vdr April 2015

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12 discussions

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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xineliboutput and streamdev at the same time
by Patrick Boettcher 12 May '15

12 May '15

Hi list, I'm planning to update my infrastructure according to the follow scheme: http://filter-failure.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/vdr-new-backend.png The red texts are things where I'm unsure about. Especially the usage of vdr-sxfe on the RPI. I made this chart before finding out that there is rpihddevice and a recommended streamdev-usage. This shows that I have a need for streamdev and xineliboutput (as others on this list). Is there problem with running the xineliboutput and streamdev-server plugins at the same time on a vdr-host? When will we start facing problems using the xineliboutput-plugin with VDR? What is most likely to break first in this case? Thanks for any comments, -- Patrick.

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ISDB-T support state.
by Daniel Ribeiro 29 Apr '15

29 Apr '15

Hello, Anybody working on adding ISDB-T support to vdr? -- Daniel Ribeiro

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Softhddevice at openbox startup
by Tarik CHOUGUA 27 Apr '15

27 Apr '15

Hi all, I wanna start vdr as root with -P'softhddevice -d :0.0 -f -v vdpau -a hw:0,7 -D' at openbox startup. How I can do that properly please ? Thank you

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from xineliboutput to ... perhaps softhdddevice?
by Matthias Wächter 26 Apr '15

26 Apr '15

Hi, I am currently using xineliboutput, and I'm using it with "--local=none" everywhere so I can attach and detach from anywhere in the LAN, even from the PC VDR is running on. It's working quite nicely this way. Upside: No local configuration on any PC, no concurrency issues with timers, channel updates etc.. just call "vdr-sxfe <host>" and you're in the game. Downside: Multiple connected clients at the same time get the same programme, OSD, etc. [skippy/hanging video for adapting to the different client speeds, OSD sizing issues for different client resolutions] Is there an equivalent solution which I read to be a more recent/better supported alternative? AFAIK softhddevice is similar to xineliboutput but lacks remote features, behaves like xineliboutput with "--local=sxfe --noremote", but I could be wrong. This doesn't look like a viable alternative to my current network architecture. While streamdev and VNSI/XVDR solve some of the issues, most notably the multi-client dependency, they create new ones. No native OSD with VNSI/XVDR, VDR configuration synchronization hassle with streamdev. Is there any other thin-client streaming solution with native VDR OSD available? Any other suggestions? Thanks, - Matthias

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EPG lost after restarting vdr
by Zouhair 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

Hi, how to make vdr save epg data ? I use xmltv2vdr to retrieve epg database, so is need about 5 minutes to put in to vdr. Should always run xmltv2vdr after restarting vdr ? the epg.data is configured to be stored in /home/.config/vdr/ with right permission, but no file created :( Here cmd line: /usr/bin/vdr -v /home/Video -c /home/.config/vdr -L /usr/lib/vdr -r /usr/lib/vdr/vdr-recordingaction -s -E /home/.config/vdr/epg.data ... there may be a setup that I ignored ? Thanks. using: vdr version 2.2.0 (compiled from source without any patch) debian jessie i386 linux 3.19.0

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EPG Problem on vdr 2.2.0
by Risto Pajula 20 Apr '15

20 Apr '15

Hello. After rebuilding my HTPC I have run into a problem in the EPG data retrieval. The vdr is not able to retrieve any EPG data from DVB-T broadcast. My system consist of. Opensuse 13.2 x64 based system Linux kernel 3.16.7-7-desktop Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-T-500 using dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw firmware. vdr built from source... And I'm located in Finland (Vaasa). I have tracked this bug down to the changes between the vdr 2.0.5 and the 2.0.6, and are it still existing in the vdr 2.2.0... This exactly same issue was described in may 2014 by another user. http://www.vdr-portal.de/board79-international/board80-software/123136-epg-… Any help would be appreciated to find the bug... BR. Risto

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Softhddevice help
by Tarik CHOUGUA 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

Hi, I just switched to softhddevice, it works great on SD channels but I can't watch HD ones. On HD channels, I'm hearing the sound but the picture is buggy and only shows the last SD channel's frame. I start softhddevice with : -P'softhddevice -d :0.0 -v vdpau' The syslog shows the following error 'video/vdpau: decoder rendering failed: An invalid handle value was provided.' How can I fix that pls ? Another thing, there is too much options in softhddevice OSD plugin configuration. Is there a good beginner tutorial I can read for these options pls ? Thank you. Tarik

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[ANNOUNCE] Remote Control Plugin 0.6.0
by Oliver Endriss 12 Apr '15

12 Apr '15

Hi, there is an new release of the remote control plugin. History: -------- 2015-04-12: Version 0.6.0 - Use Repeat Delay/Repeat Delta settings (VDR->Setup->Miscellaneous). - Support event type 2 (mouse wheel, rotary-encoder) as a remote control (thanks to Thomas Reufer). - Improved OSD emulation: o Reworked tabulator processing. o Optimal use of limited screen width. o Avoid display errors with VDR 2.2.0. o Fixed misaligned output caused by multi-byte characters. o Some speed improvements. It can be downloaded from http://www.escape-edv.de/endriss/vdr/ See README for details. Short description: ------------------ This plugin extends the remote control capabilities of vdr. The following remote control devices are supported: (a) linux input device driver ('/dev/input/eventX', X=0,1,2,...) - Built-in remote control port of the TT DVB-S2 6400 (HD full-featured card). - Built-in remote control port of the av711x-based DVB cards (SD full-featured cards), e.g. DVB-S Nexus. - Remote control port of some budget cards, e.g. Nova-CI. - Other input devices (rotary-encoder, wheel mouse). See file FAQ for a list of cards which have been reported to work. (b) keyboard (tty driver): /dev/console, /dev/ttyX (c) TCP connection (telnet) (d) LIRC Have fun, Oliver -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- VDR Remote Plugin 0.6.0: http://www.escape-edv.de/endriss/vdr/ 4 MByte Mod: http://www.escape-edv.de/endriss/dvb-mem-mod/ Full-TS Mod: http://www.escape-edv.de/endriss/dvb-full-ts-mod/ ----------------------------------------------------------------

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