vdr March 2009

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VDR 1.7.0 & S2API - Channels not Available
by LinuX Oholic 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

Hello vdr list I recently bought two Twinhan DVB-T receiver sticks: TwinhanDTV USB-Ter USB1.1 / Magic Box I & Magic Box II They both seem to work well in linux, but for some reason I can only get a picture in stable c't vdr (1.6.0-2) and not in my self compiled vdr 1.7.0. I use s2-liplianin drivers with another Twinhan DVB-S2 card (1041), this one works fine on both vdr versions. Patchlevel on vdr 1.7.0 is: + h264-syncearly-framespersec-audioindexer-fielddetection-speedup +vdr-1.7.0-s2api-07102008-h264-clean.patch >From what I see in the 1.7.0 syslog I can make out a possible reason why it doesn't work in there: vdr: [6675] [general.debug] capturing device 0 vdr: [6678] video directory scanner thread ended (pid=6675, tid=6678) vdr: [6677] video directory scanner thread ended (pid=6675, tid=6677) vdr: [6675] device 1 provides: DVBS DSS vdr: [6680] tuner on device 1 thread started (pid=6675, tid=6680) vdr: [6681] section handler thread started (pid=6675, tid=6681) vdr: [6675] [general.info] captured 1 video device This DVB-T stick is clearly *NOT* DVB-S capable - so this might be part of the problem. I don't get this message in 1.6.0 at all. Is this related to the problem Morfsta had in [1] ? - it is the same QAM 16 modulation I am trying to connect to - but mine is (QAM 16, 8K, 5/6, 1/4). Thanks in advance for any help. I'd like to stay with vdr 1.7.0 as well for plugin compatibility reasons. [1] http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2009-February/019493.html _________________________________________________________________ http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0903xIMTicTacToe Kostenlose Spannung? Spiel jetzt mit Freunden TIC TAC TOE in 3D!

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VDR 1.7.0 & S2API - Channels not Available
by LinuX Oholic 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

Hello vdr list I recently bought two Twinhan DVB-T receiver sticks: TwinhanDTV USB-Ter USB1.1 / Magic Box I & Magic Box II They both seem to work well in linux, but for some reason I can only get a picture in stable c't vdr (1.6.0-2) and not in my self compiled vdr 1.7.0. I use s2-liplianin drivers with another Twinhan DVB-S2 card (1041), this one works fine on both vdr versions. Patchlevel on vdr 1.7.0 is: + h264-syncearly-framespersec-audioindexer-fielddetection-speedup +vdr-1.7.0-s2api-07102008-h264-clean.patch >From what I see in the 1.7.0 syslog I can make out a possible reason why it doesn't work in there: vdr: [6675] [general.debug] capturing device 0 vdr: [6678] video directory scanner thread ended (pid=6675, tid=6678) vdr: [6677] video directory scanner thread ended (pid=6675, tid=6677) vdr: [6675] device 1 provides: DVBS DSS vdr: [6680] tuner on device 1 thread started (pid=6675, tid=6680) vdr: [6681] section handler thread started (pid=6675, tid=6681) vdr: [6675] [general.info] captured 1 video device This DVB-T stick is clearly *NOT* DVB-S capable - so this might be part of the problem. I don't get this message in 1.6.0 at all. Is this related to the problem Morfsta had in [1] ? - it is the same QAM 16 modulation I am trying to connect to - but mine is (QAM 16, 8K, 5/6, 1/4). Thanks in advance for any help. I'd like to stay with vdr 1.7.0 as well for plugin compatibility reasons. [1] http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2009-February/019493.html _________________________________________________________________ http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0903xWLM2009 Neu: Messenger 2009! Hier kostenlos downloaden!

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VDR-Live plugin
by Rob Davis 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

How do you use this from the internet? I have got it working (via Gentoo) on my lan, but I wan't to use it with the extern function of streamdev using my dynamic dns name. I have opened the port but it keeps asking for the username and password (which work at home). I can't work out what config options I might need to set.

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Re: [vdr] Instability with recordings on VDR-1.7.4 when recording to a NTFS partition
by Hawes, Mark 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

On 20.03.2009 13:11, Hawes, Mark wrote: > Since upgrading to VDR-1.7.4 I have experienced some instability when > recording to an NTFS partition. > > > > The recording itself seems to proceed OK, but the recorded programs will > generally only play for a few seconds before freezing. Pausing live > video and then resuming play will also trigger the problem. Subsequently > rewinding a recording that has been so paused will only rewind to the > pause point, not the beginning of the recording. > > > > All works well when using vdr-1.7.2 to record on the same system to the > same partition, and when I placed my recording directory on a reiserfs > partition all worked well too. So it appears to be > > a problem recording on NTFS partitions introduced with the switch to .ts > file recording. Does it make a difference if you comment out the line #define USE_FADVISE in VDR/tools.c? Klaus Hi Klaus, Commented out that line at line no 1442 in tools.c, and recompiled. No better. If I pause live video then restart it starts in slo-mo i.e. judders, and then eventually freezes, but may then start again, still juddering .... and freezing ... Mark ________________________________ This is an email from Fujitsu Australia Limited, ABN 19 001 011 427. It is confidential to the ordinary user of the email address to which it was addressed and may contain copyright and/or legally privileged information. No one else may read, print, store, copy or forward all or any of it or its attachments. If you receive this email in error, please return to sender. Thank you. If you do not wish to receive commercial email messages from Fujitsu Australia Limited, please email unsubscribe(a)au.fujitsu.com

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Boxstar development spin-off useful for VDR
by Tony Houghton 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

For the last few weeks I've been developing a python library to provide DVB support for boxstar. I decided to make something useful out of my testing tools so I wrote a channel scanner which can output in VDR format. Its advantages over the scan tool in linuxtv-dvb-apps include: It has a Freesat option and it can get channel numbering for that as well as for Freeview. It needs a bit help to deal with regional channels though. It doesn't round DVB-T frequencies to KHz, getting VDR confused about whether channels it's found in its own scans are new. There's also a companion tool which merges channels.conf from Freeview, Freesat and BSkyB FTA, and probably others which I haven't been able to test, making sure all LCNs are unique, removing channels duplicated in Freesat and BSkyB, and sorting remaining channels alphabetically. If anyone's interested, I've checked it into git at boxstar.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/boxstar in branch "pydvb". -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk

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No sound with pvrinput and PVR-250
by Kartsa 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Hello all again I wrote earlier about having problems with not getting HVR-1300 to work with pvrinput. As it turned out I had not read README quite as thorough as I thought. Pvrinput does not (yet) work with HVR1300. So I bought a PVR-250. I need it for to be able to record from vhs tapes. So now I got a picture from both s-video and composite connections but there is no audio. I've tried to read the README carefully but there is no mention about needing to select audio input somewhere. I assume that by connecting video and audio to PVR-250 inputs and using the encoder of the card it should work. In short I am able to watch and record video from composite and svideo without sound. Any pointers? \\Kartsa

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[ANNOUNCE] vdr-iptv-0.2.6
by Rolf Ahrenberg 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

Hi, a new IPTV plugin release is now available: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~rahrenbe/vdr/iptv/ 2009-03-22: Version 0.2.6 - Added a note about recommended frequencies into README. - Fixed a locking bug with section filters. - Fixed some lint warnings. I strongly encourage every IPTV user to upgrade the plugin, as the locking bug in older versions caused crashing during zapping on certain VDR setups. BR, -- rofa

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Instability with recordings on VDR-1.7.4 when recording to a NTFS partition
by Hawes, Mark 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

If I pause live video then restart it starts in slo-mo i.e. judders, and >> then eventually freezes, but may then start again, still juddering .... >> and freezing ... > > Well, then I have no idea why it wouldn't work with an NTFS partition, > while it does work with others. > > Klaus > Hi Klaus, > I have similar problems using a NFS share under some circumstances: > The general problem is that the index file stops growing after a few > seconds, while the 00001.ts file growing normally. > 1. Using a local HDD with ReiserFS for recording, everything works well. > 2. Using NFS V3 with the mount options tcp,hard,sync the index file > stops growing. > 3. Using NFS V3 with the mount options tcp,soft,async the index file > keeps growing. I was happy figured that out, but there seems to be > another problem. > While having heavy network load this problem occurs again. > An example: > Cutting a movie on my NFS share, while recording a new movie to the same > NFS share causes in the same problem, the index file stops growing. > And... it does not start growing again, after the cutting has finished. > This means that I have to stop/start the recording to get a correct > index file again. > Could it be possible, that the process which is writing the index dies > in some kind? > I've never had a problem like this in older VDR versions, and I often do > cutting and recording at the same time. > BTW: Is the a way to (re)create a new index file for TS like genvdr for > VDR file did? > -Günter Hi, I have checked the recording directory and sure enough, the index file stops growing after a short while (seconds). I have tried mounting the NTFS partition with the async option but to no avail, i.e. problem is still there. BTW: How do I respond to an already open thread? All I seem to be able to do is start a new one. Mark. ________________________________ This is an email from Fujitsu Australia Limited, ABN 19 001 011 427. It is confidential to the ordinary user of the email address to which it was addressed and may contain copyright and/or legally privileged information. No one else may read, print, store, copy or forward all or any of it or its attachments. If you receive this email in error, please return to sender. Thank you. If you do not wish to receive commercial email messages from Fujitsu Australia Limited, please email unsubscribe(a)au.fujitsu.com

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[patch] softdevice+mplayer-plugin
by ua0lnj 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

Hi This patch allows correct work of mplayer-plugin with softdevice from cvs. Otherwise softdevice lock output resources, and mplayer can't play (for example no audio for me).

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mplayer-plugin+softdevice+spdif
by ua0lnj 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi Anybody use softdevice and mplayer plugins? I use spdif out for audio, and have trouble. softdevice have: -vo dfb:mgatv -ao alsa:pcm=plug:spdif#ac3=plug:spdif# mplayer.sh: AO="alsa:device=spdif" mplayer work without vdr, but than I use mplayer-plugin, I can see video, but no audio from mplayer. [AO_ALSA] Unable to set hw-parameters: Device or resource busy Failed to initialize audio driver 'alsa:device=spdif' Could not open/initialize audio device -> no sound. Audio: no sound I think softdevice takes resources and does not give them to mplayer I use 2.6.24 kernel on Ubuntu 8.04, alsa-1.0.15, softdevice from cvs, mplayer from svn, vdr-1.6.2 and vdr-1.7.4 Any suggestios?

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