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Softdevice and libsoftmpeg: current status ?
by Ondrej Wisniewski 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

Hi everyone, I am dreaming of a small and quite VDR streaming client. This would be achieved with an EPIA-M board which has everything on board that's needed (ethernet, sound, s-video out, MPEG2 decoder). The software I would run on such a setup would be VDR with streamdev-client and softdevice. I guess this would work well if the MPEG2 hardware decoder on the EPIA was used by softdevice. On the VDR WIKI it says that the most promising feature for future development of softdevice would be the integration of *libsoftmpeg* which would most likely support HW decoding (e.g. CLE266 support). The latest news I read about development of libsoftmpeg dates one and a half year back. Things were quite experimental then. Can anyone give an update of the current status of this project? Is it still alive? Any chance of seeing support for MPEG2 HW decoding on the EPIA-M in the near future? -- Ondrej

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Post recording script and automatic power off problems
by mc8647tv＠mclink.it 01 Mar '06

01 Mar '06

My need is to have a radio recording transformed to MP3 and transferred on anoher pc automatically. So I tried to write a simple script that checks for "after" parameter and checks the file name to be sure it is of the right "timer. Since I know I should return control as soon as possible to VDR, in the script I create another file containing all the commands needed for the conversions and then run at -f script-I-create now So the script should start asyncronously and without any depencies on stdin stdout and the like BUT it is NEVER executed !!!! If I run the post-recording script from the command line everything is ok; when vdr calls the post-recording script the AT command is not honoured ! Any clue ? Francesco ps: I now added the full command path to at, just to see if it is the reason

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[Announce] vdr-epgsearch-0.9.13
by Christian Wieninger 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

Hi, here's a new version of epgsearch: 2006-02-28: Version 0.9.13 new: - support for vdr-1.3.44: works now, but: because of the summary/aux changes in vdr-1.3.44 the additional info about the search timer, that triggered a timer/recording, or the recording channel is currently not available. This info is now stored in the new aux field of timers/recordings, that can't (yet) be displayed in VDR. - blacklists: you can now maintain one or more blacklists and select them within a search or search timer. A blacklist works like a normal search and defines events that should be ignored in a search or search timer. Blacklists can be managed from setup or with the new search action 'Show blacklists' or directly when editing a search. Within a search you can select one or more or all blacklists. If any search result is also contained in a black list result set it will be skipped. - the switchtimer background thread is now only active, while there are any active switch timers. - when you unpack the tar file, the necessary link is now automatically created (like text2skin) - the result list of repeats of an event now omits the currently running event, suggested by Ronny Kornexl - thanks for beta testing to Mike Constabel - update for finnish translation, thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg fixes: - the setup option 'Add episode to manual timers' was not stored Description and download: http://people.freenet.de/cwieninger/html/vdr-epg-search__english_.html wget: http://people.freenet.de/cwieninger/vdr-epgsearch-0.9.13.tgz BR, Christian

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[patch] tvonscreen plugin broken with vdr 1.3.44
by Deti Fliegl 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

Hi, tvonscreen 0.7.0 with vdr version 1.3.44 seems to be broken (last working version was 1.3.42): vdr: /home/video/plugins/lib/libvdr-tvonscreen.so.1.3.44: undefined symbol: _ZN10cMenuEventC2EPK6cEventb Deti For me this little patch was needed: --- tvonscreen/timer.h~ 2006-02-28 19:47:38.000000000 +0100 +++ tvonscreen/timer.h 2006-02-28 19:47:38.000000000 +0100 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ private: const cEvent *event; public: - cMenuEvent(const cEvent *Event, bool CanSwitch = false); + cMenuEvent(const cEvent *Event, bool CanSwitch = false, bool Buttons = false); virtual void Display(void); virtual eOSState ProcessKey(eKeys Key); };

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Reelbox
by Peter Juszack 28 Feb '06

28 Feb '06

Hallo I found an interesting website about the Reelbox 'MediaCenter'. It uses VDR. Since a harddisc is an 'extra' the OS and VDR must be on an intergrated flash storage or something similar. Some time ago there were some negative postings about that company here. Does anyone know details about that box? Website and appearance of the box is quite smart. http://www.reel-multimedia.de Regards Peter

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[ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.3.43
by Klaus Schmidinger 27 Feb '06

27 Feb '06

VDR developer version 1.3.43 is now available at ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.3.43.tar.bz2 A 'diff' against the previous version is available at ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.3.42-43.diff The changes since version 1.3.42: - Removed an unnecessary toFile->SetReadAhead() from cutter.c (thanks to Artur Skawina). - The "Back" key now restores the original string when pressed while editing a string item (suggested by Markus Hahn). - Now stopping scanning the video directory if there are too many levels of symbolic links, which might indicate a recursive link loop (based on a patch from Helmut Auer). - Improved OSD area handling in cDvbSpuDecoder (thanks to Marco Schlüßler). - Now logging the description (if present) in case a thread is canceled (suggested by Marco Schlüßler). - cMenuText now uses the given font (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg). - The ST:TNG skin now uses the fixed font if requested when displaying texts. - Fixed some typos in the CONTRIBUTORS file (thanks to Frank Krömmelbein). - Changed offset and size handling in 'libsi' from 'unsigned' to 'signed', so that overflows can be better detected (thanks to Marcel Wiesweg). - Checking data size in CaDescriptor::Parse() and LinkageDescriptor::Parse() of 'libsi' to avoid crashes with invalid data (thanks to Marcel Wiesweg). - Made CharArray::DataOwnData::assign() in 'libsi' more robust against invalid data (suggested by Oliver Endriss). Also changed CharArray::DataOwnData::Delete() so that it sets 'size' and 'data' to 0. - Now resetting the channel number if the number entered through the numeric keys exceeds the maximum channel number (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg). - The language code in the 'X' component records of EPG data can now consist of two codes, separated by '+'. - If a recording starts and there is no EPG data available for the recorded channel, the 'X' audio component records for the 'info.vdr' file are now generated from the channel's PID data. - Externally provided EPG data (with table ID 0x00) now gets its component descriptors set from the broadcast data, so that language codes and descriptions are available (suggested by Andreas Brugger). - When setting the audio track descriptions, the language codes are now also set in case this is a replay session (based on a patch from Rolf Ahrenberg). - If a recording starts and the channel's audio PID data has more language code information than the EPG's component data, the code from the channel is taken. - Fixed handling DPID when deciding whether to switch to 'Transfer Mode' (thanks to Marco Schlüßler). - Fixed replaying recordings of radio channels with many audio tracks (thanks to Reinhard Nissl). - Added a comment to tChannelID::nid, explaining that is is actually the "original" network id. Have fun! Klaus

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Softdevice xv and nvidia
by diyab diyab 27 Feb '06

27 Feb '06

I am trying to use softdevice with vdr. When I use xv output the picture is something like colorless. I think i have a problem with colorspace. when I use the xine plugin everything works well with xv out. I also couldn't get working softdevice DFB out. Any made it working with Nvidia FX5200? BTW I am using Nvidia FX5200 and vdr 1.3.42 and softdevice 0.2.2 on Gentoo 2005.r1. diyab --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

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Announce: Radiolist plugin
by Peter Juszack 26 Feb '06

26 Feb '06

Hallo, in order to enable every key on my new remote control I wrote a little plugin which provides a second channel list. It includes all channels with VPID = 0 (usually radio channels). Mainmenu entry and channel seperators can be switched on/off in setup. Link: http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pjuszack/digicam/download/vdr-radiolist-0.0… Regards Peter

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[ANNOUNCE] TVUpdate für DaLiBox 2.0 (DaLiMan)
by vdr＠daliman.de 26 Feb '06

26 Feb '06

Das TVUpdate für DaLiBox 2.0 kann unter http://www.dalibox.de geladen werden. Die Neuerungen sind im Artikel "TVUpdate2.0" auf derselben Site beschrieben. Have a lot of fun!

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[ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.3.44
by Klaus Schmidinger 26 Feb '06

26 Feb '06

VDR developer version 1.3.44 is now available at ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.3.44.tar.bz2 A 'diff' against the previous version is available at ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.3.43-44.diff *** IMPORTANT NOTE ************************************************** *** *** *** This version changes the handling of the "summary" and "flag" *** *** fields in timer definitions. So in case you are using an *** *** external tool for programming timers, which uses that field, *** *** please wait until the author of that tool has adapted it to *** *** the new handling. *** *** *** ********************************************************************* The changes since version 1.3.43: - Fixed setting the audio language codes in 'Transfer-Mode' (reported by Rolf Ahrenberg). The actual problem was the call to the Transferring() function in cDevice::AttachPlayer() before assigning the player. - Fixed removing the '-' when entering a channel number where there is no other one that fits the input (thanks to Joachim Wilke). - Fixed the 'libsi' function CharArray::checkSize(), which made a previous workaround in libsi/descriptor.c obsolete (thanks to Marcel Wiesweg). - The "Ok" key in the "Jump" mode of the replay progress display now confirms the jump instead of closing the display (thanks to Christoph Haubrich). - The 'summary' field of a timer definition has been renamed to 'aux', and is now only used for external applications to store auxiliary information with a timer, which has no meaning whatsoever to VDR itself. The contents of the 'aux' field of a timer is copied into the recording's 'info.vdr' file, using the tag character '@'. - The description of a recording is now taken exclusively from its related EPG data. If an application wants to use a different description it needs to set it with SVDRP/PUTE and use table ID 0x00, so that it won't be overwritten (as a side effect, however, this also disables VPS for such an event). - There is no more "Summary" menu when pressing "Ok" in the "Timers" menu. The "Ok" key now always opens the "Edit timer" menu. - The upper 16 bit of a timer's "flags" are no longer treated specially when a timer is modified in the "Edit timer" menu. If an external application needs to know if a timer was modified, it has to keep a copy of the timer's data and compare that to the actual data. - The new function cRecordingInfo::ChannelID() can be used to retrieve the ID of the channel a recording was made from. - The 'info.vdr' file of a recording now also contains the 'E' and 'V' records of the EPG event used when creating it. - The option "Setup/OSD/Sort timers" has been removed. Timers are always sorted by their start time and priority. - The "Blue" key in the "Timers" menu now displays the EPG info of the event the selected timer will record (if available). The "On/Off" function has been shifted to the "Red" button. Editing a timer is done by pressing "Ok". - When determining which event a timer is going to record, all available events in the future are now taken into account (no more limit to 4 hours in the future). This has been done so that the event info is available in the "Timers" menu when pressing the "Blue" button. In order to avoid unnecessary work, each timer now has its own timestamp to control whether its schedule has changed since the last time its event has been set. - Fixed setting events to timers in case a non-VPS event has expired. - There is now a log message "timer ... set to event ..." when defining a timer from the EPG menu. - Lines tagged with '#' in the 'info.vdr' file of a recording are now silently ignored when reading that file (suggested by Peter Bieringer). Such lines can be used by external tools to store arbitrary information. - The 'event id' in EPG data has been extended to 32 bit, so that external tools can generate ids that don't collide with those from the DVB data stream (suggested by Matthias Schniedermeyer). - The DrawBitmap() function now has a new parameter 'Overlay' that allows a bitmap to be drawn with a transparent background (thanks to Alexander Hans). - Fixed cSchedule::GetFollowingEvent() in case there is currently no present event running (thanks to Pekka Mauno). Have fun! Klaus

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