vdr October 2012

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the great dynamite plugin ! :)
by syrius.ml＠no-log.org 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

Hi, Talking about dynamite, I'm using it because of my dvb-ttpci card and my usb dvb-t dongle. Their driver/firmware need to be reloaded from time to time. There're 3 dvd-s cards and 1 dvb-t usb stick. I'm using the adapter_nr module feature to order the cards. - card 0 : WinTV-NOVA-HD-S2 (uses diseqc, can receive S28.2E and S19.2E) - card 1 : WinTV-NOVA-S (uses diseqc, can receive S28.2E and S19.2E) - card 2 : FF Rev. 1.5 (uses diseqc, can receive S28.2E) - card 3 : rtl2832u I'm using udev rules to configure the timeout and to pass an argument to the timeout_handler. I'm using vdr 1.7.30 atm, I've been observing one weird behaviour for quite a long time now: after I watch a recording my dynamite-patched-vdr often reloads card #0 for no apparent reason. When the recording ends, i get a black screen instead of live tv. After the timeout my handler script detach the card from vdr, reloads the dvb driver and reattach the card. After the card is detached vdr automatically switches to another card, that's an expected behavior. After the card is reattached i can use femon to switch back to card #0: it's working again. So you would say: buggy driver. But lately i've been commenting out the driver reload part in my handler script: to fix the black screen you just have to detach the card from vdr then reattach it. (nothing more) So I guess it's rather an issue with the dynamite patch, have you ever encountered it or a similar behavior ? --

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Announcing vdrfs (vdrnfofs in C language)
by Miguel CV 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

Hi: For those who don't know, vdrnfofs it's a program that shows you one mpg for every vdr recording. You can with this "export" via DLNA this mpg, transcode it,etc...It has a clean and easy to understand code. I implemented a versión of vdrnfofs in C, for two reasons: - To learn C (this is my first C program) - Thinking that python was the culprit for the slow transcoding to my Samsung TV (it wasn't XD) I think it has a bit better performance, but nothing really important (but i didn't benchmarked much) . Maybe we are limited by fuse speed, but i'm sure I can make some optimizations. As a side effect, being in C means you can put it in other devices who don't run python. I am trying to implement it in the Siemens M740 (MIPS platform). Link with source and instructions to build: https://github.com/miguel-cv/vdr_fuse Disclaimer: I'm a network/IT guy, I'm sure the program has lots of bugs. I checked it with valgrind and only leaks 20/30 bytes in the fuse call (really don't know why). It's been running in my computer for 5 days and didn't had any trouble. If this is not the proper mailing list, sorry and excuse me for my english.

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rotorng broken with 1.7.27 - any changes to vdr core / kernel?
by Morfsta 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

Hi Klaus, As part of a recent upgrade from vdr-1.7.22 to 1.7.27 within yavdr I've seen that my rotorng plugin doesn't work anymore and this is shown in the syslog when I try to send a disecq command: - vdr: [8287] ERROR: frontend 1/0: Invalid argument The plugin includes a patch to the vdr src which adds another method to cDvbTuner: - +bool cDvbTuner::SendDiseqcCmd(dvb_diseqc_master_cmd cmd) +{ + cMutexLock MutexLock(&mutex); + if ((frontendType!=SYS_DVBS2 && frontendType!=SYS_DVBS) || SendDiseqc) + return false; + diseqc_cmd=cmd; + SendDiseqc=true; + newSet.Broadcast(); + return true; +} and modifies cDvbTuner::GetFrontendStatus with: - cMutexLock MutexLock(&mutex); + if (SendDiseqc) { + CHECK(ioctl(fd_frontend, FE_DISEQC_SEND_MASTER_CMD, &diseqc_cmd)); + SendDiseqc=false; + } Has anything changed in VDR, or perhaps the driver that means this no longer works the way that it used to? I've looked through the HISTORY and can't spot anything that stands out. Thank for any help you can provide. Kind Regards, Morfsta

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vdr-plugin-epgsearch-git failes to build
by cedric.dewijs＠telfort.nl 24 Oct '12

24 Oct '12

Hi All, I have tried to build vdr-plugin-epgsearch-git on arch linux. It failes with the following message. Does a patch exist for this problem? Best regards, Cedric " g++ -g -O3 -Wall -Werror=overloaded-virtual -Wno-parentheses -fPIC -c -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D__KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES -DUSE_GRAPHTFT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DSENDMAIL='"/usr/sbin/sendmail"' -DHAVE_PCREPOSIX -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"epgsearch"' -I/usr/include/vdr menu_searchresults.c menu_searchresults.c: In member function 'eOSState cMenuSearchResultsForRecs::Play()': menu_searchresults.c:818:80: error: no matching function for call to 'cReplayControl::SetRecording(const char*, const char*)' menu_searchresults.c:818:80: note: candidate is: In file included from epgsearchext.h:27:0, from menu_searchresults.h:30, from menu_searchresults.c:25: /usr/include/vdr/menu.h:300:15: note: static void cReplayControl::SetRecording(const char*) /usr/include/vdr/menu.h:300:15: note: candidate expects 1 argument, 2 provided make: *** [menu_searchresults.o] Error 1 /home/cedric/archvdr/trunk/archvdr/vdr-plugin-epgsearch-git/PKGBUILD: line 53: $'\302\240return': command not found ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build(). Aborting... "

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in-kernel lirc and devinput
by Jouni Karvo 21 Oct '12

21 Oct '12

hi, earlier, I used to compile lirc separately, but nowadays there are lirc modules in the kernel source, using /dev/input and IR keymaps. After switching to these, it seems many of the buttons in the remote have stopped working, as they are now interpreted as keyboard presses instead of RC commands for lirc. Is there a howto-guide somewhere on how to set up VDR when using the new in-kernel features? yours, Jouni

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by Behrooz Ramezani 18 Oct '12

18 Oct '12

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standard skin does not fit on 1280x1024
by cedric.dewijs＠telfort.nl 17 Oct '12

17 Oct '12

Hi All, I have just installed VDR 1.7.31. It works OK, but on my 1280x1024 monitor, the on screen menu does not fit, it's too big. What is the best way to make the OSD fit onto my monitor? Best regards, Cedric

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plugin vdr-live failes to build
by cedric.dewijs＠telfort.nl 16 Oct '12

16 Oct '12

Hi All, I'm trying to build vdr-plugin-live on arch linux. It gives the following error while compiling. I have downloaded the PKGBUILD files with this command: svn co https://archvdr.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/archvdr archvdr How can I fix this? Best regards, Cedric g++ -g -O3 -Wall -Werror=overloaded-virtual -Wno-parentheses -fPIC -I/usr/include -c -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D__KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES -DUSE_GRAPHTFT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"live"' -DTNTVERSION=21000 -DHAVE_LIBPCRECPP -I/usr/include/vdr/include tasks.cpp tasks.cpp: In member function 'virtual void vdrlive::PlayRecordingTask::Action()': tasks.cpp:63:38: error: no matching function for call to 'cReplayControl::SetRecording(int, int)' tasks.cpp:63:38: note: candidate is: In file included from tasks.cpp:4:0: /usr/include/vdr/menu.h:300:15: note: static void cReplayControl::SetRecording(const char*) /usr/include/vdr/menu.h:300:15: note: candidate expects 1 argument, 2 provided tasks.cpp:65:75: error: no matching function for call to 'cReplayControl::SetRecording(const char*, const char*)' tasks.cpp:65:75: note: candidate is: In file included from tasks.cpp:4:0: /usr/include/vdr/menu.h:300:15: note: static void cReplayControl::SetRecording(const char*) /usr/include/vdr/menu.h:300:15: note: candidate expects 1 argument, 2 provided tasks.cpp: In member function 'virtual void vdrlive::StopRecordingTask::Action()': tasks.cpp:125:37: error: no matching function for call to 'cReplayControl::SetRecording(int, int)' tasks.cpp:125:37: note: candidate is: In file included from tasks.cpp:4:0: /usr/include/vdr/menu.h:300:15: note: static void cReplayControl::SetRecording(const char*) /usr/include/vdr/menu.h:300:15: note: candidate expects 1 argument, 2 provided make: *** [tasks.o] Error 1 ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build(). Aborting... [cedric@TV vdr-plugin-live-git]$

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Problem with remote keys learning and screensaver: vdr 1.7.31 + softhddevice
by Vangelis Nonas 14 Oct '12

14 Oct '12

Hello All, I tried yesterday vdr 1.7.31 together with latest softhddevice from git. I noticed 2 problems: - During remote learning there were displayed no messages (e.g. "remote key learning", "press any key", "press key for up" etc) as well as system load and some other info shown at vdr start up. I had to try starting vdr several times and press blindly the keys on the remote in order to see some messages (e.g. "press key for up" etc). Even for these messages it would not clean the "message area" when displaying new messages for key learning. It would display the new message on top of the old one. When learning was finished everything seemed to work correctly. All menus displayed correctly. I don't know if this is a vdr or a softhddevice bug. - It would not de-activate the default screen saver, so I had to disable it permanently. This probably a softhddevice issue. - I am using ubuntu 12.04 with unity (default installation, no ppas). I compiled vdr and softhddevice from source. Kernel is 3.2.0-31-generic i686 version with latest media_build drivers. My dvb device is ITE 9135(9005) Generic (usb DVB-T). The commercial name for it is "TECHNAXX DVB-T STICK S4". With the exception of these two problems the rest of the user experience was quite pleasant. Channel switching was very fast and image quality was pretty good. VDPAU was recognized from softhddevice and load on my dual core Athlon64 was small (5%-10% for full hd programs). Regards Vangelis

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reception issues every 21 seconds due to EIT scanning?
by Torgeir Veimo 13 Oct '12

13 Oct '12

When background EIT scanning is enabled, I am getting signal disruption about every 21 seconds, with my dual sony playtv tuners (2 playtv boxes each with two tuners). The signal level is mostly constant at 70% with solid problemfree reception otherwise. I've heard that the nova-t 500 cards can have issues with disruption when the second tuner on a card is tuning, so I presume this is a similar problem, as the hardware is mostly the same. Is VDR really tuning to a new channel every 21 seconds? Is it possible to limit EIT scans to a designated frontend? -- -Tor

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