vdr February 2007

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[RFC] Shutdown rewrite for 1.5.x
by Udo Richter 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

Hi list, The program code for automatic and manual shut down and for automatic restarts for timer recordings is in VDR 1.4.x very complex and error-prone, and behaves strange in some situations. With Klaus' permission I am working on a re-implementation for the upcoming 1.5.x developer builds of VDR. I now want to publish a first draft version for testing and further comments. Not all issues are fixed yet, but it already gives an impression of the new code. http://www.udo-richter.de/vdr/patches.html#shutdown http://www.udo-richter.de/vdr/patches.en.html#shutdown New: - Shutdown related code is now in shutdown.[ch]. vdr.c mainly delegates the work to the cShutdown class, that does all necessary steps for manual or automatic shutdown. - cShutdown tracks whether there is an interactive user or not. (eg. Min User Inactivity run out) - cRemote tracks time of last key press separately and autonomously. - The old 5-minute "Press any key to cancel..." message got replaced by a 5 minute countdown message that counts in 10-second steps - Since the new code is modularized, plugins will have access to activity tracking, can mess with inactivity state, and can initiate shutdown behavior similar to the kPower button. (But, please, only if you have to. ;) ) Fixed: - Pressing power button while recording playback works again, instead of doing nothing visible. (and not shutting down within 5 seconds at playback end.) - Show 5-minute shutdown message after background activity ends, if power button was pressed but not confirmed - Not freezing the VDR main loop while 5-minute shutdown message - Background activity now cancels the 5-minute shutdown message - Not messing with watchdog (and forgetting to re-enable) while 5-minute shutdown message - Timers set via SVDRP while in 5-minute shutdown message did not start and were not considered for reboot time. - Calling the main menu action of a plugin and closing a menu doesn't count as user activity any more Todo: - Start the 5-minute countdown 5 minutes _before_ min user inactivity runs out. (also does not add 5min to SHUTDOWNRETRY any more) - Fix negative time in shutdown confirm if VPS timer is in run-out phase Possible changes: - Make the 'inactive' mode (waiting for background activity to end, then shut down) more visible to the user: - Suggestion was to put up a message 'VDR will shut down when idle. Press power button again to force shutdown' before starting the confirms. - Alternative may be a message 'VDR will shut down later when idle' if shutdown was not confirmed - Alternative may be to permanently put up a message 'VDR is waiting for background tasks to complete'. - What should happen if a user confirms to shut down while a running / pending timer is scheduled. Currently, VDR will reboot after MinEventTimeout, but VDR could also reboot at the next timer that starts after MinEventTimeout - or never. - There is a feature request that the caller should be able to notify VDR whether VDR was started manually or automatically. (VDR currently guesses by searching for nearby timers) - There is a feature request to start the external shutdown script asynchronously, so the shutdown script does not block VDR any more. - A 'bug' in the old code allows to automatically shut down VDR at the end of a playback, though this was probably never intended. It could however be re-added as 'feature'. There's some debug output code to monitor the various timers on console. If you don't want that, you can disable it in vdr.c, search for #define DebugTimeouts and comment it out. Cheers, Udo

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12149 on Astra 19
by Rob Davis 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

Anyone know why VDR won't pick up the different channels on this frequency? All I get is Kiosque, but I know there are Cine+ Foot 1 2 3 4 etc..? apart from hacking it by hand, anyone know of a solution?

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ERROR: video data stream broken on second dvb card , but szap works (include recording)
by Dieter Bloms 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Hi, I have two cards in my video server: Technotrend/Hauppauge WinTV Nexus-S rev2.3) Hauppauge Nova-S-Plus DVB-S [card=37] lspci: 01:0c.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05) 01:0c.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] (rev 05) 01:0c.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05) 01:0c.4 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [IR Port] (rev 05) 01:0f.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01) when I use szap to change the channel, I can switch, record, switch, record .... (record with "cat /dev/dvb/adapter1/dvr0 >/tmp/tsvideo". But when I try to record with vdr, I get the following errors and nothing will be record: (with plain vdr-1.5.0 and plain vdr-1.4.0 and v4l-dvb from yesterdays hg): Feb 9 12:02:00 video vdr: [30529] connect from 127.0.0.1, port 60607 - accepted Feb 9 12:02:00 video vdr: [30529] timer 10 (1 1200-1215 VPS 'Tagesschau um zwölf') added Feb 9 12:02:00 video vdr: [30529] closing SVDRP connection Feb 9 12:02:00 video vdr: [30529] switching device 2 to channel 1 Feb 9 12:02:00 video vdr: [30529] timer 10 (1 1200-1215 VPS 'Tagesschau um zwölf') start Feb 9 12:02:00 video vdr: [30529] Title: 'Tagesschau um zwölf' Subtitle: '' Feb 9 12:02:00 video vdr: [30529] record /data/nobackup/video/Tagesschau_um_zwölf/2007-02-09.12.00.50.50.rec Feb 9 12:02:00 video vdr: [30529] creating directory /data/nobackup/video/Tagesschau_um_zwölf Feb 9 12:02:01 video vdr: [30529] creating directory /data/nobackup/video/Tagesschau_um_zwölf/2007-02-09.12.00.50.50.rec Feb 9 12:02:01 video vdr: [30529] recording to '/data/nobackup/video/Tagesschau_um_zwölf/2007-02-09.12.00.50.50.rec/001.vdr' Feb 9 12:02:01 video vdr: [30529] connect from 127.0.0.1, port 60610 - accepted Feb 9 12:02:01 video vdr: [30529] closing SVDRP connection Feb 9 12:02:01 video vdr: [30603] file writer thread started (pid=30529, tid=30603) Feb 9 12:02:01 video vdr: [30604] recording thread started (pid=30529, tid=30604) Feb 9 12:02:01 video vdr: [30605] receiver on device 2 thread started (pid=30529, tid=30605) Feb 9 12:02:01 video vdr: [30606] TS buffer on device 2 thread started (pid=30529, tid=30606) Feb 9 12:02:03 video vdr: [30529] timer 10 (1 1200-1215 VPS 'Tagesschau um zwölf') set to event Fre 09.02.2007 12:00-12:15 (VPS: 09.02 12: 00) 'Tagesschau um zwölf' Feb 9 12:02:09 video vdr: [30537] frontend 1 timed out while tuning to channel 1, tp 111836 Feb 9 12:02:10 video vdr: [30529] connect from 127.0.0.1, port 60614 - accepted Feb 9 12:02:10 video vdr: [30529] closing SVDRP connection Feb 9 12:02:10 video vdr: [30529] connect from 127.0.0.1, port 60617 - accepted Feb 9 12:02:10 video vdr: [30529] closing SVDRP connection Feb 9 12:02:27 video vdr: [30529] connect from 127.0.0.1, port 60622 - accepted Feb 9 12:02:27 video vdr: [30529] closing SVDRP connection Feb 9 12:02:32 video vdr: [30603] ERROR: video data stream broken Feb 9 12:02:32 video vdr: [30603] initiating emergency exit Feb 9 12:02:32 video vdr: [30529] emergency exit requested - shutting down Feb 9 12:02:32 video vdr: [30604] recording thread ended (pid=30529, tid=30604) Feb 9 12:02:32 video vdr: [30603] file writer thread ended (pid=30529, tid=30603) Feb 9 12:02:32 video vdr: [30529] buffer stats: 0 (0%) used Feb 9 12:02:32 video vdr: [30529] timer 10 (1 1200-1215 VPS 'Tagesschau um zwölf') stop Feb 9 12:02:32 video vdr: [30529] saved setup to /etc/vdr/setup.conf Feb 9 12:02:32 video vdr: [30534] tuner on device 1 thread ended (pid=30529, tid=30534) Feb 9 12:02:33 video vdr: [30606] TS buffer on device 2 thread ended (pid=30529, tid=30606) Feb 9 12:02:33 video vdr: [30605] buffer stats: 0 (0%) used Feb 9 12:02:33 video vdr: [30605] receiver on device 2 thread ended (pid=30529, tid=30605) Feb 9 12:02:33 video vdr: [30533] CI adapter on device 0 thread ended (pid=30529, tid=30533) Feb 9 12:02:33 video vdr: [30535] section handler thread ended (pid=30529, tid=30535) Feb 9 12:02:34 video vdr: [30537] tuner on device 2 thread ended (pid=30529, tid=30537) Feb 9 12:02:34 video vdr: [30538] section handler thread ended (pid=30529, tid=30538) Feb 9 12:02:36 video vdr: [30529] ===================== Feb 9 12:02:36 video vdr: [30529] EPG bugfix statistics Feb 9 12:02:36 video vdr: [30529] ===================== Feb 9 12:02:36 video vdr: [30529] IF SOMEBODY WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE EPG DATA FOR ONE OF THE LISTED Feb 9 12:02:36 video vdr: [30529] CHANNELS READS THIS: PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE FUNCTION cEvent::FixEpgBugs() Feb 9 12:02:36 video vdr: [30529] IN VDR/epg.c TO LEARN WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR DATA, AND FIX IT! Feb 9 12:02:36 video vdr: [30529] ===================== Feb 9 12:02:36 video vdr: [30529] Fix Hits Channels Feb 9 12:02:36 video vdr: [30529] 3 15 Dok&Deb, hr-fernsehen, KiKa Feb 9 12:02:36 video vdr: [30529] 4 5 SWR2, SWR2, 3sat Feb 9 12:02:36 video vdr: [30529] 6 418 MDR SACHSEN, hr-fernsehen, WDR Köln, Bayerisches FS, Das Erste, Phoenix, arte, ... Feb 9 12:02:36 video vdr: [30529] ===================== Feb 9 12:02:36 video vdr: [30529] exiting Feb 9 12:02:36 video vdr: [30529] emergency exit! so why can I get ts streams from the second dvb card and vdr doesn't get any bytes ? -- Gruß Dieter -- I do not get viruses because I do not use MS software. If you use Outlook then please do not put my email address in your address-book so that WHEN you get a virus it won't use my address in the From field.

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xine-lib patch help
by Stone 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Hi, I was trying to apply the latest xine patches (that come with xine-0.7.10) to cvs of xine-lib and I have hit a problem. The patch is looking for this line to replace: -dsputil_mmx.o dsputil_mmx.lo: CFLAGS=`echo @CFLAGS@ | sed -e 's/-funroll-loops//g; s/-O[0-9]/-Os/g'` +dsputil_mmx.o dsputil_mmx.lo: CFLAGS=$(shell echo @CFLAGS@ | sed -e 's/-funroll-loops//g; s/-O([0-9]|s|$)/-Os /g') But, now the original line looks like this: dsputil_mmx.o dsputil_mmx.lo: CFLAGS=$(shell echo @CFLAGS@ | sed -e 's/-funroll-loops//g; s/$$/ -Os/') Should i just leave it as is now? Best Regards.

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writing plugins 101
by Simon Baxter 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hi. Anyone know a good reference on how to write VDR plugins?

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Fwd: Re: Noch was
by Matthias Schwarzott 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- Betreff: Re: Noch was Datum: Dienstag, 27. Februar 2007 Von: Matthias Schwarzott <zzam(a)gentoo.org> An: Helmut Auer <helmut(a)helmutauer.de> On Montag, 26. Februar 2007, you wrote: > P.S. Benoetigt Ihr evtl. noch einen ebuilder ? Was muesste ich dafuer > fuer Vorraussetzungen mitbringen ? Generell brauchen wir immer mehr Leute :) Weil es hat ja eh nicht jeder jede Hardware, und auch nicht unbedingt die Zeit alles zu machen. Voraussetzungen: Am besten ebuild Kentnisse, geht aber auch ohne so schwer ist das nicht Eigentlich ist so ein ebuild shell-code Beste doku dazu ist die hier (mit vielen Beispielen): http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ Oder du schaust einfach mal in ein paar ebuilds rein. Matthias -- Matthias Schwarzott (zzam) ------------------------------------------------------- -- Matthias Schwarzott (zzam)

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[ANNOUNCE] New patch: MainMenuHooks
by Frank Schmirler 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hi, this patch allows plugins to replace the VDR mainmenus "Schedule", "Channels", "Timers" and "Recordings" by a different implementation. There are already a few plugins around which do something like that, using their own idea of a patch. So Tobias Grimm, Martin Prochnow, Christian Wieninger and me made an effort to find a common solution for the problem. The patch is based on a suggestion of Christian Wieninger back in March 2006 (http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2006-March/008234.html). It is meant to be an interim solution for VDR 1.4 until (maybe) VDR 1.5 introduces an official API for this purpose. Please note that no plugin supports this patch yet. We wanted to introduce it to the list first. Maybe there are some additional requirements we didn't think of. You will find more detailed information in the patch file. Enjoy, Frank

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ff card tt dvb-s 2300
by Halim Sahin 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

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installation-problems with burn plugin
by h.h.braun＠arcor.de 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

I am using debian testing vdr 1.4.4 and the latest burn-plugin, projectx from e-tobi, j2sdk1.4 from blackdown. When I start burning, burn starts with converting and the whole thing ends with: "Fehlerhafte Aufträge". In messages I have: Feb 23 08:48:09 localhost vdr: [6743] starting plugin: burn Feb 23 08:48:19 localhost vdr: [6743] switching to channel 1 Feb 23 08:48:25 localhost vdr: [6743] connect from 127.0.0.1, port 2554 - accepted Feb 23 08:48:25 localhost vdr: [6743] closing SVDRP connection Feb 23 08:48:36 localhost gconfd (root-6235): Der GConf-Server wird nicht verwendet und daher beendet. Feb 23 08:48:36 localhost gconfd (root-6235): Beenden Feb 23 08:48:44 localhost vdr: [6743] connect from 127.0.0.1, port 2558 - accepted Feb 23 08:48:45 localhost vdr: [6743] closing SVDRP connection Feb 23 08:48:49 localhost vdr: [6743] burn: language code for 'deu' is 'de' Feb 23 08:48:49 localhost vdr: [6743] burn: language code for 'deu' is 'de' Feb 23 08:49:02 localhost vdr: [6743] connect from 127.0.0.1, port 2559 - accepted Feb 23 08:49:03 localhost vdr: [6743] closing SVDRP connection Feb 23 08:49:35 localhost vdr: [6743] connect from 127.0.0.1, port 2560 - accepted Feb 23 08:49:35 localhost vdr: [6743] closing SVDRP connection Feb 23 08:49:48 localhost vdr: [6743] connect from 127.0.0.1, port 2561 - accepted Feb 23 08:49:49 localhost vdr: [6743] closing SVDRP connection Feb 23 08:49:54 localhost vdr: [6800] burn: MENU_BACKGROUND=/television/vdr/vdr-burn.Mit-Mach-M_hle.ok7NfY/menu-bg-0.png Feb 23 08:49:54 localhost vdr: [6800] burn: MENU_M2V=/television/vdr/vdr-burn.Mit-Mach-M_hle.ok7NfY/menu-background.m2v Feb 23 08:49:54 localhost vdr: [6800] burn: MENU_MPEG=/television/vdr/vdr-burn.Mit-Mach-M_hle.ok7NfY/menu-bg-0.mpg Feb 23 08:49:54 localhost vdr: [6800] burn: MENU_SOUNDTRACK=/television/vdr/plugins/burn/menu-silence.mp2 Feb 23 08:49:54 localhost vdr: [6800] burn: MENU_XML=/television/vdr/vdr-burn.Mit-Mach-M_hle.ok7NfY/menu-0.xml Feb 23 08:49:54 localhost vdr: [6789] burn: starting sh -c 'vdrburn-dvd.sh render' (pid = 6800) Feb 23 08:50:01 localhost vdr: [6743] connect from 127.0.0.1, port 4118 - accepted Feb 23 08:50:03 localhost vdr: [6743] closing SVDRP connection Feb 23 08:50:20 localhost vdr: [6743] connect from 127.0.0.1, port 4119 - accepted Feb 23 08:50:24 localhost vdr: [6743] closing SVDRP connection Feb 23 08:50:53 localhost vdr: [6743] connect from 127.0.0.1, port 4120 - accepted Feb 23 08:50:55 localhost vdr: [6743] closing SVDRP connection Feb 23 08:51:06 localhost vdr: [6825] burn: MENU_BACKGROUND=/television/vdr/vdr-burn.Mit-Mach-M_hle.ok7NfY/VDRSYNC.0/menu-bg-0.png Feb 23 08:51:06 localhost vdr: [6825] burn: MENU_M2V=/television/vdr/vdr-burn.Mit-Mach-M_hle.ok7NfY/VDRSYNC.0/menu-background.m2v Feb 23 08:51:06 localhost vdr: [6825] burn: MENU_MPEG=/television/vdr/vdr-burn.Mit-Mach-M_hle.ok7NfY/VDRSYNC.0/menu-bg-0.mpg Feb 23 08:51:06 localhost vdr: [6825] burn: MENU_SOUNDTRACK=/television/vdr/plugins/burn/menu-silence.mp2 Feb 23 08:51:06 localhost vdr: [6825] burn: MENU_XML=/television/vdr/vdr-burn.Mit-Mach-M_hle.ok7NfY/VDRSYNC.0/menu-0.xml Feb 23 08:51:06 localhost vdr: [6789] burn: starting sh -c 'vdrburn-dvd.sh render' (pid = 6825) Feb 23 08:51:13 localhost vdr: [6743] connect from 127.0.0.1, port 4121 - accepted Feb 23 08:51:15 localhost vdr: [6743] closing SVDRP connection Feb 23 08:51:24 localhost vdr: [6743] connect from 127.0.0.1, port 4122 - accepted Feb 23 08:51:24 localhost vdr: [6743] closing SVDRP connection Feb 23 08:51:25 localhost vdr: [6789] burn: starting sh -c 'vdrburn-dvd.sh demux' (pid = 6835) Feb 23 08:51:25 localhost vdr: [6835] burn: CONFIG_PATH=/television/vdr/plugins/burn Feb 23 08:51:25 localhost vdr: [6835] burn: IGNORE_TRACKS= Feb 23 08:51:25 localhost vdr: [6835] burn: MPEG_DATA_PATH=/television/vdr/vdr-burn.Mit-Mach-M_hle.ok7NfY/VDRSYNC.0 Feb 23 08:51:25 localhost vdr: [6835] burn: MPEG_TMP_PATH=/tmp/vdr-burn.Mit-Mach-M_hle.02jelM/VDRSYNC.0 Feb 23 08:51:25 localhost vdr: [6835] burn: RECORDING_PATH=/television/vdr/Mit-Mach-Mühle/2007-02-01.09.48.50.99.rec Feb 23 08:51:25 localhost vdr: [6835] burn: USED_TRACKS=0xe0,0xc0 Feb 23 08:51:25 localhost vdr: [6743] connect from 127.0.0.1, port 4123 - accepted Feb 23 08:51:26 localhost vdr: [6743] closing SVDRP connection Feb 23 08:51:26 localhost vdr: [6789] burn: starting sh -c 'vdrburn-dvd.sh mplex' (pid = 6836) Feb 23 08:51:26 localhost vdr: [6836] burn: AUDIO_FILES=/tmp/vdr-burn.Mit-Mach-M_hle.02jelM/VDRSYNC.0/vdrsync0.mpa Feb 23 08:51:26 localhost vdr: [6837] burn: DVDAUTHOR_PATH=/television/vdr/vdr-burn.Mit-Mach-M_hle.ok7NfY/DVDAUTHOR Feb 23 08:51:26 localhost vdr: [6837] burn: DVDAUTHOR_XML=/television/vdr/vdr-burn.Mit-Mach-M_hle.ok7NfY/dvd.xml Feb 23 08:51:26 localhost vdr: [6837] burn: DVD_DEVICE=/dev/dvd Feb 23 08:51:26 localhost vdr: [6837] burn: ISO_FILE=/Mit-Mach-Mühle.iso Feb 23 08:51:26 localhost vdr: [6789] burn: starting sh -c 'vdrburn-dvd.sh author' (pid = 6837) Feb 23 08:51:26 localhost vdr: [6836] burn: MOVIE_FILE=/tmp/vdr-burn.Mit-Mach-M_hle.02jelM/VDRSYNC.0/movie.mpg Feb 23 08:51:26 localhost vdr: [6836] burn: MPEG_DATA_PATH=/television/vdr/vdr-burn.Mit-Mach-M_hle.ok7NfY/VDRSYNC.0 Feb 23 08:51:26 localhost vdr: [6836] burn: MPEG_TMP_PATH=/tmp/vdr-burn.Mit-Mach-M_hle.02jelM/VDRSYNC.0 Feb 23 08:51:26 localhost vdr: [6836] burn: VIDEO_FILE=/tmp/vdr-burn.Mit-Mach-M_hle.02jelM/VDRSYNC.0/vdrsync.mpv Feb 23 08:51:27 localhost vdr: [6789] burn: process "demux" exited What is wrong ? Cheers H.Braun

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EPG on several PCs
by Matthias Fechner 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Hi, now its time to have a second VDR. It should boot completely via PXE and run everything over NFS (completelty diskless). It will mount everything from my Master-VDR server. The first step was easy, I moved all the config files to /etc/vdr, so I will be able to hold a own configuration on each host. The second computer will only have one DVB card (FF) so it should don't do any EPG scan, but it should use the EPG file from my Master-VDR. Is that possible? (the epg-file is saved in /video0 and that directory should be mounted via NFS) Best regards, Matthias -- "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." -- Rich Cook

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