[vdr] Re: How do you run vdr?

[bob <bobself@charter.net>]

Peace Monk wrote:

> Where is your TV connected?  Does your dvb card have a tv out?  If
> not, you will need to use a softdevice plugin to work with xine in
> xwindows.  If you have a mpeg2 decorder card, you can use dxr3 plugin.
>
> If your tv is connected to the dvb card,  and your dvb card is
> configured properly, then you should see the onscreen display on the
> tv when you start vdr.  It will initially as you to configure your
> remote, or keyboard.
>
>
> On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 15:07:38 -0500, bob <bobself@charter.net> wrote:
>  
> > Now that I appear to have the driver things straightened out I'm going
> > to try to run vdr.
> >
> > I'm trying version 1.3.11 for now. scan and szap run perfectly.
> >
> > lsmod shows:
> >
> > Module                  Size  Used by
> > dvb_ttpci              78828  -
> > saa7146_vv             44712  -
> > video_buf              16748  -
> > saa7146                14732  -
> > ttpci_eeprom            2024  -
> > stv0299                11952  -
> > dvb_core               78196  -
> >
> > lspci -vv shows:
> >
> > 0000:00:0a.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01)
> >    Subsystem: Technotrend Systemtechnik GmbH Technotrend/Hauppauge DVB
> > card rev2.1
> >    Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
> > Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> >    Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
> > <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> >    Latency: 64 (3750ns min, 9500ns max)
> >    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9
> >    Region 0: Memory at dffffe00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
> >
> > I was able to build vdr 1.3.11.  I'm running as root (for now).
> >
> > If I type ./vdr it appears to run.
> >
> > /var/log/everything/current shows:
> >
> > Nov  3 10:34:10 [vdr] VDR version 1.3.11 started
> > Nov  3 10:34:10 [vdr] loading /video/setup.conf
> > Nov  3 10:34:10 [vdr] loading /video/sources.conf
> > Nov  3 10:34:10 [vdr] loading /video/diseqc.conf
> > Nov  3 10:34:10 [vdr] loading /video/channels.conf
> > Nov  3 10:34:10 [vdr] loading /video/ca.conf
> > Nov  3 10:34:10 [vdr] found 1 video device
> > Nov  3 10:34:10 [vdr] setting primary device to 1
> > Nov  3 10:34:10 [vdr] SVDRP listening on port 2001
> > Nov  3 10:34:10 [vdr] loading /video/themes/classic-default.theme
> >
> > So, what am I supposed to see? Something on the tv screen? (It is black).
> > Do you need to be running xwindows?
> >
> > thanks,
> > bob
> >
> >
> >    
>
>
>  
My dvb card is a nexus-s with tv output. I have a tv connected to the 
yellow, white, red connectors. This output works fine with szap.

My card does have a hardware mpeg2 decorder, so it sounds like I need the "dxr3 plugin" that you mentioned. I don't know what that is, but will look into it. Do I really need it. How do I know if my card is "configured properly". I'm thinking that I should see *something*.

bob