-- Latest news on http://www.streetcredo.org.uk/rob Rob Davis ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:21:09 +0200 From: syrius.ml@no-log.org Subject: Re: [vdr] VDR as a set top box To: VDR Mailing List vdr@linuxtv.org Message-ID: 8763uugjqf.874paegjqf@873apygjqf.message.id Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Boguslaw Juza bogdan@uci.agh.edu.pl writes: > Hi > > Look at http://freevo.sourceforge.net/ - it is the frontend for home > cinema linux PC. It starts Xserver itself, you don't need gdm, gnome > etc... I'm using it and Im very glad :). > I removed freevo TV config and I set xine for VDR as a "external command" > in freevo. It works nice and looks very good. then you should have a look at the vdr plugin for freevo. It adds a new "watch tv" menu entry and forwards key/lirc events to xine. -- ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:22:53 +0200 From: J?rg Knitter joerg.knitter@gmx.de Subject: Re: [vdr] VDR as a set top box To: VDR Mailing List vdr@linuxtv.org Message-ID: 47F9E7ED.6000106@gmx.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Petri Helin wrote: > [...] > start up a fluxbox session. The fluxbox session runs a start up script > which starts vdr-sxfe, which connect to the xineliboutput plugin. > [...] > One general question: Is vdr-sxfe reliable enough on bad-weather-conditions? I have played around last week with VDR-1.5.18 and xineliboutputs internal display window, and it was rock-solid while in the past other solutions like xine or vdr-sxfe crashed if there was a bigger problem with the signal strength. Or do you have implemented some kind of "keep vdr-sxfe alive"-functionality? Because having to start vdr-sxfe manually again is IMHO not really set-top-box-like... :) On the other hand, I would prefer using vdr-sxfe instead of the internal x11 display because then I can release LIRC by shutting down vdr-sxfe e.g. if I want to use Elisa as second Media Center for playing back MP3s and videos in a more comfortable way than VDR can offer... With kind regards Joerg ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 12:36:35 +0300 From: "Petri Helin" phelin@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [vdr] VDR as a set top box To: "VDR Mailing List" vdr@linuxtv.org Message-ID: 3e063bbf0804070236w340e007anb0ea3fb6275a30fa@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 12:22 PM, J?rg Knitter joerg.knitter@gmx.de wrote: > Petri Helin wrote: > > [...] > > > start up a fluxbox session. The fluxbox session runs a start up script > > which starts vdr-sxfe, which connect to the xineliboutput plugin. > > [...] > > > One general question: Is vdr-sxfe reliable enough on > bad-weather-conditions? I have played around last week with VDR-1.5.18 > and xineliboutputs internal display window, and it was rock-solid while > in the past other solutions like xine or vdr-sxfe crashed if there was a > bigger problem with the signal strength. > Or do you have implemented some kind of "keep vdr-sxfe > alive"-functionality? Because having to start vdr-sxfe manually again is > IMHO not really set-top-box-like... :) > On the other hand, I would prefer using vdr-sxfe instead of the internal > x11 display because then I can release LIRC by shutting down vdr-sxfe > e.g. if I want to use Elisa as second Media Center for playing back MP3s > and videos in a more comfortable way than VDR can offer... > What I have is vdr-sxfe starting with parameter "--reconnect", which restarts vdr-sxfe in case the connection is lost. I have also set up remote control so that it has buttons for calling scripts that stop and start vdr-sxfe in case there is something wrong with it (quite seldom nowadays, but some time ago it got stuck with some recordings). -Petri ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:45:31 +0200 From: syrius.ml@no-log.org Subject: Re: [vdr] VDR as a set top box To: VDR Mailing List vdr@linuxtv.org Message-ID: 87r6dif1i1.87prt2f1i1@87od8mf1i1.message.id Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 J?rg Knitter joerg.knitter@gmx.de writes: > Petri Helin wrote: >> [...] >> start up a fluxbox session. The fluxbox session runs a start up script >> which starts vdr-sxfe, which connect to the xineliboutput plugin. >> [...] >> > One general question: Is vdr-sxfe reliable enough on > bad-weather-conditions? I have played around last week with VDR-1.5.18 > and xineliboutputs internal display window, and it was rock-solid while > in the past other solutions like xine or vdr-sxfe crashed if there was a > bigger problem with the signal strength. i also have issues with xine+xineliboutput on bad weather conditions. You could always use a 'while xine "mrl"; do sleep 1; done" or use init/upstart. (not appropriate, i read you need to quit vdr-sxfe to release lirc) > Or do you have implemented some kind of "keep vdr-sxfe > alive"-functionality? Because having to start vdr-sxfe manually again is > IMHO not really set-top-box-like... :) > On the other hand, I would prefer using vdr-sxfe instead of the internal > x11 display because then I can release LIRC by shutting down vdr-sxfe > e.g. if I want to use Elisa as second Media Center for playing back MP3s > and videos in a more comfortable way than VDR can offer... I use freevo 1.x There's a plugin to integrate vdr with it. In that case freevo is the media center for playing video/music/etc... and it launches xine/vdr-sxfe when you want to watch tv. -- ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr End of vdr Digest, Vol 39, Issue 10 ***********************************