vdr August 2010

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[ANNOUNCE] vdr-webvideo 0.3.2
by Antti Ajanki 11 Sep '10

11 Sep '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: 2010-08-26: Version 0.3.2 - Plugin: Possibility to run a script after downloading. - New video service: MoonTV (contributed by Matti Lehtimäki). - ruutu.fi uses rtmpe for some videos. - Stream low bandwidth Youtube videos by default (configurable in /etc/webvi.conf) - Fixed Google video module. - Disabled ruutu.fi search which is not working.

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check cam status
by Simon Baxter 05 Sep '10

05 Sep '10

Hello I'm needing to reset my CAM periodically, and in order to do this I need to check it's status from outside VDR. I've been doing the following, which is not ideal: if [ $((`tail -n $LINES /var/log/messages | grep 'vdr:' | grep 'ERROR' | grep 'CI' | wc -l`)) = 0 ] to test for: "May 22 00:49:45 freddy vdr: [9061] ERROR: can't write to CI adapter on device 1: Input/output error " messages and then: "while [ $((`tail -n $LINES /var/log/messages | grep 'dvb_ca adapter 1: DVB CAM detected and initialised successfully' | wc -l`)) = 0 ]" to test it's recovered Does anyone have any better suggestions???

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vdr-1.7.15 problem with TV
by Simon Baxter 05 Sep '10

05 Sep '10

Hi I've just installed vdr-1.7.15 on my development box which has a single TT-2300 DVB card and CAM installed. I'm using vdr-xine as my front end. When I switch to any live SD channel, I only get 3 seconds of audio/video and then then "channel not available". A few seconds later the picture comes back, for another 3 seconds, then unavailable. logs look like this: Jul 25 10:39:46 localhost vdr: [2499] switching to channel 1 Jul 25 10:39:46 localhost vdr: [2532] receiver on device 1 thread started (pid=2499, tid=2532) Jul 25 10:39:46 localhost vdr: [2533] TS buffer on device 1 thread started (pid=2499, tid=2533) Jul 25 10:39:48 localhost vdr: [2532] cVideoRepacker: switching to MPEG1/2 mode Jul 25 10:39:48 localhost vdr: [2532] cVideoRepacker: operating in MPEG1/2 mode Jul 25 10:39:50 localhost vdr: [2533] TS buffer on device 1 thread ended (pid=2499, tid=2533) Jul 25 10:39:50 localhost vdr: [2532] buffer stats: 201536 (9%) used Jul 25 10:39:50 localhost vdr: [2532] receiver on device 1 thread ended (pid=2499, tid=2532) Jul 25 10:39:57 localhost vdr: [2499] switching to channel 1 Jul 25 10:39:57 localhost vdr: [2499] info: Channel not available! Jul 25 10:41:18 localhost vdr: [2499] switching to channel 1 Jul 25 10:41:18 localhost vdr: [2535] receiver on device 1 thread started (pid=2499, tid=2535) Jul 25 10:41:18 localhost vdr: [2536] TS buffer on device 1 thread started (pid=2499, tid=2536) Jul 25 10:41:19 localhost vdr: [2535] cVideoRepacker: switching to MPEG1/2 mode Jul 25 10:41:19 localhost vdr: [2535] cVideoRepacker: operating in MPEG1/2 mode Jul 25 10:41:22 localhost vdr: [2536] TS buffer on device 1 thread ended (pid=2499, tid=2536) Jul 25 10:41:22 localhost vdr: [2535] buffer stats: 282564 (13%) used Jul 25 10:41:22 localhost vdr: [2535] receiver on device 1 thread ended (pid=2499, tid=2535) Jul 25 10:41:29 localhost vdr: [2499] switching to channel 1 Jul 25 10:41:29 localhost vdr: [2499] info: Channel not available! The same setup works fine under vdr-1.6.0. Any ideas?

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Multiple tuners and reception error recovery without emergency exit
by Petri Helin 05 Sep '10

05 Sep '10

Hi, I was wondering whether what I experienced yesterday is really the way VDR functions at the moment. I have two tuner cards, one in pci slot and another connected via usb. While VDR was running I disconnected the antenna cable from the pci card in order to connect it to a hd cable ready set-top box. This resulted in a 0 sized recording due to VDR not switching the tuner to the one still connected to the antenna. You can see this in the following log entries: Aug 28 17:31:56 vdrkone2 vdr: [1282] frontend 0/0 provides DVB-C ("VLSI VES1820 DVB-C") Aug 28 17:31:56 vdrkone2 vdr: [1282] frontend 1/0 provides DVB-C ("Philips TDA10023 DVB-C") Aug 28 17:31:56 vdrkone2 vdr: [1344] tuner on frontend 0/0 thread started (pid=1282, tid=1344) Aug 28 18:36:30 vdrkone2 vdr: [1344] frontend 0/0 lost lock on channel 1, tp 274 Aug 28 18:36:32 vdrkone2 vdr: [1344] frontend 0/0 timed out while tuning to channel 1, tp 274 Aug 28 18:37:26 vdrkone2 vdr: [1344] frontend 0/0 timed out while tuning to channel 1, tp 274 Aug 28 18:37:53 vdrkone2 vdr: [1344] frontend 0/0 timed out while tuning to channel 1, tp 274 Aug 28 18:38:11 vdrkone2 vdr: [1344] frontend 0/0 timed out while tuning to channel 7, tp 274 Aug 28 18:39:14 vdrkone2 vdr: [1344] frontend 0/0 timed out while tuning to channel 7, tp 274 ... Aug 28 21:55:00 vdrkone2 vdr: [1282] switching device 1 to channel 7 Aug 28 21:55:00 vdrkone2 vdr: [1282] timer 1 (7 2155-2351 'Tapaus Wilson (K15)') start Aug 28 21:55:00 vdrkone2 vdr: [1282] Title: 'Tapaus Wilson (K15)' Subtitle: '(null)' Aug 28 21:55:00 vdrkone2 vdr: [1282] record /data/video/Tapaus_Wilson_(K15)/2010-08-28.21.55.7-0.rec Aug 28 21:55:00 vdrkone2 vdr: [1282] creating directory /data/video/Tapaus_Wilson_(K15) Aug 28 21:55:01 vdrkone2 vdr: [1344] frontend 0/0 timed out while tuning to channel 7, tp 274 Aug 28 21:55:13 vdrkone2 vdr: [1282] creating directory /data/video/Tapaus_Wilson_(K15)/2010-08-28.21.55.7-0.rec Aug 28 21:55:13 vdrkone2 vdr: [1282] recording to '/data/video/Tapaus_Wilson_(K15)/2010-08-28.21.55.7-0.rec/00001.ts' Aug 28 21:55:13 vdrkone2 vdr: [5921] recording thread started (pid=1282, tid=5921) Aug 28 21:55:14 vdrkone2 vdr: [1348] channel 2 (TV2) event La 28.08.2010 21:55-22:05 'Urheiluruutu' status 4 Aug 28 21:55:14 vdrkone2 vdr: [1282] max. latency time 14 seconds Aug 28 21:55:44 vdrkone2 vdr: [5921] ERROR: video data stream broken Aug 28 21:55:44 vdrkone2 vdr: [5921] emergency exit request ignored according to setup Aug 28 21:56:04 vdrkone2 vdr: [1344] frontend 0/0 timed out while tuning to channel 7, tp 274 As you can see, I have turned the emergency exit off, but I'd have thought that VDR would have been able to try the other tuner without emergency exit being activated. However, this does not seem to be the case. Is there any reason for that? -Petri

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pvr-testing2 xbmc discussion
by Rob Davis 04 Sep '10

04 Sep '10

Does anyone know where this is happening now? I know the xbmc forum was down for a while, but this discussion never seemed to happen again afterwards. -- Rob Davis

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streamdev doesn't suspend live TV
by Michal 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Hi, I think there is a bug in the way streamdev switches the channel before it starts streaming. I have only 1 tuner and suspend behaviour in streamdev-server is set to "always suspended". Unfortunately streaming doesn't stop live TV when the channel is on a different transponder. Streamdev switches the channel in cConnectionHTTP::ProcessRequest(), but before streaming is started the channel is switched back on a different thread in the main while loop in vdr.c (the statement with comment "Make sure we have a visible programme in case device usage has changed"). Michal

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LCDProc Status
by Rob Davis 01 Sep '10

01 Sep '10

What's the status of this plugin? I have a two line LCD display which works with xbmc, but when I tried to use the lcdproc vdr plugin VDR won't start up.. I'm using lcdproc-0.0.10-jw7 I just get: Aug 30 18:18:47 oac vdr: LCDproc-Plugin started at 127.0.0.1:13666. Aug 30 18:18:47 oac vdr: [1355] setting current skin to "PearlHD" Aug 30 18:18:47 oac vdr: [1355] loading /etc/vdr/themes/PearlHD-default.theme Aug 30 18:18:47 oac vdr: [1355] switching to channel 908 Aug 30 18:18:47 oac vdr: LCD output thread started (pid=1355), display size: 2x20 Aug 30 18:18:47 oac vdr: [1437] receiver on device 1 thread started (pid=1355, tid=1437) Aug 30 18:18:47 oac vdr: [1438] TS buffer on device 1 thread started (pid=1355, tid=1438) Aug 30 18:18:47 oac /etc/init.d/vdr[1450]: VDR errors from /var/log/vdr.log: Aug 30 18:18:47 oac /etc/init.d/vdr[1451]: ERROR: /etc/vdr/plugins/live/live.pem: No such file or directory Aug 30 18:18:47 oac /etc/init.d/vdr[1258]: ERROR: vdr failed to start In the logs -- Rob Davis

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Where to change the tuning timeout in vdr 1.7.15?
by Stefan 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Hi list! I assume the timeout value is set somewhere in dvbdevice.c (where the "frontend timed out while tuning to channel" message can be found). Can somebody point me to the right place, where the tuning timeout is actually set? Thanks!

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diseqc relay cascade
by Jiri Jansky 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

Hi, I read, that is posible connect diseqc relay to cascade (one two input relay and two four input relay for example). I read that not all receiver are able to use it (linux based, like dreambox are). I would like to setup one two input relay and one four input relay to get five input for convertor in VDR. Is anybody familier with diseqc.conf and Can you help me how to set it up? Now, I use four input relay only, but I don't know what number in diseqc.conf file mean. If this will be posible I would like to use diseqc relay input to often watched tv stations and motor to rotate whole dish to different postion for experimentation and use only central converter for watching. Would be possible to use VDR for this purpose too? Thans for your advise Jiri Jansky

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Shutdown deactivated
by Dominic Evans 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

For an always-on VDR, if shutdown is deactivated in the config, why do we still call vdr-shutdown-message and output OSD messages about 'shutting down in x seconds etc.' when VDR will actually never shutdown.

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