vdr March 2012

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noepg-plugin
by Lars Hanisch 10 Mar '12

10 Mar '12

Don't want to hijack the announce-thread... :) Am 10.03.2012 20:26, schrieb Mika Laitio: >> Damn, too late for today... :-) >> Just finished the noepg-plugin-skeleton at > > So according to README this plug-in replaces the noepg.patch. > What is the functionality/purpose of this noepg patch/plugin? First it's just an example for the new interface. On the other hand it will help those who import epg "the old way" (SVDRP or other plugins) and don't want to mix it with the DVB-epg until there are enough epg-plugins to replace them. Since the starttimes of extern epg-sources sometimes don't match the DVB times it can lead to double entries. That was avoided with the noepg-patch which deactivated DVB-epg for selected channels. Lars. > > Mika > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr(a)linuxtv.org > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr >

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Re: [vdr] Local frontend - using XBMC strm vs vdr-sxfe
by Simon Baxter 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '12

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 1:59 AM, Dominic Evans <oldmanuk(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > I just wish I could have the full VDR OSD, but within XBMC :) > Yeah, shame about that. It's unfortunate the development on XMBC isn't anywhere as active or mature as VDR. I recently got really lazy and installed yavdr-0.4 after 7 years running everything from sources. It's simplicity of use is great. I use xineliboutput to watch DVDs, movies and live/recordings of ATSC HD and only use XBMC for all the web content (freecable, hulu etc). Works pretty well (apart from some regular xbmc crashing - which I really must look into at some point).

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STNG Schedule Now and Next Column Widths
by Dominic Evans 09 Mar '12

09 Mar '12

Using the STNG skin at 1920x1080 (with the font size slightly reduced from default), the columns on the Now and Next pages of the Schedule don't currently adjust their width, but simply allocate all the extra space to the final column containing the title. See http://i.imgur.com/TKvGy.jpg for an example capture (1920x1080) Ideally the channels column would be auto-sized to display the full channel name, as these tend to be a max of 20 characters it would be useful to be able to see the whole thing.

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Segfault in dvbhddevice
by Richard Scobie 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

For the past few weeks, I have been running the current 1.7.XX version of vdr with an S2-6400 card, using only one tuner, which is connected to a 4 x 1 diseqc switch, without any problems. The startup command has been: /usr/local/bin/vdr -L /home/rs/vdr/PLUGINS/lib -D 1 -P dvbhddevice -P femon -v /mnt/storage/video -s /usr/local/bin/pm & Today I replaced my LNB's with dual output ones, with the second output connected to a second 4 x 1 disecq switch, which is connected to the second tuner on the S2-6400 card. I removed the "-D 1" from the startup command and I am now finding that sometimes vdr crashes on startup, with the following error: Mar 7 17:40:46 atom kernel: [ 12.257270] vdr[755]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fd3118426d0 sp 00007fffcbf98968 error 4 in libvdr-dvbhddevice.so.1.7.25[7fd311835000+18000] If I then run the vdr startup command again, it starts OK. Please let me know if there is any other information I can provide - the current version I am using is vdr 1.7.25. Regards, Richard

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Patch suggestion: Force CAM reset before upcoming recording
by Heikki Manninen 06 Mar '12

06 Mar '12

I have a number of different Conax CAM modules from different manufacturers and all of them disappear from VDR after a couple of days running. Hitting CAM reset on the CI menu will bring it back "online". Naturally all Conax channel recordings will fail silently as a result of this until the CAM has been brought back up. Switching to an encrypted channel just gives the standard "channel not available" message. This happens (for me) with Satelco DVB-C card with Satelco CI. From what I understand, this seems to be a common problem though I'm not sure whether it is limited to Satelco devices only. Would it be possible to force CAM reset on all CI slots when VDR is trying to start recording non-FTA channel? -- Heikki M

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[ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.7.24
by Klaus Schmidinger 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

VDR developer version 1.7.24 is now available at ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.24.tar.bz2 A 'diff' against the previous version is available at ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.23-1.7.24.diff MD5 checksums: a034c5e399417dfc583483f650d003ee vdr-1.7.24.tar.bz2 aa1a2b202da92e65945ff39470b26618 vdr-1.7.23-1.7.24.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 1.7.23: - Updated the Italian OSD texts (thanks to Diego Pierotto). - Fixed a high load in case a transponder can't be received. - Improved the way DVB_API_VERSION is checked. - Updated the Finnish OSD texts (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg). - Fixed asserting there is a live programme if the primary device is bonded with a device that starts a recording on a different band. - Fixed the return type of cMyDeviceHook::DeviceProvidesTransponder() in PLUGINS.html. - Fixed a crash in a plugin using cDeviceHook when VDR ends (reported by Oliver Endriss). - Some improvements to the Makefiles (thanks to Christian Ruppert). - Fixed cRecording::LengthInSeconds(), which wrongfully rounded the result to full minutes (thanks to Christoph Haubrich). - Symbolic links are no longer resolved in cRecordings::ScanVideoDir() (thanks to Sundararaj Reel). - The epg.data file is now read in a separate thread to make the startup process faster in case the file is very large (suggested by Helmut Auer). - Fixed selecting the primary device for receiving the live viewing channel in case it is bonded with an other device and has no receiver attached to it. - Fixed a possible crash when canceling VDR while displaying subtitles, and the primary device is no longer available. - Improved handling subtitles of BBC channels. - No longer using tabs as delimiter in the EPG bugfix log (they were garbled in the log file). - Added a missing '.' after the month in VPS strings. - Added some missing 'const' to cDevice (thanks to Joachim Wilke). - Fixed handling the PrimaryLimit when requesting a device for live viewing (reported by Uwe Scheffler). - Removed superfluous calls to SetVideoFormat() from device constructors. This function is called in cDevice::SetPrimaryDevice(), anyway. - An ongoing editing process is now canceled if either the original or the edited version of the recording is deleted from the Recordings menu. - The SVDRP command DELR now won't delete a recording that is currently being edited. - Removed code stub for obsolete SVDRP command MOVT. - The DVB device adapters/frontends are now probed by scanning the /dev/dvb directory instead of looping through adapter/frontend numbers. This allows for "holes" in the device numbering. - cReadDir::Next() now skips directory entries "." and "..". - Fixed a possible deadlock in time shift mode. - Fixed switching into time shift mode when pausing live video (thanks to Reinhard Nissl for helping to debug this one). Have fun! Klaus

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Re: [vdr] [ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.7.24
by Gerald Dachs 04 Mar '12

04 Mar '12

Am 2012-03-02 00:18, schrieb Tony Houghton: > Going off on a tangent, there's been some discussion about "Pause and > rewind live TV". That could be implemented fairly easily in clients > with > a big RAM buffer, without adding any complexity to the server. Big RAM buffer means long breaks between channel changes. Gerald

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[OsdTeletext] detach receiver for VDR 1.7.25
by Udo Richter 03 Mar '12

03 Mar '12

Hi list, To actually make use of the new MsgChannelSwitch behavior of VDR 1.7.25, I've quickly hacked an experimental patch to use this to detach the old receiver before VDR attempts to switch channel. With this, channel switching should not jump between receivers for FF cards, avoiding transfer mode whenever possible. Please test. Cheers, Udo

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VDR-1.7.16 doesn't respect valid dvb device frequency ranges
by Andreas Brachold 03 Mar '12

03 Mar '12

Hello, Any current vdr doesn't respect valid dvb device frequency ranges. Here on a EPG-Scan it's generate many messages on syslog, like : DVB: adapter 0 frontend 0 frequency 177500000 out of range (470000000..860000000) DVB: adapter 0 frontend 0 frequency 177500000 out of range (470000000..860000000) DVB: adapter 0 frontend 0 frequency 177500000 out of range (470000000..860000000) Any of my three DVB-T devices have different frequency ranges, and the primary device can't receive VHF-channels. frontend 0:0 frequency range 470000000..860000000 frontend 1:0 frequency range 51000000..858000000 frontend 2:0 frequency range 177000000..858000000 Therefore i attach a simple patch to check provided frequency ranges of used dvb-t device driver. Andreas

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[ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.7.25
by Klaus Schmidinger 03 Mar '12

03 Mar '12

VDR developer version 1.7.25 is now available at ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.25.tar.bz2 A 'diff' against the previous version is available at ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.24-1.7.25.diff MD5 checksums: a3fd482a3dd8027706d4f32a88c6bd13 vdr-1.7.25.tar.bz2 f34adcdc0cdab378431d8946872d6b59 vdr-1.7.24-1.7.25.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 1.7.24: - The fps value for channels where it differs from the default is now set correctly when pausing live video. - Increased the average character estimate for calculating tab positions in skins, to better suit wide fonts (reported by Rudi Hofer). - Fixed getting the subsystem ids of DVB devices in case they have been rearranged via udev rules. - Added several cTimer::Set...() functions (suggested by Alexander Rieger). - Changed the return value of cTimer::SetFile() to 'void'. - Revoked "Fixed a possible deadlock in time shift mode" because it caused trouble with output on vdr-xine and dxr3, and also short glitches when replaying on any output device. - Updated the Estonian OSD texts (thanks to Arthur Konovalov). - Updated the Finnish OSD texts (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg). - Fixed handling subtitle color palettes on channels where subtitles appear "word by word" (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg). - Fixed upscaling cBitmaps with anti-aliasing (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg for reporting a problem with color palettes in subtitles). - Fixed getting the video aspect ratio for scaling subtitles. - Removed the "PrimaryLimit". Old "full featured" DVB cards can be run with the --outputonly option to avoid problems with recording high bandwidth channels. Besides, with HDTV becoming ever more popular those cards are pretty much obsolete by now (the TT S2-6400 has no problems recording and replaying high bandwidth channels simultaneously). And, last but not least, people using software players won't notice this change, anyway. - Since cReceivers can have priorities between -99 and 99, the priority for an unused device has been changed from -1 to -100. - If the first event in a schedule has a table id of 0x00, any incoming EIT data for that schedule from the DVB stream will be completely ignored. This way an external EPG source can fill the schedules with EPG data that will not be messed up with that from the DVB data stream. Note, though, that this means VDR can not do VPS controlled recordings with such events! - Added some typecasts to silence gcc compiler warnings (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg). - Fixed handling overlapping timers in case a VPS timer with higher priority needs to interrupt a timer with lower priority. - The code for the RCU remote control unit has been moved into a separate plugin named "rcu". The REMOTE=RCU option in the 'make' call for VDR is now obsolete. The command line option --rcu is now obsolete. Use -Prcu instead. If you have used --rcu with a device path, use -P"rcu -d<device>". - Added support for automatically selecting subtitles when playing old PES recordings made with the subtitles plugin (thanks to Anssi Hannula). - Revised priority handling to allow receivers with a priority that is lower than that of live viewing (with suggestions from Frank Schmirler): + An idle device (one that is not used for live viewing and has no receiver attached to it) now has priority IDLEPRIORITY (-100). + An unused CAM slot now has priority IDLEPRIORITY. + The default priority of a cReceiver is now MINPRIORITY (-99). + A device that is used only for live viewing (no matter whether it's in Transfer Mode or real live mode) now has priority TRANSFERPRIORITY (-1). + The function cDevice::Receiving() now returns true if there is any receiver attached to the device. Its boolean parameter has no meaning any more. + The default value for the Priority parameter of the function cDevice::ProvidesChannel() has been changed to IDLEPRIORITY. - Added a Query parameter to cDevice::GetDevice(), so that devices can be queried without side effects when zapping. - Replaced min(max()) calls with the new function constrain(). - Fixed handling OSD color button texts in case a menu item has texts of its own (reported by Rolf Ahrenberg). If a plugin creates derived cMenuEditItems that set color button texts, these should not set the texts directly by calling cSkinDisplay::Current()->SetButtons(), but rather call the new member function cMenuEditItem::SetHelp(). - Moved the call to cStatus::MsgChannelSwitch(this, 0) to the beginning of cDevice::SetChannel(), so that any receivers that have been attached to the device by plugins may be detached before the final call to GetDevice(). This actually reverts "Only calling cStatus::MsgChannelSwitch() if a channel is actually going to be switched or has actually been switched successfully" which was made in version 1.1.10, so please report if this has any unwanted side effects. Have fun! Klaus

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