Hi all,

The plugin for integrating analog MPEG2 cards by Hauppauge (et al.) into the vdr has a new home.

http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/show/plg-pvrinput

It's adapted to the latest changes of vdr (>= 1.7.13). For older versions the plugin-param-patch is still needed. Take a look at the README to adjust your channels.conf to the matching syntax of your vdr.

http://projects.vdr-developer.org/repositories/entry/plg-pvrinput/README http://projects.vdr-developer.org/repositories/entry/plg-pvrinput/HISTORY

I think, it's stable enough to be tested by you. :-) Use the new home page for documenting bugs you encounter.

A short changelog:

- the generated TS now contains valid PAT, PMT and PCR packets so streaming with streamdev-server now works in TS mode. The used PIDs are the same as in the TS of cx18 cards, so the vdr will not alter them in mixed environments. vpid: 301+101=2 ; apid: 300 ; tpid: 305 - the Hauppauge HD PVR is now supported but uses different PIDs as the cx18/ivtv cards. vpid: 4113+4097=27 ; apid: 0;4352 - for radio channels no more video packets are sent. If you use a PVR350 as output device make sure you have a recent version of the pvr350-plugin which generates black video on its own. - if you use a PVRUSB2 make sure you have the latest driver otherwise you can see occasionally no picture after a channel switch. The corresponding patch of pvrusb2 will be integrated in kernel 2.6.34. - if you experience stuttering video on switching channels you can tweak some buffers with some parameters in the setup.conf (stop your vdr before editing, of course)

pvrinput.ReadBufferSizeKB = 64 // size of buffer for reader in KB (default: 64 KB) pvrinput.TsBufferSizeMB = 3 // ring buffer size in MB (default: 3 MB) pvrinput.TsBufferPrefillRatio = 0 // wait with delivering packets to vdr till buffer is filled up to x%

If the default values don't make you happy, please report working values for your setup. Please report also your used input and output devices.

The latest versions of w_pvrscan and wirbelscan supports the new vdr 1.7.13 syntax if you don't want to change your channels.conf by hand.

http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/w_pvrscan/index2.html http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/wirbelscan/index2.html

Here's the announcement in the vdr-portal: http://www.vdr-portal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=95389

Have fun! Lars.