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Recordings > 24 hours
by Petric Frank 07 Jan '06

07 Jan '06

Hello, maybe a stupid question ... How to program a recording in VDR which have to run for more than 24 hours ? regards Petric

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Softdevice crashes on channels that are not Stereo
by Dave 07 Jan '06

07 Jan '06

I have this new error after changing motherboards in a VDR box. Jan 4 20:03:59 vdr vdr[6909]: setting audio track to 1 (0) Jan 4 20:03:59 vdr vdr[6912]: [softdevice-audio] samplerate: 48000Hz, channels: #1 Jan 4 20:03:59 vdr vdr[6912]: [softdevice-audio] Channels count non available FATAL exiting Jan 4 20:04:00 vdr vdr[6516]: DFB remote control thread ended (pid=6516) . Any time I tune to a "mono" channel, VDR Softdevice crashes, whenever Channels: #1 I Only changed the motherboard, nothing in VDR, so I suspect some sound misconfiguration. I just have no idea what? Vdr 1.3.37 Softdevice CVS fairly recent

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[ANNOUNCE] DithernDemo 0.0.3
by Patrick Fischer 07 Jan '06

07 Jan '06

Hello This is the third Version of my dithernDemo Plugin. It is only a Demo for Developers, so there is no use for VDR users. This Demo was based on my dithernPatch for VDR, but it also works without this patch. The Demo shows how a developer can mix colors. In some cases you can only use 4 or 8 Colors, so I will show you how to mix this Colors up to 16 or 64 Colors. Not all Colors are useful but some are nice. Install this Demo like every other Plugin. You can't change the number of colors at runtime (sorry just a demo) The number of the base colors are defined by static const int COLORS = 8; in dithern.c You can use 2 upto MAXCOLORS Colors. More then 64 are untested and will only work with the xine or softdevice Plugin. The first 16 Colors are defined by values. More the 16 colors will be randomize colors. In this Version it is possible to show a gradient. Switch to "Curses Mode" to show it. OK will toggle to curses/dithern mode. If you are in the DithernMode, you can change the BaseColors by pressing the Keys 1..9 If you are in the CourseMode you can change the Colors by pressing 1 and 2; left, right will change the width, up/down the high of the Courses. Back will exit the Plugin. Some users reported about heavy flickering on some mixed Colors. I hope you will find it useful. Greetings Patrick

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xine: very high CPU load
by Alexander Munro 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

Hi. I'm using VDR 1.3.37 with vdr-1.3.31-dvbplayer5.patch, vdr-1.3.37-sc.diff, vdr-1.3.34-ffdecsa-0.1.2.diff, vdr-femon 0.9.5, vdr-sc 0.5.3, vdr-xine 0.7.6, and xine-lib, xine-ui, both latest CVS snapshots with patches from vdr-xine 0.7.6. My DVB-S card is SkyStar 2.6D. Although I have Athlon XP 2000+ with 512 MB RAM and GF3 Ti200, xine eats about 70-80, and even sometimes 90% of my CPU while displaying VDR's screen. I have followed tips from the xine FAQ but nothing changed. When I'm playing movies from my harddrive everything is ok. I have even tried launching the X server (X.org 7.0RC4) without window manager, still no efect. Can you help me, please? Or maybe there is a way to use mplayer instead of xine? Thanks in advance. -- Jarek <lt.munro(a)gmail.com>

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[ANNOUNCE] vdr-autosort-0.0.8
by CopyPoint 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

New AutoSort is online http://www.copypointburscheid.de/linux/vdr-autosort-0.0.8.tgz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005-12-09: Version 0.0.8 - Added setting TimeStamps and option 'TimeStamp' to catch channels that haven't updated for some days. - Fixed a bug that prevented to move a group that contains a channel with same name like the group. - Speeded up group moving in case a group has to move downwards. - Fixed channel moving to hit the right group at first run now. - Added option 'NotProvider' to exclude a provider from a group. - Added fixedPositions for 'Auto Sort', 'Unsorted' and 'New Channels'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thorsten ==================================================================== AutoSort plugin adds the capability to define rules for automatically sorting your channels.conf Project's homepage: http://www.copypointburscheid.de/linux/autosort.htm Latest version: http://www.copypointburscheid.de/linux/vdr-autosort-0.0.8.tgz ====================================================================

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Autodetach unused receiver
by Patrick Fischer 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

So I have written an Patch that fixed that unused cReceiver will be detached automaticly if the source was changed. Attach a cReceiver to Channel ABC on PID xyz. If you switch to an other Channel on the same transponder the you can still receiver the data on the PID xyz. But if you switch to an other Channel on an other transponder, then the receiver needs to detached (NeedsDetachReceivers). (depends on the Prio) For me it seems to be forgotten from Klaus. So I hope my patch will fix it. I need it for my Plugin. Hope this will included in 1.5.x :-) Greetings Patrick --- ../vdr-1.3.37_orig/device.c 2005-11-26 13:56:09.000000000 +0100 +++ device.c 2006-01-05 17:44:22.000000000 +0100 @@ -577,10 +577,15 @@ if (LiveView) StopReplay(); + // If this card switch to an other Channel and the attached reserver can't receiver there source, + // then they will be detached. It would be irritate if the receiver with was attached for a + // specified PID sudden receive data from an other channel which has accidental the same PID + bool NeedsDetachReceivers; + // If this card can't receive this channel, we must not actually switch // the channel here, because that would irritate the driver when we // start replaying in Transfer Mode immediately after switching the channel: - bool NeedsTransferMode = (LiveView && IsPrimaryDevice() && !ProvidesChannel(Channel, Setup.PrimaryLimit)); + bool NeedsTransferMode = (LiveView && IsPrimaryDevice() && !ProvidesChannel(Channel, Setup.PrimaryLimit,&NeedsDetachReceivers)); eSetChannelResult Result = scrOk; @@ -588,11 +593,22 @@ // use the card that actually can receive it and transfer data from there: if (NeedsTransferMode) { - cDevice *CaDevice = GetDevice(Channel, 0); + cDevice *CaDevice = GetDevice(Channel, 0, &NeedsDetachReceivers); if (CaDevice && CanReplay()) { cStatus::MsgChannelSwitch(this, 0); // only report status if we are actually going to switch the channel - if (CaDevice->SetChannel(Channel, false) == scrOk) // calling SetChannel() directly, not SwitchChannel()! + if (CaDevice->SetChannel(Channel, false) == scrOk){ // calling SetChannel() directly, not SwitchChannel()! cControl::Launch(new cTransferControl(CaDevice, Channel->Vpid(), Channel->Apids(), Channel->Dpids(), Channel->Spids())); + + //detach all receivers from device + if (NeedsDetachReceivers){ + dsyslog("Need to detach all receivers from device. Source has been changed."); + for (int i = 0; i < MAXRECEIVERS; i++) { + if (CaDevice->receiver[i]){ + CaDevice->receiver[i]->Detach(); + } + } + } + } else Result = scrNoTransfer; } @@ -635,6 +651,16 @@ // Start decrypting any PIDs the might have been set in SetChannelDevice(): if (ciHandler) ciHandler->StartDecrypting(); + + //detach all receivers from device + if (NeedsDetachReceivers){ + dsyslog("Need to detach all receivers from device. Source will be changed."); + for (int i = 0; i < MAXRECEIVERS; i++) { + if (receiver[i]){ + receiver[i]->Detach(); + } + } + } } else Result = scrFailed;

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Info is not displayed
by Thomas Rausch 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

Hello, my info is not displayed (vdr-1.3.37). Expample: /video/Serien/Tobias/%Römerstraßen/2006-01-03.04.50.50.99.rec/info.vdr C S19.2E-1-1101-28114 T Römerstraßen S (1/4) Die Via Egnatia - Von Albanien nach Makedonien D Römerstraßen|||(1/4) Die Via Egnatia - Von Albanien nach Makedonien|Kanal: 13 - Phoenix X 1 01 deu 4:3 X 2 03 deu stereo But it is displayed with info nothing. Is this a bug? ;)

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Picture size with xine
by Eric GRAMMATICO 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

Hi all, I have VDR+VDR-Sine and i would like to know how to have xine adjusting picture size automatically following channels resolution ? I have some channels with 720x576, 544x576, and so on. 720x576 are full screen, but not the others. thanks and regards Eric.

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dithernPatch and Demo
by Patrick Fischer 05 Jan '06

05 Jan '06

In the last days of 2005 I have written an small but effect full patch for VDR. It allows the developer to mix two Colors. So if your Memory only allows you to use 4 Colors, you can mix them to 16 Colors :-) If you can use 8 Colors then you can mix them to 64 Colors. This is the theory. Not all colors looks nice. But you can use them. An other limitation is that you only can use the new colors for rectangles. (maybe I will expand this to the other elements) If you mix two colors the pixel will be alternating plotted. Like: if(((x%2)&&(y%2)) || (!(x%2)&&!(y%2))) SetIndex(x, y, color1); else SetIndex(x, y, color2); In the case of using mixed Colors, the OSD will be drawn a little bit slower. (you will not notice it) In the case of normal drawing nothing will be different. Full compatibility. I have written a demoplugin to show how it works. You can use the demoplugin with or without the patch. If you have patched vdr, you need to define #define USEVDRWITHPATCH at the beginning of the ditherndemo.c file. (commented out) If you use the demo without patching the vdr, it will work much slower. DithernDemo You can install the demo like every other plugin. if you start it, you can change the base colors by pressing the color buttons on your RC. The first line shows you the base colors. All other colors are mixed. I have written this demo to test this Plugin on my Activy300. So it is limited to 4 Colors. With this patch we can create other skins with more colors. If Klaus find it usefully, I will look for the other elements. Greetings Patrick --- ../vdr-1.3.37_orig/osd.c 2005-11-04 15:19:31.000000000 +0100 +++ osd.c 2006-01-04 16:00:55.000000000 +0100 @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ } } -void cBitmap::DrawRectangle(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, tColor Color) +void cBitmap::DrawRectangle(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, tColor Color, tColor Color2) { if (bitmap && Intersects(x1, y1, x2, y2)) { if (Covers(x1, y1, x2, y2)) @@ -449,10 +449,21 @@ x2 = min(x2, width - 1); y2 = min(y2, height - 1); tIndex c = Index(Color); - for (int y = y1; y <= y2; y++) + if(!Color2){ + for (int y = y1; y <= y2; y++) for (int x = x1; x <= x2; x++) - SetIndex(x, y, c); + SetIndex(x, y, c); + }else{ + //Color2 is set, so use dithern + tIndex c2 = Index(Color2); + for (int y = y1; y <= y2; y++) + for (int x = x1; x <= x2; x++) + if(((x%2)&&(y%2)) || (!(x%2)&&!(y%2))) + SetIndex(x, y, c); + else + SetIndex(x, y, c2); } + } } void cBitmap::DrawEllipse(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, tColor Color, int Quadrants) @@ -695,10 +706,10 @@ bitmaps[i]->DrawText(x, y, s, ColorFg, ColorBg, Font, Width, Height, Alignment); } -void cOsd::DrawRectangle(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, tColor Color) +void cOsd::DrawRectangle(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, tColor Color, tColor Color2) { for (int i = 0; i < numBitmaps; i++) - bitmaps[i]->DrawRectangle(x1, y1, x2, y2, Color); + bitmaps[i]->DrawRectangle(x1, y1, x2, y2, Color,Color2); } void cOsd::DrawEllipse(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, tColor Color, int Quadrants) --- ../vdr-1.3.37_orig/osd.h 2005-06-19 12:35:25.000000000 +0200 +++ osd.h 2006-01-04 15:57:18.000000000 +0100 @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ ///< will be drawn into a rectangle with the given size and the given ///< Alignment (default is top-left). If ColorBg is clrTransparent, no ///< background pixels will be drawn, which allows drawing "transparent" text. - void DrawRectangle(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, tColor Color); + void DrawRectangle(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, tColor Color, tColor Color2=0); ///< Draws a filled rectangle defined by the upper left (x1, y1) and lower right ///< (x2, y2) corners with the given Color. If the rectangle covers the entire ///< bitmap area, the color palette will be reset, so that new colors can be @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ ///< will be drawn into a rectangle with the given size and the given ///< Alignment (default is top-left). If ColorBg is clrTransparent, no ///< background pixels will be drawn, which allows drawing "transparent" text. - virtual void DrawRectangle(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, tColor Color); + virtual void DrawRectangle(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, tColor Color, tColor Color2=0); ///< Draws a filled rectangle defined by the upper left (x1, y1) and lower right ///< (x2, y2) corners with the given Color. virtual void DrawEllipse(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, tColor Color, int Quadrants = 0);

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Issues with Stream-dev and 1.3.37
by Mlists 05 Jan '06

05 Jan '06

Hi all, I've finally grabbed a second machine to setup by the TV and I want to run vdr in streamdev-client mode. I have vdr running on my primary back-end machine. I have an Xbox running vdr streamdev-client on Xebian and its working ok for the most part (vdr-1.3.27 I believe or it might be vdr-1.3.32). These came precompiled from a web site. On this new slave machine, I've install Debian, vdr and xine. My problems are as follows: 1) The xine plugin never gets around to loading (you see the prompts on the output when its queuing frames -- I don't get that all the time). As a result, Xine starts and stops immediately. 2) When I did get it running (once or twice) you can't change channels without it going unresponsive. Remember, the backend runs perfectly with the same xine plugin so it's not a tuning issue. 3) Cosmetic but a pain -- when VDR exits, it always gives a segmentation fault. Would I be better off to roll back to a previous version for this setup? If so, what version should I use? I have a recent kernel, recent DVB drivers, the plugins are all recent as well. Thanks Norm

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