[vdr] Re: Getting mplayer to work with vdr

[Juri Haberland <juri@koschikode.com>]

John Grant wrote:
> After a three hour bzttle getting ffmpeg & mplayer to 
> compile - and look at the time - I now have the problem of 
> making it work.
> 
> I'm using the dual purpose mp3/mplayer plugin and the mp3 
> part is fine, but when I select mplayer I get a fairly 
> empty screen, if I select source I can see my two defined 
> sources; a file server with mpegs and the dvd/vdrom drive. 
> If I select the drive then there doesn't seem to be 
> anything I can do, the  screen is mostly blank (pressing 
> mount or play does nothing). If I select the fileserver, 
> then when I select an mpeg nothing seems to happen. If I 
> look at the console I can see s chsnging display with 
> timer like information scrolling slong until it suddenly 
> stops with some form of data error. Meanwhile the vdr 
> screen has continued showing live tv - except when mplayer 
> stops and there is a short period of black screen. All in 
> all, pretty useless so far.

Please read the READMEs that come with the mp3/mplayer plugin and if
that doesn't is enough search the mailing list archive.

In short: you need a script that is invoked by the mplayer plugin that
calls mplayer with the needed options. The mplayer plugin comes with a
sample script, but you'll find a more sophisticate version at
http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/VDR/

Cheers,
Juri