vdr March 2013

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VDR 1.7 FreeBSD segfault when cutting recordings
by Gerhard Brauer 18 Mar '13

18 Mar '13

Hello, i'm new on this list and my English is not the best... I'm using VDR 1.7 headless on a FreeBSD machine. Interaction with this vdr server is done via vdr-sfxe from the xineliboutput plugin. I never have any problem during other actions with the remote VDR (recording, viewing, place cutting marks,...) _exept_ when i start the cutting procedere itself with the keyboard shortcut "2". Most times (> 95%) the remote vdr segfaults immidiatly. The file structure is still created (%foobar ff.). In the few times when it not segfaults then the cutting is done well without problems. I have contacted the FreeBSD maintainer of the vdr port and he advised to do a gdb backtrace on the generated coredump file. After seeing the backtrace he has no solution and told me to post better here on the list. I attach the gdb backtrace output with this mail (i hope the mailinglist allow attached file). Maybe you have a solution and/or an idea how to solve this. Of course i could do further tests or debugging, the segfault is well to reproduce here ;-) Sometimes (but not so often and reproducable), when the cutting process/thread is not segfaulting, i got also an dying vdr process with signal 10 (bus error). That's when i use "backspace" to close the well cutted recording, normally it would go back to the current TV channel. Don't know if this is in some relation with the segfault/signal 11 I often have. This rare error i also got only during the cutting procedere, i could never reproduce it during watching TV or recordings. Some infos on hardware and software versions of the (vdr) server: --------------------- FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p3 amd64 CPU: AMD E-450 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (1699.36-MHz K8-class CPU) FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s) real memory = 8589934592 (8192 MB) avail memory = 7809277952 (7447 MB) Filesystem ZFS vdr-1.7.29_2 vdr-plugin-xineliboutput-1.0.90s20120511_6 ----------------------- Log output when the vdr dies with signal 11 (this is not from the attached backtrace): Mar 15 10:44:00 s01 vdr: [50363392] setting audio track to 1 (0) Mar 15 10:44:00 s01 vdr: [50364416] TS buffer on device 1 thread ended (pid=8844, tid=50364416) Mar 15 10:44:00 s01 vdr: [50365440] buffer stats: 34404 (1%) used Mar 15 10:44:00 s01 vdr: [50365440] receiver on device 1 thread ended (pid=8844, tid=50365440) Mar 15 10:44:17 s01 vdr: [50361344] playing '/video/Die_Marx_Brothers_im_Kaufhaus/2012-10-29.01.48.50.99.rec/002.vdr' Mar 15 10:44:19 s01 vdr: [50363392] SetBrokenLink: no GOP header found in video packet Mar 15 10:44:31 s01 vdr: [50361344] loading /video/Die_Marx_Brothers_im_Kaufhaus/2012-10-29.01.48.50.99.rec//marks.vdr Mar 15 10:44:31 s01 vdr: [50361344] creating directory /video/%Die_Marx_Brothers_im_Kaufhaus/2012-10-29.01.58.50.99.rec Mar 15 10:44:31 s01 vdr: [50361344] removing /video/%Die_Marx_Brothers_im_Kaufhaus/2012-10-29.01.58.50.99.del/index.vdr Mar 15 10:44:31 s01 vdr: [50361344] removing /video/%Die_Marx_Brothers_im_Kaufhaus/2012-10-29.01.58.50.99.del/001.vdr Mar 15 10:44:31 s01 vdr: [50361344] removing /video/%Die_Marx_Brothers_im_Kaufhaus/2012-10-29.01.58.50.99.del/info.vdr Mar 15 10:44:31 s01 vdr: [50361344] removing /video/%Die_Marx_Brothers_im_Kaufhaus/2012-10-29.01.58.50.99.del Mar 15 10:44:31 s01 vdr: [50361344] loading /video/Die_Marx_Brothers_im_Kaufhaus/2012-10-29.01.48.50.99.rec//marks.vdr Mar 15 10:44:31 s01 vdr: [50361344] playing '/video/Die_Marx_Brothers_im_Kaufhaus/2012-10-29.01.48.50.99.rec/001.vdr' Mar 15 10:44:31 s01 vdr: [50361344] recording to '/video/%Die_Marx_Brothers_im_Kaufhaus/2012-10-29.01.58.50.99.rec/001.vdr' Mar 15 10:44:31 s01 vdr: [58882048] video cutting thread started (pid=8844, tid=58882048) Mar 15 10:44:32 s01 kernel: pid 8844 (vdr), uid 938: exited on signal 11 (core dumped) ------------------------- >From my low experience (I'm not a C developer) i think it could be a thread timing problem, maybe FreeBSD special and in relation with the ZFS filesystem. Suspicios is IMHO that an error occurs only in the cutting procedere. So, do you smell antyhing like a bug or similar ;-) Any ideas what i could do or test/debug to get rid off this error? Regards and TIA Gerhard

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[ANNOUNCE] vdr-menuorg 0.5.0
by Tobi 17 Mar '13

17 Mar '13

I wanted to completely drop this plugin, but it seems, some folks really like it. Maybe Klaus can add this feature in 2.1+. I've basically only updated the Makefile and the patch for VDR 1.7.40. As always: Any help is welcome! Development site: http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-menuorg Downloads: http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-menuorg/files Git-Web: http://projects.vdr-developer.org/git/vdr-plugin-menuorg.git/ Anonymous Git-access : git://projects.vdr-developer.org/vdr-plugin-menuorg.git This is intended to be a community maintained project! Any help and patches are always welcome! Please report bugs, ideas or feature requests to the project site (no registration required for this!). If you want to contribute patches, new features or whatever, post an issue or patch to the projects issue tracker or request to join the project. I would happily add everyone as a project member, who would like to contribute to the project! Tobias

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locale problem with 1.7.41
by Jouni Karvo 17 Mar '13

17 Mar '13

hi, I updated from 1.7.32 to 1.7.41. It seems fine, but for some reason vdr does not find locales any more: locale -a | wc 537 537 5097 locale -a | grep fi fi_FI fi_FI@euro fi_FI.iso88591 fi_FI.iso885915@euro fi_FI.utf8 fil_PH fil_PH.utf8 finnish and the syslog: Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] found 0 locales in /usr/local/share/locale Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'deu,ger' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'slv,slo' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'ita' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'dut,nla,nld' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'prt' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'fra,fre' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'nor' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'fin,suo' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'pol' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'esl,spa' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'ell,gre' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'sve,swe' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'rom,rum' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'hun' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'cat,cln' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'rus' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'srb,srp,scr,scc' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'hrv' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'est' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'dan' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'cze,ces' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'tur' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'ukr' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] no locale for language code 'ara' Mar 17 09:50:31 vdr vdr: [5112] unknown locale: 'fi_FI' I am running debian wheezy I also tried setting a different locale directory (that has more locales in it), but it does not change anything: Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] found 0 locales in /usr/share/locale Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'deu,ger' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'slv,slo' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'ita' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'dut,nla,nld' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'prt' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'fra,fre' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'nor' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'fin,suo' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'pol' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'esl,spa' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'ell,gre' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'sve,swe' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'rom,rum' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'hun' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'cat,cln' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'rus' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'srb,srp,scr,scc' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'hrv' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'est' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'dan' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'cze,ces' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'tur' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'ukr' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] no locale for language code 'ara' Mar 17 09:58:09 vdr vdr: [4795] unknown locale: 'fi_FI' yours, Jouni

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vdr-1.7.41: what's new way to run vdr out of it's sourcedir?
by Halim Sahin 17 Mar '13

17 Mar '13

Hi, vdr doesn't copy plugins to PLUGINS/lib. Is there a way to get the old behaviour back? First look I couldn't find nothing in vdr's HISTORY file. Regards Halim

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VDR developer version 1.7.41 -+ xine-lib
by zaverel 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

Hello, i 've got a question: why if i start vdr with xine-xine-0.9.4 plugin +patch http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2013-March/027497.html i've to switch to classic skin or i have: ERROR: cOsd::SetAreas returned 3 (bpp not supported) in syslog and a break If i start the same config with classic skin in setup.conf i can valid skinnopacity skin in osd and that work but if i restart vdr that don't don't work anymore : ERROR: cOsd::SetAreas returned 3 (bpp not supported) see you

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[ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.7.41
by Klaus Schmidinger 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

VDR developer version 1.7.41 is now available at ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.41.tar.bz2 A 'diff' against the previous version is available at ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.40-1.7.41.diff MD5 checksums: c7928bff45fa1c0e6dadf2c0a5adf94b vdr-1.7.41.tar.bz2 d20f62005288f54bb4596e1e091419ac vdr-1.7.40-1.7.41.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. Approaching version 2.0.0: ========================== If there are no more serious bug reports, the final version 2.0.0 of VDR shall be released on March 31, 2013. So please test this developer version intensely and report any problems you might encounter as soon as possible. The following language files still have the given number of untranslated texts: da_DK.po: 134 el_GR.po: 197 hr_HR.po: 134 lt_LT.po: 1 nn_NO.po: 262 pt_PT.po: 28 sl_SI.po: 1 sr_SR.po: 80 tr_TR.po: 134 If nobody takes care of these, they will remain untranslated in version 2.0.0. The changes since version 1.7.40: - Updated the Hungarian OSD texts (thanks to István Füley). - Updated the Russian OSD texts (thanks to Oleg Roitburd). - Updated the Polish OSD texts (thanks to Marek Nazarko). - Fixed using PATH_MAX and NAME_MAX (+/-1 because the first one includes the terminating 0, while the latter doesn't). - The 'plugins' target of the VDR Makefile now also copies files matching the wildcard "lib$$i-*.so" (previously only "libvdr-*.so") and also descends into subdirectories of the plugin source. - The parameters PATH and NAME to the --dirnames command line option may now be left empty to use the default values if only ENC shall be set (thanks to Helmut Auer for some improvements to this change). - Fixed a possible "Channel not available" if a recording starts on a system with bonded devices (thanks to Siegfried Bosch). - Fixed stopping an ongoing recording on a system with bonded devices, if a timer with a higher priority requires a different band. - Updated the introductory text of the vdr.1 man page. - Added a note to the INSTALL file regarding multiple disk setup becoming deprecated in a future version of VDR. - When switching to a less privileged user id, VDR now sets the environment variables HOME, USER, LOGNAME and SHELL accordingly (thanks to Manuel Reimer). - Updated the help and man page entry about the location of the epg.data file (thanks to Ville Skyttä). - Fixed creating a new VPS timer with the SVDRP command NEWT (thanks to Johann Friedrichs). Have fun! Klaus

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[ANNOUNCE] vdr-xine-0.9.4 plugin
by Reinhard Nissl 15 Mar '13

15 Mar '13

Hi, I'm pleased to announce maintenance release 0.9.4. You can find it on my homepage as usual: http://home.vr-web.de/~rnissl Excerpt from HISTORY: 2011-03-16: Version 0.9.4 - The contained xine-lib-1.1 patch is outdated but might still work. The patch will get updated in 0.9.5. - A couple of xine-lib-1.2 patches is still waiting to get commited. vdr-xine-0.9.4 should be able to work without them. - Fixed a couple of things in xine-lib-1.2 and VDPAU. - Fixed compilation for VDR-1.2.x and VDR-1.6.x. - Updated Makefile to VDR-1.7.17. - Added support for VDR-1.7.17s TrueColor OSD. - Added support for VDR-1.7.12s changed PCR handling. - Added support for VDR-1.7.11s semantic of MakePrimaryDevice. - Resolved a segfault regarding VDR-1.7.x and cutting marks in radio recordings (thanks to Joachim Wilke for providing a fix). - Included Lithuanian translation (thanks to Valdemaras Pipiras). - Included Slovak translation (thanks to Milan Hrala). - Included Chinese and Taiwanese translations (thanks to NanFeng). - Fixed MANUAL about centre_cut_out_mode (thanks to Vorg on #xine-vdpau). Enjoy. -- Dipl.-Inform. (FH) Reinhard Nissl mailto:rnissl@gmx.de

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Re: [vdr] Audio only output device?
by imap.gmx.de 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

> Am 13.03.2013 15:09, schrieb F?ley Istv?n: >> Subcribe. > > To what? > > Gerald > > !DSPAM:5140aac1168913192934288! > > I'm actually also looking for this since a while. I'm running vdr 1.7.27 on a Goflex as headless server. Usually I attach clients via streamdev, but when I'm in the room where it is located, I would like to use it for listening to radio channels without any further equipment. For that i would like to output the current channels audio to an ALSA device (analog or SPDIF). Bitstream plugin does not compile against this version and the -a option is no more existing. Or did i oversee something? Herbert Moers P.S.: Gerald, thanks for the repository ;-)

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Where is epg.data supposed to be created by default?
by Magnus Sirwiö 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

# vdr --version Mar 13 09:52:26.599 [general.debug] using new 1.7.11+ capture code vdr (1.7.40/1.7.40) - The Video Disk Recorder # vdr --help ... -E FILE, --epgfile=FILE write the EPG data into the given FILE (default is 'epg.data' in the video directory) '-E-' disables this if FILE is a directory, the default EPG file will be created in that directory ... Starting vdr with # vdr -u vdr --cachedir=/var/cache/vdr --video=/var/vdr/video Does create an epg.data file in the "cachedir" and not in the "video" dir as suggested by the help text. Also what is the meaning of setting --epgfile=-E- Does it disable creation of the epg data file completely? If not - what does the description "'-E-' disable this" refer to? - Magnus

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RFC: Set environment variables after switching user (Patch included)
by Manuel Reimer 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Hello, depending on the init system and the way, how it is configured, scripts, executed by VDR, either have variables like "HOME" unset or still set to "/root". This is useless for scripts or other external software, called by VDR. My small patch sets the common environment variables to the correct values for the VDR "runtime user". This fixes many problems with all kinds of external software, called by VDR (ProjectX or even Firefox via "externalplayer" to browse the web on your TV). Would be great if this small change could still make it into 2.0. Yours Manuel Reimer

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