vdr July 2010

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A/V out of sync for BSkyB channels Channel4, More4, E4, Film4
by Günter Merz 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

Hi, I'm looking for help with my vdr 1.6 system. I think the problem only affects BSkyB channels Channel4, More4, E4 and Film4: those channels a/v are out of sync (sometimes more, sometimes less). Recordings from those channels are also affected. I think that at some point, I didn't have this a/v sync issue, but I could be wrong. My vdr uses vdr-xine with a new xine-lib 1.2 (for vdpau) as output device. Due to the unstable nature of some of the components, I've tried exchanging parts of my output chain to their stable counterparts: xine-lib 1.1.17, ffmpeg-0.5, xine-ui-0.99.5. Also, I've tried deactivating "Dynamic Ticks" in the kernel. None of those measures have helped. Can anyone here point me to where the a/v sync issue is most likely to originate from? Can it be vdr itself? Does vdr process video separate from audio? >From what I've read so far, xine-lib delegates MPEG TS processing to ffmpeg.

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[Announce] vdr-streamdev-0.5.0 / 0.4.0
by Frank Schmirler 25 Jul '10

25 Jul '10

Hi there, I finally published new streamdev releases on http://streamdev.vdr-developer.org. Streamdev-0.4.0 is the final release for VDR 1.4.x. There won't be any more updates. Use streamdev-0.5.0 for recent VDRs. IMPORTANT: Please follow the upgrade instructions from the plugin's README file. When updating to streamdev-0.5.0, the following changes are necessary (even if you have been running streamdev-0.5.0pre from CVS before): * Streamdev-server's plugin config directory is now $VDRCONFDIR/plugins/streamdev-server/. Streamdev-server expects the file streamdevhosts.conf in this directory. It is also the default location of the externremux.sh script. * The externremux script is now responsible for emitting all HTTP response headers. Make sure you send out at least the Content-type header and a blank line to terminate the header block. I encourage you to try the new externremux.sh script which ships with the streamdev sources. It fixes several problems with script termination from earlier releases and allows you to change several remux parameters on the fly by specifying URL parameters. The URL path to access externremux changed from EXTERN to EXT. Check the HISTORY for a complete changelog. Here's a brief overview of the most important new features in 0.5.0: - HTTP authentication - CGI like interface and URL parameters for externremux.sh - rewrite of externremux.sh - Multicast streaming server option Thanks to all contributors and sorry for the long time it took to publish this new release. I'll try to release more often now, but don't take my word for it. Frank

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[ANNOUNCE] vdr-webvideo 0.3.0
by Antti Ajanki 22 Jul '10

22 Jul '10

New version of the Webvideo plugin is available at http://users.tkk.fi/~aajanki/vdr/webvideo/ Webvideo is a VDR plugin for downloading videos from popular video sharing webvites such as YouTube. With the help of xineliboutput plugin the videos can be played directly in VDR without downloading them first. Changes: 2010-07-12: Version 0.3.0 - Scheduled downloading - Show error details on status screen by pressing Info - Fix a crash when video URL is empty. - INI file options for controlling the download quality. - Add support for Finnish TV stations: MTV3 Katsomo, ruutu.fi, Subtv. - Make all downloads abortable. - Fixed Vimeo search.

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xineliboutput problem on new fedora 13 install
by Torgeir Veimo 20 Jul '10

20 Jul '10

Am getting this error when running with local sxfe frontend. Strangely, using vdr-sxfe works, it's only the local frontend that wont start; Jul 20 03:23:53 htpc vdr: [xine..put] cXinelibLocal::Action - fe->fe_display_open ok Jul 20 03:23:53 htpc vdr: [22273] [xine..put] cXinelibLocal::Action - xine_init Jul 20 03:23:53 htpc vdr: [22273] [vdr-fe] Using xine-lib config file /video/vdr/plugins/xineliboutput/config Jul 20 03:23:53 htpc vdr: [22273] [vdr-fe] fe_xine_init: xine_open_video_driver("vdpau") failed Jul 20 03:23:53 htpc vdr: [22273] [xine..put] cXinelibLocal: Error initializing frontend Can there be any setting in the xine config_xineliboutput file that causes the local frontend to fail vdpau initialisation? -- -Tor

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Re: [vdr] How to properly attach stream to live view?
by Udo Richter 19 Jul '10

19 Jul '10

Hi list, hi Klaus, In continuation of this old topic [1] and the bug ticket [2]: I've written a patch that changes handling of receivers in VDR. The patch makes sure that receivers of priority of -1 won't block a device, without re-introducing the Live TV Freeze [3] bug. Details of this issue are very well documented in [2], patches are also available there. In short, -1 receivers are supposed to be disconnectable at any time, but transfer mode runs at -1 priority too, and should not be disconnected. Transfer mode runs at -1 so that an existing transfer mode does not block channel switching. The solution is to let the channel switch code know that the transfer source device will soon be available. Cheers, Udo [1] http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2008-June/017073.html [2] http://projects.vdr-developer.org/issues/show/10 [3] http://linuxtv.org/mailinglists/vdr/2004/05-2004/msg00115.html

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[ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.7.15
by Klaus Schmidinger 18 Jul '10

18 Jul '10

VDR developer version 1.7.15 is now available at ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.15.tar.bz2 A 'diff' against the previous version is available at ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.14-1.7.15.diff WARNING: ======== This is a *developer* version. Even though *I* use it in my productive environment. I strongly recommend that you only use it under controlled conditions and for testing and debugging. The changes since version 1.7.14: - Added Macedonian language texts (thanks to Dimitar Petrovski). - Updated the Estonian OSD texts (thanks to Arthur Konovalov). - Updated the Finnish OSD texts (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg). - Added handling of EnhancedAC3DescriptorTag (thanks to Eric Valette). - The default SVDRP port is now 6419 (registered with ICANN/IANA by Christian Tramnitz). Use '-p 2001' to switch back to the old port if necessary. - Updated the Italian OSD texts (thanks to Diego Pierotto). - cDvbDevice::ProvidesTransponder() now checks the modulation capabilities of the device (as far as the driver allows this). - Fixed cFrameDetector::Analyze() in case part of the data has been processed and there is less than MIN_TS_PACKETS_FOR_FRAME_DETECTOR left (reported by Derek Kelly). - Added a note about not deleting cDeviceHook objects to device.h. - Added user defined key kUser0 (suggested by Ulf Kiener). - Include paths are now added instead of overwriting INCLUDES in the Makefile (thanks to Paul Menzel). - The various modulation types are now taken into account when selecting a device for a recording or live viewing, so that devices that provide more capabilities are spared. - Fixed generating PMT language descriptors for multi language PIDs (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg). - Transponders that use "8psk turbo fec" (a non-standard mode used by North American providers) are now identified by assuming that all 8psk transponders on DVB-S use "turbo fec". In order to determine whether a certain device can handle "turbo fec", the new driver flag FE_CAN_TURBO_FEC is checked. If your device can handle "turbo fec", and your driver doesn't have that flag, yet, you can apply the patch from ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/v4l-dvb-add-FE_CAN_TURBO_FEC.diff. A temporary macro in dvbdevice.c defines the flag for all those who don't need this in the driver, so that they can continue using an unmodified driver. Thanks to Derek Kelly for testing this. - Updated the Ukrainian OSD texts (thanks to Yarema Aka Knedlyk). - Fixed handling "none" color entries in XPM files (thanks to Thomas Gu"nther). - Fixed a crash when creating a new channel if the channel list is empty (reported by Halim Sahin). - Updated the Czech OSD texts (thanks to Radek Stastny). - Fixed a possible out of buffer memory access in case of bad TS data (reported by Rolf Ahrenberg). - Implemented handling of HD resolution subtitles according to v1.3.1 of ETSI EN 300 743, chapter 7.2.1 (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg). - The EPG data now handles stream components 5 (H.264-video) and 6 (HEAAC-audio). - Fixed a problem with external Dolby Digital processing via the '-a' option in live mode and with TS recordings (reported by Christopher Reimer). - Added handling MPEG audio types "ISO/IEC 14496-3 Audio with LATM transport syntax" and "ISO/IEC 13818-7 Audio with ADTS transport syntax" (suggested by Luis Fernandes). See man vdr(5) on how the APID section of channels has been extended to store this information. - Added detecting channels that use service type 0x16. - Added full handling of the stream types of Dolby Digital pids (thanks to Jose Alberto Reguero). - The new setup option "OSD/Number keys for characters" can be used to control whether the number keys can be used to enter characters in a text input field (suggested by Stefan Huskamp). Have fun! Klaus

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Release 0.0.5 of vdr-plugin-targavfd
by Andreas Brachold 17 Jul '10

17 Jul '10

A new release of vdr-plugin-targavfd More details at: http://projects.vdr-developer.org/wiki/plg-targavfd Core feature: * native integration, to show VDR states * use freetype fonts * UTF-8 support Changes: * Add exit mode 'Show only present next timer' (Request #356) * Add setup option to control volume bargraph * Allow partial data transfer * Select brightness by in plain language * Update running clock frequently * Don't show icons, if showing clock on exit

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VDR defunct problem.
by VDR User 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

Recently VDR has become a defunct process sometimes when I've stopped it. I'm not sure how to investigate that kind of problem so I was hoping someone can give some advice. The only way I know of to clear it is to reboot, which I'd rather avoid if I can. Another user suggested I look at the process ID with ptree, which shows: $ ptree 5236 Execution terminated by unhandled exception Exception name: ASIS.EXCEPTIONS.ASIS_INAPPROPRIATE_COMPILATION_UNIT Message: a4g-vcheck.adb:867 Call stack traceback locations: 0xb77efd32 0xb77c8b76 0x8058806 0x804ee23 0xb6f58c74 $ Though I don't know if any of that is even useful. System infos: debian testing kernel 2.6.34.1 dvb drivers from mercurial tree dated 2010-07-07 (9652f85e688a tip) vdr-1.7.15 Any help is greatly appreciated.

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vdr + Mystique SaTiX-S2 Dual / V2 CI card
by Goga777 15 Jul '10

15 Jul '10

Hi has someone the experience with vdr and Mystique SaTiX-S2 Dual / V2 CI ? What about your impression for them ? Does this card work well under Linux ? Goga

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VDR and uClibc
by Paul Menzel 14 Jul '10

14 Jul '10

Dear VDR folks, I am trying to compile VDR with uClibc [1] using OpenEmbedded [2] and get the following error. thread.o: In function `cRwLock::Lock(bool, int)': /oe/angstrom-dev/work/armv7a-angstrom-linux-uclibceabi/vdr-1.7.15-r0/vdr-1.7.15/thread.c:164: undefined reference to `pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock' /oe/angstrom-dev/work/armv7a-angstrom-linux-uclibceabi/vdr-1.7.15-r0/vdr-1.7.15/thread.c:166: undefined reference to `pthread_rwlock_timedrdlock' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status The problem seems to exist since 2004 [3][4] and those function do not seem to be implemented in uClibc [5]. Judging from the comment in Gentoo bug #201718 I hoped that this has been resolved somehow. But I could not find any patches regarding this issue in the Gentoo archive. Did anyone solve this problem? Thanks, Paul [1] http://www.uclibc.org/ [2] http://wiki.openembedded.net/index.php/Main_Page [3] http://www.linuxtv.org/mailinglists/vdr/2004/07-2004/msg00089.html [4] http://www.linuxtv.org/mailinglists/vdr/2004/12-2004/msg01061.html [5] http://www.linuxtv.org/mailinglists/vdr/2004/12-2004/msg01077.html [6] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201718#c1 [7] http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/media-video/vdr/fil…

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