vdr September 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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Raspberry Pi, Streamdev + rpihddevice
by Norm Dressler 21 Dec '14

21 Dec '14

Hi all, I just set up a couple of RPI's with the configuration of a Raspberry Pi, rpihddevice and streamdev-client. Works great but a couple of questions. When I'm watching TV with one of the RPI's and want to move to the other RPI, I cannot change the channel from what the first RPI was viewing. I am not sure how to tell streamdev to stop streaming so that I can watch TV on the other RPI? I hope I've been clear with that - it does sound a bit confusing. I know there is a mainmenu entry that says suspend server, but it didn't seem to do anything, unless its done in the background. In relation to this, the RPI doesn't have a power switch so shutting it down is a pain because when you do the halt -p it doesn't actually power off and in order to restart it you must cycle the power to the unit. I'm interested to know what others have been able to accomplish with this configuration to make it work better for them. I've added a number of plugins to improve the viewing pleasure and everything has been fast and clear. In regards to the rpihddevice I am seeing some tearing or 'flutter' when there is high motion with 1080 HD. Its not so bad that it isn't usable - it most certainly works 99% of the time just fine. The one feature I miss with the rpihddevice that softhddevice had was the automatic zoom - hoping that gets added to the wish list at some point. Thanks Norm

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[Announce] Permashift 1.0 - permanent timeshift in RAM (AKA live buffer)
by Eike 22 Nov '14

22 Nov '14

Hello, Permashift has been largely rewritten and is now published in version 1.0. On popular demand, it does not do automatical disc recordings anymore, but records live TV to a RAM buffer which is used for rewinding or inclusion in recordings. Permashift needs a patch to the VDR (and is incompatible with the old patch!). Patch, plugin and more information are available on the homepage: http://ein-eike.de/vdr-plugin-permashift-english/ Ciao, Eike

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Re: [vdr] Commercial detection and automatic cutting
by Seeberg-Hinrichs, Ingo 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

Hello, perhaps a bit off topic but did you have a look at using rpihddevice for your frontends? I am not aware about your usage ie. if you're using a lot of other media (non-vdr recordings) but if you're mostly watching VDR recordings perhaps changing the frontend might be a try. A link for having a look is: http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Raspberry_Pi There the rpihddevice is mentioned. You need to compile some sources. I am not aware about actual distributions perhaps handling this easier. But that's well documented and you may copy your SD card afterwards. This would be a good combination of having noad set your marks and then skipping them within the vdr clients. Having a sensor for your remote connected is also really simple. You may combine these frontends with the matching plugins being able to remotely set your timers from your frontends... have a nice day, Ingo Am 24.09.2014 20:30, schrieb Norm Dressler: > Noad looks to be working - BUT since I don't use VDR currently to play > back, the app doesn't recognize the cut marks. > > I've tried to configure remotetimer plugin but I keep getting errors > that remote timers and remote recordings aren't available. I know I > have svdrpservice configured. I tried both svdrp port and the > streamdev-server port but it keeps coming back with an unknown error. > Does anyone have remotetimer working with vdr 2.0.4? > > Norm > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Harald Milz <hm(a)seneca.muc.de > <mailto:hm@seneca.muc.de>> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 09:28:05AM -0400, Norm Dressler wrote: > > > > I searched for noad but could not find it. I have it installed > now and am > > trying it out. How do you create a recording with the > commercials cut > > out? Or do you just rely on VDR to do it on the fly? > > Hi Norm, > > you'll find noad at http://noad.net23.net/. In a nutshell, when a > recording is > finished, noad scans the recording for various markers, and sets > (porposed) > cut marks. In many cases, these will work out of the box, in some > cases you > will have to manually re-check them. Then, just ask VDR to cut the > recording > :-) > > HTH! > > > -- > You may worry about your hair-do today, but tomorrow much peanut > butter will > be sold. > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr(a)linuxtv.org <mailto:vdr@linuxtv.org> > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr > > > > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr(a)linuxtv.org > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr

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Commercial detection and automatic cutting
by Norm Dressler 24 Sep '14

24 Sep '14

Are there any scripts out there to perform commercial detection and automatic cutting? I run VDR headless on a server, with 2 RPI devices as my frontends. All recording is done on the headless VDR. I use VDRADMINd to set my timers. I have a "Scanner' configured in my Plex Media Server to scan the recording directory of the VDR headless system and automatically add it to my Plex media server for later viewing by one of the many Plex viewers. With this in mind, are there any scripts or plugins that can automatically detect and cut out commercials? I know we can run a post-recording script which would likely be the best way? Thanks Norm

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Re: [vdr] Forced boot once a day
by Thomas Maaß 18 Sep '14

18 Sep '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 I think I will modify my shutdown script. I thought VDR could care of this. However such a daily wakeup only makes sense, when epgsearch's searchtimer is used. Without epgsearch such a wakeup is useless. How can I compare the wakeup times in a bash script? A "0" is given when no timer is present? - -- gpg-id: ccdbc2cf https://www.setho.org/people -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQI7BAEBCgAlBQJUGdaMHhxUaG9tYXMgTWFhw58gPG1hc2VAc2V0aG8ub3JnPgAK CRBfHs4XzNvCzxgzEACkEFNDAojUZ9G12blIEqyPi6wAErYqUd+WQkjwzprPMSRG z8cH9xtwrCI4h+neXJAYAdNcU0/AfgYghOV2rNVJfPNkZPXJ2JO7mmG/X/JUIohX iTnFxD9t65RN8YkpujDEAgudevamlMJGH58DwmKXHh0pG72wc+AjRIy1lJNIzWa8 xWKrB77SyUU9+qcn4BxKwvJyBxixl6PJpBVLumsSd0Qmm/qNGjzs1bom5tt0ladT SmfunlVcWp0xIULfVfDIko8+Kjeu8/rVvbmmRfKkbxB667vp/P6hcbwubn3GzqhJ RZssldLyRAFSvHKusWfqXJZKky5YbBWIy7e/noKSPoIq9h5B83ebJATACIlF1mTc DSNu2x15j0yLvIjVvzkPJmbZnRMNSEutifKbikYpMbS0rleBAoTaee5tntrdVWpe wYKEUnK/q5ll3lAq0DCQcZUh/V+8yHJsspewyMzgPuws/kM5p8ZDCs9gdrNIKI9s AvJyDtCbRGa2nMrvD07VoDrlAQEWrScUyuCpY0IAtu6wwdo7o6DlY/uDMt9kthql LTb0JO/iBuH2ORWDwiPjeU/xxjnxRI/ueiXCmG9l4Eg/p3ShTVHFs6t8KG/m5WQ0 rQJKGECnsiIRnOEeA6r4hwo63/6sHfLKQGGZhVME7EclvenhChyldYHQA1hqeg== =KQep -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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delete recordings instead of renaming to .del?
by cedric.dewijs＠telfort.nl 17 Sep '14

17 Sep '14

Hi All, After I have watched a show, I delete it within VDR. VDR immediately shows me there's now more free space on the disk. In reality, VDR has renamed the .rec directory to .del. Therefore the recording is not really gone, and still takes up space on my hard drive. After some time VDR removes all .del directories. Then the space is freed on the hard drive. Is it possible to let VDR immediately remove the recording from the hard drive? How does VDR decide it's time to remove all the .del directories? Kind regards, Cedric

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Forced boot once a day
by Thomas Maaß 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Hi! I use epgsearch's searchtimer to record my favorite series. But there could be a problem when using automatic shutdown and wakeup. When there is no event in the current epg, the searchtimer will not be updated any more. The shutdown script will get no wakeup time, because there is no timer. The VDR will do no wakeup, and no more searchtimer records will be done. Maybe an option could be added to VDR to force a boot once a day. When the next timer is later than a specific time, set the wakeup time to this time. So you could make sure, that VDR is booted once a day, and the searchtimer could be updated. No searchtimer recording would be lost. Thomas -- gpg-id: ccdbc2cf https://www.setho.org/people

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