Difference between revisions of "Dummy Tuner"
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| − | + | For people who require a tunerless backend, are developing in a Virtual Machine or are on a test-only system you will not normally be able to or need to access a tuner which limits alot of the development and testing you can do. | |
Below describes how you can add a dummy tuner just for the purpose of getting guide data in, you will not be able to play this back in LiveTV or record from this. | Below describes how you can add a dummy tuner just for the purpose of getting guide data in, you will not be able to play this back in LiveTV or record from this. | ||
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* Create a new capture card | * Create a new capture card | ||
| − | ** Set the Card Type to 'Analog V4L capture card' | + | ** Set the Card Type to 'Analog V4L capture card' or MPEG encoder |
** Set the Video Device to the location of your MPEG2 file | ** Set the Video Device to the location of your MPEG2 file | ||
Revision as of 03:33, 10 April 2009
For people who require a tunerless backend, are developing in a Virtual Machine or are on a test-only system you will not normally be able to or need to access a tuner which limits alot of the development and testing you can do.
Below describes how you can add a dummy tuner just for the purpose of getting guide data in, you will not be able to play this back in LiveTV or record from this.
Instructions
- Create a valid MPEG2 file on the machine.
- Create a new capture card
- Set the Card Type to 'Analog V4L capture card' or MPEG encoder
- Set the Video Device to the location of your MPEG2 file
- Create your video source as normal
- Go to channel editor
- Add new channel (Ensure you add an XMLTV ID)
- Gather listing data as per normal
