Hi all,
I recently got a USB adapter "Astrometa DVB-T2" that I would like to use
with VDR. It comprises two frontends:
/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0: Realtek RTL2832 (DVB-T)
/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend1: Panasonic MN88473 (DVB-T2 and DVB-C)
I guess it is similar to this one; just a slightly different plastic
case with some more ventilation holes:
http://blog.palosaari.fi/2014/09/naked-hardware-18-astrometa-amdvb-t2-v2.ht…
The hardware appears to work fine, once I copied the
/lib/firmware/…
[View More]dvb-demod-mn88473-01.fw from somewhere. The firmware
upload has failed at least once on the Raspberry Pi 2 (using Linux
4.9.59), but never on another machine that runs a 4.13.0 kernel.
I did not yet get the infrared remote control to produce anything in
evtest.
With dvbv5-zap (after running dvbv5-scan), I can tune into DVB-T2
channels like this:
dvbv5-zap -a 0 -f 1 -c dvb_channel.conf 'Yle TV1 HD' -r
After this, I can play the video and audio stream on the Raspberry Pi 2:
omxplayer /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
Unless I explicitly specify the options -a 0 -f 1, then dvbv5-zap will
fail to find any DVB-T2 senders, because it apparently defaults to
frontend0, which is DVB-T only.
In VDR 2.3.8, I have only been able to view DVB-T from the first
frontend.
When I did a trick and renamed /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend1 to frontend0
before starting VDR, VDR no longer complained that the DVB-T2 channels
(which I converted from the dvb_channel.conf to channels.conf with
dvb-format-convert) not being available, but it did not seem to receive
anything from these channels either.
Also, after using dvbv5-scan or dvbv5-zap, I sometimes have to invoke
w_scan to "reset" the hardware so that VDR can receive DVB-T channels.
I would like to receive and record DVB-T and DVB-T2 on this setup. I am
willing to try patches or do some programming myself, but I would
appreciate some hints to get started.
Marko
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Hi list,
since some time (1-2 years) I noticed that the DVB-T channels do not
show EPG anymore. I'm not sure what is the root-cause: either it
was the migration of French DVB-T to HD (in 2016) or an update of VDR.
Anyway, this morning I took the time to figure out what is wrong and
here is what I found.
In short, the channel-ID generated from the one received in the EIT
does not correspond to a known channel-ID from the channel list, and
VDR drops the whole section:
In cEIT::cEIT (from eit.…
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tChannelID channelID(Source, getOriginalNetworkId(), getTransportStreamId(), getServiceId());
cChannel *Channel = Channels->GetByChannelID(channelID, true);
and channel is NULL in my case.
I added some debug prints to GetByChannelID() in the search loop:
printf("sid: %d == %d, %s, %s %d\n",
Channel->Sid(),
sid,
(const char *)ChannelID.ToString(),
(const char *)Channel->GetChannelID().ToString(),
Channel->GetChannelID() == ChannelID);
And here is an example of what I get:
sid: 517 == 517, T-8442-2-517, T-0-506-517 0
The internal channel ID of vdr reads T-0-506-517. 517 is the SID, 506
is the radio-channel frequency in MHz. This is the right internal
channel for this EIT-section.
The EIT-channel-ID is telling me that 8442 is the original network ID
and 2 might be the radio-channel ID.
I tweaked the operator==() of ChannelID to make it work, but not in a
contributable manner.
How should this be fixed correctly?
Is this a regression introduced somewhere?
Can it be solved by configuration?
Thanks for any help.
best regards,
--
Patrick.
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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 …
[View More]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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*ICAT-EGVE 2018 Call For Papers*
The ICAT-EGVE 2018 conference will be held November 7th – 9th in Limassol,
Cyprus. This is the merger of the 28th International Conference on
Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2018) and the 23rd Eurographics
Symposium on Virtual Environments (EGVE 2018).
Together these are two of the oldest international conferences in the world
on Artificial Reality and Virtual Environments, and provide a unique
opportunity for researchers, developers, and users to …
[View More]share their
experience and knowledge of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed
Reality and 3D User Interfaces. This is a great opportunity to renew old
friendships, make new ones, and experience all that Cyprus has to offer.
Limassol, a city counting centuries of history, is located between two of
the most renowned ancient kingdoms of the island, Amathus at the east and
Kourion at the west. "Lemessos" as it is called by locals, is one of the
fastest growing modern metropolises in Europe, with the most distinct
project being the Limassol Marina. The beautiful coastline now covers a 15
kilometers distance, lined with hotels and beach bars and cafes,
interspersed with eucalyptus groves and linked by a promenade popular with
walkers and joggers. For more information see here
<http://icat-egve2018.rise.org.cy/about-limassol/>.
ICAT-EGVE 2018 is organized by the newly established RISE Research
Center. The Research center on Interactive media, Smart systems and
Emerging technologies (RISE) aims to become a Center of Excellence and a
hub across the three continents bordering Cyprus, facilitating thus the
local scientific, technological, and economic growth of the region. More
information about the RISE Research Center can be found here
<http://www.rise.org.cy/>.
ICAT-EGVE 2018 seeks original, high-quality papers describing research,
applications or systems in all areas of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality,
Mixed Reality, Telexistence, and 3D User Interfaces. Research papers should
describe results that contribute to advancements in the following areas:
- 3D interaction for VR/AR
- VR/AR systems and toolkits
- User studies and evaluation for VR/AR/MR
- Telexistence, Telepresence and Tele-immersion
- Haptics, audio, and other non-visual modalities
- Serious games and edutainment using VR/AR/MR
- Presence, cognition, and embodiment in VR/AR/MR
- Novel devices (both input and output) for VR, AR, MR, and haptics
- Multi-user and distributed VR, AR, tele-immersion and telepresence
- Immersive projection technologies and other advanced display
technologies
Submissions in other related areas are welcome too.
All accepted papers will be published in the Digital Library of the
Eurographics.
*Submission*
Full papers must be in English and not exceed eight (8) pages in length.
Short papers must be in English and not exceed four (4) pages in length.
Both full and short papers should be formatted using the Eurographics format
<https://www.eg.org/wp/guidelines/>. A sample LaTeX document
<http://icat-egve2018.rise.org.cy/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/egPublStyle-ICA…>and
a Word template
<http://icat-egve2018.rise.org.cy/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/icategve2018_wo…>
are
available.
ICAT-EGVE uses a double-blind review process. Therefore, submissions should
not contain information that unnecessarily identifies the authors or their
institutions or places of work. All papers must be submitted electronically
as PDF. Authors are encouraged to submit videos to aid the program
committee in the review of their submissions.
The submission tool can be found here
<https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/ICAT-EGVE_2018>.
The Call For Papers in PDF format is available here
<http://www.cyprusconferences.org/icat-egve2018/CfP_ICAT-EGVE2018.pdf>.
Note: Submissions should be original, unpublished work, and should not be
in submission to other venues concurrently. Any dual submissions will be
rejected outright without review.
*Important Dates*
- Paper submission: *20 July 2018 *(all deadlines: 23:59 AoE)
- Notification of results: 7 September 2018
- Camera-ready version: 8 October 2018
- Conference: 7–9 November 2018
Please visit http://icat.vrsj.org/2018/ for the most up-to-date submission
instructions and deadlines.
*Best Papers*
The authors of the best papers (selected by the award committee) will be
invited to submit an extended version of their paper to either the journal
Presence or the Computers and Graphics journal.
*Keynote Speakers*
- Prof. Mel Slater, *EVENT Lab, University of Barcelona*
- Prof. Nadia Magnenat- Thalmann, *MIRALab, University of Geneva &
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore*
*Contact*
For matters related to paper submissions:
ICAT-EGVE 2018 Program Chairs: chairs-icategve2018(a)eg.org
- Gerd Bruder, *University of Central Florida, USA*
- Shunsuke Yoshimoto, *Osaka University, Japan*
- Sue Cobb, *University of Nottingham, UK*
For matters related to the conference:
ICAT-EGVE 2018 General Chairs: generalchairs-icategve2018(a)eg.org
- Despina Michael-Grigoriou, *Cyprus University of Technology & RISE
Research Centre, Cyprus*
- Sabine Coquillart, *INRIA, France*
- Anthony Steed, *University College London, UK*
- Andreas Lanitis, *Cyprus University of Technology & RISE Research
Centre, Cyprus*
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In an effort to avoid possible problems with the new data protection law
in Germany ("DSGVO"), I have modified the VDR User Counter in such a way
that it no longer asks for or displays the user's name, public email address
and homepage URL. Any such previously entered data has been deleted from
the database.
Consequently, the page "People who have built a VDR" has been removed
entirely, because it connected user names to VDR User Numbers.
The VDR User Counter can be found at http://tvdr.de/…
[View More]counter.htm.
Maybe this is a good time to refresh your entry in case it has a
status of "outdated" or "unreachable" ;-). To do so, select "Edit your entry"
from the counter's main page, enter your user number and password and click
on "Edit my entry".
Klaus
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