vdr November 2013

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Trouble with softdevice -vo dfb:mgatv OSD with vdr 2.0.4
by Marko Mäkelä 12 Nov '13

12 Nov '13

Hi all, I used to follow the vdr development between 1.3.x and 1.6.0. I stopped updating my system around 2007, because it was working well enough for me. This year, I bought a Samsung SmartTV, hoping that it could be replace the old PC. Little did I know that the USB interface does not deliver enough power to USB-powered hard disks, or that the TV wants to encrypt all recordings with a device-specific key, in *.srf files. So, I decided to revive my aging VDR setup, and maybe use DLNA or the http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-smarttvweb/wiki/SamsungSmart… as the primary output method once the system has been upgraded. I installed a recent Debian distribution and compiled vdr 2.0.4, DirectFB 1.0.1, DFB++ 1.0.1, ffmpeg (latest 0.5 or 0.6 IIRC; 0.9 was already too new) and latest softdevice-cvs. I had to patch softdevice a little. Finally, I got a smooth picture with -P'softdevice -vo dfb:mgatv' on a nearly-HDTV VGA panel. Not bad for 11-year-old hardware. The only remaining problem is that I do not see any OSD menu. Usually when I activate the OSD, I get a random square (often white) somewhere, sometimes on the top left corner of the screen. It turned out that this square is being written by osd.c. cSoftOsd in softdevice is derived from cOsd. It overrides cOsd::SetAreas() so that it can ignore OSD events when the output is suspended. Otherwise, it is just calling the method in the base class. You can see the code at http://cvs.berlios.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/softdevice/softdevice/SoftOsd.c?v… From the Softdevice diagnostic messages and code I understood that the Matrox MGA450 might not support an alpha channel on the primary layer that is overlaid on top of the back end scaler (BES) layer. Instead, it could simply be a color key (black is transparent). The pixel format of the OSD seems to be 32bpp nevertheless. The problematic code is in cOsd::SetAreas(), vdr-2.0.4/osd.c:1811 onwards: isTrueColor = NumAreas == 1 && Areas[0].bpp == 32; if (isTrueColor) { width = Areas[0].x2 - Areas[0].x1 + 1; height = Areas[0].y2 - Areas[0].y1 + 1; cPixmap *Pixmap = CreatePixmap(0, cRect(Areas[0].x1, Areas[0].y1, width, height)); Pixmap->Clear(); bitmaps[numBitmaps++] = new cBitmap(10, 10, 8); // dummy bitmap for GetBitmap() } else { If I change the assignment to isTrueColor=false, the square goes away and I will get the familiar gray rectangles on the screen (from the "else" block that I omitted above). For example, when I press OK, there will be a rectangle at the bottom. Unfortunately, the rectangles are all gray, no other colours or text in them. According to strace, fontconfig and some *.ttf fonts are being loaded, so I suppose that the graphics are being generated, and the problem is somewhere in cOsd or cSoftOsd. Could someone help me get more than the rectangles on the screen? Best regards, Marko

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no image with TeVii S464
by Peter Münster 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Hi, This is probably not a VDR problem, but I guess that here are people who could help perhaps. I use the femon plugin to check the signal, and there is only some 20% of the first line (red), when I test my brand new TeVii S464, and no image. When I replace the card with my old "Technotrend/Hauppauge WinTV Nexus-S rev2.X", I get green signals and an image, so it seems that everything is fine with my dish. Is there some configuration issue, or is this new card just broken? Or do I need another LNB? TIA for any hints, -- Peter

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a bit OT: receiving free iptv channels in germany
by Halim Sahin 10 Nov '13

10 Nov '13

Hi, Using the iptv plugin I tried to watch some german Stations like "das Erste, Phoenix etc. It seems unfortunately that only entertain provides these channels and (I don't have it). Is there a way to watch these stations without t-home entertain? Some working examples for channels.conf would be great! Have a nice Day. Regards Halim

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vdr 1.7 -> 2.1 upgrade tips (FHS)
by Laurence Abbott 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Hi, I've been using vdr for a number of years now, mainly keeping abreast of the latest development versions. However, I "missed" the upgrades that incorporated FHS standards (busy with other stuff, etc.). I'm currently running vdr-1.7.29 (I think the last version before the changes) but think I should take the plunge and upgrade. I did do some very quick tests with vdr-2.0.3 but could never work out which config files to move where! Is there any simple way of working out which files go in CONFDIR and what goes in CACHEDIR, for example? Or is the easiest method to backup all of my current config files, build with my set of plugins, fire it up, and then see what new config files get created where and copy over the original set? Or I could just grep the source for config and cache. Others must have made this transition so any tips would be greatly received. Cheers, Laz

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Re: [vdr] VDR and folders
by Scott 04 Nov '13

04 Nov '13

Sounds interesting, if I copy a video off my phone will I be able to see it in vdr without editing folders.conf? I currently switch to xbmc to watch stuff recorded or copied outside of vdr . -----Original Message----- From: "Klaus Schmidinger" <Klaus.Schmidinger(a)tvdr.de> Sent: ‎04/‎11/‎2013 11:09 To: "vdr(a)linuxtv.org" <vdr(a)linuxtv.org> Subject: Re: [vdr] VDR and folders On 19.10.2013 19:38, Thomas Maass wrote: > Hi! > I like the new editing functions coming with version 2.1.2. > Thank you for that Klaus! > It would be nice, if VDR could recognize existing subfolders > and add them to folders.conf automatically. > Sometimes I edited my videodir manually, created some > subfolders to sort some recordings. VDR does not know > about these folders. I tried mixing existing recording directories into the entries in folders.conf. However, this pretty soon gets rather complex. Should recording directories only appear in the menu or should they actually be written into folders.conf? What if they are only in the menu, and you create a new subfolder in one of them? I'd really like to keep things simple here... With the new possibility of renaming entire folders and moving around recordings from within VDR's menu there shouldn't be the need for messing around with the actual disk files/directories any more. Klaus _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr(a)linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr

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VDR and folders
by Thomas Maass 04 Nov '13

04 Nov '13

Hi! I like the new editing functions coming with version 2.1.2. Thank you for that Klaus! It would be nice, if VDR could recognize existing subfolders and add them to folders.conf automatically. Sometimes I edited my videodir manually, created some subfolders to sort some recordings. VDR does not know about these folders. Thomas -- gpg-id: D31AAEEA https://www.setho.org/people

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