vdr December 2006

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New VDR hardware
by Richard Scobie 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

If someone is able to produce a Linux driver for the hardware decoder on this board, the latest VIA Epia EX looks like the vdr setup for the future. http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/11511 Hardware accelerated MPEG2, MPEG4 and WMV9, 720p and 1080i output via DVI, S-Video composite and component and 13.5W of power. Regards, Richard

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flooded log when using status plugin
by Joachim Wilke 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Hello everyone, when using the status plugin and tuning to a channel without an epg schedule, the syslog gets flooded with some hundreds of OsdProgramme messages: Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] status: cStatusTest::OsdChannel 2079 TechniSat Kanal 50 Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] status: cStatusTest::OsdProgramme Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] 01:00 (null) Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] (null) Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] 01:00 (null) Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] (null) Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] status: cStatusTest::OsdProgramme Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] 01:00 (null) Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] (null) Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] 01:00 (null) Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] (null) [...] These messages are caused by the else part in cDisplayChannel::DisplayInfo in menu.c: void cDisplayChannel::DisplayInfo(void) { if (withInfo && channel) { cSchedulesLock SchedulesLock; const cSchedules *Schedules = cSchedules::Schedules(SchedulesLock); if (Schedules) { const cSchedule *Schedule = Schedules->GetSchedule(channel); if (Schedule) { const cEvent *Present = Schedule->GetPresentEvent(); const cEvent *Following = Schedule->GetFollowingEvent(); if (Present != lastPresent || Following != lastFollowing) { SetTrackDescriptions(channel->Number()); displayChannel->SetEvents(Present, Following); cStatus::MsgOsdProgramme(Present ? Present->StartTime() : 0, Present ? Present->Title() : NULL, Present ? Present->ShortText() lastPresent = Present; lastFollowing = Following; } } else cStatus::MsgOsdProgramme(0, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL); } } } I would suggest removing the else part, because this MsgOsdProgramme call provides no information. As an alternative it should be limited to one call, similar to the check "(Present != lastPresent || Following != lastFollowing)" some lines above. Regards, Joachim.

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Mplayer plugin does not always play files
by Kartsa 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

I just stumbled in a problem while watching an mpg file using mplayer plugin. There was something causing vdr ro restart. vdr: [3846] record /srv/vdr/Amyn_lailla/2006-12-31.18.59.50.99.rec vdr: [5462] ERROR: /dev/dvb/adapter1/dvr0: Device or resource busy vdr: [3846] timer 55 (5 1859-1955 'Smallville') start vdr: [3846] record /srv/vdr/Smallville/2006-12-31.18.59.50.99.rec vdr: [5465] ERROR: /dev/dvb/adapter1/dvr0: Device or resource busy vdr: [5460] ERROR: video data stream broken vdr: [5460] initiating emergency exit Firstly, does using mplayer plugin cause device or resource busy error? Secondly, why cant I resume playing the mpg file I was watching? The mpg file is just a cut and repack of a vdr recording (ProjectX). And I had just watched a couple similar recordings. When restarting all drivers is reloaded. Last line in log after trying to restart play is: logger: *** DEBUG: Variable CMDLINE has value "/usr/bin/mplayer -vo mpegpes -ao mpegpes -framedrop -cache 4096 -slave -nolirc -quiet" Which is exactly same as when the replay works. I have noticed that sometimes I have to restart VDR to make it play the files on a mounted usb drive after mounting it. I have vdr-1.4.4 and vdr-mplayer-0.9.15. I've got two dvb-c cards (one ff and one budget). VDR seems to work otherwise normally. I could not find anything related wrom the mail archive. Anybody know any solution? \\Kartsa

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Problems compiling mailbox plugin 0.4.0
by Jere Malila 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

Hi! I'm having problems with mailbox plugin. When I try to compile it I get: Plugin mailbox: make[1]: Entering directory `/vdr-system/vdr/PLUGINS/src/mailbox-0.4.0' g++ -fPIC -g -O2 -Wall -Woverloaded-virtual -fno-operator-names -D_GNU_SOURCE -DHAVE_VDR=1 -c -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"mailbox"' -I./AxLib/include -I/usr/include/imap -I../../../include -o AxLib/src/Mail/CallBackDispatcher.o AxLib/src/Mail/CallBackDispatcher.cpp In file included from AxLib/src/Mail/CallBackProcessor.h:37, from AxLib/src/Mail/CallBackDispatcher.h:40, from AxLib/src/Mail/CallBackDispatcher.cpp:42: AxLib/src/Mail/c-client-header.h:30:22: c-client.h: No such file or directory Am I doing something wrong? Running Debian Sarge and vdr 1.4.2 -J-

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Utf8-patch experiences, anyone?
by Petri Helin 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

Hi, I have been experimenting with increasing the resolution of the OSD with xineliboutput with at least some kind of success (see http://img79.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hdosdrx4.png and try to not get bothered about the other "images" you are forced to see, this was the first image sharing site I came across). Now there are some problems that have come up with the HD OSD. Font rendering and the way fonts and OSD are used by plugins are the main distractions. I bumped in to this Utf8-patch (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Utf8-patch) which looks promising, but failed to find any more information than what is provided in the german wiki. And the latest adaptation is for VDR 1.4.0. Is the someone out there using this patch and could share his experiences? Maybe someone has adapted it to the current version of VDR... -Petri

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Re: [vdr] [RFC] Shutdown rewrite for 1.5.x
by marius＠heidenstecker.de 30 Dec '06

30 Dec '06

Hi Udo, thanks for your great work. > Possible changes: > - Make the 'inactive' mode (waiting for background activity to end, then > shut down) more visible to the user: > - Suggestion was to put up a message 'VDR will shut down when idle. > Press power button again to force shutdown' before starting the > confirms. > - Alternative may be a message 'VDR will shut down later when idle' if > shutdown was not confirmed > - Alternative may be to permanently put up a message 'VDR is waiting > for background tasks to complete'. How about taking epgsearch's behavior and put up a message 'VDR is waiting for background tasks to complete. Press "ok" for details'. Pressing "ok" would bring up an osd list containing all plugins, which didn't return null in their Active()-method, with their todo-Text. So a user could then see, what's going on. Sure, those key-presses should not be taken into account as regular key-presses in order to not cancel the shutdown. > - A 'bug' in the old code allows to automatically shut down VDR at the > end of a playback, though this was probably never intended. It could > however be re-added as 'feature'. Really? I never knew that. But I consider it as a nice feature a la "I just want to watch that movie and sleep afterwards". As most of us know, sometimes tiredness is stronger and end of the movie was never seen while vdr stays on until UserMinActivity strikes. Hope it will be implemented and this time on purpose. ;oD Marius a.k.a. DMH

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EPG from external source
by Boguslaw Juza 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

Hi! >From manual: "<table id> is a hex number that indicates the table this event is contained in (if this is left empty or 0 this event will not be overwritten or modified by data that comes from the DVB stream)" I want VDR to overwrite events which I have imported from external source. What should I set as table id for external events? What will happen if I set recording for event, which will be replaced by data from DVB stream? Boguslaw Juza

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OT: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria - Connie's Story
by Robbo 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

Good morning, Do apologise for been off-topic but did anyone record How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria - Connie's Story last night on BBC1, only need the last 20 minutes. If anyone has a copy I can download will be much appreciated.. Thanks in advance.. Richard...

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VDR, WAVEFRONTIER and MULTISWITCHES
by Karim 27 Dec '06

27 Dec '06

Hi, I am using two vdrboxes (two FF cards inside each box), and I need to receive 4 satellites, then I plan to buy : - a multi-lnb dish "wavefrontier T90" - 4 x lnb's (quad models) - 4 multiswitch 4>1 (one for each FF card). By adjusting disecq.conf, I know that vdr is able to manage a 4 ways multiswitches, but is it the same for 6 or 8 lnbs ? Is there any limit ? Because there is a lot of cables, multiswitches will be near the LNB, outdoor position. Could you please advise give me some good outdoor 4>1 and 8>1 "FF nexus dvb" compliant ? Feedback and remarks from vdr users, about wavefrontier / multil nbs / multi switches, are welcome. Regards. ***Merry Chrismas to all !!! ***

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Still problem with ASUS Punidt-R P4R8L2 and nvram-wakeup
by Philipp Flesch 26 Dec '06

26 Dec '06

Hi! Although I tried to use guess-helper to get a working configfile nvram-wakeup failed :-( Setting a time only crashes the systemtime... I also tried directisa .... Any other ideas? vdr:~/guess-directisa# vi nvram-wakeup.conf ################################################ ## Mainboard autodetection information: ## ## - Mainboard vendor: "ASUSTeK Computer INC." ## - Mainboard type: "P4R8L2" ## - Mainboard revision: "1.xx" ## - BIOS vendor: "American Megatrends Inc." ## - BIOS version: "1002.003" ## - BIOS release: "06/15/2005" addr_stat = 0x31 # but differs somewhere else shift_stat = 6 addr_chk_h = 0x2F # guessed addr_chk_l = 0x30

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