[vdr] VDR developer version 1.1.13

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

VDR developer version 1.1.13 is now available at

    ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.1.13.tar.bz2

This version is directed towards developers who want to implement
plugins for VDR. The "stable" version for every day use is still 1.0.4.

Please read the file VDR/PLUGINS.html, which gives an overview of the
plugin interface and how to create your own plugins.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
===============

This version still has some limitations (see below) and is considered highly
experimental! USE IT WITH GREAT CARE AND UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS BEFORE
RELYING ON IT FOR EVERY DAY USE!

The changes since version 1.1.12:

- Added cDevice::DeviceNumber() to get the number of a device, not counting any
  gaps that might be in the index count.
- Fixed fetching the current/next information to handle cases where the duration
  of an event is set wrongly and would last beyond the start time of the next
  event.
- Adapted type names to the new HEAD version of the driver (which the previous
  NEWSTRUCT branch has been merged into). Note that to use this driver version
  you still need to add NEWSTRUCT=1 to the make call when building VDR. You
  need a HEAD version of the LinuxDVB driver dated 2002-10-11 or later to compile
  VDR with NEWSTRUCT=1.
- Fixed radio channels in channels.conf.cable (thanks to Robert Schiele and Uwe
  Scheffler).
- Fixed switching the video format in the Setup/DVB menu (thanks to Uwe Scheffler
  for reporting this one).
- Reactivated full handling of second audio PID (even in 'Transfer Mode').
- Fixed a crash when closing down with remote control plugins (thanks to Oliver
  Endriss helping to debug this one).
- Commands in the file 'commands.conf' can now have a '?' at the end of their
  title, which will result in a confirmation prompt before executing the
  command.
- Changed a few leftover 'new char[...]' to MALLOC(char, ...).
- If a command executed from the "Commands" menu doesn't return any output, the
  OSD will now be closed automatically.
- The SVDRP command PUTE now triggers an immediate write of the 'epg.data' file
  (suggested by Gerhard Steiner).
- The new configuration file 'reccmds.conf' can be used to define commands that
  shall be executed from the "Recordings" menu; see MANUAL and 'man vdr(5)' for
  details (suggested by Gerhard Steiner).

- The following limitations apply to this version:
  + The '-a' option (for Dolby Digital audio) doesn't work yet.

This version requires the driver from

  ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/vdr/Developer/siemens_dvb-0.9.4-2002-06-23.patch.tar.bz2

in order to allow simultaneous recording _and_ replay with a single (full
featured) DVB card. If you use this version with a different driver (one that
doesn't implement this feature), be sure to comment out the line

#define DVB_DRIVER_VERSION 2002090101 //XXX+

from VDR/dvbdevice.c - otherwise your VDR may not work correctly!
This is currently a little dirty, since the driver has no way of telling
its exact version date or number.

Note that every time you switch the channel while recording on the primary device,
the recording(s) may show a short glitch.
There may also be ARM crashes when doing simultaneous recording and replay
with a single DVB card and heavily using the OSD. These are probably both driver issues.

With this version it is already possible to do "time shifting" with only a single
DVB card. To do this, just start recording the current channel (press Menu/Record)
and then start replaying the current recording.
There will be a fully automated function for this in one of the next versions.

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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