[vdr] Video Disk Recorder version 1.0.0pre3

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

The new version 1.0.0pre3 of the Video Disk Recorder project
is now available at 

    ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/pub/people/kls/vdr/vdr-1.0.0pre3.tgz

The latest driver version (including the still picture patch necessary
for VDR) can be found at
  
    ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/pub/people/kls/vdr/siemens_dvb-0.9.4.tgz

IMPORTANT NOTE
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This version of VDR introduces a new meaning of the 'Ca' parameter in
'channels.conf', which makes it necessary to define which conditional access
modes your DVB cards can provide. Also, the methods to determine which DVB
card to use for a specific recording have been modified to reflect the new
possibilities that one DVB card can provide several decryption modes.
Please keep an open eye on this area, there may still be problems with
special cases here.

I would appreciate if people would take a close look at the functions

  cDvbApi::CanShift()
  cDvbApi::GetDvbApi()
  cDvbApi::ProvidesCa()

and releted areas in VDR/dvbapi.c to see if there are any obvious errors
in there. This mechanism has become pretty complex in order to handle all
possible cases...


- Fixed parsing 'E' records in epg2html.pl.
- Fixed a deadlock when switching channels via Schedule/Now|Next/Switch (reported
  by Martin Hammerschmid).
- Changed the meaning of the 'Ca' parameter in 'channels.conf'. Each channel can
  now define which decryption method it needs in order to be accessed. The new
  configuration file 'ca.conf' contains the defined values, and the default
  'channels.conf' has been modifed to contain the new values for 'Premiere World'
  and 'ORF'. If you use the default 'channels.conf' and have the conditional
  access hardware to receive encrypted channels, please make sure you copy the
  file 'ca.conf' into your /video directory (or wherever your configuration files
  are located) and go into the "Setup" menu and set the CICAM values according
  to your hardware setup. Currently there are two possible CICAM entries per
  DVB card, so any card can implement up to two different conditional access
  modes (besides the default "Free To Air" mode, which is always assumed to be
  available on any DVB card).
- Updated French language texts (thanks to Jean-Claude Repetto).

Have fun!

Klaus Schmidinger
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Klaus Schmidinger                       Phone: +49-8635-6989-10
CadSoft Computer GmbH                   Fax:   +49-8635-6989-40
Hofmark 2                               Email:   kls@cadsoft.de
D-84568 Pleiskirchen, Germany           URL:     www.cadsoft.de
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