vdr March 2016

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VDR ISDB-T support
by Christian Rodriguez 14 Sep '18

14 Sep '18

Hello everyone! I'm from Argentina, and up to last month I've been using VDR 1.7.262 with an ISDB-T USB adapter. It works really good, but the last week I've been trying to upgrade to VDR 2.2 and I've found a problem with ISDB-T cards: they are not supported. As I'm really interested in using VDR, I was digging inside the code and found a partial solution for this problem: as ISDBT is the same as DVBT, I've changed the way delivery system is queried. My changes are applied in a cloned repo at github: https://github.com/chrodriguez/vdr/commit/dadbca57c2dc55c1c53b4fa8f68b56728… That's the only change I've made. Now I can enjoy my fresh upgraded VDR installation!! I think a better refactor should be made, but for now it's working perfectly deployed as a docker container: https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/chrodriguez/vdr Thanks for this wonderfull project! -- Lic. Christian A. Rodriguez @car_unlp

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vdr atsc support
by Mika Laitio 29 Mar '16

29 Mar '16

Does anybody know whether there is a working ATSC vdr-plugin available somewhere? I found some old discussions from the some ATSC plug-in from the mailing list pointing to http://www.fepg.org/ but from those I got an impression that plug-in is not actively maintained? So fat I have tested that I can scan and look the channels fine with the Kaffeine and WinTV-HVR-950Q, but in the long run I would be more interested on running the VDR in normal way on background server. Mika

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xine in Ubuntu 14.4.4
by g.bruno 20 Mar '16

20 Mar '16

Hallo, I upgraded my computer and now I have Ubuntu 14.4.4 with kernel version 4.2.0-30-generic. When I install xine-ui Version 0.99.7 via synaptic, it works, but the sound is stuttering, switching on and off several times per second. Comparing with an older installation on an other computer, I found that the plugin "xineplug_ao_out_alsa.so" is missing. I compiled several versions of xine, also 0.99.6 and 0.99.9, always with the same result. The file /usr/include/alsa/sound/asoundlib.h exists. I attach the output from the ./configure command and from xine --debug-report. Edit: was refused by the server as spam. So I do it without it. I don't know, what to do anymore. Can anyone help me? I lost too much time with this problem. Thanks. GBruno

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[PATCH] Fix TS buffer thread high CPU usage
by glenvt18 20 Mar '16

20 Mar '16

Hi folks, I've found that with some DVB tuner drivers poll() returns when there are only small (1-3) number of TS packets available to read(). This results in high CPU usage of the TS buffer thread which is busy reading small chunks of data in cTSBuffer::Action(). 2 out of 3 tuners I tested were affected with this issue. Even with a "good" tuner TS buffer thread CPU usage is up to 10% per HD stream on ARM Cortex-A7. With the proposed patch it is below 1-2% on all ARM and x86_64 platforms I've tested. The delay value of 10 ms can be considered safe: media/dvb-core/dmxdev.h:109 #define DVR_BUFFER_SIZE (10*188*1024) It will take a tuner to receive (10*188*1024)*8*(1000/10) / 1000000 = 1540 Mbit/s to overflow the device buffer within 10 ms interval. A smaller delay is not enough for ARM. cDvbDevice has a ring buffer of 5MB which is larger. This patch was made against VDR 2.3.1, but it can be applied to VDR 2.2.0 as well. Please review. glenvt18 --- Index: b/device.c =================================================================== --- a/device.c 2015-09-18 01:04:12.000000000 +0300 +++ b/device.c 2016-03-10 03:38:50.078400715 +0300 @@ -1768,6 +1768,8 @@ break; } } + else + cCondWait::SleepMs(10); } } }

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ttxtsubs patch for vdr-2.3.1
by Gilles 19 Mar '16

19 Mar '16

Hi, has someone ported the ttxtsubs plugins to the new vdr 2.3.1 ? I tried but I get crashes on on the new channels management ... Thanks!

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Re: [vdr] Problem with rpihddevice OSD
by Jose Alberto Reguero 12 Mar '16

12 Mar '16

Thanks that solve the problem. Jose Alberto El 11/03/2016 21:27, Thomas Reufer <thomas(a)reufer.ch> escribió: > > I guess you’re just running out of GPU memory - try adding "gpu_mem=128" to /boot/config.txt. 64MB should be fine if you’re using VDR’s default skins, increase the amount for more complex skins. > > Regards, > Thomas > > > Am 11.03.2016 um 18:42 schrieb Jose Alberto Reguero <jareguero(a)telefonica.net>: > > > > I am using rpihddevice plugin with a raspberry pi in text mode, and if I start the plugin with -P "rpihddevice" I have the OSD, but the video is not played. If I start with -P "rpihddevice -d" I have the video, but I have not the OSD. > > There can be OSD and video with rpihddevice in text mode? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Jose Alberto > > _______________________________________________ > > vdr mailing list > > vdr(a)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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Media (.mkv) player on Raspberry Pi2 VDR client
by Nicolas Huillard 12 Mar '16

12 Mar '16

Hi all, My new Raspberry Pi2 install lacks a media player, which begins to be a bit annoying. The current setup : * NFS server * DigitalDevices Octopus Net DVB network server * VDR + rpihddevice + satip on the Pi2 : live TV, timers, recordings, etc. * an old VDR instance on the NFS server plays MKV media (using xinelibouput), but lacks satip (no timers, no live TV anymore) I will upgrade the old VDR to act as a headless epg/timer/recording server. I will thus be unable to play the MKV media on it (headless). What's the recommended light way to play MKV videos on the Pi2 from within VDR ? Adding XBMC on the Pi2 seems a bit too heavy. The mplayer plugin seem very old and may not work neatly with the rpihddevice output. Maybe simply moving the MKV files inside the recordings tree, and creating a vdr index for each work in some way. (I use the MLD distribution (http://www.minidvblinux.de/) on the Pi2, but the forums are all in german, which is a real problem for me...) TIA, -- NH

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Problem with rpihddevice OSD
by Jose Alberto Reguero 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

I am using rpihddevice plugin with a raspberry pi in text mode, and if I start the plugin with -P "rpihddevice" I have the OSD, but the video is not played. If I start with -P "rpihddevice -d" I have the video, but I have not the OSD. There can be OSD and video with rpihddevice in text mode? Thanks. Jose Alberto

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