vdr January 2014

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xmltv2vdr.pl
by Dominic Evans 14 Aug '15

14 Aug '15

I don't know if anyone else still uses the xmltv2vdr.pl perl script for piping XMLTV data into VDR's epg, but I've been keeping a version of it updated with some additional function here: https://github.com/oldmanuk/xmltv2vdr These are the changes since the last version (1.0.9) was released on the mailing list - Add support for XMLTV episode-num. Currently gets added as EPG entry 'sub-title', if no existing subtitle has been found, in the form sXXeXX (e.g., Bones~s01e01). - Change default SVDRP port number to 6419. - Better support for ATSC/PVRINPUT EPG sources. - Allow multiple channels to have the same XMLTV channel id, useful for multi input (e.g., DVB-T, DVB-S) systems where you want to feed VDR the same info. Previously only a 1:1 mapping was permitted. I've also received a pull request from someone who rewrote the whole script to be a lot more readable and to use full XML parsing (rather than just line-by-line scraping), but I still need to investigate what the performance penalty is before accepting that in.

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VDR & Multiple frontends
by Eddi 25 Jul '15

25 Jul '15

Hi, I wrote a patch to Steve Toth hvr3000 repository, so my FlyDVB Trio can use multiple frontend. So I get: /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0 /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux1 /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr1 /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend1 /dev/dvb/adapter0/net0 /dev/dvb/adapter0/net1 The bus of the two frontend is shared, isn't possible to get access to both frontend simultaneously, so I get an -EBUSY error by trying accessing frontend1 if frontend0 is in use. VDR doesn't support yet the second frontend, and it try to get exclusive access on both frontend on start, so the second frontend is inusabile. Vdr should probe for multiple frontend at start, and access frontend only on channel change. Please can someone give me an help to wrote a patch for this issue? Best Regards, Eddi

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cSoftDevice::StillPicture() not updating video in VDR 2.0
by Marko Mäkelä 31 May '14

31 May '14

After upgrading to VDR 2.0, I got Softdevice to almost work (see the mail archive a couple of months ago). Sometimes it is showing garbage (really random noise) on the MGA350 OSD layer; I can live with that, as this box is only used for infrequent recordings. The last annoying problem is that going to the next or previous I-frame when editing (buttons 4 and 6 on the remote control) are not updating the video screen at all. Only the edit mark is moving on the OSD layer. If I press Play, it will start playing from the current edit mark. So, it is possible but much more clumsy to cut recordings. SoftDevice is overriding the method with this: void cSoftDevice::StillPicture(const uchar *Data, int Length) { SOFTDEB("StillPicture...\n"); if (decoder) decoder->StillPicture((uchar *)Data,Length); } It seems to me that mpeg2decoder.c in softdevice is creating a new thread every time I try to move editing mark, and calling cMpeg2Decoder::Action(). In gdb, it will fail as follows: while(ThreadActive) { while (freezeMode && ThreadActive) usleep(50000); BUFDEB("av_read_frame start\n"); if (useAVReadFrame) ret = av_read_frame(ic, &pkt); else ret = av_read_packet(ic, &pkt); if (ret < 0) { BUFDEB("cMpeg2Decoder Stream Error!\n"); if (ThreadActive) usleep(10000); continue; } useAVReadFrame=true, so it is calling av_read_frame(). That will block when running under gdb, like this: #2 0xb68f83a9 in cSigTimer::Sleep (this=0xb2c121f4, timeoutUS=50000, lowLimitUS=0) at sync-timer.c:75 #3 0xb68f1cf0 in cMpeg2Decoder::read_packet (this=this@entry=0xb2c120f0, buf=buf@entry=0x87fc5b0 "v\253T)\251z\366\020[\231a\202\275\237@\006\266\067k*r\370JV\255\364\020\177\247:\353 \004\024\277\004jhjG|] t$X", buf_size=buf_size@entry=10864) at mpeg2decoder.c:1128 #4 0xb68f1dcf in read_packet_RingBuffer (opaque=0xb2c120f0, buf=0x87fc5b0 "v\253T)\251z\366\020[\231a\202\275\237@\006\266\067k*r\370JV\255\364\020\177\247:\353 \004\024\277\004jhjG|] t$X", buf_size=10864) at mpeg2decoder.c:1042 #5 0xb69140c9 in fill_buffer (s=s@entry=0x85ac040) at libavformat/aviobuf.c:319 #6 0xb6916ff7 in get_byte (s=0x85ac040) at libavformat/aviobuf.c:365 #7 get_byte (s=s@entry=0x85ac040) at libavformat/aviobuf.c:360 #8 0xb6958984 in find_next_start_code (header_state=0x8a075e0, size_ptr=<synthetic pointer>, pb=0x85ac040) at libavformat/mpeg.c:142 #9 mpegps_read_pes_header (s=s@entry=0x89f2080, ppos=ppos@entry=0xb10cc190, pstart_code=pstart_code@entry=0xb10cc160, ppts=ppts@entry=0xb10cc170, pdts=pdts@entry=0xb10cc180) at libavformat/mpeg.c:246 #10 0xb695933a in mpegps_read_packet (s=0x89f2080, pkt=0xb10cc290) at libavformat/mpeg.c:419 #11 0xb690c3b4 in av_read_packet (s=s@entry=0x89f2080, pkt=pkt@entry=0xb10cc290) at libavformat/utils.c:591 #12 0xb690ce8b in av_read_frame_internal (s=0x89f2080, pkt=0xb10cc304) at libavformat/utils.c:998 #13 0xb68f2527 in cMpeg2Decoder::Action (this=0xb2c120f0) at mpeg2decoder.c:1228 It will unblock when I hit 4 or 6 again, because the thread would be killed (ThreadActive=false) by this: #0 cMpeg2Decoder::Stop (this=this@entry=0xb2c120f0, GetMutex=GetMutex@entry=false) at mpeg2decoder.c:1545 #1 0xb68f2cec in cMpeg2Decoder::Clear (this=0xb2c120f0) at mpeg2decoder.c:1655 #2 0xb68ea1b6 in Clear (this=0x83d3130) at softdevice.c:492 #3 cSoftDevice::Clear (this=0x83d3130) at softdevice.c:484 #4 0x080cf2da in cDvbPlayer::Empty() () #5 0x080cf7e9 in cDvbPlayer::Goto(int, bool) () #6 0x080d1303 in cDvbPlayerControl::Goto(int, bool) () #7 0x080fd676 in cReplayControl::MarkMove(bool) () #8 0x080fdcc6 in cReplayControl::ProcessKey(eKeys) () #9 0x080aac39 in main () I wonder why this worked in VDR 1.6 but no longer in VDR 2.0? Is it because Softdevice is expecting a PES packet here instead of TS, or is it something else? Marko

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VDR test series about frame detector
by Eike 28 Jan '14

28 Jan '14

Hello! I need some help from VDR users - for variety reasons especially from those not in Germany. There's a glitch in the frame detection of VDR. It sometimes misses the first possibility to record a stream. It looks on frames of at least 5 * 188 bytes, and depending on the stream, sometimes 6 frames are needed. Trouble is, I'm not sure if 6 is enough for everybody. Thus I need your tests. You need ot be able to compile a VDR to help. First, in the VDR directory, you do a: > make Then you compile the attached C++ file (unziped, of course): > g++ -c framedetectortest.cpp Then you're linking it: g++ -o framedetectortest framedetectortest.o remux.o ringbuffer.o thread.o tools.o i18n.o sections.o channels.o device.o audio.o ci.o receiver.o transfer.o player.o osdbase.o status.o skins.o osd.o config.o font.o sources.o menu.o recording.o videodir.o timers.o epg.o dvbplayer.o menuitems.o remote.o keys.o interface.o plugin.o cutter.o themes.o svdrp.o eit.o eitscan.o shutdown.o filter.o sourceparams.o dvbsubtitle.o pat.o sdt.o nit.o dvbdevice.o diseqc.o recorder.o dvbci.o libsi/libsi.a -lfontconfig -lfreetype -lpthread -ldl - ljpeg Now you've got an application called framedetectortest, which you can feed your vdr recordings (*.ts files) to: > ./framedetectortest 00002.ts The output looks about like this: Checking file at offset 0 Without frame limit... Found I frame after 99452 bytes With frame limit 5... Found I frame after 220336 bytes With frame limit 6... Found I frame after 99452 bytes TS package frame size needed for this video block: 6 Maximum TS package frame size needed for this video recording: 6 I need reports which number your stream resulted in (the "Maximum TS package frame size") and what you've tested (Cable? Satellite? Terrestrical? HD, SD? Your country?). The result is interesting even if it is 5 or 6. Thanks in advance, Eike

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[ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 2.1.4
by Klaus Schmidinger 26 Jan '14

26 Jan '14

VDR developer version 2.1.4 is now available at ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-2.1.4.tar.bz2 A 'diff' against the previous version is available at ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-2.1.3-2.1.4.diff MD5 checksums: e1018c13dc257c986e0e30494913b415 vdr-2.1.4.tar.bz2 870f6f03f4697d136c886358c3be4277 vdr-2.1.3-2.1.4.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 2.1.3: - Updated 'sources.conf' (thanks to Antti Hartikainen). - cFont::CreateFont() now returns a dummy font in case there are no fonts installed. This prevents a crash with the LCARS skin on a system that has no fonts. - Improved locking for CAM slots and made the pure functions of cCiAdapter have default implementations, to fix a possible crash with CI adapters and CAM slots that are implemented in a plugin. - Added logging the supported system ids of a CAM. - Increased MIN_TS_PACKETS_FOR_FRAME_DETECTOR to 10 in order to be able to record channels that need more than 5 TS packets for detecting frame borders (reported by Eike Sauer). - Fixed deleting the source recording after moving it to a different volume (reported by Christoph Haubrich). - Now waiting explicitly until all CAM slots are ready before switching to the initial channel when VDR is started. This is necessary in case CI adapters are used that are not physically connected to a dedicated device. The respective checks in cDvbDevice have been removed to avoid redundancy. - Fixed detecting frame borders in MPEG-2 streams that have "bottom fields" or varying GOP structures (reported by Christian Paulick, with help from Helmut Auer). - Now unassigning CAMs from their devices when they are no longer used. - Now making sure the primary device goes into transfer mode for live viewing if the CAM wants to receive the TS data. - Fixed a wrong alignment in cCiDateTime::SendDateTime(). - Since the new cRecordingsHandler that was introduced in version 2.1.2 not only handles "cutting", but also "moving" and "copying" recordings, the German word "Schnitt" has been replaced with the more generic "Bearbeitung", which covers all three variations of "editing" a recording (suggested by Christoph Haubrich). Maintainers of translations for other languages may want to change their *.po files accordingly. - The new function cStatus::ChannelChange() can be implemented by plugins to be informed about changes to the parameters of a channel that may require a retune. This may, for instance, be useful for plugins that implement live streaming, so that they can react on changes to a channel's PIDs or CA descriptors (problem reported by Mariusz Bialonczyk). - Fixed a superfluous call to the skin's SetRecording() function after renaming a recording (reported by Christoph Haubrich). Have fun! Klaus

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[PLUGIN] recsearch - a simple search for recordings
by Lars Hanisch 22 Jan '14

22 Jan '14

Hi, For all, who wonder, where this change for vdr 2.1.3 comes from: > - The Recordings menu can now be called with a cRecordingFilter, which allows the > caller to have it display only a certain subset of the recordings here's the plugin, which uses it: recsearch https://github.com/flensrocker/vdr-plugin-recsearch It's a simple search for name, shorttext and description, the status (new/edited) and age of a recording. The main reason for me was to get a quick list of the new recordings of the last week. You can save various templates, organize them in categories and add a hotkey to them, so you can use something like User1 @recsearch 1 in your keymacros.conf to quickly execute a search. For vdr versions older than 2.1.3 there's a clone of the recordings menu of vdr 2.0.4 included, so you can use it for the current stable release. Comments are welcome. Lars.

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Plugin request: speech recognition
by Marco Göbenich 22 Jan '14

22 Jan '14

Hi! I'm searching a speech recognition solution for vdr. I'm thinking of a plugin that transcribes streams while they are recorded, maybe into a file, or in something like DVB Subtitles, EPG. I need the timecodes and maybe something to set marks if text matches a list of keywords. Has anybody knowlegde on this topic and is able to write a plugin for vdr 1.6 (mandatory) and up. This is for a customer project and would be paid. Regards Marco -- Professional IT E-Commerce, Programmierung, Datenmigration, IT-Service Needful Marco Göbenich e.K. Auf der Haide 31a 56203 Höhr-Grenzhausen Fon +49 (0) 2624 / 95 29 300 Fax +49 (0) 2624 / 95 29 303 mg(a)needful.de http://www.needful.de HRA: 21295 AG Montabaur EG-Identn.: DE 280643122

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vdr-fritzbox no longer working after FBF firmware upgrade
by Harald Milz 21 Jan '14

21 Jan '14

Hi all, I've been happily using vdr-fritzbox for a very long time. Since the last upgrade to Fritz!OS 5.50 and then to 5.53 (54.05.50 respectively 54.05.53) the plugin cannot connect to the FBF any more. The log: Jan 21 10:10:58 seneca vdr: [2393] [libfritz++/FritzClient.cpp:210] logging into fritz box using old scheme without SIDs. Jan 21 10:10:59 seneca vdr: [2393] [libfritz++/FritzClient.cpp:228] login successful. Jan 21 10:10:59 seneca vdr: [2393] [libfritz++/FritzClient.cpp:317] sending callList request. Jan 21 10:11:01 seneca vdr: [2393] [libfritz++/FritzClient.cpp:342] Exception in connection to 192.168.20.253 - Could not connect Jan 21 10:11:01 seneca vdr: [2393] [libfritz++/FritzClient.cpp:342] waiting 3600 seconds before retrying VDR and plugin are the standard versions in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: ii vdr 1.7.22-1 ii vdr-plugin-fritzbox 1.4.1-4 didn't have an opportunity to check out later versions yet. Should that be fixed by now? THX! -- Do not overtax your powers.

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popcorn hour A110 / HDX 1000 as vdr client?
by cedric.dewijs＠telfort.nl 18 Jan '14

18 Jan '14

Hi All, My headless VDR server is starting to be usable. Therefore I'm looking for a low-power client. I have been given an HDX 1000 (cross-flashed with the popcorn hour A110 firmware) I came across this german page, it looks like the A110 can be used as VDR client. http://www.popcornforum.de/showthread.php?tid=5201&pid=176551#pid176551 Does anybody has experience with this ? Is there other / better ways to use the popcorn hour A110 as a vdr client? Kind regards, Cedric

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Epsilon Rikomagic MK802 IV mini PC: can it play movies in vdr / linux?
by cedric.dewijs＠telfort.nl 18 Jan '14

18 Jan '14

Hi All, I'm planning to buy an Epsilon Rikomagic MK802 IV to use as a VDR server / frontend. It's based on a Rockchip RK3188 (Quad core cortex A9(a)1.8GHz, quad core mali 400@533MHz) I wonder if this device can play full HD movies in linux. Does it uses the CPU for this, or does it use the mali cores, keeping the CPU free for other things? Best regards, Cedric

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