vdr August 2013

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VDR needs some way to detect new tuners on runtime...
by Manuel Reimer 25 Aug '13

25 Aug '13

Hello, with event based init systems (in my case systemd) it seems to become a big issue to startup VDR. If you install VDR on a SSD device, then startup gets *really* fast. Sometimes that fast, that VDR starts before all devices are initialized. I've asked in the systemd mailinglist, if there is any way to get around this: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2013-August/012716.html The result: The "daemon" (VDR) needs some way to detect devices while runtime. So my question to Klaus: Is there something like this planned or would a patch be accepted which adds a feature like this? As far as I know a new dependency (libudev) would be needed. And the question to the group: Who would be able to create a patch like this? My C++ knowledge is very basic. Much too basic to do something like this. Greetings, Manuel

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Deactivate a Tuner
by Brian-Imap 25 Aug '13

25 Aug '13

Hi, I now a have a 4 Tuner Cine S2 setup that I want to run with 3 cables, I want to keep the fourth cable for a test VDR. Reading about this I only see how to do it together with the Dynamite Plugin, is that correct that I must use that Plugin to get it to work for VDR? I am currently running a plain VDR setup on Ubuntu, with very few plugins and had no need for the Dynamite Plugin up till now. Cheers Brian

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recording problem: two timers on same channel are using both tuners of S2-6400
by Seeberg-Hinrichs, Ingo 22 Aug '13

22 Aug '13

Hello everybody, during my periodic recording of "Criminal Minds" on SAT.1 (on Thursdays) I have periodically the situation that both tuners are blocked and I cannot view other channels at live TV. The first recording has not yet ended, the next recording on the same channel is starting minutes before the transmission of the next episode. Timer 1: 20:12 - 21:20, Channel 5 (Sat.1) Timer 2: 21:12 - 22:20, Channel 5 (Sat.1) No live TV on other transponders is possible (RTL, ARD, others). I am wondering whether other users also have this problem using VDR 2.0.2. If I remember it right the behavior was okay prior the final releases and the release candidates before. But I cannot specify it definitively. I am unsure about this may have to do with bonding changes (bonding does not apply in my simple environment), or about the fix introduced in VDR 1.4.42 (fix pending timers). Perhaps it's even older and I did not realize because we do not watch that much live TV :-) Best regards, Ingo PS: at this opportunity I would say many thanks to everybody contributing to this great project, good job at developing this great piece of software!

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Re: [vdr] Feature request for VDR => multi editing
by Klaus Schmidinger 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

On 19.08.2013 23:52, Karim wrote: > Hi Klaus, > > I record many movies, shows and series with VDR => then I make a lot of > editing. > Unfortunately, VDR allows only one editing at a time. > > Is it possible to improve this feature ? I mean VDR could store all demands > in a queue, and launch them one by one, until the last editing. > > This should improve greatly the usability of VDR ! This is on my list. BTW: you should have started an all new thread for this, not "reply" to "VDR needs some way to detect new tuners on runtime..." and simply change the subject. Now these two threads are intertwinded... :-( Klaus

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Channel IDs - DVB-C and IPTV
by Michael Frank 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I have a VDR (2.0.2) setup with yaVDR's distribution using a Sundtek stick to watch DVB-C. Additionally I want to add a part of a1tv (Austrian IPTV) to the setup. While watching IPTV does not pose any problems, getting the EPG into these IPTV-Channels does. a1tv does not provide EPG via the data stream so I added epgdata.com service to the VDR. This again is working fine as far as the DVB-C Channels are concerned. As for the IPTV it does not work at all. So, finally, here is the problem: In order to get EPG data into a channel one has to map a given Channel-EPG-ID with VDR's Channel-ID. Unfortunately many channels of a1tv provide the same Channel-ID on VDR. So I tried to modify the RID of these channels to get a unique Channel-ID (as mentioned in the manual files). Whem sending the EPG to VDR via PUTE the command does not accept the RID-extended Channel-ID. Example for DVB-C (working): someone@htpc-vdr:~$ svdrpsend lstc 50 220 htpc-vdr SVDRP VideoDiskRecorder 2.0.2; Mon Aug 19 16:41:33 2013; UTF-8 250 50 HSE24;UPC:330000:C0M256:C:6900:4201=2:4211=deu@3:4301:0:4012:1537:4:0 221 htpc-vdr closing connection someone@htpc-vdr:~$ svdrpsend lstc C-1537-4-4012-0 220 htpc-vdr SVDRP VideoDiskRecorder 2.0.2; Mon Aug 19 16:43:54 2013; UTF-8 250 50 HSE24;UPC:330000:C0M256:C:6900:4201=2:4211=deu@3:4301:0:4012:1537:4:0 221 htpc-vdr closing connection someone@htpc-vdr:~$ Example for IPTV: someone@htpc-vdr:~$ svdrpsend lstc 53 220 htpc-vdr SVDRP VideoDiskRecorder 2.0.2; Mon Aug 19 16:45:19 2013; UTF-8 250 53 SF 1 HD;A1 Telekom Austria:8160:S=1|P=0|F=UDP|U=239.2.24.27|A=8208:I:27500:32=27:34=ola@3;33=deu@106:41:0:1:0:0:17 221 htpc-vdr closing connection someone@htpc-vdr:~$ svdrpsend lstc I-0-0-1-17 220 htpc-vdr SVDRP VideoDiskRecorder 2.0.2; Mon Aug 19 16:46:35 2013; UTF-8 501 Channel "I-0-0-1-17" not defined 221 htpc-vdr closing connection someone@htpc-vdr:~$ Is this a known SVDRP-problem or am I doing something essentially wrong? Kind regards Michael -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSEjEYAAoJEK8uSUzPxSkAS9wH/R1D+v97vJVVePsLFVLoGE8O sO5KB7mmZOOaoRus1FxtZ0USGTwMNh5cTvGVfnETyt9L8jmRXYDEcl4a7Oezk4Tj cCrRro/i515M4jzQhtwaWA+VcvFpxc2k3pvMzF47PRSj9wk38J87IU+d0hUFT6l7 fTqQOFtzSPdO8iZZw+6EhSo94HM0mlrr6dseC9oPZkkyu+rYLC992eG60eY+hY4X N66Hu1XVAiuc/hoC+AkmrfXlXFsI3zczjeAPt9X7xVog1KZdZJPNaoE4Yr+qggfd VtI+4QFjYOYiDUaFpizKutZkO7Qeu0eIERVnVSatsKwBbBDDwepr5aIuskJcQpU= =TULk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [vdr] Feature request for VDR => multi editing
by Petri Hintukainen 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

On ma, 2013-08-19 at 23:52 +0200, Karim wrote: > Hi Klaus, > > I record many movies, shows and series with VDR => then I make a lot of > editing. > Unfortunately, VDR allows only one editing at a time. > > Is it possible to improve this feature ? I mean VDR could store all demands > in a queue, and launch them one by one, until the last editing. I wrote such a patch ~10 years ago. Last version is for vdr 1.6.0, I have no idea if it applies to latest versions: http://phivdr.dyndns.org/vdr/vdr-1.6.0-CutterQueue_and_CutterAutoDelete.pat… I think it was later added to some other patch set, maybe google can find more recent version. > This should improve greatly the usability of VDR ! > > Thank you ! > > Regards. > Karim > > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr(a)linuxtv.org > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr

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Suggestion for vdr-filetransfer patch
by Thomas Maass 16 Aug '13

16 Aug '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi! I wonder, why Klaus did not implement a renaming and sorting to directories funktion in VDR. I find the vdr-filetransfer patch useful for this. But wouldn't it be better to use the green (rewind) button to enter the edit page, as the edit page offers a rewind function? Thomas - -- gpg-id: D31AAEEA http://www.setho.org/people -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSDklNAAoJEMMw//HTGq7qTLAH/jqwGSK7MXgtf/1bpA1ybulR sqneYXRCD2cGFeHtnPpv532SDndkO+gfCSkHCViQECivUvgjEDrdaaBvxlukHsN5 xdGIFOeBEzYAPmh3kPd88cdNPK3N6vuMAZRJ8egwigsnp/Q4mbKfI6dhIu7Gu4k6 teI0lzUJpRW0WFDCkibYLf2OyV6NITzNufleXL5AmezG3N4d+7g4NSUliQEDRhwR thmqxaTJEYRaB3XsyAnCARxDg2M8uS9tj84il7r5p3u2+C20W6toHYpwxN/41RHb bIUU2Jnq3FeRjBOo3STP9JD7WWtqmrCgxmbBy2wYbTQdBY6RBISiU16eoiplTRU= =bacN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Is there somewhere a SETUP/INSTALL doc for VDR ?
by sani.broyeur＠free.fr 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

Hello. I'm unable to use VDR since there is NO doc for install/setup, NOWHERE. Only things too old to be usefull, stuff like compilation... On the homepage itself, on the VDR site itself, there is not a single document! I only need a VDR server to broadcast a dvb-T card on my private net, to be read by VLC on another PC. There is no doc nor user manual nor config cookbook for this, nowhere... The question is simple: how to config VDR to make it work after install, since RPM install leads to inactive setup ? Regards.

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Crash in cDvbSubtitleConverter::Action()
by Ville Skyttä 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

Hello, I'm occasionally seeing crashes in cDvbSubtitleConverter::Action(), example backtrace below. Unfortunately I don't have a reliable reproducer nor am I even sure if this happens on VDR startup or shutdown, but I think it's one of those, maybe the latter :) Perhaps something like this would avoid it (guessing, haven't tried anything yet): - if (cDvbSubtitleBitmaps *sb = bitmaps->First()) { + if (cDevice::PrimaryDevice() && cDvbSubtitleBitmaps *sb = bitmaps->First()) { #0 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #1 0x00007fcebbe30636 in cDvbSubtitleConverter::Action (this=0x7fcea0381cd0) at dvbsubtitle.c:935 STC = <optimized out> Delta = <optimized out> sb = 0x7fcea0333bd0 ThreadLock = {thread = 0x7fcea0381cd0, locked = true} WaitMs = 100 LastSetupLevel = 0 Timeout = {begin = 15644639} #2 0x00007fcebbea234f in cThread::StartThread (Thread=0x7fcea0381cd0) at thread.c:262 No locals. #3 0x00007fcebb6f0c53 in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0 No symbol table info available. #4 0x00007fceba11213d in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available.

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Set/Increase pause while playing live tv
by Rainer Blickle 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

Hi Folks, i have the following setup: - vdr 1.7.36 - pvr350-device with pvrinput- and pvr350-plugin - a TechnoTrend (PCI) DVB-C device - a Sundtek DVB-C USB stick with this setup i have the following problem: While watching live tv (of course in transfer mode) everything is ok. When recording and watching with my pci dvb device everything is still ok. When watching and recording with the usb stick (video directory is on an usb hard disk), i am getting artifacts and "hanging" pictures (the picture hangs for less than 0.2...0.3 seconds). The recordings on the hard disks are ok. Now i want to increase the delay from receiving to displaying the dvb-stream => increase the pause while playing live tv. I havn't found a way neigher in vdr nor in pvr350 ? Any idea ? Reagards, Rainer

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