[vdr] Re: [ANNOUNCE] vdrrip-0.1.0 plugin

["Tilo Renkl" <tilo@diredare.de>]

Looks very nice !

Thanx a lot.

Tilo

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vdr-bounce@linuxtv.org 
> [mailto:vdr-bounce@linuxtv.org]On Behalf Of
> Herbert Attenberger
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 8:29 PM
> To: vdr@linuxtv.org
> Subject: [vdr] [ANNOUNCE] vdrrip-0.1.0 plugin
> 
> 
> hi ml,
> 
> i think it's time to announce vdrrip to this list (@Klaus: 
> please change
> the link-description on plugins.html to http://www.a-land.de):
> 
> **********************
> * short description: *
> **********************
> 
> vdrrip is a mplayer using movie encoder...
> 
> *********************
> * long description: *
> *********************
> 
> This is a "plugin" for the Video Disk Recorder (VDR).
> 
> Written by:                  herbert attenberger <herbsl at a-land.de>
> 
> Project's homepage:          <http://www.a-land.de>
> 
> Latest version available at: <http://www.a-land.de>
> 
> See the file COPYING for license information.
> 
> 
> Description:
> ============
> 
> Vdrrip is a plugin to encode the vdr-recordings into divx 
> format. You can
> choose a recording in the menu 'Vdrrip - encode 
> vdr-recording'. Then you
> can manually adjust the encoding values, or simply select a 
> template (read
> the section 'Templates' in this manual to find out more about 
> them). You
> can choose between lavc, xivd and divx4/5 as video codec, and mp3 or
> stream-copy as audio codec. The installed codecs automatically are
> detected by the plugin. If you input the resulting movie size 
> (and number
> of files), the video/audio bitrate is calculated. This is 
> only possible
> for cutted movies. If you change the video/audio bitrate, the 
> file size is
> calculated. If there is more then one audio-track in the 
> recording, you
> can toggle between them in the field Audio-Stream.
> 
> You can choose between four scaling mechanism:
> 
> - off:
> Don't scale, use the original resolution.
> 
> - auto:
> The scale values are calculated on a algorithm which is based on the
> bpp-value. Read the file DOCS/tech/encoding-tips.txt in your
> MPlayer-source directory for further informations. The aspect 
> ratio is used,
> too.
> 
> - dvb:
> You can only choose values, which are supported by the 
> DVB-Card without
> needing a further scaling while playing. This option (together with
> stream-copy as audio codec) is very useful for slow computers (it is 
> possible
> to play those files on my Celeron 466 Mhz).
> 
> - manual:
> Select the resolution manually.
> 
> 
> In the auto and manual-mode you can automatically detect and 
> crop the black
> movie-boarders with the green key. All settings are saved in the file
> save.vdrrip in the movie directory. After this you can add the movie 
> with the
> red key to the encoding queue (file queue.vdrrip in the 
> plugins-directory).
> The script queuehandler.sh reads the data from the queue, joins the
> vdr-files and encodes the movie. The movie name is detected from the
> vdr-directory name. Some parameters can be adjusted in the setup menu.
> 
> Templates:
> ==========
> 
> Within a template ('Vdrrip - edit template') you can pre-define the
> encoding-settings (either with a fixed FileSize or a fixed 
> bitrate). The
> default settings are taken from the template 'default' (for cutted 
> movies) or
> from the template 'default - fixed bitrate' (for uncutted 
> movies). It is not
> possible to set a fixed FileSize for the template 'default - 
> fixed bitrate).
> You can add further templates (e.g 1/2-CD, 2/3-CD ...). The
> template-selection in movie-menu is only displayed, if there 
> is more the one
> template available. If you have chosen an uncutted movie, you 
> only could
> toggle between templates with a fixed bitrate. This settings 
> are saved in
> the file templates.vdrrip in the directory
> vdr-config-dir/PLUGINS.
> 
> 
> usage of the quehandler-script:
> ===============================
> 
> queuehandler.sh queuefile tempdir (-preview)
> 
> The queuefile is the file queue.vdrrip in your 
> vdr-config-dir/PLUGINS. This
> file is only created, if you add a movie to the queue. After 
> the encoding
> the file is deleted by the queuehandler-script. Tempdir is 
> the directory,
> where encoded movies are saved. If you set the -preview 
> option, there will
> be only $previewlength (see in the section #initial 
> definitions) seconds of
> the movie encoded. The file /tmp/encode.vdrrip is created 
> while an aktiv
> encoding-process. You can use it to keep vdr from an 
> automatic shutdown. I
> added my sample scripts vdrshutdown.sh and sleephalt.sh in 
> the directory
> scripts. Feel free to use it. Read the file FAQ to see how 
> you can add the
> queuehandler to the file commands.conf.
> 
> Installation:
> =============
> 
> 1) MPlayer (All codecs [see 2] have to be installed before the MPlayer
> installation):
> 
> The vdrrip plugin needs an installed mplayer/mencoder
> <http://www.mplayerhq.hu> to encode the movies. The tested 
> version are 0.90,
> 0.91, 1.0pre1 and 1.0pre2. To compile and install mplayer I 
> recommend the
> following sequence:
> 
>  > cd /usr/local/src
>  > tar xjvf MPlayer-X.X.bz2
>  > cd MPlayer-X.X
>  > ./configure --with-extraincdir=<your path to the 
> DVB-drivers>/include
>  > make
>  > make install
> 
> 2) Codecs:
> 
> If you want to use xvid <http://www.xvid.org> as video codec, 
> you have to
> run the following commands before the mplayer installation:
> 
>  > cd /usr/local/src
>  > tar xzvf xvidcore-X.X.X.tgz
>  > cd xvidcore-X.X.X/build/generic
>  > ./configure
>  > make
>  > make install
>  > ldconfig (/etc/ld.so.conf should include /usr/local/lib)
> 
> If you want to use divx4/5 <http://www.divx.com> as video 
> codec, you have to
> run the following commands before the mplayer installation. If you use
> mplayer < 1.0, you need the version 20020418 from
> <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11050>.
>  Else you can
> use the version 5.0.5 from <http://www.divx.com>.
> 
>  > cd /usr/local/src
>  > tar xzvf divx4linux-20020418.tgz
>  > cd divx4linux-20020418
>  > ./install.sh
> 
> If you want to use lame <http://lame.sourceforge.net> as 
> audio codec, you
> have to run the following commands before the mplayer installation:
> 
>  > cd /usr/local/src
>  > tar xzvf lame-X.X.X.tgz
>  > cd lame-X.X.X
>  > ./configure
>  > make
>  > make install
>  > ldconfig (/etc/ld.so.conf should include /usr/local/lib)
> 
> 3) And now lets install the vdrrip plugin:
> 
>  > cd vdr/PLUGINS/src
>  > tar xzvf vdr-vdrrip-X.X.X.tgz
>  > ln -s vdrrip-X.X.X vdrrip
>  > cp vdrrip/scripts/queuehandler.sh /usr/local/bin (or e.g. /usr/bin)
>  > cd ../..
>  > make plugins
> 
> optional:
> 
>  > cp vdrrip/scripts/vdrshutdown.sh /usr/local/bin (or e.g. /usr/bin)
>  > cp vdrrip/scripts/sleephalt.sh /usr/local/bin (or e.g. /usr/bin)
> 
> To load the plugin add '-Pvdrrip' to your vdr start-script. If
> mplayer/mencoder aren't installed in /usr/local/bin, you have 
> to add the
> following paramter:
> 
> -p LOC,  --MPlayer=LOC  use LOC as location of MPlayer (default is
> /usr/local/bin/mplayer)
> -e LOC,  --MEncoder=LOC use LOC as location of MEncoder (default is
> /usr/local/bin/mencoder)
> e.g: -P'vdrrip -p /bin/mplayer -e /bin/mencoder'
> 
> To use the shutdown scripts, add -s <path-to-vdrshutdown.sh>. Please 
> read the files FAQ and TODO for further informations.
> 
> 
> 
> bye
> 
> herbert attenberger
> 
> 
> 
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