Hi
I want to use raspberry pi as if it were a graphic card : I mean the dvb devices on a PC style server, IR receiver preferably on the server too (rpi and server in the same room)
I don't know how to configure it, there is apparently 2 ways of doing it (from what I understood)
+ xineliboutput with vdr-fbfe (rpi plugin is closed source ? the one here : http://www.vdr-portal.de/board18-vdr-hardware/board98-arm-co/118588-rasperry...)
+ streamdev and rpihddevice (which additional plugins ?)
The second way seems to be more complicated to configure, and I'm not sure it suits my project, but the rpihddevice is well maintained though.
The first solution is perhaps much straightforward and includes a media player (?)
Could you tell me more please ?
Damien
The second way seems to be more complicated to configure, and I'm not sure it suits my project, but the rpihddevice is well maintained though.
Could you tell me more please ?
I haven't tried the fbfe, but I borrowed a raspberry pi model B from work and tried with rpihddevice and streamdev. I have the main vdr machine running streamdev server and I also mounted the video directory on the pi with nfs4.
Sometimes this setup seems slow. I suggest using a raspberry pi 2 just because it has more cpu power.
I might also get a gigabit usb-ethernet adapter for the pi. I hope that would make fast forward/rewind smoother when playing HD.
With rpihddevice you need to buy an mpeg2 license for the pi to watch mpeg2 channels. I didn't (because the pi is not mine) so I havent' tried any mpeg2 stuff on the pi.
rpihddevice can output interlaced signal to hdmi so deinterlacing can be done on the tv.
You should install svdrpservice and remoteosd to the pi and svdrposd to the server. That way it's easy to create timers and manage other things on the server. See http://vdr.schmirler.de/
Editing recordings on the pi through nfs is painfully slow. If I have time, I'll write a script to be run from reccmds.conf that will ssh to the server and run vdr --edit <the recording> there. Other option would be to use svdrp to start the remote editing.
Considering your RPi is going to be the frontend, my best guess would that your IR receiver must beconnected to your RPi.
I don't have any experience with this solution, but I think I now have something to do this weekend ^^
The easiest way to get the 2nd solution running has to be the MiniDVBLinux distribution (http://www.minidvblinux.de/) for your RPi v1 or v2. While the site and parts of the software is in German, I was able to get it up and running quite easily.
The first solution is perhaps much straightforward and includes a media player (?)
That sounds correct.
Could you tell me more please ?
Well, I really liked the MLD distro with my old RPi v1 and a MCE remote. The zapping speed was quite good andissues were minimal. Then again, I tested this like 3 months back; so my guess would be that there are quite a number of improvements made since I last tested this.
Damien
Regards, Niels Wagenaar
With the fbfe setup, you can have the IR receiver on the server, or you can use the TV remote since the fbfe reads cec signals on the hdmi cable from the TV, if your TV supports these.
On 29 May 2015 at 17:03, Niels Wagenaar n.wagenaar@xs4all.nl wrote:
Hi,
a bit late maybe but vnsiverver on the VDR side and Openelec / kodi on the RPi side should be fine, that's what I am using, and the WAF is pretty high. I got a Hama MCE remote with USB IR receiver, which worked out of the box.
HTH!
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 07:19:13PM +0200, Damien Bally wrote:
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