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xineliboutput: viewing 16:9 content on 4:3 output device
by Torgeir Veimo 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

> So (finally) a direct question: how do people with 4:3 output devices > and vdr with xineliboutput configure their boxes? (shameless plug) Did you actually try softdevice? -- Torgeir Veimo torgeir(a)pobox.com

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Subtitles should not be cleared when a replay has been paused
by Petri Helin 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

Hi, I think there is a slight usability flaw in the design how DVB subtitles are handled when replaying a record. Currently, if I pause the replay, subtitles will disappear when their life span has out. Could it be changed so that the subtitles stay visible as long as the replay is paused? -Petri

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[PATCH] timer-info patch 0.5 for VDR >= 1.5.15 (tested with VDR-1.6.0)
by Thomas Günther 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

Hi! Here is a new version of the timer-info patch: http://toms-cafe.de/vdr/download/vdr-timer-info-0.5-1.5.15.diff This patch shows info in the timer menu, if it is possible to record a scheduled event. Changes since version 0.4: - Fixed display of +/- sign with UTF-8 Tom

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Re: [vdr] [Vdr-muggle-develop] [ANNOUNCE] muggle 0.2.0
by Wolfgang Rohdewald 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

On Samstag, 12. April 2008, Wolfgang Rohdewald wrote: > Muggle 0.2.0 has been released. meanwhile I fixed one minor and one major bug. Both fixes are in the sourceforge svn repository but I dont want to release two versions in one day... Please check out from svn or wait if those bugs are a problem: - if lyrics are loaded from internet and no local lyrics exist yet, they are now saved automatically - display small cover: Appeared at left border instead at the right side svn co https://vdr-muggle.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vdr-muggle/trunk/muggle-plug… muggle will create the directory muggle with the latest source version -- Wolfgang

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umlauts with vdr 1.6
by Sebastian Dellit 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

Hello VDR readers, Is there a way to use VDR 1.6 with umlauts? What must I do? -- Best regards Sebastian ICQ: 264706583 | MSM: sebo(a)blinzeln.de | Skype: sebo_de | Yahoo: de_sebo E-Mail: sebo(a)blinzeln.de | Web: www.blindzeln.de

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Re: [vdr] VDR as a set top box
by serge pecher 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

I am making some experiment with Oxine. I did also try Freevo. I find Oxine much lighter and much easier to configure. sp -----Original Message----- From: vdr-bounces(a)linuxtv.org [mailto:vdr-bounces@linuxtv.org] On Behalf Of vdr-request(a)linuxtv.org Sent: maandag 7 april 2008 12:00 To: vdr(a)linuxtv.org Subject: vdr Digest, Vol 39, Issue 10 Send vdr mailing list submissions to vdr(a)linuxtv.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to vdr-request(a)linuxtv.org You can reach the person managing the list at vdr-owner(a)linuxtv.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of vdr digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Plugins DVD and Dolby Digital (Rob Davis) 2. Re: VDR as a set top box (syrius.ml(a)no-log.org) 3. Re: VDR as a set top box (J?rg Knitter) 4. Re: VDR as a set top box (Petri Helin) 5. Re: VDR as a set top box (syrius.ml(a)no-log.org) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:51:42 +0200 From: Rob Davis <rob.davis(a)libero.it> Subject: Re: [vdr] Plugins DVD and Dolby Digital To: VDR Mailing List <vdr(a)linuxtv.org> Message-ID: <47F9D28E.4020603(a)libero.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed NIVAL Micha?l wrote: > Hi, > > With VDR-1.5.10 and cvs version plugins DVD, it is not possible to have > audio. > > The syslog shows: > [4223] switching to pre 1.3.19 Dolby Digital compatibility mode > > UseDolbyDigital is disabled. > > The solution I have for the moment is to apply the patch that I put in > attachment. > Is this still an issue on 1.6.0? I have just got a FF card working and thought I'd try DVD playback for the first time ever, however, I have no audio on the FF Scart output. -- Latest news on http://www.streetcredo.org.uk/rob Rob Davis ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:21:09 +0200 From: syrius.ml(a)no-log.org Subject: Re: [vdr] VDR as a set top box To: VDR Mailing List <vdr(a)linuxtv.org> Message-ID: <8763uugjqf.874paegjqf(a)873apygjqf.message.id> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Boguslaw Juza <bogdan(a)uci.agh.edu.pl> writes: > Hi > > Look at http://freevo.sourceforge.net/ - it is the frontend for home > cinema linux PC. It starts Xserver itself, you don't need gdm, gnome > etc... I'm using it and Im very glad :). > I removed freevo TV config and I set xine for VDR as a "external command" > in freevo. It works nice and looks very good. then you should have a look at the vdr plugin for freevo. It adds a new "watch tv" menu entry and forwards key/lirc events to xine. -- ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:22:53 +0200 From: J?rg Knitter <joerg.knitter(a)gmx.de> Subject: Re: [vdr] VDR as a set top box To: VDR Mailing List <vdr(a)linuxtv.org> Message-ID: <47F9E7ED.6000106(a)gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Petri Helin wrote: > [...] > start up a fluxbox session. The fluxbox session runs a start up script > which starts vdr-sxfe, which connect to the xineliboutput plugin. > [...] > One general question: Is vdr-sxfe reliable enough on bad-weather-conditions? I have played around last week with VDR-1.5.18 and xineliboutputs internal display window, and it was rock-solid while in the past other solutions like xine or vdr-sxfe crashed if there was a bigger problem with the signal strength. Or do you have implemented some kind of "keep vdr-sxfe alive"-functionality? Because having to start vdr-sxfe manually again is IMHO not really set-top-box-like... :) On the other hand, I would prefer using vdr-sxfe instead of the internal x11 display because then I can release LIRC by shutting down vdr-sxfe e.g. if I want to use Elisa as second Media Center for playing back MP3s and videos in a more comfortable way than VDR can offer... With kind regards Joerg ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 12:36:35 +0300 From: "Petri Helin" <phelin(a)googlemail.com> Subject: Re: [vdr] VDR as a set top box To: "VDR Mailing List" <vdr(a)linuxtv.org> Message-ID: <3e063bbf0804070236w340e007anb0ea3fb6275a30fa(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 12:22 PM, J?rg Knitter <joerg.knitter(a)gmx.de> wrote: > Petri Helin wrote: > > [...] > > > start up a fluxbox session. The fluxbox session runs a start up script > > which starts vdr-sxfe, which connect to the xineliboutput plugin. > > [...] > > > One general question: Is vdr-sxfe reliable enough on > bad-weather-conditions? I have played around last week with VDR-1.5.18 > and xineliboutputs internal display window, and it was rock-solid while > in the past other solutions like xine or vdr-sxfe crashed if there was a > bigger problem with the signal strength. > Or do you have implemented some kind of "keep vdr-sxfe > alive"-functionality? Because having to start vdr-sxfe manually again is > IMHO not really set-top-box-like... :) > On the other hand, I would prefer using vdr-sxfe instead of the internal > x11 display because then I can release LIRC by shutting down vdr-sxfe > e.g. if I want to use Elisa as second Media Center for playing back MP3s > and videos in a more comfortable way than VDR can offer... > What I have is vdr-sxfe starting with parameter "--reconnect", which restarts vdr-sxfe in case the connection is lost. I have also set up remote control so that it has buttons for calling scripts that stop and start vdr-sxfe in case there is something wrong with it (quite seldom nowadays, but some time ago it got stuck with some recordings). -Petri ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:45:31 +0200 From: syrius.ml(a)no-log.org Subject: Re: [vdr] VDR as a set top box To: VDR Mailing List <vdr(a)linuxtv.org> Message-ID: <87r6dif1i1.87prt2f1i1(a)87od8mf1i1.message.id> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 J?rg Knitter <joerg.knitter(a)gmx.de> writes: > Petri Helin wrote: >> [...] >> start up a fluxbox session. The fluxbox session runs a start up script >> which starts vdr-sxfe, which connect to the xineliboutput plugin. >> [...] >> > One general question: Is vdr-sxfe reliable enough on > bad-weather-conditions? I have played around last week with VDR-1.5.18 > and xineliboutputs internal display window, and it was rock-solid while > in the past other solutions like xine or vdr-sxfe crashed if there was a > bigger problem with the signal strength. i also have issues with xine+xineliboutput on bad weather conditions. You could always use a 'while xine "mrl"; do sleep 1; done" or use init/upstart. (not appropriate, i read you need to quit vdr-sxfe to release lirc) > Or do you have implemented some kind of "keep vdr-sxfe > alive"-functionality? Because having to start vdr-sxfe manually again is > IMHO not really set-top-box-like... :) > On the other hand, I would prefer using vdr-sxfe instead of the internal > x11 display because then I can release LIRC by shutting down vdr-sxfe > e.g. if I want to use Elisa as second Media Center for playing back MP3s > and videos in a more comfortable way than VDR can offer... I use freevo 1.x There's a plugin to integrate vdr with it. In that case freevo is the media center for playing video/music/etc... and it launches xine/vdr-sxfe when you want to watch tv. -- ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr(a)linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr End of vdr Digest, Vol 39, Issue 10 ***********************************

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[ANNOUNCE] muggle 0.2.0
by Wolfgang Rohdewald 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Muggle 0.2.0 has been released. this changelog is probably not complete 2008-4-11: Version 0.2.0-BETA - supports UTF-8, see README.i18n - rewrote the player OSD, using code from the music plugin. - can automatically and asynchronously get lyrics using the amarok script googlyrics, see README - MP3Decoder: Suppress out of sync error message for first frame - Player: If called for just one file which does not exist, it no more starts. - Import with mugglei: Absolute paths have always been forbidden, now mugglei actually ignores them - remove some debugging output which came even if no debugging wanted - mugglei: fix postgresql help text - postgresql: Default for user now is the login name - mugglei -c now also deletes and rebuilds existing data bases - mugglei: after importing, always delete albums without corresponding tracks - mugglei: New german and french translations using the new mechanisms - while playing, some text was not yet translatable - switch to new internalisation system. Currently, no finnish translation. Maybe somebody will do that? - more complete german and french translations. - gcc 4.3 build fixes - rename image cache directory to cache directory and use it for lyrics too. Cached files are permanently cached. If the last modification of the original image indicates a change, the cached file is regenerated. - import: for flac files, prefer vorbis comments over id3 tags as recommended by the flac people Get it at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=203825&package_id=243… -- Wolfgang

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Output plugin
by Josce 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

My Hauppauge DVB card rev2.1 (FF) DVB-C card has some connection problem on its video out jack. So sometimes the screen goes blank and I have to slightly adjust the video out plug to regain picture. I am currently using vdr-1.6.0. I would like to use the softdevice plugin but here is the catch: The VGA is a Via CX700M2 and DirectFB does not support it, and my CPU is too slow for unaccelerated fb. (> 85% cpu usage) Now, Via has created a framebuffer driver that uses the CX700M2 hardware MPEG2/MPEG4 acceleration. And a modified mplayer (VeMP1.6) that takes advantage of this. With this combination I can play vdr recordings with < 6% cpu usage. Now my question is: a) is there some plugin that could pipe the stream directly to mplayer to handle the output? b) could the hardware MPEG decoder by used somehow and the decoded stream be sent to framebuffer driver? c) would it be a big task to add acceleration support to the softdevice plugin? (Could then play hdtv stuff with it?) d) any other solution? Josce _________________________________________________________________ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx

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VDR running on thin clients
by Mike Parker 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Has anyone done any work with thin clients and VDR? The price of Neoware thin clients are very low and it would be great to use these as remote receivers from my main vdr box. The boxes PXEboot and I do have them setup and running X, so just need some suggestions for how to view VDR. The machine they boot from is the VDR, so is it necessary to stream, or is there a way of viewing the feed. Bear in mind that these are thin clients and only have about 32MB of ram and not that powerful, everything is done using LTSP etc. Thanks for a great stable machine. Mike

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Antwort: Re: [patch] channels with same pids+channels update
by Peter Dittmann 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

vdr-bounces(a)linuxtv.org schrieb am 10.04.2008 14:53:04: > ua0lnj schrieb: > > Hi > > If it's interecting for anybody. > .. > > And other feature, this is deleting absent channels. If provider was > > deleted channels, you need delete it from channels.conf manually. > > After this patch, vdr auto deleting channels, which not present on > > transponder in sdt. Need select "delete absent channels" in dvb > > settings menu, but if you selected channels update or transponder update. > I am very interested in this feature. My providers (astra/hotbird) are > smart enough not to send not to much garbage, but deleting of unused > channels is really a pain. I am at 4500 Channels in my channels.conf and > I am pretty sure that at least 30 % of them are long gone. > > Is it possible to have that feature seperated ? > @kls ... and include it in the mainline ? > > Best regards > Peter > How about something simpler and implement a manual delete on request, like a "negativ" channel scan ? My usual way of cleaning up channels.conf is structuring it using the ":" feature in the conf file. The last managed entry is :5000 so I have 4999 channels that I can sort and structure as I like. Channels >=5000 are automaticly added from VDR, hence I only need to occationally delete entries >5000 and I'm fine. New channels I need will be moved manually into my managed range and stay there until I want to get rid of them. I would actually prefer something manual instead of being triggered by the provider and their potential lazyness and their **ironie on** notorious standard adherence **ironie off**. regards Peter

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