Hello,
After RTFM I can't understand how to read a stream using VDR -> VDR client on a different machine.
I have installed VDR and vdr-xine on the client machine but how do I run VDR on a machine with no DVB card? Do I have to modprobe the DVB modules? What do I do to attach the VDR streamdev client to the stream?
Both xine and VLC can attach but I want the VDR menus EPG etc on my client. This isn't very clear in the docs sorry.
Cheers
Tony Grant
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 09:02, tony wrote:
Hello,
After RTFM I can't understand how to read a stream using VDR -> VDR client on a different machine.
I have installed VDR and vdr-xine on the client machine but how do I run VDR on a machine with no DVB card? Do I have to modprobe the DVB modules? What do I do to attach the VDR streamdev client to the stream?
When you load the streamdev-client plugin, it registers itself with VDR as a DVB-capable of giving it a digital TV feed. If you can get vdr-xine working, then you also have the 'primary device' needed for video output :)
Cheers, Gavin.
Le mercredi 23 février 2005 à 09:05 +0000, Gavin Hamill a écrit :
When you load the streamdev-client plugin, it registers itself with VDR as a DVB-capable of giving it a digital TV feed. If you can get vdr-xine working, then you also have the 'primary device' needed for video output :)
Would you believe that I had forgotten to type "make plugins" on the client...
</red face>
That's what having children asking you questions while you hack brings =:-D
Sorry
Tony
Le mercredi 23 février 2005 à 09:20 +0000, Gavin Hamill a écrit :
Now that it is working: how do I get the correct aspect ratio?
I am watching BBC1 and the image is squashed horizontally.
More details: the image is squashed except when it is at 100% (the window or the zoom factor). I can not shrink it to 50% and keep the correct ratio in either case. When the window is at 100% I can not zoom to 50% at all.
I am guessing that this may be a xine issue more than a VDR one?
Tony
On Wednesday 23 February 2005 10:38, tony wrote:
Le mercredi 23 février 2005 à 09:20 +0000, Gavin Hamill a écrit :
Now that it is working: how do I get the correct aspect ratio?
I am watching BBC1 and the image is squashed horizontally.
More details: the image is squashed except when it is at 100% (the window or the zoom factor). I can not shrink it to 50% and keep the correct ratio in either case. When the window is at 100% I can not zoom to 50% at all.
I am guessing that this may be a xine issue more than a VDR one?
My guess is this has something to do with the way the BBC broadcasts 4:3 pictures.. they use something called AFD extensions which means they're still sending a basic 'widescreen' flag, but also describing that the picture is 4:3 inside this - if the MPEG decoder doesn't handle this properly you end up with all kinds of squashed-picture or letterboxing-on-all-four-sides problems..
I don't use vdr-xine or other software decoding, so I'm afraid I'm unable to help here :/
Cheers, Gavin.
Le mercredi 23 février 2005 à 11:08 +0000, Gavin Hamill a écrit :
My guess is this has something to do with the way the BBC broadcasts 4:3 pictures.. they use something called AFD extensions which means they're still sending a basic 'widescreen' flag, but also describing that the picture is 4:3 inside this - if the MPEG decoder doesn't handle this properly you end up with all kinds of squashed-picture or letterboxing-on-all-four-sides problems..
No, it works OK on the main box which also used xine as a decoder for a while. Now it uses xxvc Epia hardware acceleration. 100% window is fine.
The screen of the client is a little weird: 1024x480 Sony Vaio screen. It is in virtual 1024x768 mode.
Tony
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