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vdr-1.7.7 playback - getting PPPP ??
by Simon Baxter 20 May '09

20 May '09

Hi I've just built vdr-1.7.7, using vdr-xine 9.1 as the output device. During playback I'm getting PPPPPPPPPP at a rate of 5 every second. What does this mean?? Apart from a few skips in audio when the playback first starts (then it settles), there doesn't appear to be any other problems. What does PPPPPPPP mean?? Thanks Simon

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Compilation issues with recent DVB header files vs libc6
by Tobi 19 May '09

19 May '09

Hi! Recent DVB driver releases (now in Kernel 2.6.29) cause trouble compiling VDR (see snippet A below). The common solution to this seems to be to add a "-D__KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES". It felt wrong somehow and I didn't liked this, so I tried another solution, which is to have any libc6 <sys/*> includes appear before the linux DVB header includes <linux/*>. Doing this only in dvbdevice.c seems to do the trick for VDR (see snippet B). I works for VDR 1.6.0 as well as VDR 1.7.4. I think the root of this problem is caused by the Kernel headers / DVB drivers changing from asm/types.h to linux/types.h: -#include <asm/types.h> +#include <linux/types.h> How should this problem ideally be fixed? Is my solution (snippet B) better than using -D__KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES or should the kernel / DVB driver developers be blamed for this? Tobias --- snippet A --- In file included from /usr/include/netinet/in.h:24, from /usr/include/arpa/inet.h:23, from config.h:13, from channels.h:13, from device.h:13, from dvbdevice.h:15, from dvbdevice.c:10: /usr/include/stdint.h:41: error: conflicting declaration 'typedef long int int64_t' /usr/include/linux/types.h:98: error: 'int64_t' has a previous declaration as 'typedef __s64 int64_t' /usr/include/stdint.h:56: error: conflicting declaration 'typedef long unsigned int uint64_t' /usr/include/linux/types.h:96: error: 'uint64_t' has a previous declaration as 'typedef __u64 uint64_t' --- snippet B --- --- vdr-1.6.0.orig/dvbdevice.c +++ vdr-1.6.0/dvbdevice.c @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ * $Id: dvbdevice.c 1.170 2008/02/09 16:11:44 kls Exp $ */ +#include <sys/ioctl.h> +#include <sys/mman.h> #include "dvbdevice.h" #include <errno.h> #include <limits.h> @@ -15,8 +17,6 @@ #include <linux/dvb/dmx.h> #include <linux/dvb/frontend.h> #include <linux/dvb/video.h> -#include <sys/ioctl.h> -#include <sys/mman.h> #include "channels.h" #include "diseqc.h" #include "dvbci.h"

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Re: [vdr] Can I disable pause live tv altogher?
by martinez＠embl.de 17 May '09

17 May '09

The relook400s for example has an option (it can be turned on or off) where a 30 minutes buffer of live tv is recorded to allow to rewind livetv. This recording is automatically deleted when you zap to another channel, hence the Wife Acceptance Factor is very high. Whenever my wife sees in vdr 'channel not available' she freaks out and waits for me to come back from work, and then nags how vdr is not working again. It is nearly always instant recordings causing this and she is intimidated by the routing of deleting the recoding with the @ and then zapping. VDR is wonderful but it would not hurt to have options (I repeat options, that can be enabled only if desired) that make it more acceptable to non-technical users.

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[OT] NVidia ION mini-ITX arriving
by Nicolas Huillard 17 May '09

17 May '09

http://www.mini-itx.com/2009/05/04/zotac-ion-itx-atom-mini-itx-board-unboxi… "...which means 1080p HD playback from an embedded Mini-ITX board with a fanless 1.6GHz processor whilst consuming 21W. The ION-ITX-A has its own DC converter onboard, and is supplied with a 90W AC Adapter." Nice silent drop-in replacement for any mini-ITX / micro-ATX mobo. -- NH

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Re: [vdr] [OT] NVidia ION mini-ITX arriving
by Magnus Hörlin 17 May '09

17 May '09

Goga777 wrote: > ÐŸÑ€Ð¸Ð²ÐµÑ‚ÑÑ‚Ð²ÑƒÑŽ, Magnus > > how much does it ? > > >> I couldn't wait for a mini-ITX so I ordered a >> http://www.nordichardware.com/news,9180.html >> last week. It's arriving tomorrow and it will be very interesting to see if >> it work as well as my 9400-based uATX does. >> /Magnus >> >> Well, my first imressions of the ION platform (Acer Revo) are very good. It does the vdpau deinterlacing without problems and so far the video decoding has not exceeded 1% cpu load for ANY 1080p clip I've tried. This is the best VDR frontend/XBMC machine I've ever tried. I don't know why, but it works better than my Intel E7200/Nvidia 9400 uATX board. For those interested it uses 34W from 220V with the hdd still attached. I don't know if it's using any power though, since I've disabled SATA in the bios because I boot it off the network. Anyone who knows how to open this wonderful little thing? /Magnus H

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channels.conf invalid entries
by martinez＠embl.de 17 May '09

17 May '09

when starting vdr I am getting vdr: error while reading '/etc/vdr/channels.conf' and all channels have number 0 How can identify the invalid entry?

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audio preference ignored
by martinez＠embl.de 17 May '09

17 May '09

On premiere channels, the second audio stream is ´Englisch´ but the fir st one is selected by default ´Deutsch´ even though eng has been selected as a prefered language in Setup, DVB Tested to be true with VDR 1.7.7

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Only 2 colors transparent OSD with xineliboutput on CLE266
by Nicolas Huillard 16 May '09

16 May '09

Hi, I'm having OSD problems when upgrading. The OSD is normally transparent, using all 4 or 5 colors, on EPIA ML6000 / CLE266 graphics. When upgrading kernel + xine + xorg + a few other things, all colors except yellow are displayed as black, leaving a yellow + black + transparent OSD... Everything else seems to be OK (except xvmc_bob_deinterlacing, which seems to be replaced by one_field). I can't find anything related to this in /var/lib/vdr/.xine/config_xineliboutput (but I'm not sure how this file is handled : when is it created, changed, updated with new versions, etc.) I use Debian sid + e-tobi packages. Working versions : libxine1 1.1.16.1-1 libxine1-xvdr 1.0.3-2 libxineliboutput-sxfe 1.0.3-2 vdr 1.6.0-8ctvdr1 vdr-plugin-skinsoppalusikka 1.6.2-1 vdr-plugin-xineliboutput 1.0.3-2 xserver-xorg 1:7.3+18 xserver-xorg-core 2:1.4.2-10 xserver-xorg-video-openchrome 1:0.2.902+svn579-4 Failing versions : libxine1 1.1.16.3-1+b2 libxine1-xvdr 1.0.4+cvs20090425.1834-2 libxineliboutput-sxfe 1.0.4+cvs20090425.1834-2 vdr 1.6.0-8ctvdr5 vdr-plugin-skinsoppalusikka 1.6.4-2 vdr-plugin-xineliboutput 1.0.4+cvs20090425.1834-2 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+1 xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.1.901-2 xserver-xorg-video-openchrome 1:0.2.903+svn741-1+b1 -- NH

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VFAT/Samba case-sensitive problem
by Fabian Wolter 16 May '09

16 May '09

Hi, I encountered a problem with playing back a particular recording on Windows over a samba share: ProSieben has a series which they call "Switch Reloaded", but today they decided to call it "Switch reloaded". (notice the small "r") As a result, VDR created a second folder with the same name, but different "R"/"r"s. W2K/XP/Vista are able to view both folders, but they have the same content (both show the content of the folder with the small "r" in the name). So, one folder content is not accessible. (BTW: Vista introduced a funny bug, it shows the folder with the small "r" twice in the tree, but both different folders in the flat view.) This happened with --vfat as command line parameter with VDR 1.7.2. Well, I don't really know if this is a VDR, Samba or Windows problem... Regards, Fabian P.S.: I set "case sensitive = yes" in smb.conf. Now Windows can access both folders in the flat file view on the right with the right content, but not in the folder tree on the left (folders have still the same content).

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VDR shutdown problem(?)
by VDR User 16 May '09

16 May '09

What's the best way to shut down VDR without the process exiting prematurely? By that I mean before it has performed all of it's cleanup tasks (like saving setup.conf, channels.conf, etc). I was told that the method that comes with runvdr ("/usr/bin/killall -q -TERM") kills it instantly and it doesn't have time to do cleanup. Also, can an svdrp command be added to perform a VDR shutdown? I notice the svdrp command "QUIT" described as "Exit VDR" but after testing this command, nothing happened. Cheers, Derek

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