Is there any patch for VDR that stops Live TV whilst you're in the menus?
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Dominic Evans oldmanuk@gmail.com wrote:
Is there any patch for VDR that stops Live TV whilst you're in the menus?
None that I'm aware of but what's the point of doing that anyways? If it's a matter of being too distracting or something then you can always modify the themes transparency so the background is solid and increase the OSD size to cover the entire video frame.
On 13 May 2011 00:34, VDR User user.vdr@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Dominic Evans oldmanuk@gmail.com wrote:
Is there any patch for VDR that stops Live TV whilst you're in the menus?
None that I'm aware of but what's the point of doing that anyways? If it's a matter of being too distracting or something then you can always modify the themes transparency so the background is solid and increase the OSD size to cover the entire video frame.
I already have OSD filling entire frame. It'd be nice if there was an option so that the frontend auto-muted whilst in menu and, even better if it didn't use cpu on live TV at all if I'm not watching.
For example, currently if I want to watch two or three recordings one after another, I go to recordings menu, play 1 till end, hit back (returning me to recordings menu), play 2 till end and so on. Each time I go back to the recordings menu to choose the next recording, I'm forced to see and hear whatever happens to be showing at that time on the last channel tuned, even when it has no interest to me...
Am 13.05.2011 01:49, schrieb Dominic Evans:
On 13 May 2011 00:34, VDR Useruser.vdr@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Dominic Evansoldmanuk@gmail.com wrote:
Is there any patch for VDR that stops Live TV whilst you're in the menus?
None that I'm aware of but what's the point of doing that anyways? If it's a matter of being too distracting or something then you can always modify the themes transparency so the background is solid and increase the OSD size to cover the entire video frame.
I already have OSD filling entire frame. It'd be nice if there was an option so that the frontend auto-muted whilst in menu and, even better if it didn't use cpu on live TV at all if I'm not watching.
For example, currently if I want to watch two or three recordings one after another, I go to recordings menu, play 1 till end, hit back (returning me to recordings menu), play 2 till end and so on. Each time I go back to the recordings menu to choose the next recording, I'm forced to see and hear whatever happens to be showing at that time on the last channel tuned, even when it has no interest to me...
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There are several plugins which do not match your needs exactly but could be worth a try. -suspendoutput: i have never tested this. my idea is that it would suspend after a timeout. it is available from the xineliboutput sourceforge page. -block: switches to another channel, if the current EPG title was blacklisted -sleeptimer: shuts down the machine or mutes vdr audio after a timeout
Am 13.05.2011 01:49, schrieb Dominic Evans:
For example, currently if I want to watch two or three recordings one after another, I go to recordings menu, play 1 till end, hit back (returning me to recordings menu), play 2 till end and so on. Each time I go back to the recordings menu to choose the next recording, I'm forced to see and hear whatever happens to be showing at that time on the last channel tuned, even when it has no interest to me...
I know similar situations where I don't want to have live TV, for example if this would tune to problematic channels (streamdev client) or would interrupt other receivers.
Another good solution to this would be a real 'dummy' device, a receiving device that permanently receives a still picture, and that would be assigned to a free channel number. This would also be nice for a playback-only VDR without receiving devices, to avoid the frequent 'channel not available' messages.
I've once tried to write such a plugin, however these attempts were missing some code to turn a single mpeg still frame into an endless sequence with proper time codes.
Cheers,
Udo
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