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deleting empty directories on a samba shared drive
by Peter Sulatycke 29 Apr '07

29 Apr '07

I have two samba shared video drives on my vdr system. Everything works great except empty directories are not erased on these drives. They are erased on my Linux drives. I can manually erase directories on these drivers with rmdir under Linux. There does appear to be any permission errors. The error in syslog states the "device or resource is busy". Any ideas on what the conflict is? I would like to reproduce the exact command that vdr is issuing to erase the empty directories. I traced it to a remove(DirName) command in tools.c I don't see code for the remove function. Where is remove defined? Thanks for any help! Pete

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EPG messages in debug log
by Risto Mäki-Petäys 29 Apr '07

29 Apr '07

I'm using vdr v1.4.6 on Debian Etch from e-tobi's packages and my dvb-c card is connected to HTV, Helsinki area cable television network. I get this sort of events in debug log, should they be noticed? Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] ===================== Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] EPG bugfix statistics Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] ===================== Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] IF SOMEBODY WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE EPG DATA FOR ONE OF THE LISTED Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] CHANNELS READS THIS: PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE FUNCTION cEvent::FixEpgBugs() Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] IN VDR/epg.c TO LEARN WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR DATA, AND FIX IT! Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] ===================== Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] Fix^IHits^IChannels Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] 2^I1274^ICanal+ Film 1, DSC Travel&Living, DSC Civilization, Canal+ Sport 2, CNBC Nordic, ... Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] 3^I557^IBloomberg English TV, Viasat Explorer, TV1000 Family, TV1000 Nordic, EuroNews, ... Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] 4^I3^I3sat, FRANCE 2 Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] 6^I563^ITV2, Barnkanal, SHOW TV, Star, MTV, Showtime, TV1, YLE24, YLE Teema, TGRT, Urheilukanava, ... Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] 7^I3^IFRANCE 2 Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] 8^I4^IFRANCE 2 Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] 9^I184^IBarnkanal, SVT1, TV2, TV1, FST5, YLE24, YLE Teema, JIM, Urheilukanava, MTV3 MAX, ... Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] 10^I4^IFRANCE 2 Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] 11^I84^ITV2, TV1, FST5, YLE24, YLE Teema, YLE PEILI, JIM, Urheilukanava, YLEN KLASSINEN, ... Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] 12^I36^IFST5, MTV3 MAX, MTV3 Fakta, SVT2, Barnkanal, TV2, MTV3 Leffa Mar 20 07:08:26 digi vdr: [6633] ===================== -- Risto Mäki-Petäys risto(a)kaverit.org

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streamdev-client blocking
by Rob Davis 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

Having read the "Using VDR on Mac OS" threads, I have tried out streamdev-client (had been using the server quite often) no a DVB-less system. I am running this under gentoo which creates a VDR process in the bootup, then I use vdr-sxfe to display on the screen. I have managed to get this working by copying the channels.conf over from the original vdr-server, however, when I close vdr-sxfe, the VDR server on the streamdev-client machine doesn't release the stream, which means that no one else can change channel. Is there a way to release the stream to allow channel changing on the server without closing the second vdr process (which would require root access). I figured if I had a local dvb card then switching channels to something local would do it, but I don't, and won't when I get this running on OsX. -- Latest news on http://www.streetcredo.org.uk/rob Rob Davis

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Question about epg.data updating.
by VDR User 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

When VDR compares epg data to see whether its been updated, does it actually compare the show description/info data or just certain fields in the epg data entry? I'm guessing the latter because I've noticed that when I populate extended epg data, a lot of shows will have a generic description. I let a few days go by and the generic description is still there in my epg data but if I delete epg.data and re-populate it, the description is updated. This leads me to believe VDR isn't comparing the entire epg entry for changes but perhaps just changes with show name or so. Can anyone add clarity to this? It's happened so many times that I can't believe it's coincidence.

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no transponder/initial file for DVB-C in New Zealand
by Simon Baxter 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

Hi. I've just taken receipt of my TT-1500 DVB-C card, but can't find any channels. I've run 'dvbsnoop -s pidscan' but find nothing - but as I don't know what to tune the card to, I guess that's expected? I found one reference to frequencies and encoding someone had on google and created a file with: # TCL Initial Testing # 2007-28-05 # freq sr fec mod C 711000000 6900000 NONE QAM256 but get: ./scan dvb-c/nz-telstraclear scanning dvb-c/nz-telstraclear using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' initial transponder 711000000 6900000 0 5 >>> tune to: 711000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6900000:FEC_NONE:QAM_256 WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!! >>> tune to: 711000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6900000:FEC_NONE:QAM_256 (tuning failed) WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!! ERROR: initial tuning failed dumping lists (0 services) Done. and: dvbscan dvb-c/nz-telstraclear Unable to query frontend status How can I scan frequescies/channels from scratch???? Can anyone help?

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VDR-on-Mac patches; any more progress
by Torgeir Veimo 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

I'm trying both VDR on Mac approaches, Tero Siironens approach ends on g++ -g -O2 -Wall -Woverloaded-virtual -c -DREMOTE_KBD -DLIRC_DEVICE= \"/dev/lircd\" -DRCU_DEVICE=\"/dev/ttyS1\" -D_GNU_SOURCE -DVIDEODIR= \"/video\" -DPLUGINDIR=\"./PLUGINS/lib\" -I/sw/include dvbdevice.c /sw/include/linux/dvb/video.h:118: error: '__s32' does not name a type /sw/include/linux/dvb/video.h:161: error: expected ';' before '*' token /sw/include/linux/dvb/video.h:194: error: expected ';' before '*' token dvbdevice.c: In member function 'virtual void cDvbDevice::StillPicture (const uchar*, int)': dvbdevice.c:1154: error: too many initializers for 'video_still_picture' dvbdevice.c:1154: error: invalid conversion from 'char*' to 'int32_t' dvbdevice.c:1160: error: too many initializers for 'video_still_picture' dvbdevice.c:1160: error: invalid conversion from 'char*' to 'int32_t' make: *** [dvbdevice.o] Error 1 - when making in the VDR directory. I had to make a symlink from videodev_mac.h to videodev_darwin.h, since I don't have the latter (was the dvb-includes-patch.diff patch supposed to create it?), and also create an empty /sw/include/linux/compiler.h file. Using Martin Waches approach ends on Vigor10:~/java/src/vdr-1.4.6/PLUGINS/src/softdevice torgeir$ ./ configure --with-ffmpeg-path ~/java/src/ffmpeg/ --disable-subplugins ffmpeg path set to: /Users/torgeir/java/src/ffmpeg/ Testing system and cpu type... found Darwin on i386 cpu. Checking for pkg-config... Found. Checking for ffmpeg... Not found. No usable ffmpeg library found in /Users/torgeir/java/src/ffmpeg/. Specify the path to your ffmpeg installation using --with-ffmpeg-path or use a more recent (svn) version of ffmpeg and use/install pkg-config. For details check config.log. I even tried to override the ffmpeg check, fixing a few deps (include/ dvb/dmx.h etc), but the compilation ends on /Users/torgeir/java/src/ffmpeg//libavformat/avformat.h: In function 'void av_init_packet(AVPacket*)': /Users/torgeir/java/src/ffmpeg//libavformat/avformat.h:66: error: 'INT64_C' was not declared in this scope /Users/torgeir/java/src/ffmpeg//libavformat/avformat.h: At global scope: /Users/torgeir/java/src/ffmpeg//libavformat/avformat.h:284: warning: 'AVFrac' is deprecated (declared at /Users/torgeir/java/src/ffmpeg// libavformat/avformat.h:118) /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/ CarbonCore.framework/Headers/MachineExceptions.h:245: error: declaration does not declare anything Are there updated patches around, or am I missing something important? I'm trying this on a macbook pro with the relevant X11 and fink environment. -- Torgeir Veimo torgeir(a)pobox.com

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vdr-1.5.1 compile error
by Simon Baxter 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

I've just added a DVB-C card into my machine (had been using pvr's for a while) and am getting a compile error: /usr/src/development/v4l-dvb/linux/include/linux/dvb/osd.h:107: error: variable or field '__user' declared void /usr/src/development/v4l-dvb/linux/include/linux/dvb/osd.h:107: error: expected ';' before '*' token dvbosd.c: In member function 'void cDvbOsd::Cmd(OSD_Command, int, int, int, int, int, const void*)': dvbosd.c:104: error: 'struct osd_cmd_t' has no member named 'data' make: *** [dvbosd.o] Error 1 The v4l-dvb sources are fresh from hg. any ideas?

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remotetimers plugin
by Simon Baxter 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Hi. I can't get this plugin to work - I get a "remote timers" and "remote schedule" unavailable message on the 'client'. svdrp works - and so does remoteosd. Any ideas?

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multi-box VDR & epgsearch conflict resolution
by Simon Baxter 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Hi I have a couple of boxes running VDR on a network. I've ended up in this situation because of a lack of PCI slots for capture cards, and a PVR-500/Via chipset incompatability. I can use the remote menu plugin to set timers in the 2nd box from the 1st one, which is great. I run vdradmin, and epgsearch to create auto-timers based on epg, which is also great! What I would like to do is automatically resolve timer conflicts, and push the timer event to the 2nd box. Any thoughts??

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Feedback required for vdr setup with analogtv
by Toufeeq Hussain 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Hi All, I'm planning on building a PVR device based on Linux and an el-cheapo TV-tuner card (no MPEG encoder). I looked at both MythTV and vdr and personally liked vdr better for the way the plugins are overlayed over the stream. Anyway, I read up a lot of documentation on th vdr wiki and had a look at the various plugins which are available for el-cheapo TV-tuners in vdr. I think I'll mostly be going with a bt878 chipset card as that is the one most widely available in my local markets (India). Just wanted to check up if I have everything covered before I go ahead and make the purchase. Correct me if I'm wrong here, I'll most probably be using the analogtv plugin for the bt878 card. As the card will not have a MPEG encoder, I'll need to do the MPEG encoding using software components like mplayer or ffmpeg and feed it as input to vdr. The cards which I'm looking at are the PixelView playTV series[1] and the Pinnacle PCTV series[2]. I could'nt find any vdr based howtos for these cards so really not sure if my plan is foolproof. Please let me know if what I've planned will work well with vdr and the analogtv plugin ? I'm more interested in the OSD based plugins and development of the same. With a el-cheapo TV-tuner card and the analogtv plugin this should still be possible right ? [1] http://www.prolink-usa.com/english/product.html [2] http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Products/Consumer+Products/PCTV+Tu… Thanks, Toufeeq -- blog @ http://www.toufeeq.net

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