Tvheadend

hencha csat wrote:

Need help buddy .... :D
Before i use raspberry + Technisat DVBS2 USB HD no problem and running good but i can't watch channel MPEG4/HD on TVHeadend 3.4, but for channel MPEG2 running good.
Now i try on my PC install Debian 6 to make better run TVHeadend and can watch channel MPEG4/HD
but the first problem is adapters cant detect my Technisat DVBS2 USB HD, driver already on /lib/firmware. i see tvheadend is version 3.9.542
Thanks b4

You're running a pretty old kernel there, does it have the Technisat driver built-in? You can't just dump a firmware file and expect it to work, it needs drivers and firmware to function. Check dmesg and see http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Technisat_SkyStar_USB_HD

Any reason why you're running oldstable debian?

This is my old server. Which better for running TVHeadend can play MPEG4/HD ch ? Debian 7 or Ubuntu 14 ?
and which codec to install to my system ?
Thanks a lot for help

Both will work equally well the only difference is one is newer.. stick to what you're happy with.

As for codec I'm not sure what you're asking.

I mean video format for MPEG4/HD.
Before i use in Raspian + Technisat DVBS2 USB HD, play channel MPEG2 on my android phone and XBMC channel is running good, but for channel MPEG4/HD can't play it and picture as like as freeze but sound good. That's why i wanna move to PC to make running TVH. So What is need it for decode MPEG4/HD stream and play good as like MPEG2 running good ?
Sorry my English is bad

To decode H.264/HD, you need a reasonably powerful CPU (software decoding) or a GPU that can help out (hardware decoding). It's not a tvheadend issue, as that is simply shifting bytes from one place to another - it's turning those bytes into graphics that's the problem. Most applications will use ffmpeg/libav.

Recent Android devices supporting NEON and the latest XBMC Gotham builds should work. I don't know about the Pi, but I thought it could do it - XBMC 12.3+.

Generally... not sure about Debian, but Ubuntu tends to stick with old versions of software as time goes on, and you need to upgrade manually (add the PPA) or upgrade to a later release to ensure you get the later (arguably 'better') code.

Your alternative is to transcode - read elsewhere as to how to enable that in tvheadend - but that will need a powerful system again.

Thanks for info buddy. I will try today to install Ubuntu and see whats happen today

i tried run TVH on ubuntu but still ch MPEG4/HD can not play on my XBMC,android phone, same like before used Debian,
Is it mean TVH can't decode channel MPEG4/HD ?