vdr September 2007

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61 discussions

VDR & Multiple frontends
by Eddi 25 Jul '15

25 Jul '15

Hi, I wrote a patch to Steve Toth hvr3000 repository, so my FlyDVB Trio can use multiple frontend. So I get: /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0 /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux1 /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr1 /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend1 /dev/dvb/adapter0/net0 /dev/dvb/adapter0/net1 The bus of the two frontend is shared, isn't possible to get access to both frontend simultaneously, so I get an -EBUSY error by trying accessing frontend1 if frontend0 is in use. VDR doesn't support yet the second frontend, and it try to get exclusive access on both frontend on start, so the second frontend is inusabile. Vdr should probe for multiple frontend at start, and access frontend only on channel change. Please can someone give me an help to wrote a patch for this issue? Best Regards, Eddi

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[Announce] LNB-sharing patch for VDR 1.4.0-3
by Matthias Lötzke 02 Jan '10

02 Jan '10

Hello! A new release of the configurable LNB-sharing patch for VDR 1.4 is available at: http://xn--ltzke-jua.de/dvb/VDR_LNB_sharing_patch/configurableLNBshare-VDR_… Changes: - added a missing "break" statement which froze vdr after pressing channel up/down buttons when the main menu was displayed. Thanks to Christian Jacobsen, "Horchi" and Anssi Hannula for reporting and analysing. - adapted to VDR 1.4.3 For general information about the LNB-sharing patch have a look at: http://xn--ltzke-jua.de/dvb/VDR_LNB_sharing_patch/Description.txt http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Lnbsharing-patch (german) Matthias.

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EPG for Hotbird / russian programmes
by Harald Milz 23 Dec '08

23 Dec '08

Hi, now that my VDR works fine with 2 satellites thanks to the help of some kind folks here and the SourceCaps patch (did I mention it should be in the mainstream VDR?) I have now a couple of FTA programmes in russian language for my better half :-) The only problem is, none of these programmes carry any EPG information. The schedules are available on the web sites, mostly. Has somebody written a plugin that retrieves the schedules and creates proper EPG data from them? I might but not too soon... I understand this task can be a pain in <pick your favourite body part> because people use no SOA interfaces. TBNRussia provides an Excel file (yuck). TIA! -- Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. -- Mark Twain

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vdr on PS3
by Clemens Kirchgatterer 20 Sep '08

20 Sep '08

i can see many of us are seeking for the right hardware for vdr, so i am. i want to start some discussion about the upcoming Sony PS3 as an vdr client on steroids. as it will support linux out of the box, it seams logical to, at least, think about it. i came to the following pro/contra list: pro: it supports HD (and Blue-Ray), is small and living room ready, comes with linux, has powerful CPU, you get a gameconsole for free ;-) contra: gets hot, likly DRM locked in some regards, it's a sony the last point may be even not so bad, as sony loses money on each selled device. so what do others think about this idea? anything i have not thought about that makes it even impossible to run vdr (or some other softdevice client) on the PS3? best regards ... clemens

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FF card AV sync problems, possible fix to VDR (fwd)
by Ville Rannikko 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

> > Hi! > > > > The newest firmware for FF cards did not completely fix the AV desync > > problems > > for me. > Can you provide a sample recording where A/V sync fails with the current > firmware? Oh, well. Turns out that I had somehow failed to install the new firmware properly. My test patch is possibly not needed at all. Ville

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[Announce] mlist-0.0.4
by Joachim Wilke 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

Hello everyone, just a short hint on mlist's new version: --- snip --- 2007-08-19: Version 0.0.4 - Added support for gettext (VDR >= 1.5.7) - Added turkish translation (provided by Oktay Yolgecen) Download, as always, from: http://joachim-wilke.de/vdr-mlist.htm --- snap --- Regards, Joachim.

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PANIC: watchdog timer expired - exiting
by Unknown Unknown 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Hi, With vdr 1.4.5 + dvd, dvdselect and subtitles plugins I sometimes get the following when vdr tries to set the System time. May 31 20:23:35 localhost vdr: [3405] switching to channel 1 May 31 20:23:35 localhost vdr: [3405] timer 1 (3 2056-2210 'News') set to event Thu 31.05.2007 21:00-22:00 'News' May 31 20:23:38 localhost vdr: [3413] System Time = Thu May 31 20:23:38 2007 (1180632218) May 31 20:23:38 localhost vdr: [3413] Local Time = Thu May 31 20:19:37 2007 (1180631977) May 31 20:21:01 localhost vdr: [3405] PANIC: watchdog timer expired - exiting! Could vdr turn off the watchdog before it sets the system time, if that is the problem? Josce _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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Not good behaviour from vdr
by JJussi 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

Hi! Yesterday, here at Southern Finland one of the TV channels had "cut out" at DVB stream (like half hour). And because that stream disapeared little after than recoding has started, VDR started to restart itself every minute because there was no stream... What is point to that, that VDR do restart IF there is no stream what it should record.. That affected to all other recordings too because vdr was restarting itself constantly. Not good! Is there "setting" somewhere where you can say that "do not" restart if there is no stream. -- JJussi

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Crash with cMenuEditStrItem in vdr-1.5.9
by Christian Wieninger 13 Oct '07

13 Oct '07

Hi, me and Rolf Ahrenberg noticed that there seems to be a problem with cMenuEditStrItem in vdr-1.5.9. To reproduce it just call the timer edit menu and hit 'left' on the directory item or any other cMenuEditStrItem object. The following patch should fix this: --- vdr-1.5.9/menuitems.c 2007-08-17 15:48:07.000000000 +0200 +++ VDR/menuitems.c 2007-09-29 09:02:12.000000000 +0200 @@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ pos--; newchar = true; } - if (!insert && Utf8is(alpha, valueUtf8[pos])) + if (pos >= 0 && !insert && Utf8is(alpha, valueUtf8[pos])) uppercase = Utf8is(upper, valueUtf8[pos]); break; case kRight|k_Repeat: It happens here that pos is -1. Strange that the old code of previous vdr versions if (!insert && isalpha(value[pos])) uppercase = isupper(value[pos]); had no problem there. BR, Christian

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EPIA mpeg2/4 quality on vdr-xine
by Simon Baxter 02 Oct '07

02 Oct '07

Sorry this is a bit off-topic, but... I'm currently running a Shuttle SK43G with the via/unichrome chipset, running a budget card and using vdr-xine as a softdevice. Since recently adding an LCD 16:9 I'm now running it at 1360x768 with xine anamorphic, to get 4:3 pictures played in the right aspect without black bars up the sides. I've noticed a quality drop in the picture like this. It's all just that slight bit blurred. I'm in the throws of buying an EPIA SP8000EG or SP13000 with the mpeg2/4 accelerator. Has anyone had experience with these and 16:9 through x-windows? Any ideas on how to clean up the quality? Thanks

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