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Recording does not stop
by brian 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

Hi, doing some pretty heavy testing of VDR 1.7.21 as part of gen2vdr V3 and have now twice had the case that a recording did not end. Supposed to end at 23:10 yesterday, still going strong at 06:00 this morning. Can't find anything in the history file of VDR that this is a know problem and has been fixed in later versions. Here is some of the log: Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] timer 1 (1 2159-2310 'Silent Witness') start Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] Title: 'Silent Witness' Subtitle: 'Fear - Part Two' Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] executing '/tmp/vdr/vdr_record before "/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec"' Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] BJD g2v_record.sh Called: 0 = /tmp/vdr/vdr_record Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] 2012-04-30 21:59 /tmp/vdr/vdr_record before /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] /usr/sbin/mailtext: Started Start 2012-04-30 21.59 Silent Witness. Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] [g2v_rec_msg.sh] Silent Witness: Warte auf Verzeichnis - Last output repeated 2 times - Apr 30 21:59:01 [sSMTP] Sent mail for Brian_dorling(a)t-online.de (221 2.0.0 fwd22.t-online.de closing. / Verbindung wird getrennt.) u Apr 30 21:59:01 [logger] Apr 30 21:59:01 gen2vdr sendemail[3863]: Email was sent successfully! Apr 30 21:59:01 [logger] /usr/sbin/mailtext: Done Apr 30 21:59:01 [vdr] [2496] record /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec Apr 30 21:59:01 [vdr] [2496] creating directory /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec Apr 30 21:59:02 [vdr] [2496] recording to '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00001.ts' Doesn't seem to try to end at 23:10 Apr 30 22:59:50 [vdr] [2738] channel 1 (BBC 1 London) event Mon 30.04.2012 23:00-23:25 'BBC News' status 4 Apr 30 23:00:01 [cron] (root) CMD (rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly) Apr 30 23:01:59 [vdr] [2734] read incomplete section - len = 428, r = 214 Apr 30 23:12:36 [ntpd] peer 213.198.55.2 now valid Apr 30 23:12:39 [ntpd] peer 129.70.132.36 now valid Apr 30 23:12:48 [ntpd] peer 178.63.99.230 now valid Apr 30 23:14:41 [vdr] [3935] recording to '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00002.ts' Apr 30 23:18:11 [kernel] lirc_serial: ignoring spike: 1 1 4f9f0193 4f9f0190 87401 aa74b Apr 30 23:20:41 [ntpd] skew change -36.162 exceeds limit Apr 30 23:20:41 [ntpd] clock is now synced Still going strong: May 01 00:07:37 [vdr] [2738] channel 1 (BBC 1 London) event Tue 01.05.2012 00:05-00:35 'Late Kick Off' status 4 May 01 00:19:30 [vdr] [3935] recording to '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00003.ts' May 01 00:24:40 [vdr] [2779] TVTV: Packed String: DKVxHLuoiXDxsDu98Eavvg== .... May 01 01:23:04 [vdr] [3935] recording to '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00004.ts' Deleted the timer manually: May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [2496] timer 1 (1 2159-2310 'Silent Witness') stop May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [2496] executing '/tmp/vdr/vdr_record after "/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec"' May 01 06:37:39 [logger] BJD g2v_record.sh Called: 0 = /tmp/vdr/vdr_record May 01 06:37:39 [logger] 2012-05-01 06:37 /tmp/vdr/vdr_record after /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec May 01 06:37:39 [logger] /usr/sbin/mailtext: Started End 2012-04-30 21.59 Silent Witness. May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [3939] TS buffer on device 3 thread ended (pid=2496, tid=3939) May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [3936] buffer stats: 95316 (4%) used May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [3936] receiver on device 3 thread ended (pid=2496, tid=3936) Any ideas? Cheers Brian

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[PATCH] toggle between recordings sort order with 0 key
by Mika Laitio 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

Hi Attached is a patch which allows to toggle the sort order of recordings in the recording menu with vdr-1.7.27 between - name - date - recording length by pressing 0 key. At least I have found this to be very useful feature when trying to find a just made recording from which you do not know/remember the exact name to search from the long list of recordings. The thing I do not like in the patch is that the user must know this "0" key as all 4 colors are already reserved in VDR for other functions in recordings menu. (play, go to beginning, delete and info). But I do not know any better way to handle this at the moment. Patch got inspiration from http://www.u32.de/vdr-1.3.37-simple_record_sort-0.1.diff originally submitted by Walter Koch some years ago. Mika

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Recording two programmes with identical details
by Tony Houghton 04 Jun '12

04 Jun '12

Say I tried to record the same programme twice, once from DVB-T and once from DVB-S, can VDR manage that? As they have different ids they should appear as unrelated to one part of VDR, but as they have the same titles and times it might want to make the same filenames for both of them and clash. Or is that what the last digit just before the .rec part of the directory name is for? How would I be able to tell which is which in the OSD etc? Would they be ordered by adapter number?

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Force VDR to save channels.conf
by Artem Makhutov 02 Jun '12

02 Jun '12

Hello, I have a headless vdr server - witch is just used for streamdev and xbmc. I would like to update my channels.conf as it is pretty outdated right now.... I have set the following in setup.conf and vdr is now searching and is detecting new channels. UpdateChannels = 5 How ever - when I restart VDR the changes are not getting saved to channels.conf. What can I do to make it save channels.conf? I think that last time I had to do this I had to connect via VNC and the vdr-ffnetdev plugin to get the OSD and to "press" the power button to make it shutdown and save the changes... Is there an easier was to do this? Thanks, Artem

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[Announce] streamdev-0.6.0
by Frank Schmirler 30 May '12

30 May '12

Hi, the new streamdev release 0.6.0 is available from http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-streamdev/files. The server-side setting "Suspend behaviour" has been dropped in 0.6.0 in favour of priority based precedence. A priority of 0 and above means that clients have precedence. A negative priority gives precedence to local live TV on the server. So if "Suspend behaviour" was previously set to "Client may suspend" or "Never suspended", you will have to configure a negative priority. If the "Suspend behaviour" was set to "Always suspended", the default values should do. *** Compatibility *** At least VDR 1.7.25 is required on the server. Negative priorities won't work as expected unless at least VDR 1.7.27 is installed. For the streamdev-client plugin at least VDR 1.5.16 is required. Due to changes in the client code, streamdev-client is not compatible with streamdev-server versions 0.5.1-priotest and 0.5.2-git. A vanilla 0.5.1, 0.5.2 or any 0.5.1-git version will do. *** Required config changes *** Configure the desired priorities for HTTP and IGMP Multicast streaming in the settings of streamdev-server. If you haven't updated all your streamdev clients to at least 0.5.2, configure "Legacy Client Priority", too. In streamdev-client, you should set "Minimum Priority" to -99. Adjust "Live TV Priority" if necessary. *** Disclaimer *** Though the new version works for me, there are several things I don't use in my production environment and things I can't test at all (e.g. encrypted channels). Feedback welcome. *** Changelog *** - Reimplemented some client device methods - Proper fix for "client sends ABRT after TUNE". Obsoletes many hacks in client - Added CLOCK_MONOTONIC timestamp and thread id to Dprintf - Silenced warning (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg) - Updated Finnish translation (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg) - Replaced server-side suspend modes with priority based precedence handling - Client-side priority handling for VDR >= 1.7.25 and servers running VTP > 1.0 - Introduced VTP protocol version numbering for easier compatibility handling between different client and server versions. The server includes the protocol version in its greeting string, the client reports its version with the new command "VERS". - Dropped compatibility of streamdev-server with VDR < 1.7.25 Have fun, Frank

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Bad choices of USB cards
by Marx 27 May '12

27 May '12

Hello I use VDR a few years, but lately I changed my system into ITX (AMD Brazos) and so changed PCI DVB-S2 card into USB. Additionaly I has bought DVB-T tuner. While buying hardware I was sure I buy hardware which is supported in-kernel, so no need to hunt for driver. Unfortunatelly every from three card I have doesn't work properly. The first: Terratec Cinergy S2 USB HD. Kernel has drivers, but only for the first revision. Second revision which I have need a patch. Patch is even on linux-media http://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/10294/ , but isn't finished so no hope to have it in kernel soon. Anyway I have applied it's modified version from http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=653026 to kernel 3.2 and it's almost work. Almost, because sometimes recording becames unplayable. Recording recors eveything, but I can play only some part of file from beginning. The rest is unplayable. Looking for something widely used I choosed Pinnacle PCTV SAT HDTV 452E PRO USB. Problems with it i've described in thread: "[PATCH, RFC] STB0899 signal strength (pctv452e, others too?)" The last miss was buying USB DVB-T stick based on Af9015. Generally it works, but only a few minutes. I suspect it overheats... So I ask: if somebody has one of cards above working, please give me a note with which kernel and with which driver it does work. Also I wold welcome advice, which from those rather cheap USB cards works without any problems on stock linux kernel. Marx Ps. Now I'm so desperated that I've installed 2.6 kernel and I will try Liplianin driver with it. Hovewer having 2.6 and 3.2 kernels installed together I don't know how to tell dkms to build only for 2.6 (in 3.x Liplianin kernel will not compile)

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DVD menu issue
by Richard Scobie 27 May '12

27 May '12

I have recently installed the dvd and dvdswitch on a new vdr system using a TT S2-6400 and am seeing a problem I did not have on the previous "full feature" card based setup. On all DVD images, the menu highlight area, (that moves around as you navigate the menu), is either horizontally or vertically, (depending on DVD), displaced by a large amount. Is anyone else seeing this? vdr-1.2.27 libdvdnav-0.1.10 libdvdcss-1.2.11 Regards, Richard

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vdr-plugin-dvd fails to build
by cedric.dewijs＠telfort.nl 26 May '12

26 May '12

Hi All, I am trying to build vdr-plugin-dvd, but it failes with the following message: g++ -g -O3 -Wall -Woverloaded-virtual -Wno-parentheses -fpermissive -fPIC -O3 -c -D__KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES -DUSE_GRAPHTFT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"dvd"' -I/usr/include/vdr dvd.c In file included from player-dvd.h:14:0, from dvd.h:20, from dvd.c:15: /usr/include/dvdnav/dvdnav.h:284:47: error: expected ?,? or ?...? before ?this? make: *** [dvd.o] Error 1 I have searched google on this, and this link suggest to install libdvdnav and libdvdread: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=393199 I have installed libdvdread-4.2.0-1 and libdvdnav-4.2.0-2, but the error remaines. I am running arch linux. What did I miss? Best regards, Cedric

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Multiple DVB-S(2) tuners
by Marx 22 May '12

22 May '12

Let's say I will install DVB-S and DVB-S2 tuner (so the first can't play most HD channels), or I install 2 identical tuners but connect them to two different sattelites. How to tell VDR which channel is available on which hardware? Marx

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[PATCH, RFC] STB0899 signal strength (pctv452e, others too?)
by Juergen Lock 20 May '12

20 May '12

Hi! (I guess the forums are not the best place to post this, hence reposted here...) By accident I stumbled across the special case for TT-budget S2-3200 (DVB-S/DVB-S2) in vdr's dvbdevice.c, and since both my tuners using the pctv452e driver have the same issue (which are STB0899 too, issue is the red/yellow/green bars in femon/osd didn't appear) I added an OPTION to the FreeBSD port (STB0899_SIGNAL in the port's make config menu) to enable the patch below. Optional since I don't know if there are STB0899-based tuners that don't have the problem, does anyone here know? (see log, if vdr logs like vdr: [29376960] frontend 0/0 provides DVB-S,DVB-S2,DSS with QPSK ("STB0899 Multistandard") and the bars appear without the patch please let us know, noting pci ids for the cards especially if different from 0x13c2:0x1019 or if it's usb, thanx!) Cheers, Juergen And here comes the patch, also at: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/multimedia/vdr/files/stb0899-si… --- dvbdevice.c.orig +++ dvbdevice.c @@ -560,6 +560,12 @@ int cDvbTuner::GetSignalStrength(void) c switch (subsystemId) { case 0x13C21019: MaxSignal = 670; break; // TT-budget S2-3200 (DVB-S/DVB-S2) } +#if 1 + // XXX This is likely not correct for all cards using stb0899 + // but pctv452e usb ones seem to be affected too... + if (!strcmp(device->DeviceName(), "STB0899 Multistandard")) + MaxSignal = 670; +#endif int s = int(Signal) * 100 / MaxSignal; if (s > 100) s = 100; @@ -632,6 +638,12 @@ int cDvbTuner::GetSignalQuality(void) co switch (subsystemId) { case 0x13C21019: MaxSnr = 200; break; // TT-budget S2-3200 (DVB-S/DVB-S2) } +#if 1 + // XXX This is likely not correct for all cards using stb0899 + // but pctv452e usb ones seem to be affected too... + if (!strcmp(device->DeviceName(), "STB0899 Multistandard")) + MaxSnr = 200; +#endif int a = int(Snr) * 100 / MaxSnr; int b = 100 - (Unc * 10 + (Ber / 256) * 5); if (b < 0)

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