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RE: [vdr] A new generation of DVB devices
by jori.hamalainen＠teliasonera.com 11 Oct '05

11 Oct '05

> Here's a list of the features such a device should have: > > http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr/hdtv-dream.htm > > Please let me know what you think about this, and if I have forgotten > anything or got something wrong. I feel that component video output is missing. It is capable of outputting HDTV signals, and many consumer devices have component inputs. I think Scart isn't specified for HDTV bandwidth, so TV's don't accept such signals from it. Of course DVI/HDCP/HDMI out runs component outputs in quality, and there probably are some relatively cheap converters from DVI to component. Regards, Jori

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mp3 plugin : image corruption
by Simon Baxter 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

Hi. I'm having problems with the image being displayed when playing mp3s from this plugin. -the image_convert script that converts CD covers to mpgs runs -the image is cached -any image displayed with the first track displays fine -as soon as the 2nd track plays, the new image becomes pixelated (see attached) I can display the cached mpg image fine outside of VDR (in 'Image Viewer'), but the mp3 plugin displays it as per the attached photo. It's the same for all converted images. Any ideas?

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does vdr set priority of its threads/processes?
by Jeremy Hall 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

Hello, If I were going to set the priority of the recording and/or playback threads, so that some functions in vdr would run with higher or lower priority than others, where could I easily set it? Is there a "snapshot" that is a paragraph long that briefly describes vdr's threads and their suggested importance and order of execution? _J

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long recording (maybe bigpatch) ?
by Gregoire Favre 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

Hello, I haven't tried with a vanila vdr-1.3.34 but with vdr-1.3.34 and bigpatch1 a recording of 563' (shown right in Recordings menu) I can't fast forward, neither edit any marks, in fact the time shown in viewing it start at "-9:-16:-55" to end at "0:06:11". I don't really care about this recording as it is an error (it's a little too long...) but I have tried to do a "genindex" in the directoty, and then a touch /video0/.update which don't change anything as the new index.vdr is the same as the old one. In case that matter, I am under amd64. Anyone tried a 9 hours recording ? -- Gr/'egoire FAVRE

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vdr and analogtv and xine?
by Torsten Mohr 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

Hi, i'd like to record movies with my Hauppauge PVR 350 and use my normal graphics card to view movies. So i configured and installed the plugins analogtv and xine. In one shell i start "vdr -Panalogtv -Pxine" and in another shell: xine "vdr:/tmp/vdr-xine/stream#demux:mpeg_pes" I can see the OSD in xine, but only the background "No Signal". I can record from /dev/video via command line, so basically it should work. Also, i can configure the keyboard keys for VDR and can use them to control VDR, i can see that with the OSD in xine. In vdr i get the output attached below. I wonder about the line that says that says: /dev/video0 ('WinTV PVR 350') does not support streaming i/o. Whenever i press a key in VDR, i get an output line by "xine" that says: vdr: osdflush: n: 1, 10, 4 # the numbers are varying. So does VDR not update the screen of xine cyclically? How can i get a picture in xine? Do i need another plugin? Or some other options? Best regards, Torsten. 08:38:48 analogTV version 0.9.37 starting up ... 08:38:48 08:38:48 Copyright (C) 2003 .. 2005 by Andreas Kool (akool(a)gmx.de) 08:38:48 08:38:48 The analogTV plugin is the work of many people; 08:38:48 for at least a partial list see CREDITS. 08:38:48 08:38:48 analogTV comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details see COPYING. 08:38:48 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it 08:38:48 under certain conditions; see COPYING for details. 08:38:48 08:38:48 Detected Linux version 2.6.12-default 08:38:48 Detected VDR version 1.3.33 08:38:48 Detected plain-vanilla VDR (hopefully :-) 08:38:48 cSchedules created SetVideoFormat: 0 08:38:48 Detected ConfigDirectory()="/video/plugins" 08:38:48 CPU AMD Duron(TM), family 6, model 8, stepping 1 08:38:48 CPU measured at 1350.040MHz 08:38:48 Using SSE optimized memcpy() vdr-xine: Client connecting ... vdr-xine: Client connected! 08:38:58 Switching to channel 0 on device 5 08:38:58 Switching to channel 0 on device 4 08:38:58 Channel: S 25, SID=12003, 335.25 MHz (S25), PAL 08:38:58 Video device: /dev/video0 08:38:58 Video source: 4: 08:38:58 NEW videodev=/dev/video0 08:38:58 Detected V4L version 2 08:38:58 Detected capture device Vanilla iTVC15 card 08:38:58 Detected hardware Hauppauge PVR 08:38:58 This device have a tuner 08:38:58 This device is able for capturing 08:38:58 This device have a onboard MPEG-Encoder 08:38:58 Detected Input#0: Composite 0 08:38:58 Detected Input#1: Composite 1 08:38:58 Detected Input#2: Composite 2 08:38:58 Detected Input#3: Composite 3 08:38:58 Detected Input#4: Tuner 0 08:38:58 Detected Input#5: Composite 4 08:38:58 Detected Input#6: S-Video 0 08:38:58 Detected Input#7: S-Video 1 08:38:58 Detected Input#8: S-Video 2 08:38:58 Detected Input#9: S-Video 3 08:38:58 NEW Frequency=335250 + 0 08:38:58 NEW videonorm=PAL 08:38:58 NEW videosource=4:Tuner 0 08:38:58 NEW picture properties 08:38:58 setPictureProperties(fd=9) failed, 34:Numerical result out of range 08:38:58 Could not set (all) picture properties 08:38:58 tune(5364) [frequency=335250, freqOffset=16, ofs=0] 08:38:58 setNorm(0:PAL (0xff)) 08:38:58 Switching to channel 1 on device 4 SetAudioChannelDevice: 0 08:38:58 Switching to channel 1 on device 5 SetVolumeDevice: 255 SetPlayMode: 1 08:38:58 NEW Audio-PID=300, Video-PID=301 08:38:58 runEncoder(Apid=300, Vpid=301) 08:38:58 mp1e -m 3 -j -e 1 -t 256 -g I -p /dev/dsp -c /dev/video0 -x /dev/mixer -d 4 -a 3 -b 5000000 -B 80 -r 14,91 -s 480x576 -S 44.1 -F 8 -G 496x576 -o /tmp/.analogtv.avi & 08:38:58 Sucessfully set encoder priority to -15 08:38:58 flush_buffer() mp1e:v4l25.c:216: /dev/video0 ('WinTV PVR 350') does not support streaming i/o. read(4) returned 0, error 0: Success vdr-xine: Client disconnected! SetPlayMode: 0

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image/sound stutter when watching live, but not in the processed recording
by Borghart Steffen 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

Hi, I am using vdr with the xine output plugin. When I tune to a certain channel the image stutters slightly, and the sound is off for more than half of the time. I thought this is the result of a bad signal, but the femon Plugin showed similar signal strength/ snr for all channels. Now i discovered the following: The divx file vdrconvert produces from recordings from that channel is as bad as watching that channel life; but the mpg file that vdrconvert uses temporarily in a certain encoding step is absolutely fluent without any stutter in image or sound! I have no clue why the quality is so bad when watching the channel life, because i guess the received data is o.k. My System is powerful enough, the load is not more than 60% when using vdr. What is going on there? Borghart

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Error when grabing an image from vdr
by Guy Roussin 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

Hi, I have 2 tv cards : 1 analog (/dev/video0,tvtime) and 1 dvb-s (/dev/video1,vdr) When i grab an image with vdr 1.3.34 (telnet 2001), i get an image from /dev/video0 and not from /dev/video1. Thanks. Guy ___________________________________ NOCC, http://www.teledetection.fr Hi, I have 2 tv cards : 1 analog (/dev/video0,tvtime) and 1 dvb-s (/dev/video1,vdr) When i grab an image with vdr 1.3.34 (telnet 2001), i get an image from /dev/video0 and not from /dev/video1. Thanks. Guy ___________________________________ NOCC, http://www.teledetection.fr

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Error when grabing an image from vdr
by Guy Roussin 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

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Question about component descriptor association
by Marcel Wiesweg 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

Hi, I stumbled across this line in eit.c Components->SetComponent(Components->NumComponents(), cd->getStreamContent(), cd->getComponentType(), and the corresponding code in menu.c:SetTrackDescriptions(). Searching the mailinglist revealed only Klaus' message from February >> The PID data and the description are broadcast in two separate SI tables. >> So far the only way to corellate them seems to be the sequence in which >> they are given. Actually, the component descriptor from EIT and the stream identifier descriptor from PMT are associated via the component_tag. Is there a reason this is not used, or did it just slip attention? (It definitely slipped my attention when I skimmed the mail at that time) Anyway, the current solution is working pretty well, so this is low priority, but at least, if some stations are reversing the order but provide the required descriptors, we should not blame them. Marcel

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"ERROR: unexpected tag while reading EPG data: ....." caused by bug in epg.c?
by Carsten Koch 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

I am getting an ERROR: unexpected tag while reading EPG data: ..... error message on every start up of VDR. So I tried the following: * compile plain vanilla VDR 1.3.34. No patches, no plugins. * remove /video/epg.data. * start up VDR using a copy of my config directory. Here is what I get: Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: VDR version 1.3.34 started Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//setup.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: ERROR: unknown config parameter: SourceCaps = 1 S19.2E Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: ERROR: unknown config parameter: SourceCaps = 2 S19.2E Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: ERROR: unknown config parameter: SourceCaps = 3 S13.0E Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//sources.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//diseqc.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//channels.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//timers.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//commands.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//reccmds.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//svdrphosts.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//ca.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//remote.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//keymacros.conf Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: video directory scanner thread started (pid=3846, tid=-1211290704) Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: probing /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 Oct 4 23:09:39 vdr vdr[3846]: ERROR: unexpected tag while reading EPG data: USA 1992 Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: tuner on device 1 thread started (pid=3846, tid=-1219683408) Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: section handler thread started (pid=3846, tid=-1228076112) Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: probing /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0 Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: tuner on device 2 thread started (pid=3846, tid=-1236468816) Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: section handler thread started (pid=3846, tid=-1244861520) Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: probing /dev/dvb/adapter2/frontend0 Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: tuner on device 3 thread started (pid=3846, tid=-1253254224) Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: section handler thread started (pid=3846, tid=-1261646928) Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: probing /dev/dvb/adapter3/frontend0 Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: found 3 video devices Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: setting primary device to 1 Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: SVDRP listening on port 2001 Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//themes/sttng-default.theme Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: loading /tmp/vdrconfig//themes/sttng-default.theme Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: remote control KBD - learning keys Oct 4 23:09:41 vdr vdr[3846]: KBD remote control thread started (pid=3846, tid=-1270039632) Oct 4 23:09:43 vdr vdr[3846]: ERROR: unexpected tag while reading EPG data: USA 2003 Where does it read the EPG data from (remember: there is no /video/epg.data file)? Why does it complain about something that looks like the production date of a movie? Carsten.

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