vdr December 2008

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vdr 1.7.0 and lifeview pci trio(saa7134)
by Jordi Moles 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

hi, i had tried many times to install vdr with no luck, but i found a tutorial on how to install vdr 1.7.0 on ubuntu-like systems, from source code. It was pretty straight forward, i didn't have any problem on compiling and installing everything. I've got a lifeview trio pci card, saa7134, and ubuntu detected the card and loaded itself the modules saa7134, saa7134_alsa and saa7134_dvb. It works great with kaffeine, "out of the box" However, i need your help trying to make vdr get to the card. This tutorial says that i must install multiproto drivers. So, i downloaded them and compiled vdr on that. I didn't run "make install" on the multiproto path. Should i use the multiproto drivers instead of the ones that come with the kernel? As far as i understand the tutorial said it was necessary for compiling, but not for running vdr. Correct me if i'm wrong. So... everything is compiled without any problem and i run vdr like this: ********* /usr/bin/vdr -c /etc/vdr -E /var/vdr -l 3 -P'xineliboutput -l none -r 37890 -p' -u root ********* on the other hand.... if i run "scan", i can find all the possible channels i get from the satellite. I did this to get the "channels.conf" for vdr: ********* scan -o vdr /home/servidor/.kde/share/apps/kaffeine/dvb-s/Astra-19.2E >> channels.conf ********* which gave some results and then i put this file into the /etc/vdr path. If then i look into the logs, i see this: ************* Dec 14 01:08:49 jordimoles vdr: [1006] cTimeMs: using monotonic clock (resolution is 1 ns) Dec 14 01:08:49 jordimoles vdr: [1006] VDR version 1.7.0 started Dec 14 01:08:49 jordimoles vdr: [1006] switched to user 'root' Dec 14 01:08:49 jordimoles vdr: [1006] codeset is 'UTF-8' - known Dec 14 01:08:51 jordimoles vdr: [1006] found 23 locales in /usr/share/locale Dec 14 01:08:51 jordimoles vdr: [1006] loading plugin: /usr/lib/vdr/plugins/libvdr-xineliboutput.so.1.7.0 Dec 14 01:08:51 jordimoles vdr: [1006] loading /etc/vdr/setup.conf Dec 14 01:08:51 jordimoles vdr: [1006] loading /etc/vdr/sources.conf Dec 14 01:08:51 jordimoles vdr: [1006] loading /etc/vdr/diseqc.conf Dec 14 01:08:51 jordimoles vdr: [1006] loading /etc/vdr/channels.conf Dec 14 01:08:51 jordimoles vdr: [1006] loading /etc/vdr/svdrphosts.conf Dec 14 01:08:51 jordimoles vdr: [1006] loading /etc/vdr/keymacros.conf Dec 14 01:08:51 jordimoles vdr: [1007] video directory scanner thread started (pid=1006, tid=1007) Dec 14 01:08:51 jordimoles vdr: [1008] video directory scanner thread started (pid=1006, tid=1008) Dec 14 01:08:51 jordimoles vdr: [1006] reading EPG data from /var/vdr Dec 14 01:08:51 jordimoles vdr: [1006] probing /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 Dec 14 01:08:51 jordimoles vdr: [1007] video directory scanner thread ended (pid=1006, tid=1007) Dec 14 01:08:51 jordimoles vdr: [1008] video directory scanner thread ended (pid=1006, tid=1008) Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1006] ERROR (dvbdevice.c,471): Operation not supported Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1010] section handler thread started (pid=1006, tid=1010) Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1006] found 1 video device Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1006] initializing plugin: xineliboutput (1.0.90-cvs): X11/xine-lib output plugin Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1006] [xine..put] cTimePts: clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC): clock resolution 0 us Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1006] [xine..put] cTimePts: using monotonic clock Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1006] [xine..put] RTP SSRC: 0x24a224e1 Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1006] setting primary device to 2 Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1006] assuming manual start of VDR Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1006] SVDRP listening on port 2001 Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1006] setting current skin to "sttng" Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1006] loading /etc/vdr/themes/sttng-default.theme Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1006] starting plugin: xineliboutput Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1012] Remote decoder/display server (cXinelibServer) thread started (pid=1006, tid=1012) Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1012] [xine..put] cXinelibServer priority set successful SCHED_RR 2 [1,99] Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1012] [xine..put] Listening on port 37890 Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1012] [xine..put] Listening for UDP broadcasts on port 37890 Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1012] [discovery] BROADCAST: VDR xineliboutput DISCOVERY 1.0^M Server port: 37890^M Server version: xineliboutput-1.0.90-cvs^M ^M Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1006] [xine..put] cXinelibDevice::StartDevice(): Device started Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1013] KBD remote control thread started (pid=1006, tid=1013) Dec 14 01:08:52 jordimoles vdr: [1006] remote control KBD - learning keys Dec 14 01:09:02 jordimoles vdr: [1006] switching to channel 1 Dec 14 01:09:02 jordimoles vdr: [1006] info: Canal no disponible! Dec 14 01:09:04 jordimoles vdr: [1006] switching to channel 1 Dec 14 01:09:04 jordimoles vdr: [1006] info: Canal no disponible! ************* so... to me this means that can't get to the card. is this right? I can't tune "channel 1". Actually it can't open any channel. I'm trying only with FTA channels, so... there shouldn't be any problem with that. if i run: ******** vdr-sxfe --video=xv --aspect=16:9 --fullscreen --width=1280 --height=720 --nokbd --post=tvtime:method=Linear,cheap_mode=1,pulldown=0, use_progressive_frame_flag=1 ******** vdr-sxfe starts without any error reported, but then it says, again, "no signal" what am i doing wrong? I would appreciate any light you could through on this. Should i go back to 1.6? I haven't tried any other version, actually. When i came to linux, kaffeine was already installed and working without effort. The first attempt with other software has been this vdr 1.7.0. Thanks.

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Duplicate channels list
by Alex Betis 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

Hi Klaus, What is the motivation behind the logic of not allowing duplicate channels in channels.conf file? I've tried to mimic channels settings of my Topfield receiver where I have favorite channels divided in different groups, while I can still access any channel on any satellite. I've intended to have it that way: :News :Sport :Kids :Radio :@10000 All :Sat1 :Sat2 :Sat3 Where SatX group has all the channels of that satellite and News,Sport,Kids,Radio groups will act as favorite channels groups having the same channels as in SatX groups. I had to change some functions in channels.c to update all duplicate channels when an update should be done. If anyone is interested I'll post it here.

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Switching time
by Alex Betis 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

Hi all, Another question to bother you... How long does it takes to switch a FTA channel on your system? In my case DVB-S. I wonder if this timing sounds ok to you (I think its kind of slow): 1.7.1 + ext64-livebuffer + xinelibout 2 channels on the same transponder - about 2 seconds - video and sound playing right after the switch. 2 channels on different transponders - about 4 seconds - sound is playing right after the switch, image is shown, but start moving about 1 more second later. Please let me know what is your status on that (including version you're using). Thanks.

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--nokbd
by Tony Houghton 13 Dec '08

13 Dec '08

Linux "helpfully" treats certain keypresses on my DVB remote (an input device) as keyboard keystrokes, eg the number keys, arrow keys and OK = Enter, so with VDR configured to respond to the input device it thinks I've pressed these keys twice. I've added --no-kbd to my vdr command line options and --nokbd to vdr-sxfe, but one or both of these is ignoring the option. I think it's vdr-sxfe because --nokbd has no effect on my remote client either. Well, it does say "Keyboard input disabled" but it still responds to the keyboard as normal. -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk

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projects.vdr-developer.org launched
by Tobi 13 Dec '08

13 Dec '08

Hello! projects.vdr-developer.org is a place for community maintained VDR projects. The idea for this was born out of a survey conducted among VDR users, where it turned out, that even some VDR plug-ins that haven't been updated for years are still very popular. The main goal for this is, to be a community effort to continue the development of such orphaned VDR plug-ins and give them a new home. I started with releasing a the new version 0.6.0 of the OSDTeletext plug-in, which now supports the recent VDR version. But projects.vdr-developer.org is open to EVERYONE. It offers a Wiki, file downloads, a documents section, an issue tracker, a news tracker and a GIT repository for each project (via Redmine). Read more about this here: http://projects.vdr-developer.org http://projects.vdr-developer.org/wiki/project-management/Start Tobias

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XBMC + VDR 1.7.0
by Goga777 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cl70fq7sn8 here's you can have a look on xbmc and integrated in it vdr Goga

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1.7.1 + multiple audio streams on channel = buffer problem
by Alex Betis 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

Hi, I'm with 1.7.1 and observe some buffer problems on channels with multiple audio streams. Bandwidth of audio steams probably make a different since I observe problems with channel that has 6 audio tracks or even 4 audio tracks, while there are other channels with 4 tracks that have no problem at all. I guess thats a result of moving to TS. Any hint what buffer should I increase? VDR log shows the following: Dec 12 19:37:09 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 70% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:09 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 60% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:13 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 70% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:14 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 80% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:14 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 90% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:15 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 60% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:18 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 70% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:19 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 60% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:19 htpc vdr: [21746] 1 cRepacker messages suppressed Dec 12 19:37:19 htpc vdr: [21746] cAudioRepacker(0xC1): skipped 348 bytes while syncing on next audio frame Dec 12 19:37:19 htpc vdr: [21746] 1 cRepacker messages suppressed Dec 12 19:37:19 htpc vdr: [21746] cAudioRepacker(0xC5): skipped 588 bytes while syncing on next audio frame Dec 12 19:37:19 htpc vdr: [21746] 1 cRepacker messages suppressed Dec 12 19:37:19 htpc vdr: [21746] cAudioRepacker(0xC4): skipped 1260 bytes while syncing on next audio frame Dec 12 19:37:19 htpc vdr: [21746] 1 cRepacker messages suppressed Dec 12 19:37:19 htpc vdr: [21746] cAudioRepacker(0xC0): skipped 1260 bytes while syncing on next audio frame Dec 12 19:37:19 htpc vdr: [21746] 1 cRepacker messages suppressed Dec 12 19:37:19 htpc vdr: [21746] cAudioRepacker(0xC3): skipped 1356 bytes while syncing on next audio frame Dec 12 19:37:19 htpc vdr: [21746] 1 cRepacker messages suppressed Dec 12 19:37:19 htpc vdr: [21746] cAudioRepacker(0xC2): skipped 1660 bytes while syncing on next audio frame Dec 12 19:37:22 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 70% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:23 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 80% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:23 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 60% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:27 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 70% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:27 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 80% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:27 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 60% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:32 htpc vdr: [21746] 1 cRepacker messages suppressed Dec 12 19:37:32 htpc vdr: [21746] cAudioRepacker(0xC4): skipped 636 bytes while syncing on next audio frame Dec 12 19:37:32 htpc vdr: [21746] 1 cRepacker messages suppressed Dec 12 19:37:32 htpc vdr: [21746] cAudioRepacker(0xC0): skipped 636 bytes while syncing on next audio frame Dec 12 19:37:32 htpc vdr: [21746] 1 cRepacker messages suppressed Dec 12 19:37:32 htpc vdr: [21746] cAudioRepacker(0xC3): skipped 732 bytes while syncing on next audio frame Dec 12 19:37:32 htpc vdr: [21746] 2 cRepacker messages suppressed Dec 12 19:37:32 htpc vdr: [21746] cAudioRepacker(0xC2): skipped 57 bytes to sync on next audio frame Dec 12 19:37:32 htpc vdr: [21746] 1 cRepacker messages suppressed Dec 12 19:37:32 htpc vdr: [21746] cAudioRepacker(0xC5): skipped 1756 bytes while syncing on next audio frame Dec 12 19:37:32 htpc vdr: [21746] 1 cRepacker messages suppressed Dec 12 19:37:32 htpc vdr: [21746] cAudioRepacker(0xC1): skipped 756 bytes to sync on next audio frame Dec 12 19:37:35 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 70% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:36 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 80% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:36 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 60% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:39 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 70% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:40 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 80% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:40 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 90% (tid=21747) Dec 12 19:37:40 htpc vdr: [21748] buffer usage: 60% (tid=21747) Thanks.

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vdr+streamdevice and streamdevice client - personal experience
by YUP 11 Dec '08

11 Dec '08

Hello everybody, Here I want to share my personal experience with vdr and streamdevice plugin. So, the main task was the following: to stream encoded vdr-stream from my vdr through internet (not in local net!) to the client machine (to my friend). For encoding you need to have a good machine, at least 3000Mgz. I used E2160 Dual Core Intel processor and Abit I-N73HD motherboard. To stream into internet you need to have also good upload speed, at least 500-700 kb/s. Below you can find vdr configuration files for streamdevice-plugin: file /etc/vdr/plugins/plugin.streamdev-server.conf has only one line: --remux=/var/lib/vdr/tools/externremux.sh and executable file /var/lib/vdr/tools/externremux.sh : #!/bin/bash IN=- OUT=/tmp/out rm -f $OUT.avi /tmp/$OUT.log killall -9 cat mkfifo $OUT.avi cat $OUT.avi & /usr/bin/mencoder "$IN" -ovc x264 -x264encopts bitrate=512:subq=5:8x8dct:frameref=2:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b:threads=auto -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=aac:abitrate=20 -o $OUT.avi &>$OUT.log rm -f $OUT.avi /tmp/$OUT.log killall -9 cat Now what about client? We experimented a lot, my friend even wrote a standalone program for that, but finally he found that xbmc version from svn, patched by external-player patch http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=40136 and with vdr plugin http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=36988 is all he needed to watch stream from my vdr. He also use wakeonlan to boot my vdr machine. Taking into account 6 hours difference in time between our countries he doesn't bother me. TODO It is a good idea to implement possibility to use external player (mplayer for example) in stream-device client. Then you can watch encoded stream on the vdr. For a present moment you can only watch mpeg2 stream and only in local network.

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e-tobi vdr binaries for Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex
by Hanno Zulla 11 Dec '08

11 Dec '08

Hi, thanks to Tobi's help, there are now updated binary packages for Ubuntu Intrepid available. Have fun: http://www.hanno.de/blog/category/vdr/ Regards, Hanno

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How to debug skips & async with vdr?
by Hanno Zulla 10 Dec '08

10 Dec '08

Hi, since upgrading to the most recent Ubuntu release 8.10 (Intrepid), my FF card is having problems. It is async with audio, both for some live TV channels and some recordings. It is also skipping while watching live TV. (This is not a full diagnosis, but the skipping appears to be limited to encrypted channels.) [1] vdr didn't show this behaviour with the previous setup (based on Hardy with default Ubuntu kernel). However, the logs show nothing. Nothing at all. So how can I debug this if the system thinks that everything is fine? Thanks, Hanno Here's the setup: Athlon X2 CPU vdr 1.6.0-2 e-tobi binary for Ubuntu [2] (e-tobi version number: 1.6.0-8) Budget DVB-C card used as input, with CAM and Kabel Deutschland smartcard, using the driver that comes with Ubuntu's default 2.6.27 kernel FF DVB-C card without CAM, used as input and output, using the ttpci driver that comes with Ubuntu's default 2.6.27 kernel plus the modified firmware from [3] Links are German: [1] http://vdr-portal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=82518 [2] http://www.hanno.de/blog/category/vdr/ [3] http://www.vdr-portal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=59746

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