vdr March 2006

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Re: [vdr] Post recording script and automatic power off problems
by mc8647tv＠mclink.it 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

I already managed this kind of problems..... at inherits the environment of the shell who called it. Vdr is run by an init script and its PATH is not complete, not as complete as a standard bash shell. Yesterday I added the full path to just one command and this command actually worked ! So the problem seems to be really this. I now added all full path to all commands in the script, let's see what happens this night. Thanks Francesco

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vdr missed VPS timer
by Jan Wagner 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Hi there, last night vdr missed another VPS timer: Mar 1 23:19:27 vdr vdr: [15494] channel 1 (Das Erste) event 23:20 'Sportschau live' status 4 Mar 1 23:58:00 vdr vdr: [15488] timer 4 (1 0000-0040 'Harald Schmidt~Harald Schmidt') entered VPS margin Mar 2 00:06:41 vdr vdr: [15494] channel 1 (Das Erste) event 00:00 'Nachtmagazin' status 4 Mar 2 00:11:12 vdr vdr: [15488] deleting timer 3 (1 0000-0040 'Harald Schmidt~Harald Schmidt') Mar 2 00:27:22 vdr vdr: [15494] channel 1 (Das Erste) event 00:25 'Harald Schmidt' status 4 Can it be that ARD changed the VPS time since I programmed the timer a couple of hours before? Why is vdr deleting the timer 10 minutes after not seeing the event, because of the "Nachtmagazin" at 00:00 (the programmed VPS time of "Harald Schmidt")? If they change the VPS time as they wish, what are they good for then? Or did vdr make a mistake? Cheers Jan

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[ANNOUNCE] VDRAdmin-AM-3.4.3
by Andreas Mair 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Hi, VDRAdmin-AM-3.4.3 is available at http://andreas.vdr-developer.org/en NOTE: This release is not compatible to VDR v1.3.44+ I'm working on a compatible version and will have to do some final test. I expect a beta release someday next week. There's also a new BugTrackingSystem which is the preferred way of reporting bugs. You'll find it on the VDRAdmin-AM homepage if you follow the "Bugs" menu. Have fun! Andreas *** HISTORY *** 2006-03-01: 3.4.3 - *** This release is not compatible to VDR >=1.3.44 *** - Show TV noise if grabbing fails (only VDR >= v1.3.38). - Fixed: don't crash (on LinVDR) if AutoTimer email notification is enabled but Net::SMTP is missing (Reported by Foobar42). - Fixed: testing an AutoTimer that is edited (not newly added) lead to a new AutoTimer instead of replacing the old one. - Don't show streaming button in prog_summary if event is currently not broadcasted (Requested by Hardy Flor). - Show search pattern in prog_summary instead of current time (Reported by Hardy Flor). - Send correct encoded emails for AutoTimer notifications (Thanks a lot to Ferdinand Grassmann for reporting/ideas/testing). - Do not program timers in the past (Reported by Ferdinand Grassmann). - Fixed "Length of base64 data not a multiple of 4" warning (Reported by Johan Larsson). 2006-02-10: 3.4.3rc3 - Changed handling of refering pages; should work much better now. 2006-02-06: 3.4.3rc2 - For timers that are checked by AutoTimer for start/stop times the broadcast's length must at least match 90% of the original timer's length (excluding before/behind buffers). - Reworked detection of already programmed AutoTimers and made it compatible to VDR v1.3.23+ (Based on suggestions by Jouni Karvo). - Don't crash if illegal characters are used for searching (Reported by foobar42). - Fixed error after progamming a timer if VDRAdmin is accessed through apache (Reported by speed). - If there were quotes in an AutoTimer's pattern and you clicked "test" the pattern got cleared (Reported by The_Pit). 2006-01-17: 3.4.3rc - Changed program name to VDRAdmin-AM to make clear it's a fork of VDRAdmin. - Added "Help" and "About" to navigation bar at the left. - Hide "Record" button if prog_detail is opened from timer_list. - After clicking "Record" in prog_detail and leaving timer_new return to page where prog_detail has been opened (Reported by Ferdinand Grassmann). - Timers were re-programmed every CheckTimers() call if setup option "do not add summary to timers" is active (Reported by Ferdinand Grassmann). - Dropped sendEmail dependency. Now uses Net::SMTP modules (Patch by Ville Skyttä). - Don't show EPG images for other events (Fixed by Ferdinand Grassmann). - Changed GRAB so that it doesn't use temporary files for VDR >=1.3.38. - VPS for timers (Requested by reibuehl). - Made extension and mimetype for both live and recordings streaming configurable (Suggested at vdrportal.de). - Understand format of VDR v1.3.38+ "lste" command (Thanks to Marcus Breitenstein). - In skin "default": returning from timer_new didn't scroll to the line where "Rec" has been called in prog_list/prog_list2 (Reported by Foobar42) - Fixed installing of missing Perl modules.

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convert 16:9 letterboxed / anamorphous to DVD ?
by Harald Milz 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Hi, I am trying to find out how to convert 16:9 broadcasts to DVD with anamorphous encoding. If I get the page http://www.dvd-tipps-tricks.de/index.php?url=3Dhttp%3A//www.dvd-tipps-trick… right, 16:9 broadcasts should be in the 16:9 letterboxed format (in any case softdevice displays them properly in 1280x720p). Or is it anamorphous? In any case, how do I make an anamorphous encoded DVD from such recordings, with the Wide Screen Signaling bits properly set? I can't find any corresponding options for vdrsync, for example. TIA! -- If God is perfect, why did He create discontinuous functions?

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UPC vienna - several dropouts
by Marco Skambraks 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

hi, last weekend I tried to get a vdr box running with "UPC telekabel wien" I used a box with a technotrend dvb-c v2.1 firmware 2622 and a 2.6.13 kernel UPC is using qam256 for modulation I received almost 170 channels, but the replaying of the channels produced several dropouts I assume the signal was OK because the UPC motorola box had no problem to replay the channels my frined in vienna also tried to amplify the signal, but that didn't help any ideas? thanks marco

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Re: [vdr] Post recording script and automatic power off problems
by Olaf Titz 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

> If I run the post-recording script from the command line everything is > ok; when vdr calls the post-recording script the AT command is not > honoured ! First make sure the at(1) command is really executed and creates a job - look in /var/spool/cron/atjobs for the job file; second inspect that file (it's a shell script) and check if everything's okay - pay attention to items like umask, PATH, SHELL, cd. Also check if atd(8) is running, and check if it's running with an -l parameter and your system is under permanent high load (in this case atd won't execute jobs). Olaf

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VPS timer and missing running state
by Frank Behrens 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Hi, a recording last night failed and I ask, if someone can explain the reason. The timer was for german channel ZDF with VPS info, but apparently a running state was not broadcasted. The timer started on scheduled time, but stopped after 4 seconds. It seems VDR detected that no running state is availabe, but stopped the recording immediately. I know that VPS is not reliable, but when VDR can start the timer on right time without running state it should be able to stop it after scheduled time. Is it a problem in VDR or did I miss something? I'm using VDR 1.3.41 from c't distribution. The log entries during recording time, there was no user interaction: Feb 26 22:26:17 vdr vdr: [4646] timer 4 (5 2230-0005 'Hautnah - Die Methode Hill') set to event Son 26.02.2006 22:30-00:05 (VPS: 26.02 22:30) 'Hautnah - Die Methode Hill' Feb 26 22:26:29 vdr vdr: [4646] max. latency time 12 seconds Feb 26 22:28:00 vdr vdr: [4646] timer 4 (5 2230-0005 'Hautnah - Die Methode Hill') entered VPS margin Feb 26 22:28:00 vdr vdr: [4646] switching device 1 to channel 5 Feb 26 22:28:00 vdr vdr: [4840] channel 7 (ZDFdokukanal) event 21:45 'Radfahrer - Von Pedalrittern und Bikern' status 4 Feb 26 22:28:00 vdr vdr: [4840] channel 9 (3sat) event 21:15 'Hoffnung - ein deutscher Winterstern' status 4 Feb 26 22:28:01 vdr vdr: [4840] channel 6 (ZDFinfokanal) event 22:15 'Herr der Regeln' status 4 Feb 26 22:28:01 vdr vdr: [4646] switching to channel 1 Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4646] switching device 1 to channel 5 Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4646] timer 4 (5 2230-0005 'Hautnah - Die Methode Hill') start Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4646] Title: 'Hautnah - Die Methode Hill' Subtitle: 'Schlussblende' Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4646] executing '/usr/lib/vdr/vdr-recordingaction before "/video/vdr/Hautnah_-_Die_Methode_Hill/2006-02-26.22.30.50.14.rec"' Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4646] record /video/vdr/Hautnah_-_Die_Methode_Hill/2006-02-26.22.30.50.14.rec Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4646] creating directory /video/vdr/Hautnah_-_Die_Methode_Hill Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4646] creating directory /video/vdr/Hautnah_-_Die_Methode_Hill/2006-02-26.22.30.50.14.rec Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4646] recording to '/video/vdr/Hautnah_-_Die_Methode_Hill/2006-02-26.22.30.50.14.rec/001.vdr' Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4852] file writer thread started (pid=4646, tid=4852) Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4853] recording thread started (pid=4646, tid=4853) Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4854] receiver on device 1 thread started (pid=4646, tid=4854) Feb 26 22:30:00 vdr vdr: [4855] TS buffer on device 1 thread started (pid=4646, tid=4855) Feb 26 22:30:01 vdr vdr: [4840] channel 6 (ZDFinfokanal) event 22:30 'Hilfe, mein Kind will nicht essen!' status 4 Feb 26 22:30:01 vdr vdr: [4646] switching to channel 1 Feb 26 22:30:01 vdr vdr: [4646] info: Kanal nicht verfügbar! Feb 26 22:30:01 vdr vdr: [4840] changing pids of channel 69 from 310+310:320=deu:330 to 310+310:320:0 Feb 26 22:30:02 vdr vdr: [4840] channel 7 (ZDFdokukanal) event 22:30 'Rahmen, Ritzel und rasierte Beine' status 4 Feb 26 22:30:03 vdr vdr: [4646] switching to channel 5 Feb 26 22:30:03 vdr vdr: [4857] transfer thread started (pid=4646, tid=4857) Feb 26 22:30:04 vdr vdr: [4853] recording thread ended (pid=4646, tid=4853) Feb 26 22:30:04 vdr vdr: [4852] file writer thread ended (pid=4646, tid=4852) Feb 26 22:30:04 vdr vdr: [4646] buffer stats: 60724 (1%) used Feb 26 22:30:04 vdr vdr: [4646] timer 4 (5 2230-0005 'Hautnah - Die Methode Hill') stop Feb 26 22:30:04 vdr vdr: [4646] executing '/usr/lib/vdr/vdr-recordingaction after "/video/vdr/Hautnah_-_Die_Methode_Hill/2006-02-26.22.30.50.14.rec"' Gruß, Frank -- Frank Behrens, Osterwieck, Germany PGP-key 0x5B7C47ED on public servers available.

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Source of sky-plugin
by Michael 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Hi there, Can anybody help me find where to checkout sky plugin for VDR? Is there a some central repository for all VDR plugins? Thanks in advanced. -- Best regards, Michael Stepanov, www.stepanoff.org

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Subtitles
by joscej＠netscape.net 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

When is support for subtitles going to be added to vdr? I have been using the plugin made by Pekka Virtanen for a long time now and it has worked perfectly. Why can't that be made a part of vdr? It somehow feels silly to have to patch vdr everytime I want to upgrade, when it could easily be included. Josce ___________________________________________________ Try the New Netscape Mail Today! Virtually Spam-Free | More Storage | Import Your Contact List http://mail.netscape.com

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Softdevice and libsoftmpeg: current status ?
by Ondrej Wisniewski 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Hi everyone, I am dreaming of a small and quite VDR streaming client. This would be achieved with an EPIA-M board which has everything on board that's needed (ethernet, sound, s-video out, MPEG2 decoder). The software I would run on such a setup would be VDR with streamdev-client and softdevice. I guess this would work well if the MPEG2 hardware decoder on the EPIA was used by softdevice. On the VDR WIKI it says that the most promising feature for future development of softdevice would be the integration of *libsoftmpeg* which would most likely support HW decoding (e.g. CLE266 support). The latest news I read about development of libsoftmpeg dates one and a half year back. Things were quite experimental then. Can anyone give an update of the current status of this project? Is it still alive? Any chance of seeing support for MPEG2 HW decoding on the EPIA-M in the near future? -- Ondrej

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