[vdr] [ANNOUNCE] transfron-0.3.1 plugin

[daniel peess <mailinglists@peess.de>]

hi ml,

i think it's time to contribute myself, so here's my first official release:

the vdr plugin 'transfron' functions as a frontend to thomas oestreich's
transcode project to reencode dvb recordings into several other media formats.

currently supported media containers and compression formats are
ogm ( xvid / vorbis ), avi ( xvid / mp3 ), mp4 ( xvid / aac ), mpg ( remuxed
meg2 ), vcd ( mpeg1 cbr ), svcd ( mpeg2 vbr ).

its main task is to demultiplex, deinterlace, cut black bars, resize to
appropriate aspect ratio, encode and multiplex those dvb recordings in 'pes'
format into their final shape. further it is possible to schedule ( queue ),
suspend, resume, stop and burn transcodings.

at its current state it has its flaws and quirks, but maybe some diligent
coders are willing to finish them off...

bugs / deficiencies:

- plugin gets approximately 500 kb as shared library.

- directory variables are not modifiable as plugin settings yet,
  e.g. the destination of the transcoded recordings points to
  /video_directory/../transcodes/

- no i18n yet.

- no recursive listing of recordings as subdirectories yet,
  maybe kls offers this as a class for plugins to use, as
  cMenuRecordings::cMenuRecordings(...) isn't that easy to reimplement...

- selecting several transcoded records doesn't work yet due to
  library restrictions. menuitems one changes color aren't selectable anymore.

- vcd / svcd burning not implemented yet, stub exists.

- scheduled conversions are lost after vdr crash
  ( active conversions will be finished right 'though )
  moving schedule container management to backend will need major redesign,
  as rather complex ipc will be needed for access by frontends.
  side effect would be a command line interface, allowing management by shell.

- grep 'TODO' *.hpp *.cpp


i'm using this plugin for two months now to transcode my recordings,
scheduling conversions by gui is really convenient...

have a look on my homepage for some screenshots and the sources:
http://www.peess.de/projects/transfron/transfron_plugin-eng.html

bye,
daniel peess

p.s.:
the installation of this plugin is not trivial for novices, as it depends on
several command line tools to do the background work, you have been warned...

p.p.s:
please send bugfixes ( diff -Naur ) to < development at peess dot de >,

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