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Xmltv2vdr-plugin

2012-05-15T10:46:34Z

Ludi:

This page is a loose translation of the page about the xmltv2vdr-plugin available in the [http://vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Xmltv2vdr-plugin german wiki].

==Current Version==
[http://projects.vdr-developer.org/attachments/download/946/vdr-xmltv2vdr-0.1.1.tgz Version 0.1.1]

==Description==
xmltv2vdr is a plugin for the VDR that imports EPG-Data into the VDR. By itself, it does not fetch any EPG-Data; the EPG-Data has to be supplied by third-party software to xmltv2vdr in xmltv format.

'''The third-party software to fetch the EPG-Data is not part of xmltv2vdr because of legal issues (cf {{wikipedia|VG_Media}}).'''

==Software Requirements==
libxml2, libsqlite3, libpcre

VDR >= 1.6.0

==Configuration==
Assuming that the xmltv2vdr plugin has been installed on the VDR in conjunction to third-party software that uses the xmltv2vdr plugin to get the EPG-Data into the VDR, the configuration about
* what EPG-Data sources to use
* what channels of the source correspond to what channels of the VDR
* other configurations like frequency of updates, etc.
is completely done in the OSD of the VDR.

The OSD of the xmltv2vdr plugin can be accessed under the plugins settings.

==Third-party EPG-Data Sources==

===For the end-user===
The configuration and usage of the third-party EPG-Data sources will not be discussed here.

'''The third-party software to fetch the EPG-Data is not part of xmltv2vdr because of legal issues (cf {{wikipedia|VG_Media}}).'''

===For the developers of the third-party software providing EPG-Data===
The interface between the xmltv2vdr plugin and the third-party software providing the EPG-Data has been defined like this:
* Every source must have a '''control file''' in the '''/var/lib/epgsources''' directory. This control file is a text file that contains information to control the xmltv2vdr plugin and a list of the channels offered by the source. The name of the control file can be chosen freely, but must not have an extension. The control file on the VDR must be readable by the vdr-user. (Please, have a look below for examples of valid control files.)
* Every source must have an '''executable file''' that offers the EPG-Data in the appropriate format to the xmltv2vdr plugin. The binary file has to be in the path of the executables of the VDR. The binary file must have the same name as the control file, to which it corresponds. The executable is called with the following parameters: Number of days, Pin, Channelnames (example: 5 ard.de zdf.de)
* The EPG-Data has to be a valid xmltv format and is passed to the xmltv2vdr plugin by using a pipe or a file. (Please, have a look below for an example of a valid xmltv file.)
* The xmltv2vdr plugin uses an own set of channelnames to which the developers of the third-party plugins should conform. This list of channelnames is far from being complete and is available near the end of the [http://vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Xmltv2vdr-plugin german wiki page of the xmltv2vdr plugin]. If you need channelnames, that are not yet available in the list, you should use the following format to define them: channelname.countrycode; for example, ard.de, orf.at, dk1.dk, france2.fr, rai1.it, detski-mir.ru, kanal-7-int.tr, sf1.ch,... Please, let us know about the new channels that you have defined by adding them to the german wiki page.
====More details about the control file====
* The first line of the control file starts with the word '''file''' or '''pipe'''.
** If the first word is '''file''', the binary has to put a file into the '''/var/lib/epgsources''' directory with the EPG-Data in valid xmltv format. The file with the EPG-Data must have the same name of the control file followed by the '''xmltv''' extension. For example, if the control file is named '''myEPG''', the file with the data has to be named '''myEPG.xmltv'''.
** The words '''file''' and '''pipe''' can optionally be followed by:
*** a semi-colon and the thime of the day at which it has to be run
*** a semi-colon and a flag (0/1) to indicate whether the source needs a Pin
* The second line contains the maximum number of days, the source is providing EPG-Data for.
* Starting from the third line, each line specifies:
** one binding channelname for which the source is providing EPG-Data
** the channelname can optionally be followed by a semi-colon and any data the third-party source might want to put there; this data is ignored by the xmltv2vdr plugin

Some control file examples:
<pre>
pipe
16
rtl.de;004
sat1.de;005
prosieben.de;006
</pre>

<pre>
pipe;00:00;1
10
rtl.de
sat1.de
prosieben.de
</pre>

<pre>
file
7
rtl.de;004
sat1.de;005
nickcomedy.de;190:625
</pre>

====More details about the xmltv file====
* The xmltv structure, that gets passed to the xmltv2vdr plugin has to be a valid xmltv structure. In the case of a file, the validity of the structure can checked by the [http://wiki.xmltv.org/index.php/XmltvValidation tv_validate_file] executable of [http://wiki.xmltv.org/index.php/Main_Page xmltv].
* There is an extension of the xmltv format for the '''Event-ID''', that does not cause troubles to the validators cited above: the '''Event-ID''', that in fact consists of only one number, is simply add as a category. (Please have a look at the following example.)

Example of a valid xmltv structure:
<pre><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<tv generator-info-name="tvm2xmltv">
<channel id="rtl.de">
<display-name lang="de">rtl.de</display-name>
</channel>
<programme start="20110103002500 +0000" stop="20110103015500 +0000" channel="rtl.de" showview="6-851-241">
<title lang="de">Samba in Mettmann</title>
<title>Samba in Mettmann</title>
<desc lang="de">Eine attraktive Verlobte, ein sicherer Job ...</desc>
<credits>
<director>Angelo Colagrossi</director>
<actor>Doris Kunstmann</actor>
<actor>Hape Kerkeling</actor>
<writer>Angelo Colagrossi</writer>
<writer>Hape Kerkeling</writer>
<producer>Amo Müller</producer>
<producer>Matthias Wendlandt</producer>
<composer>Darius Zahir</composer>
<editor>Sabine Brose</editor>
</credits>
<date>2003</date>
<category lang="de">Spielfilm</category>
<category lang="de">Komödie</category>
<category lang="de">16023614</category>
<country>D</country>
<video>
<aspect>16:9</aspect>
</video>
<audio>
<stereo>dolby</stereo>
</audio>
<rating system="FSK"><value>6</value></rating>
<review type="text">Schade - Hape kanns eigentlich besser!</review>
</programme>
</tv></pre>

==List of already defined and binding channelnames==
To avoid having the channelnames scattered around different pages or to have two list that are not always synchronised, the list will not be duplicated here. Please, use the list of the binding channelnames maintained at section 6.3 on the [http://vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Xmltv2vdr-plugin german wikipage of the xmltv2vdr plugin].

==Links==
# [http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-xmltv2vdr Plugin-Homepage]
# [http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmltv XMLTV Homepage]

Wirbelscan-plugin

2011-08-18T17:45:38Z

Wirbel: more or less copy of German wiki page.

==Description==
'''Author: W. Koehler'''

This plugin scans for channels on
* DVB-T
* DVB-C
* DVB-S/S2
* pvrinput

==Images==
{|
|[[Image:Wirbelscan-plugin-00.jpg|thumb|none|''channel scan'']]
|}

==Usage==
* Settings->Plugins->wirbelscan->'''Settings (yellow)'''
* choose scan type:
** DVB-T
** DVB-C
** DVB-S
** pvrinput
* choose country setting (DVB-T, DVB-C and pvrinput) or satellite in case of DVB-S/S2
* choose scan options:
** FTA
** crypted
** TV
** Radio
* use '''OK''' or '''Back''' to get previous menue.
* start scan with '''Start (green)'''. '''NOTE:''' enshure that no timers are on schedule.

==Notes==
* the plugin is able to work without channels (channels.conf 0 bytes)
* a scan may take up to 30 minutes (or even longer)
** DVB-T ~ 3 min
** DVB-C ~ 25 min (symbolrate=AUTO, QAM=AUTO)
** DVB-C ~ 4,5 min (symbolrate=6900, QAM=64)
** DVB-C ~ 5 min (symbolrate=6900, QAM=256)
** DVB-S ~ 30 min (Astra 19,2E)
** pvrinput ~ 5min
* if DVB-C symbolrate and modulation ('QAM') are known and defined in settings, the scan can be speed up
* signal quality influences scan time and probability to find all channels
* '''some DVB cards need explizit Inversion setting: try "AUTO/OFF" and "AUTO/ON"'''

==[[SVDRP]] commands==
* since version 0.0.3, ''commands with note 1) since 0.0.5-pre12''

{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor=#efefef
!Parameter
!Description
|-
| '''S_TERR''' || '''Start DVB-T scan.'''<pre>svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan s_terr</pre>
|-
| '''S_CABL''' || '''Start DVB-C scan.'''<pre>svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan s_cabl</pre>
|-
| '''S_SAT''' || '''Start DVB-S scan.'''<pre>svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan s_sat</pre>
|-
| '''S_PVR''' || '''Start PVRx50 scan.'''<pre>svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan s_pvr</pre>
|-
| '''S_START''' || '''Start scan''' 1)<pre>svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan s_start</pre>
|-
| '''S_STOP''' || '''Stop scan'''<pre>svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan s_stop</pre>
|-
| '''SETUP''' ''<verb:log:type:inv_t:inv_c:srate:qam:cidx:sidx:s2:atsc:flags>''
||'''change plugin setup''' 1)
''verb'' - verbosity (0..5) 
''log'' - logfile (0=OFF, 1=stdout, 2=syslog) 
''type'' - scan type (0=DVB-T, 1=DVB-C, 2=DVB-S/S2, 3=pvrinput, 4=pvrinput FM, 5=ATSC) 
''inv_t'' - DVB-T inversion (0=AUTO/OFF, 1=AUTO/ON) 
''inv_c'' - DVB-C inversion (0=AUTO/OFF, 1=AUTO/ON) 
''srate'' - DVB-C Symbolrate (0..15) 
''qam'' - DVB-C modulation (0=AUTO, 1=QAM64, 2=QAM128, 3=QAM256, 4=ALL) 
''cidx'' - country list index (Germany = 80) 
''sidx'' - satellite list index (S19.2E = 6, S23.5E = 8) 
''s2'' - enable DVB-S2 (0=OFF, 1=ON) 
''atsc'' - ATSC scan type (0=VSB, 1=QAM, 2=VSB+QAM) 
''flags'' - bitwise flag of TV=1, RADIO=2, FTA=4, SCRAMBLED=8, HDTV=16
<pre>svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan setup 3:1:1:0:0:0:0:80:6:1:0:31</pre>
|-
| '''STORE''' || '''Store Setup''' 1) <pre>svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan store</pre>
|-
| '''LSTC''' || '''List Country IDs''' 1) <pre>svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan lstc</pre>
|-
| '''LSTS''' || '''List Satellite IDs''' 1) <pre>svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan lsts</pre>
|-
| '''QUERY''' || '''Query plugin version, setup values, plugin service API''' 1) <pre>svdrpsend.pl plug wirbelscan query</pre>
|}

use ssh/putty or vdradmin, i.e. "plug wirbelscan s_pvr"

===Parameters===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Parameter (short)
!Parameter (long)
!Description
|-
| -p || --use-pvrinput || activate pvrinput support (''default: off''). since 0.0.7
|}

==Service Interface==
* since 0.0.5-pre12 supports wirbelscan a service interface, so that external plugins remotely control each feature of wirbelscan. For details see [http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/wirbelscan/SERVICES.html SERVICES.html]. So far tzhe following is supported:
** Ask Plugin Version and Service API
***''NOTE:''Service API Version of wirbelscan and external Plugin have to fit.
** Commands
***Start Scan
***Stop Scan
***store setup
** Actual status information
***Scanning/Stopped/Busy
***Name of DVB device used
***Progress in % of predefined transponders
***Signal strength as reported by dvb device
***Actual transponder
***sum count channels
***count new channels
**Set and query all setup parameters
**query known country IDs and Names
***ID (ATSC/DVB-C/DVB-T)
***short name
***full Name
**query known satellites, IDs and Names
***ID (DVB-S/S2)
***short name
***full name

a sample plugin is [http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/wirbelscan/vdr-servdemo-0.0.1.tgz here]. To use the service API an ''#include "../wirbelscan/wirbelscan_services.h"'' should be done.

==Hardware Requirements==
* DVB card or PVRx50

==Software Requirements==
* pluginparams-patch if vdr < 1.7.13 (see IPTV-Plugin)
* up-to-date v4l2 Header
** /usr/include/linux/videodev2.h
* DVB Header version 5.x:
** /usr/include/linux/dvb/frontend.h
** /usr/include/linux/dvb/version.h
* VDR versions
** vdr-1.6.0-1
** vdr-1.7.0-extp72-v3-easyvdr-8.0 (Make.config: DEFINES += -DEASYVDR80)
** vdr-1.7.2 .. 1.7.16 '''HINWEIS: DVB-S2 support ab vdr-1.7.3'''
* pvrinput plugin (recommended: use latest git)

==Installation==
* see general [[Plugin Installation]]








==Add-Ons==
* opt: Main Menue Entry via [[wirbelscancontrol-plugin]]



==Latest Version==
[http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/wirbelscan/vdr-wirbelscan-0.0.7.tgz Version 0.0.7]

==Links==
# [http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/wirbelscan/index2.html Homepage]

[[category:Plugins]]
{{i18n|wirbelscan-plugin}}

W pvrscan

2011-08-17T18:06:43Z

Wirbel: Created page with 'w_pvrscan is a channel scan utility which produces a channels.conf for pvrinput. ==links== http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/w_pvrscan/index2.html'

w_pvrscan is a channel scan utility which produces a channels.conf for pvrinput.

==links==
http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/w_pvrscan/index2.html

News/Archiv/2010

2011-08-17T15:56:34Z

Wirbel: Created page with '== September 19, 2010 == === vdr-1.7.16 released === * Announcement: http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2010-September/023604.html * Download: ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/v...'

== September 19, 2010 ==
=== vdr-1.7.16 released ===
* Announcement: http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2010-September/023604.html
* Download: ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.16.tar.bz2

== June 06, 2010 ==
=== vdr-1.7.15 released ===
* Announcement: http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2010-June/023055.html
* Download: ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.15.tar.bz2

== March 14, 2010 ==
=== vdr-1.7.14 released ===
* Announcement: http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2010-March/022636.html
* Download: ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.14.tar.bz2

=== vdr-1.7.13 released ===
* Announcement: http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2010-February/022505.html
* Download: ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.13.tar.bz2

== January 31, 2010 ==
=== vdr-1.7.12 released ===
* Announcement: http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2010-January/022258.html
* Download: ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.12.tar.bz2

== January 06, 2010 ==
=== vdr-1.7.11 released ===
* Announcement: http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2010-January/021988.html
* Download: ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.11.tar.bz2


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Sources.conf

2011-04-27T15:36:53Z

220.246.242.192: Default sources.conf for VDR or yaVDR

# Sources configuration for VDR
#
# Format:
#
# code description
#
# S (satellite) xy.z (orbital position in degrees) E or W (east or west)
# Note: only the first part is actually used by VDR. The description part
# is for the "human" interface for clarity.
#
# '&' means same orbital position but different host company.
# '/' means same (or very little deviation) orbital position & host.
# A value in () means this satellite is still in it's test phase.
#
# Please contact kls@tvdr.de before assigning a new code
# to a description, in order to keep them unique.

# Satellites

# Europe

S3E Telecom 2C
S4E Eurobird 4
S4.8E Sirius 4
S7E Eutelsat W3A
S9E Eurobird 9
S10E Eutelsat W1
S13E Hotbird 6/7A/8
S16E Eutelsat W2
S19.2E Astra F/G/H/KR/L
S21.0E Afristar 1
S21.6E Eutelsat W6
S23.5E Astra 1E/3A
S25.5E Eurobird 2
S26E Badr 3/4/6
S28.2E Astra 2D/A/B
S28.5E Eurobird 1 & Astra 2A/B/C/D
S30.5E Arabsat 2B
S31.5E Astra 1D/5A
S33E Eurobird 3 & Intelsat 802
S36E Eutelsat W4 & Sesat
S38E Paksat 1
S39E Hellas Sat 2
S40E Express AM1
S42E Turksat 2A/3A
S45E Intelsat 12
S49E Yamal 202
S53E Express AM 22
S55E Insat 3E
S56E Bonum 1
S57E NSS 703
S60E Intelsat 904
S62E Intelsat 902
S64E Intelsat 906
S66E Intelsat 704
S68.5E Intelsat 7/10
S70.5E Eutelsat W5
S72E Intelsat 4

# Asia

S74E Insat 3C/4CR & Edusat
S75E ABS 1
S76.5E Telstar 10
S78.5E Thaicom 2/5
S80E Express AM2
S83E Insat 2E/3B/4A
S85.2E Intelsat 709
S87.5E Chinastar 1
S88E ST 1
S90E Yamal 201
S91.5E Measat 1
S92.2E Chinasat 9
S93.5E Insat 3A/4B
S95E NSS 6
S96.5E Express AM 33
S98.5E Protostar 1
S100.5E Asiasat 2
S103E Express A2
S105E Asiastar
S105.5E Asiasat 3S
S107.7E Cakrawarta 1
S108E Telkom 1 & NSS 11
S110E N-Sat 110 & BSAT 1A/2A
S110.5E Sinosat 1
S113E Palapa C2 & Koreasat 2
S116E Koreasat 3
S118E Telkom 2
S120E Thaicom 1A
S122.2E Asiasat 4
S124E JCSAT 4a
S125E Sinosat 3
S128E JCSAT 3
S132E Vinasat 1 & JCSAT5a
S134E Apstar 6
S138E Telstar 18
S140E Express AM 3
S144E Superbird C
S146E Agila 2
S148E Measat 2
S150E JCSAT R
S152E Optus D2
S154E JCSAT 2A
S156E Optus C1
S158E Superbird A
S160E Optus D1
S162E Superbird B2
S164E Optus B3
S166E Intelsat 8
S169E Intelsat 2
S172E GE 23
S180E Intelsat 701
S177W NSS 5

# Atlantic

S1W Thor 3/5 & Intelsat 10-02
S4W Amos 1/2/3
S5W Atlantic Bird 3
S7W Nilesat 101/102 & Atlantic Bird 4
S8W Telecom 2D & Atlantic Bird 2
S11W Express A3
S12.5W Atlantic Bird 1
S14W Express A4
S15W Telstar 12
S18W Intelsat 901
S20W Intelsat 603
S22W NSS 7
S24.5W Intelsat 905
S27.5W Intelsat 907
S30W Hispasat 1C/1D
S31.5W Intelsat 801
S34.5W Intelsat 903
S37.5W NSS 10
S40.5W NSS 806
S43W Intelsat 3R/11
S45W Intelsat 1R
S50W Intelsat 705
S53W Intelsat 707
S55.5W Intelsat 805
S58W Intelsat 9
S61W Amazonas

# America

S61.5W Echostar 3 & Rainbow 1
S63W Estrelo de Sul 1
S65W Star One C1
S70W Star One C2
S72W Nahuel 1 & AMC 6
S72.5W DirecTV 1R & Echostar 6
S74W Horizons 2
S77W Echostar 4 & Galaxy 4R
S79W AMC5
S82W Nimiq 2
S83W AMC 9
S84W Brasilsat B3/4
S85W AMC 16
S85.1W XM 3
S87W AMC3
S89W Galaxy 28
S91W Galaxy 11/17 & Nimiq 1
S92W Brasilsat B2
S93W Galaxy 26
S95W Galaxy 3C
S97W Galaxy 25
S99W Galaxy 16
S99.2W Spaceway 2 & DirecTV 11
S101W DirecTV 4S/8 & AMC 2/4
S103W AMC1
S105W AMC15/18
S107.3W Anik F1/F1R
S110W DirecTV 5 & Echostar 8/10
S111.1W Anik F2
S113W SatMex 6
S116.8W SatMex 5
S118.8W Anik F3
S119W Echostar 7 & DirecTV 7S
S121W Echostar 9 & Galaxy 23
S123W Galaxy 18
S125W Galaxy 14
S127W Galaxy 13/Horizons 1
S129W Ciel 2 & Galaxy 27
S131W AMC 11
S133W Galaxy15
S135W AMC 10
S137W AMC 7
S139W AMC 8
S148W Echostar 1/2

# Cable

C DVB-C

# Terrestrial

T DVB-T

# ATSC

A ATSC

# Plugins

I IPTV
V Analog Video