vdr August 2009

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58 discussions

HD clients for vdr
by Theunis Potgieter 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

I recently saw the popcornhour and the HD demo on the popcorn wasn't what I expected. It felt like the early adopters of the first DVD players that came out. It was more jittery than a Blu-Ray disk on a PS3. So now I am wondering, what is the best silent/cheap client out there? That actually does 100% smooth playback like a normal DVD except at HD resolution/video bandwidth? Are there popcorn alternatives? Or is the best now to get a nvidia 9400/9500 to do video decode acceleration with a Core 2 Duo type processor of about 3GHz? What are you opinion? Theunis

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vdr-xine 0.9.3 audio problems
by Simon Baxter 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

Hi I've just upgraded from vdr-xine 0.8.0 to 0.9.3 (well overdue) and I'm having audio problems. When each of the following lines appeared in std-out, it coincides with skips in audio and gaps in audio sync buffered 6.3 frames (v:10.9, a:6.3) buffered 7.1 frames (v:13.5, a:7.1) buffered 8.5 frames (v:14.5, a:8.5) buffered 9.1 frames (v:15.1, a:9.1) buffered 10.3 frames (v:16.7, a:10.3) buffered 11.1 frames (v:17.3, a:11.1) buffered 12.2 frames (v:18.8, a:12.2) buffered 13.5 frames (v:19.7, a:13.5) buffered 14.1 frames (v:20.2, a:14.1) buffered 15.4 frames (v:21.0, a:15.4) I might have to revert back to vdr-xine-0.8.0 again - this was the same problem I had with all versions beyond 0.8.0, and previous attempts to upgrade Any ideas?

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[PATCH] remotetimers-0.1.1 for VDR >= 1.7.3
by Thomas Günther 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

Hi! Here is a patch for the remotetimers plug-in and VDR >= 1.7.3: http://toms-cafe.de/vdr/download/remotetimers-0.1.1-1.7.3.diff Tom

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Turn off/relocate ts error logging
by Timothy D. Lenz 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

My log files get so big it,s very hard to check them because of the ts error messages that get flooded to it. I've had logs near 2gb in size. I have a problem with xine crashing when there is a weak signal and the ts loging bloating the log files is creating a lot of problems. Need a way to turn off ts error loging or relocate to another file.

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vdr-xine: Script "mkNoSignal.sh" for convert png2mpg
by Александр 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

It requires: mpeg2enc ppmtoy4m pngtopnm The first two are in the mjpegtools package for Ubuntu. Not enough pngtopnm. At the moment, I see in the console: ------------------ mkNoSignal.sh: 10: pngtopnm: not found INFO: [ppmtoy4m] Command-line Parameters: INFO: [ppmtoy4m] framerate: 25:1 INFO: [ppmtoy4m] pixel aspect ratio: 4:3 INFO: [ppmtoy4m] pixel packing: RGB INFO: [ppmtoy4m] interlace: none/progressive INFO: [ppmtoy4m] starting frame: 0 INFO: [ppmtoy4m] # of frames: 1, repeat last frame until done INFO: [ppmtoy4m] chroma subsampling: 4:2:0 MPEG-2 (horiz. cositing) **ERROR: [ppmtoy4m] Failed to read first frame. INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for MOTION! INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING SSE and MMX for TRANSFORM! INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for PREDICTION! **ERROR: [mpeg2enc] Could not read YUV4MPEG2 header: system error (failed read/write)! mkNoSignal.sh: 19: pngtopnm: not found INFO: [ppmtoy4m] Command-line Parameters: INFO: [ppmtoy4m] framerate: 25:1 INFO: [ppmtoy4m] pixel aspect ratio: 16:9 INFO: [ppmtoy4m] pixel packing: RGB INFO: [ppmtoy4m] interlace: none/progressive INFO: [ppmtoy4m] starting frame: 0 INFO: [ppmtoy4m] # of frames: 1, repeat last frame until done INFO: [ppmtoy4m] chroma subsampling: 4:2:0 MPEG-2 (horiz. cositing) **ERROR: [ppmtoy4m] Failed to read first frame. INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for MOTION! INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING SSE and MMX for TRANSFORM! INFO: [mpeg2enc] SETTING EXTENDED MMX for PREDICTION! **ERROR: [mpeg2enc] Could not read YUV4MPEG2 header: system error (failed read/write)! ---------------------- On the home page http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/apps/pnmtopng.html there is something, but I don't understand how is it to compile in linux. Where can I get a binary deb-package pngtopnm/pnmtopng?

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no EPG
by Leo Márquez 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

Hello, I have used VDR for a long time with no EPG problems but some day I stopped seeing epg data. Then I decided upgrade my old vdr 1.4.7 to 1.6-2 but EPG has not returned. I checked the epg.data file and it is empty. I also looked the syslog but I don't see any information related to the epg. I can see the tv channels perfectly. I have 2 dvb-t devices and 2 dvb-s devices but currently no dvb-s channels in channels.conf. Could be the cause of the problem? Thank you. Leo

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help needed using two dishes
by Leo Márquez 29 Aug '09

29 Aug '09

Hello all, I'm a bit lost when I wonder how can I use my two dishes (one motorized) in my vdr server at same time. Right now I'm using an static dish to astra but I want to add the motorized one (currently connected to a decoder) to the installation. I have a 1.6 vdr server with 4 tuners (2 dvb-s, 2 dvb-t) serving to three media mvp clients. Sorry if the following question is an offtopic, but I need to resolve it. I understand that the physical installation only requires a diseqc between the dishes and the vdr tuners. Is this correct? For the software, which plugins or patches have I to use? I have seen the rotor plugin and the gotox patch, but I don't know if they are up to date and usable with 1.6. Anyone can me point me on that? Thank you very much. Leo

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LIVE: Missing streams for recordings
by RalfGesellensetter 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Dear list, I was amazed how easy a Linux VDR can be set up, using (in my case) Sidux (recent Debian sid packages). I installed several plugins, and especially LIVE is what we need to have remote access via LAN. There was no problem to use the online EPG in order to time recordings. Also, it is possible to watch current streams of any channel. But as it comes to finished recordings, we miss a button that would open vlc[plugin] and give the corresponding stream. Do we need extra settings/plugins? Sorry for being less detailed, but I have to describe our problem from memory. Extra question: Is there a way to use specific PAM-modules for login or, at least, create additional users (rather than giving away "admin" account to anybody)? Thanks Ralf.

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How do I get audio description with VDR
by John Robinson 27 Aug '09

27 Aug '09

Hi everyone. I've just joined this list and am totally blind. I can listen to Freeview TV and radio channels through my Nebula Electronics USB receiver and VDR, but would like to receive audio description as well. I've heard that VDR can do this, but I haven't been able to find any information on how to set it up. If anyone could advise me, I'd very much appreciate it. Many thanks for your help. John Robinson

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[skinenigmang] [PATCH] rounds to squares corners & jpeg logos for skinenigmang-0.1.0
by jlacvdr 26 Aug '09

26 Aug '09

Hi, attached file: skinenigmang-0.1.0-jlac-corners-090502.diff - change rounds corners to squares corners. attached file: skinenigmang-0.1.0-jlac-logos-090502.diff - replace xpm format by logos in 256colors and jpeg - simplify the logo filenames on disk: at runtine make it lower case, without space, without underscore.... so avoid many times the same logo file (or symbolic link) on the disk - add a svdr command to check the name logos - theme added (grey/white/black) Regards, JLac

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