
                      Activate the NeoMagic TV out and set it to NTSC norm.
                 vidix
                      Use the VIDIX driver.
                 lvo:
                      Activate the Linux Video Overlay on top of VESA mode.

       svga
              Play video using the SVGA library.
                 <video mode>
                      Specify  video  mode to use.  The mode can be given in a
                      <width>x<height>x<colors> format, e.g. 640x480x16M or be
                      a graphics mode number, e.g. 84.
                 bbosd
                      Draw OSD into black bands below the movie (slower).
                 native
                      Use  only  native drawing functions.  This avoids direct
                      rendering, OSD and hardware acceleration.
                 retrace
                      Force frame switch on  vertical  retrace.   Usable  only
                      with  -double.  It has the same effect as the -vsync opâ€
                      tion.
                 sq
                      Try to select a video mode with square pixels.
                 vidix
                      Use svga with VIDIX.

       gl
              OpenGL video output driver, simple version.  Video size must  be
              smaller than the maximum texture size of your OpenGL implementaâ€
              tion.  Intended to work even with the most basic  OpenGL  impleâ€
              mentations,  but also makes use of newer extensions, which allow
              support for more colorspaces and direct rendering.  For  optimal
              speed try adding the options
              -dr -noslices
              The  code  performs  very  few  checks, so if a feature does not
              work, this  might  be  because  it  is  not  supported  by  your
              card/OpenGL implementation even if you do not get any error mesâ€
              sage.  Use glxinfo or a similar tool to  display  the  supported
              OpenGL extensions.
                 (no)ati-hack
                      ATI  drivers  may  give  a corrupted image when PBOs are
                      used (when using -dr or force-pbo).  This  option  fixes
                      this, at the expense of using a bit more memory.
                 (no)force-pbo
                      Always  uses  PBOs to transfer textures even if this inâ€
                      volves an extra copy.  Currently this gives a little exâ€
                      tra  speed with NVidia drivers and a lot more speed with
                      ATI drivers.  May need -noslices and the ati-hack subopâ€
                      tion to work correctly.
                 (no)scaled-osd
                      Changes  the  way  the  OSD behaves when the size of the
                      window changes (default: disabled).   When  enabled  beâ€
                      haves more like the other video output drivers, which is
                      better for fixed-size fonts.  Disabled looks much better
                      with  FreeType  fonts and uses the borders in fullscreen
                      mode.  Does not work correctly with ass  subtitles  (see
                      -ass),  you  can instead render them without OpenGL supâ€
                      port via -vf ass.
                 osdcolor=<0xAARRGGBB>
                      Color for OSD (default: 0x00ffffff, corresponds to  non-
                      transparent white).
                 rectangle=<0,1,2>
                      Select  usage  of rectangular textures which saves video
                      RAM, but often is slower (default: 0).
                         0: Use power-of-two textures (default).
                         1: Use the GL_ARB_texture_rectangle extension.
                         2: Use the GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two extension.
                         In  some  cases  only  supported in software and thus
                         very slow.
                 swapinterval=<n>
                      Minimum interval between two buffer  swaps,  counted  in
                      displayed  frames  (default: 1).  1 is equivalent to enâ€
                      abling VSYNC, 0 to disabling VSYNC.  Values below 0 will
                      leave it at the system default.  This limits the framerâ€
                      ate  to  (horizontal  refresh  rate  /   n).    Requires
                      GLX_SGI_swap_control   support   to   work.   With  some
                      (most/all?)   implementations   this   only   works   in
                      fullscreen mode.
                 ycbcr
                      Use  the  GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture extension to convert YUV
                      to RGB.  In most cases this is probably slower than  doâ€
                      ing software conversion to RGB.
                 yuv=<n>
                      Select  the  type of YUV to RGB conversion.  The default
                      is auto-detection deciding between values 0 and 2.
                         0: Use  software  conversion.   Compatible  with  all
                         OpenGL  versions.   Provides brightness, contrast and
                         saturation control.
                         1: Use register combiners.  This uses an  nVidia-speâ€
                         cific extension (GL_NV_register_combiners).  At least
                         three texture units are needed.  Provides  saturation
                         and hue control.  This method is fast but inexact.
                         2:  Use  a  fragment program.  Needs the GL_ARB_fragâ€
                         ment_program extension and  at  least  three  texture
                         units.  Provides brightness, contrast, saturation and
                         hue control.
                         3: Use a fragment program using the POW  instruction.
                         Needs  the  GL_ARB_fragment_program  extension and at
                         least three texture units.  Provides brightness, conâ€
                         trast,  saturation, hue and gamma control.  Gamma can
                         also be set independently for red,  green  and  blue.
                         Method 4 is usually faster.
                         4:  Use  a  fragment  program with additional lookup.
                         Needs the GL_ARB_fragment_program  extension  and  at
                         least  four texture units.  Provides brightness, conâ€
                         trast, saturation, hue and gamma control.  Gamma  can
                         also be set independently for red, green and blue.
                         5:  Use  ATI-specific method (for older cards).  This
                         uses an ATI-specific extension (GL_ATI_fragment_shadâ€
                         er  -  not  GL_ARB_fragment_shader!).  At least three
                         texture units are needed.   Provides  saturation  and
                         hue control.  This method is fast but inexact.
                         6:  Use  a  3D  texture  to do conversion via lookup.
                         Needs the GL_ARB_fragment_program  extension  and  at
                         least  four  texture units.  Extremely slow (software
                         emulation) on some (all?) ATI cards since it  uses  a
                         texture  with  border  pixels.   Provides brightness,
                         contrast, saturation, hue and gamma  control.   Gamma
                         can  also  be  set  independently  for red, green and
                         blue.  Speed depends more  on  GPU  memory  bandwidth
                         than other methods.
                 colorspace
                      Select the color space for YUV to RGB conversion.
                         0    Use  the  formula  used normally by MPlayer (deâ€
                              fault).
                         1    Use ITU-R BT.601 color space.
                         2    Use ITU-R BT.709 color space.
                         3    Use SMPTE-240M color space.
                 levelconv=<n>
                      Select the brightness level conversion to  use  for  the
                      YUV to RGB conversion
                         0    Convert TV to PC levels (default).
                         1    Convert PC to TV levels.
                         2    Do not do any conversion.
                 lscale=<n>
                      Select  the  scaling function to use for luminance scalâ€
                      ing.  Only valid for yuv modes 2, 3, 4 and 6.
                         0    Use simple linear filtering (default).
                         1    Use bicubic B-spline filtering (better quality).
                              Needs  one additional texture unit.  Older cards
                              will not be able to handle this  for  chroma  at
                              least in fullscreen mode.
                         2    Use  cubic  filtering in horizontal, linear filâ€
                              tering in vertical direction.  Works  on  a  few
                              more cards than method 1.
                         3    Same  as  1  but  does not use a lookup texture.
                              Might be faster on some cards.
                         4    Use experimental unsharp masking with  3x3  supâ€
                              port  and a default strength of 0.5 (see filter-
                              strength).
                         5    Use experimental unsharp masking with  5x5  supâ€
                              port  and a default strength of 0.5 (see filter-
                              strength).
                 cscale=<n>
                      Select the scaling function to use for chrominance scalâ€
                      ing.  For details see lscale.
                 filter-strength=<value>
                      Set  the  effect  strength for the lscale/cscale filters
                      that support it.
                 noise-strength=<value>
                      Set how much noise to add. 0 to disable  (default),  1.0
                      for level suitable for dithering to 6 bit.
                 stereo=<value>
                      Select a method for stereo display.  You may have to use
                      -aspect to fix the aspect value.  Experimental,  do  not
                      expect too much from it.
                         0    normal 2D display
                         1    Convert  side  by  side input to full-color red-
                              cyan stereo.
                         2    Convert side by side input to full-color  green-
                              magenta stereo.
                         3    Convert  side  by  side  input  to  quadbuffered
                              stereo.   Only  supported  by  very  few  OpenGL
                              cards.

              The  following options are only useful if writing your own fragâ€
              ment programs.

                 customprog=<filename>
                      Load a custom fragment  program  from  <filename>.   See
                      TOOLS/edgedect.fp for an example.
                 customtex=<filename>
                      Load  a  custom  "gamma  ramp"  texture from <filename>.
                      This can be used in combination with yuv=4 or  with  the
                      customprog option.
                 (no)customtlin
                      If enabled (default) use GL_LINEAR interpolation, otherâ€
                      wise use GL_NEAREST for customtex texture.
                 (no)customtrect
                      If enabled, use texture_rectangle for customtex texture.
                      Default is disabled.
                 (no)mipmapgen
                      If enabled, mipmaps for the video are automatically genâ€
                      erated.  This should be useful together with the customâ€
                      prog  and  the TXB instruction to implement blur filters
                      with a large radius.  For  most  OpenGL  implementations
                      this  is  very slow for any non-RGB formats.  Default is
                      disabled.

              Normally there is no reason to use the following  options,  they
              mostly exist for testing purposes.

                 (no)glfinish
                      Call  glFinish() before swapping buffers.  Slower but in
                      some cases more correct output (default: disabled).
                 (no)manyfmts
                      Enables support for more (RGB  and  BGR)  color  formats
                      (default: enabled).  Needs OpenGL version >= 1.2.
                 slice-height=<0-...>
                      Number of lines copied to texture in one piece (default:
                      0).  0 for whole image.
                      NOTE: If YUV colorspace is  used  (see  yuv  suboption),
                      special rules apply:
                         If  the decoder uses slice rendering (see -noslices),
                         this setting has no effect, the size of the slices as
                         provided by the decoder is used.
                         If  the decoder does not use slice rendering, the deâ€
                         fault is 16.
                 (no)osd
                      Enable or disable support for OSD rendering  via  OpenGL
                      (default: enabled).  This option is for testing; to disâ€
                      able the OSD use -osdlevel 0 instead.
                 (no)aspect
                      Enable or disable aspect scaling and  pan-and-scan  supâ€
                      port   (default:  enabled).   Disabling  might  increase
                      speed.

       gl2
              Variant of the OpenGL  video  output  driver.   Supports  videos
              larger  than  the maximum texture size but lacks many of the adâ€
              vanced features and optimizations of the gl driver  and  is  unâ€
              likely to be extended further.
                 (no)glfinish
                      same as gl (default: enabled)
                 yuv=<n>
                      Select  the  type  of  YUV to RGB conversion.  If set to
                      anything except 0 OSD will be disabled  and  brightness,
                      contrast  and  gamma  setting  is only available via the
                      global X server settings.  Apart from  this  the  values
                      have the same meaning as for -vo gl.

       matrixview
              OpenGL-based  renderer  creating  a Matrix-like running-text efâ€
              fect.
                 cols=<n>
                      Number of text columns to display.  Very low  values  (<
                      16)  will probably fail due to scaler limitations.  Valâ€
                      ues not divisible by 16 may cause issues as well.
                 rows=<n>
                      Number of text rows to display.  Very low values (<  16)
                      will  probably  fail  due to scaler limitations.  Values
                      not divisible by 16 may cause issues as well.

       null
              Produces no video output.  Useful for benchmarking.

       aa
              ASCII art video output driver that works on a text console.
              NOTE: The driver does not handle -aspect correctly.
              HINT: You probably have  to  specify  -monitorpixelaspect.   Try
              'mplayer -vo aa -monitorpixelaspect 0.5'.

       caca
              Color  ASCII  art  video output driver that works on a text conâ€
              sole.

       bl
              Video playback using the Blinkenlights UDP protocol.  This drivâ€
              er is highly hardware specific.
                 <subdevice>
                      Explicitly  choose the Blinkenlights subdevice driver to
                      use.  It is something like arcade:host=localhost:2323 or
                      hdl:file=name1,file=name2.   You  must  specify a subdeâ€
                      vice.

       ggi
              GGI graphics system video output driver
                 <driver>
                      Explicitly choose the GGI driver to  use.   Replace  any
                      ',' that would appear in the driver string by a '.'.

       directfb
              Play video using the DirectFB library.
                 (no)input
                      Use  the  DirectFB  instead of the MPlayer keyboard code
                      (default: enabled).
                 buffermode=single|double|triple
                      Double and triple buffering give  best  results  if  you
                      want  to avoid tearing issues.  Triple buffering is more
                      efficient than double buffering as  it  does  not  block
                      MPlayer  while waiting for the vertical retrace.  Single
                      buffering should be avoided (default: single).
                 fieldparity=top|bottom
                      Control the output order for interlaced frames (default:
                      disabled).   Valid  values  are  top = top fields first,
                      bottom = bottom fields first.  This option does not have
                      any  effect  on progressive film material like most MPEG
                      movies are.  You need to enable this option if you  have
                      tearing  issues  or unsmooth motions watching interlaced
                      film material.
                 layer=N
                      Will force layer with ID N for playback (default:  -1  -
                      auto).
                 dfbopts=<list>
                      Specify a parameter list for DirectFB.

       dfbmga
              Matrox G400/G450/G550 specific video output driver that uses the
              DirectFB library to make use of special hardware features.   Enâ€
              ables CRTC2 (second head), displaying video independently of the
              first head.
                 (no)input
                      same as directfb (default: disabled)
                 buffermode=single|double|triple
                      same as directfb (default: triple)
                 fieldparity=top|bottom
                      same as directfb
                 (no)bes
                      Enable the use of the Matrox BES (backend  scaler)  (deâ€
                      fault:  disabled).   Gives  very good results concerning
                      speed and output quality as  interpolated  picture  proâ€
                      cessing  is done in hardware.  Works only on the primary
                      head.
                 (no)spic
                      Make use of the Matrox sub picture layer to display  the
                      OSD (default: enabled).
                 (no)crtc2
                      Turn  on  TV-out  on the second head (default: enabled).
                      The output quality is amazing as it is a full interlaced
                      picture with proper sync to every odd/even field.
                 tvnorm=pal|ntsc|auto
                      Will set the TV norm of the Matrox card without the need
                      for  modifying  /etc/directfbrc   (default:   disabled).
                      Valid norms are pal = PAL, ntsc = NTSC.  Special norm is
                      auto (auto-adjust using  PAL/NTSC)  because  it  decides
                      which  norm  to  use  by looking at the framerate of the
                      movie.

       mga (Linux only)
              Matrox specific video output driver that makes use  of  the  YUV
              back  end  scaler on Gxxx cards through a kernel module.  If you
              have a Matrox card, this is the fastest option.
                 <device>
                      Explicitly choose the Matrox device  name  to  use  (deâ€
                      fault: /dev/mga_vid).

       xmga (Linux, X11 only)
              The mga video output driver, running in an X11 window.
                 <device>
                      Explicitly  choose  the  Matrox  device name to use (deâ€
                      fault: /dev/mga_vid).

       s3fb (Linux only) (also see -dr)
              S3 Virge specific video output driver.  This driver supports the
              card's  YUV  conversion and scaling, double buffering and direct
              rendering features.  Use -vf format=yuy2 to get  hardware-accelâ€
              erated  YUY2  rendering,  which is much faster than YV12 on this
              card.
                 <device>
                      Explicitly choose the fbdev device name to use (default:
                      /dev/fb0).

       wii (Linux only)
              Nintendo Wii/GameCube specific video output driver.

       3dfx (Linux only)
              3dfx-specific  video  output driver that directly uses the hardâ€
              ware on top of X11.  Only 16 bpp are supported.

       tdfxfb (Linux only)
              This driver employs the tdfxfb framebuffer driver to play movies
              with YUV acceleration on 3dfx cards.
                 <device>
                      Explicitly choose the fbdev device name to use (default:
                      /dev/fb0).

       tdfx_vid (Linux only)
              3dfx-specific video output driver that works in combination with
              the tdfx_vid kernel module.
                 <device>
                      Explicitly choose the device name to use (default: /dev/
                      tdfx_vid).

       dxr2 (also see -dxr2) (DXR2 only)
              Creative DXR2 specific video output driver.
                 <vo_driver>
                      Output video subdriver to use as overlay (x11, xv).

       dxr3 (DXR3 only)
              Sigma Designs em8300 MPEG decoder chip (Creative DXR3, Sigma Deâ€
              signs  Hollywood  Plus)  specific video output driver.  Also see
              the lavc video filter.
                 overlay
                      Activates the overlay instead of TV-out.
                 prebuf
                      Turns on prebuffering.
                 sync
                      Will turn on the new sync-engine.
                 norm=<norm>
                      Specifies the TV norm.
                         0: Does not change current norm (default).
                         1: Auto-adjust using PAL/NTSC.
                         2: Auto-adjust using PAL/PAL-60.
                         3: PAL
                         4: PAL-60
                         5: NTSC
                 <0-3>
                      Specifies the device number to use if you have more than
                      one em8300 card.

       ivtv (IVTV only)
              Conexant  CX23415  (iCompression  iTVC15)  or  Conexant  CX23416
              (iCompression  iTVC16)  MPEG  decoder  chip   (Hauppauge   WinTV
              PVR-150/250/350/500)  specific  video  output driver for TV-out.
              Also see the lavc video filter.
                 <device>
                      Explicitly choose the MPEG decoder device  name  to  use
                      (default: /dev/video16).
                 <output>
                      Explicitly  choose  the TV-out output to be used for the
                      video signal.

       v4l2 (requires Linux 2.6.22+ kernel)
              Video output driver for V4L2 compliant cards with built-in hardâ€
              ware MPEG decoder.  Also see the lavc video filter.
                 <device>
                      Explicitly  choose  the  MPEG decoder device name to use
                      (default: /dev/video16).
                 <output>
                      Explicitly choose the TV-out output to be used  for  the
                      video signal.

       mpegpes (DVB only)
              Video  output  driver for DVB cards that writes the output to an
              MPEG-PES file if no DVB card is installed.
                 card=<1-4>
                      Specifies the device number to use if you have more than
                      one  DVB  output card (V3 API only, such as 1.x.y series
                      drivers).  If not  specified  MPlayer  will  search  the
                      first usable card.
                 <filename>
                      output filename (default: ./grab.mpg)

       zr (also see -zr* and -zrhelp)
              Video  output  driver  for  a  number  of MJPEG capture/playback
              cards.

       zr2 (also see the zrmjpeg video filter)
              Video output driver  for  a  number  of  MJPEG  capture/playback
              cards, second generation.
                 dev=<device>
                      Specifies the video device to use.
                 norm=<PAL|NTSC|SECAM|auto>
                      Specifies the video norm to use (default: auto).
                 (no)prebuf
                      (De)Activate prebuffering, not yet supported.

       md5sum
              Calculate MD5 sums of each frame and write them to a file.  Supâ€
              ports RGB24 and YV12 colorspaces.  Useful for debugging.
                 outfile=<value>
                      Specify the output filename (default: ./md5sums).

       yuv4mpeg
              Transforms the video stream into a sequence of uncompressed  YUV
              4:2:0  images  and  stores it in a file (default: ./stream.yuv).
              The format is the same as the one  employed  by  mjpegtools,  so
              this  is useful if you want to process the video with the mjpegâ€
              tools suite.  It supports the YV12 format.  If your source  file
              has  a  different format and is interlaced, make sure to use -vf
              scale=::1 to ensure the conversion uses  interlaced  mode.   You
              can  combine  it  with the -fixed-vo option to concatenate files
              with the same dimensions and fps value.
                 interlaced
                      Write the output as interlaced frames, top field first.
                 interlaced_bf
                      Write the output  as  interlaced  frames,  bottom  field
                      first.
                 file=<filename>
                      Write  the  output  to <filename> instead of the default
                      stream.yuv.

              NOTE: If you do not specify any option the output is progressive
              (i.e. not interlaced).

       gif89a
              Output each frame into a single animated GIF file in the current
              directory.  It supports only RGB format with 24 bpp and the outâ€
              put is converted to 256 colors.
                 <fps>
                      Float value to specify framerate (default: 5.0).
                 <output>
                      Specify the output filename (default: ./out.gif).

              NOTE:  You must specify the framerate before the filename or the
              framerate will be part of the filename.

              EXAMPLE:
                 mplayer video.nut -vo gif89a:fps=15:output=test.gif

       jpeg
              Output each frame into a JPEG file  in  the  current  directory.
              Each  file  takes  the frame number padded with leading zeros as
              name.
                 [no]progressive
                      Specify standard or progressive  JPEG  (default:  noproâ€
                      gressive).
                 [no]baseline
                      Specify use of baseline or not (default: baseline).
                 optimize=<0-100>
                      optimization factor (default: 100)
                 smooth=<0-100>
                      smooth factor (default: 0)
                 quality=<0-100>
                      quality factor (default: 75)
                 outdir=<dirname>
                      Specify  the  directory  to  save the JPEG files to (deâ€
                      fault: ./).
                 subdirs=<prefix>
                      Create numbered subdirectories with the specified prefix
                      to save the files in instead of the current directory.
                 maxfiles=<value> (subdirs only)
                      Maximum  number  of  files to be saved per subdirectory.
                      Must be equal to or larger than 1 (default: 1000).

       pnm
              Output each frame into a PNM  file  in  the  current  directory.
              Each  file  takes  the frame number padded with leading zeros as
              name.  It supports PPM, PGM and PGMYUV files  in  both  raw  and
              ASCII mode.  Also see pnm(5), ppm(5) and pgm(5).
                 ppm
                      Write PPM files (default).
                 pgm
                      Write PGM files.
                 pgmyuv
                      Write  PGMYUV  files.   PGMYUV  is like PGM, but it also
                      contains the U and V plane, appended at  the  bottom  of
                      the picture.
                 raw
                      Write PNM files in raw mode (default).
                 ascii
                      Write PNM files in ASCII mode.
                 outdir=<dirname>
                      Specify the directory to save the PNM files to (default:
                      ./).
                 subdirs=<prefix>
                      Create numbered subdirectories with the specified prefix
                      to save the files in instead of the current directory.
                 maxfiles=<value> (subdirs only)
                      Maximum  number  of  files to be saved per subdirectory.
                      Must be equal to or larger than 1 (default: 1000).

       png
              Output each frame into a PNG  file  in  the  current  directory.
              Each  file  takes  the frame number padded with leading zeros as
              name.  24bpp RGB and BGR formats are supported.
                 z=<0-9>
                      Specifies the compression level.  0 is no compression, 9
                      is maximum compression.
                 outdir=<dirname>
                      Specify the directory to save the PNG files to (default:
                      ./).
                 prefix=<prefix>
                      Specify the prefix to be used for the PNG filenames (deâ€
                      fault: no prefix).
                 alpha
                      Create  PNG  files  with  an  alpha  channel.  Note that
                      MPlayer in general does not support alpha, so this  will
                      only be useful in some rare cases.

       mng
              Output  video  into an animated MNG file using 24 bpp RGB images
              with lossless compression.
                 output=<filename>
                      Specify the output filename (default: out.mng).

              EXAMPLE:
                 mplayer video.mkv -vo mng:output=test.mng

       tga
              Output each frame into a Targa file in  the  current  directory.
              Each  file  takes  the frame number padded with leading zeros as
              name.  The purpose of this video output driver is to have a simâ€
              ple  lossless  image writer to use without any external library.
              It supports the BGR[A] color format, with 15,  24  and  32  bpp.
              You can force a particular format with the format video filter.

              EXAMPLE:
                 mplayer video.nut -vf format=bgr15 -vo tga

Really sorry that I cannot help you with it, as it is more a hardware/driver related question, but I know what you mean. I have the same problem with full-screen chunkiness on my little netbook with onboard gfx, and had to add -xv or -x11 to mplayer (watching octoshape, by the way).

I added the exit command, now you can cancel and exit smile Basically it is in the last part of the script, before done - add the command exit

Last edited by machinebacon (2012-05-02 11:38:03)

Stanie · 2012-05-02 12:31:42

^ Thanks for the reply, machinebacon.
Yeah, I know about the video outputs. I can only use openchrome driver since my VIA UniChrome graphics crap-card is not supported. I always have to change the output in all my videoplayers to x11 if I want to see something else than blue or black screen with audio lol
So for mplayer I have this command in your script (for anyone else having this trouble)

mplayer -vo x11

Strange thing is that I have mplayer2 installed and not mplayer but command mplayer2 doesn't work. I will have to tinker with it a little bit later.

machinebacon · 2012-05-02 12:34:38

Stanie, we are in the same boat. The netbook I mentioned is exactly the VIA UniChrome-"powered" graphics adapter and behaves as you have described it. If I am not mistaken, mplayer2 equals mplayer, wasn't there a thread on the forums about it? I'll have a google and be back soon smile

Edit: Here it is: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … -mplayer2/ - but it seems mplayer2 is the default here in sid. What does apt-cache policy mplayer mplayer2 yield?

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machinebacon · 2012-05-02 13:35:53

Ok, I added some other channels using another stream server, anyway please test at different times of the day and report which don't work. If you have found more stations, please post them here, I will put them into the script. Thanks everyone!

Edit, by the way: Wanna see some NASA TV?

rtmpdump -v -r "rtmp://cp39920.live.edgefcs.net:1935/live/nasahd@55196" -W "http://www.ustream.tv/flash/viewer.swf" -v | vlc -

You can get links like this one from http://thestreamdb.com - please share those which work.

Last edited by machinebacon (2012-05-02 13:42:05)

rhowaldt · 2012-05-02 13:38:02

just looked through some of those lists... am i correct this is also a source for... you know... free naughty channels? because looking for that stuff is my real purpose in life, so this is very important to me.

machinebacon · 2012-05-02 13:49:47

@Pornaldt: I suppose so, though honestly speaking I really (really) don't know smile But you can get the streams from the websites directly by using wireshark, extracting the rtmp etc.

Stanie · 2012-05-02 14:21:07

machinebacon wrote:

Stanie, we are in the same boat. The netbook I mentioned is exactly the VIA UniChrome-"powered" graphics adapter and behaves as you have described it. If I am not mistaken, mplayer2 equals mplayer, wasn't there a thread on the forums about it? I'll have a google and be back soon
Edit: Here it is: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … -mplayer2/ - but it seems mplayer2 is the default here in sid. What does apt-cache policy mplayer mplayer2 yield?

I'm back.
I know you can't have both mplayer and mplayer2 installed. And you're right - both have the same command mplayer - btw check your 2nd player command...

That being said I think that the "plain" mplayer works a little better for me with rtmpdumpTV. Maybe it is because of a few additional dependencies - package esound-common? The sound is still a little out of sync, but not so much now as with mplayer2.

I tried buffering by adding -b 360000 to rtmpdump but I couldn't see a difference.

But I noticed that when mplayer started in smaller window the sync was good. Tried it with mplayer2 too, but no such luck. So for those of you with craptic graphics card my new command for mplayer is

mplayer -vo x11 -x 600 -y 400

You can of course change the values as you like.

I used something similar for vlc. There I have no out of sync sound but video is a little jerky. I also added network caching option even though I already set one in vlc gui...

vlc --width 800 --height 600 --network-caching 360000

Now it is way better.

One last thing - nothing came up when googling rtmpdump in smplayer or umplayer so if anyone knows if this is possible, please let me know.

machinebacon · 2012-05-02 14:59:57

Stanie, thanks so much for your feedback and information. It will surely be of help for some!

I have updated the script, now you can optionally use flvstreamer for the HD channels if rtmpdump doesn't work well. I also added some comments, and the option -e - this resumes a stream in flvstreamer.

rhowaldt · 2012-05-02 16:02:00

working quite nicely here in the Netherlands. added Hustler TV because you seem to have forgotten to do so yourself. they have great opinion pieces.

machinebacon · 2012-05-02 16:16:14

^ Censored

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