[vdr] Re: speciall linux distro with vdr and lots of tools

[Peter Siering <lists@siering.org>]

On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 20:27, Valent wrote:
> Did anybody try this distro?
> http://www.heise.de/ct/ftp/projekte/vdr/isodownload.shtml
> http://www.heise.de/ct/ftp/projekte/vdr/
> http://www.heise.de/ct/03/20/174/
> 
> It has vdr, modules, plugins and lots of tools for satelite cards! Very 
> neately packaged.
> 
> I ran into problems during installation, I just couldn't install it.
> Then my intuition jump started. Maby errors I got are really files that ARE 
> missing. And I checked the iso file and CD's I burned (multiple allready) and 
> saw that some packages are missing! Where these CT guys drunk when buiding 
> the ISO file and forgot them? I don't get it.
> 

No (most of the time ;-) 

> Here are the packages that are missing, so if you wan't sucessfull install 
> DON'T check them.
> 
> plugins:
> - dvd
> - mailbox
> - mplayer
> - newsticker
> - osdpip
> - vbox
> - weather
> 
> addons:
> - tosvcd
> - tvmovie
> 
> I'm not sure about mp3 package, maby it works (it is on cd) and maby it isn't 
> so if somebody checks this please report back.
> 

Try an online install (vdr at cd boot prompt) and allmost all packages
will be installed just fine; some libraries have to be pulled from some
online repository. We've had to drop some packages for the offline
installer due to licensing issues. The only thing you have to renew is
mplayer - but there is a script to do so out there:
http://www.e-tobi.net/vdr/tools/

Peter