[vdr] ANNOUNCE: vdr-streamdev-0.0.1 (Client/Server Streaming BETA)

[Sascha Volkenandt <mailbot1@wat.willz.de>]

Hello list,

Download page:    http://www.magoa.net/linux/index.php?view=streamdev

This PlugIn is a VDR implementation of the VTP (Video Transfer Protocol) 
Version 0.0.1 (see file PROTOCOL included in the archive)

It consists of a server and a client part, but both parts are compiled 
together with the PlugIn.

The client part acts as a full Input Device, so it can be used in conjunction 
with a DXR3-Card to act as a working VDR installation without any 
DVB-Hardware.

The server part acts as a Receiver-Device and works transparently in the 
background within your running VDR. It can serve multiple clients and it can 
distribute multiple DVB cards to multiple clients.

It is possible to attach as many clients as the bus and network can handle, as 
long as there is a DVB-Device which can receive a specific channel. Multiple 
channels homed on the same transponder can be broadcasted with a single 
DVB-Card.

Additional clients can be programmed using the Protocol Instructions inside 
the PROTOCOL file. I have already started an X/Qt-Client based on mplayer, 
but it is far from being finished right now. If anyone has too many spare 
time, and wishes to continue that work, feel free to contact me and I'll give 
you the source of what I already have. 


Known Problems:

- When switching on the client using the arrow keys (or Channel+, Channel-),
  a transponder change is impossible ("Channel not available"). But, if you 
  push the appropriate number key directly, it will switch.
  
- Replays on the server side are stopped if a client switches channels.

- The server stops viewing a channel if a client switches transponders. Your
  recordings on the server are NOT endangered by this, as they have a much
  higher priority.

- Recordings & Timers on the client side are untested yet. Those could in fact
  endanger Timers & Recordings on the server, as they will have the same
  priority (by default).



Enjoy ;)
Sascha Volkenandt


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