Re: [vdr] How do I grab images in a background thread?

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Markus Maeder (MM) wrote:

MM> As written @ MM> http://www.vdrportal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=30679 MM> I am planning a mosaic plugin. This plugin should draw 3x3 snapshots of MM> different TV stations and continously refresh the pictures. With the number MM> 1..9 you could switch to the desired TV station. MM> MM> The snapshots should be taken in a background thread. Therefore I MM> can't use the grab command of the primary device. Is there a simple MM> way to grab images in a background thread or do I have to decode the MM> mpeg stream in a receiever thread? (Like osdpip does.)

IIRC, there is a "vdr-snapshot" plugin, which can take snapshots from "inside".

c ya Sergei