Chris wrote:
I noticed kind of the same problem in 1.4.x. As far as I can remember VDR crashed not just when a timer started but also when the timer was about to be completed. Anyway, I'm not exactly sure how I got rid off it since I've changed a lot of settings since then, but I think it has something to do with the DVB setting "Update channels" - even though I couldn't find any correlation when I checked the sources. Try setting "Update channels" to "no" and see if VDR still crashes while using mplayer when a timer starts.
I guess you missed the correct "setting" which fixes that bug: You bought a second DVB card.
_VDR_ crashes when starting a timer while mplayer-Plugin is running. That's because vdr had to close the device to let mplayer open it. When the recording starts, vdr tries to open the device but fails: -> emergency restart -> close mplayer-Plugin -> quit mplayer.
I always thought of rewriting the plugin to write the video data directly to the device instead of letting mplayer do it. I already had parts of the code in the recoder-tools. Now I bought a second card and the problem is gone, so is my ambition to write this code. :-(
So long,