vdr May 2008

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lcdproc, utf-8 & VDR
by Ville Aakko 17 Jun '08

17 Jun '08

Hi! My VDR with utf-8 is working marvelously, except for a small cosmetic problem. The non-7-bit characters are not shown correctly on my LCD. The LCD expects characters (i.e. it is no a graphics-LCD, or at least the kernel module isn't), in a certain character set (iso-8859-15 probably but I can't be actually sure, something very similar though). The vdr-lcdproc outputs characters in utf-8 (since I want to use utf-8). So, a utf-8 to iso-8859-15 conversion is required in the chain VDR-lcdproc-LCDd-/dev/lcd0. Currently none of the aforementioned can do the conversion. I can do the wollowing: 'echo ä | iconv -f utf-8 -t iso8859-15 > /dev/lcd0' To show a real "ä" on my LCD. So, I tried the following workaround on my box: - mkfifo fakelcd - tail fakelcd | iconv -f utf-8 -t iso8859-15 > /dev/lcd0 - Point LCDd to fakelcd (this is as I recall I tried it, it was some weeks ago when I did the actual tests) The above would work otherwise, but iconv doesn't "tail" - i.e. it waits for EOF (or something). I could do 'cat somefile > fakelcd', with somefile containing utf-8 characters and it was shown, but that won't work with VDR. Any other suggestions? Also, in your opinion, which one in the chain VDR-lcdproc-LCDd-/dev/lcd0 should be responsible of the conversion of the character set? I'm asking so I know which programs author should I point my whine to =) Cheers! - Ville -- -- Ville Aakko - ville.aakko(a)gmail.com

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Problem with dvd plugin.. Anyone know how to fix?
by VDR User 01 Jun '08

01 Jun '08

Recently I've been getting the following error when compiling the dvd plugin: /usr/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h:32:2: error: #error "Must include <inttypes.h> or <stdint.h> before any libdvdread header." This is with debian sid, gcc-3.4 and gcc-4.2, and dvd-0.3.6-b04. I tried to add #include <inttypes.h> into the beginning of /usr/include/dvdread/ifo_types.h but it had no affect. Many thanks for your help!

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Re: [vdr] reelchannelscan 0.6.1 patch for vdr-1.7.0 + h264
by Mike Booth 31 May '08

31 May '08

The target machine needs libz and libbz2 do you have both of these installed? and are you sure that you have libboost-iostreams-dev installed properly. Hope this helps. works fine for me except that at the end of a scan it returns to channel 1 and not the last channel ( pain in the arse) Mike

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EPGSearch time-based blacklisting
by Mike Lampard 30 May '08

30 May '08

Hi All, I have a channel with identical EPG info for the same program, regardless of episode. Often the program I want to record is repeated every six hours or so, but depending on the day it may be every 12 hours or more (its somewhat random) with a new episode sometime after midnight. Using EpgSearch, is there a way to force a single recording in a search within a specified period, without knowing the exact time that the 1st episode is recorded _successfully_? i.e: allowing a maximum number of successful (non-conflicting) timers/day per search? I know that I can set a timer to record from (say) 12am to 12pm, but it would be great if there is a way to guarantee a single recording regardless of whether other timers take precedence or EPG similarity, when multiple opportunities for a successful record exist in a day, without ending up with 2-4 copies of the same episode if no conflicts exist. Like a 'One-Shot' timer that resets itself at midnight (or other settable period) instead of deleting itself. Many thanks to Klaus for VDR and all those people who've taken the time to write and support plugins and patches, especially EPGSearch by Mike Constabel and GraphLCD by Andreas Regel, who succeeded in making me a TV junkie when so many others (including myself) have failed.... :) Regards Mike

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CAM menu umlauts broken?
by Hanno Zulla 27 May '08

27 May '08

Hi, on my e-tobi based 1.6 setup, the CAM menu umlauts are broken, while all the other menu items (that I checked so far) use the correct encoding. Is there a recoding missing between the CAM and the vdr OSD? Thanks, Hanno

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Re: [vdr] xmltv2vdr - where's the data?
by Geoff Horn 27 May '08

27 May '08

I've just had success in getting xmltv2vdr-1.0.7 to send program data to vdr-1.6. I generated my channels.conf using the Kaffeine satellite data file from JoshyFun. The command line was "scan -a 1 -o vdr -p -x 0 Kaffeine_Astra_2A_2B_2D-28.2e > channels.conf". Yesterday I had this line in my channels.conf: BSkyB - BBC 2 England:10773:h:S28.2E:22000:5100:5101,5102:5103:0:6302:0:0:0 Today after booting up I have this one instead: BBC 2 England;BSkyB:10773:hC56:S28.2E:22000:5100:5101=eng,5102=NAR:5103:0:6302:2:2045:0 Now all lines in my channels.conf are changed too. The result is that I can now update the epg with xmltv2vdr-1.0.7. My questions are "what has caused this change, and how can I force this to happen?" Perhaps this change isn't what made things work but I'd like to know for next time!

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TT-1501C card anyone?
by Simon Baxter 27 May '08

27 May '08

Hi Has anyone got this card working yet? I'm not getting any responses in the [linux-dvb] forum....

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DVB-card or vdr stops receiving?
by Josce 27 May '08

27 May '08

I had a similar problem with vdr not responding after it had been "idle" for some time. Since I have the PC on all the time this was usually in the mornings. This happened very infrequently between 1 day and 60 days. Checked the log and every time the last vdr entry was something like "Starting EPG scan" so I changed "EPGScanTimeout = 0" and haven't had that problem since then. Josce _________________________________________________________________ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx

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vdr plugins with softdevice and xineliboutput
by Halim Sahin 27 May '08

27 May '08

Hi, I.am testing combinations of softdevices with some vdr plugins like mp3 cdda, and last.fm. Unfortunately some of these don't work as expected: Last.fm doesn't work stable with xineliboutput. It stopps every 20 sec the playback and takes about 1 or 2 sec to replay anything. I noticed one more problem in cdda plugin and xineliboutput. Xine skips the first 2/4 sec of the (first) replayed audiotrack. Selecting other tracks after playback start works. Mp3 plugin has some problems when I try to stop the playback. The first two problems are xineliboutput related. The third one can be reproduced with softdevice as well. Perhaps someone can help to fix one or more problems here???? With regards Halim

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Re: [vdr] reelchannelscan 0.6.1 patch for vdr-1.7.0 + h264
by Mike Booth 27 May '08

27 May '08

Hi Sundararaj No your patch didn't help, in fact the scan nolonger terminates properly....can't accept.....can only backout and hence can't save new channels . still returns to channel 1......this is log message virtual eOSState cMenuChannelscan::ProcessKey(eKeys) switching back to 1 --- void cMenuScanActive::DeleteDummy() --- 1707 -- debug [scan] virtual cScan::~cScan() DEBUG [channelscan] virtual cScan::~cScan() end cTransponders::Destroy(); Menus --- void cMenuChannelscan::SetInfoBar() -- scanState 3 ---

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