vdr June 2014

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xmltv2vdr.pl
by Dominic Evans 14 Aug '15

14 Aug '15

I don't know if anyone else still uses the xmltv2vdr.pl perl script for piping XMLTV data into VDR's epg, but I've been keeping a version of it updated with some additional function here: https://github.com/oldmanuk/xmltv2vdr These are the changes since the last version (1.0.9) was released on the mailing list - Add support for XMLTV episode-num. Currently gets added as EPG entry 'sub-title', if no existing subtitle has been found, in the form sXXeXX (e.g., Bones~s01e01). - Change default SVDRP port number to 6419. - Better support for ATSC/PVRINPUT EPG sources. - Allow multiple channels to have the same XMLTV channel id, useful for multi input (e.g., DVB-T, DVB-S) systems where you want to feed VDR the same info. Previously only a 1:1 mapping was permitted. I've also received a pull request from someone who rewrote the whole script to be a lot more readable and to use full XML parsing (rather than just line-by-line scraping), but I still need to investigate what the performance penalty is before accepting that in.

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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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TBS6285 slow onscreen menu
by Milos Kapoun 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

Hi, I have problem witch TBS6285 card (http://www.buydvb.net/dvbt2-tv-tuner-pcie-c-12/tbs6285-dvbt2tc-quad-tv-tune…), it was difficult to get it work. TBS drivers replace all media tree in the kernel. After compilation I have problem with IR remote on the current Hauppage Nova–T card. I decided to use only drivers for new card with original kernel media build and it is impossible. Then I changed IR receivers and connect it to the TBS6285. TBS have different 3V IR receivers. And the end, VDR onscreen menu is unusable slow. 30s between key presses. CPE load is more than 2, replay is OK, less than 0.2. Menu parts, for example settings are good too. I think it caused by function witch reading information from card. Do you have any experience with this card or advice? Thank you Miloš TBS driver : v140425 VDR: vdr-2.1.1 Kernel : Linux VDR2 3.12.20 #7 SMP PREEMPT Thu May 29 20:18:02 CEST 2014 i686 GNU/Linux PS: Years ago I read in the mailing list, that VDR is not plug and play, it is learning how computer works. I can confirm it and adding: “VDR is my destiny or my curse” .

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Diseqc question
by Jose Alberto Reguero 24 Jun '14

24 Jun '14

I have a double LNB. I have a stb without diseqc capabilities and I want to use it with the default diseqc port A, and I want to use vdr with the diseqc port B. It is that possible? Jose Alberto

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Max days of EPG stored/shown in VDR
by René 21 Jun '14

21 Jun '14

Hi, Does VDR have some sort of limit on how many EPG-days are shown/stored VDR? I use xmltv to pull more complete epg-info, and i feed it to vdr with the xmltv2vdr-plugin. For some reason i get only epg shown up in vdr for the last 6,5 days, even if xmltv pulls more days like 14days or more.. :-( René

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AllwinnerA20: vdr-sxfe dies after switching to radio station TV stations OK
by cedric.dewijs＠telfort.nl 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

Hi All, I have installed VDR 1.7.28 on my olimex allwinner A20 using the following procedure: https://wiki.debian.org/VDR This works great for TV channels, but when I switch to a radio channel, vdr-sxfe dies. When I restart vdr-sxfe, it dies again, but I hear about a tenth of a second of music. I also have installed vdr-live. I can use the web interface to change the channel to a TV station. Then I can start vdr-sxfe, and I can watch TV without problem. The messages from vdr-sxfe when it dies [24167] [input_vdr] wait_stream_sync: discard_index 522650152 != curpos 522642632 ! (diff 7520) received X error event: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) Major opcode of failed request: 132 (XVideo) Minor opcode of failed request: 17 () Serial number of failed request: 2124 Current serial number in output stream: 2124 Next attempt: received X error event: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) Major opcode of failed request: 132 (XVideo) Minor opcode of failed request: 17 () Serial number of failed request: 147 Current serial number in output stream: 147 olimex@a20-OLinuXino:~$ Kind regards, Cedric

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SNR bar depends from UNC [vdr-2.1.6]
by Arthur Konovalov 15 Jun '14

15 Jun '14

I've noticed strange effect with the SNR bar. Every time when UNC counter increased SNR bar becomes more and more red. In the same time hex and percent values are fine. Combined screenshot from femon plugin: http://www.pictureshack.ru/images/95487_unc.jpg It's not plugin depended. The same behavior can be observed on standard VDR's channel LCARS skin info bar. Why UNC occurred, it's a different story. Currently I can't explain why viewing some (not all!) HD channels lead to the UNC (disturbance are visible too). Is it bitrate or something else, I don't know. It seems only 1080i suffer, not 720p and BER stays always on zero. If somebody have any method to debug and find reason of this, I will be thankful for sharing. My configuration: DD Cine S2 v6.5 (endriss media_buid), kernel 3.12.17, vdr-2.1.6, last softhddevice and GeForce GT520 HDMI for output. -- br, Arthur

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vdr on allwinner A20
by cedric.dewijs＠telfort.nl 14 Jun '14

14 Jun '14

The video driver is a weak point. It's strong enough to play my SD content with VLC, but not when I enable deinterlacing or postprocessing. It's not at the top of my list to solve, because it's enough for the SD digitenne recordings I have. I think the drivers will improve in the future, so I just have to be patient. The CPU / USB / SATA is impressive, It's fast enough to record 7 SD streams from 2 different DVB-T receivers, and watch an 8th stream. But this will only work if the storage directory is on a SATA drive, the internal micro SD slot is extremely slow. An apt-get install cycle takes a very long time, even with a class 10 uSD card. Kind regards, Cedric >----Origineel Bericht---- >Van : user.vdr(a)gmail.com >Datum : 13/06/2014 23:39 >Aan : cedric.dewijs(a)telfort.nl >Onderwerp : Re: Re: [vdr] [solved] allwinner A20: vdr-plugin-sc does compile, but binary incompatible > >How does it work so far? I've looked at Allwinner stuff before but I >wasn't sure if there were stable drivers for the Mali 400 GPU. I know >it can do 1080p, which makes it a good cheap htpc but only if it has >stable drivers. I also wondered if it has deinterlacers as well for >1080i content. I don't know if the A20 is strong enough to deinterlace >with only CPU muscle. > >On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 11:35 AM, cedric.dewijs(a)telfort.nl ><cedric.dewijs(a)telfort.nl> wrote: >> >>>----Origineel Bericht---- >>>Van : user.vdr(a)gmail.com >>>Datum : 13/06/2014 18:05 >>>Aan : vdr(a)linuxtv.org >>>Cc : cedric.dewijs(a)telfort.nl >>>Onderwerp : Re: [vdr] [solved] allwinner A20: vdr-plugin-sc does compile, but binary incompatible >>> >>>On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 10:05 PM, jacek burghardt >>><jaceksburghardt(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> So you are running Linux on tablet instead android ? What version of Linux ? >>> >>>There are plenty of Allwinner-based mini-pc boards out there so it's >>>easily possible his device is one of those and not a tablet. >>> >> You are correct. Its an olimex OLinuXino A20. This is the product page: >> https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A20/A20-OLinuXino-MICRO-4GB/open-… >> >> It's a debian based image, as can be downloaded here: >> https://www.olimex.com/wiki/A20-OLinuXino-MICRO#Linux >> >> Kind regards, >> Cedric >

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allwinner A20: vdr-plugin-sc does compile, but binary incompatible
by cedric.dewijs＠telfort.nl 13 Jun '14

13 Jun '14

Hi All, I have an allwinner A20 device. I'm trying to use it as my new VDR server. VDR runs OK, I can watch and record free to air dvb-t streams. Now I would like to watch the encrypted TV shows. Therefore I am trying to build vdr-plugin-sc and libvdr-sc-cardclient from source. The allwinnerA20 is an ARM processor. this processor does not have the SSE instructions FFdeCSA needs. Therefore I have patched the source, so it doesn't use FFdeCSA, but instead uses dvbcsa. The resulting code compiles without errors. I have done all the compiling on the A20 device itself. When I try to start VDR with the plugins, I see the following error: # invoke-rc.d vdr restart Restarting Linux Video Disk Recorder: vdr Searching for plugins (VDR 1.7.28/1.7.28) (cache miss): xineliboutput WARNING: The following plugins have been left out due to really binary incompatibility: sc. ldd confirms there's something wrong with the .so in question: # ldd /usr/lib/vdr/plugins/libvdr-sc.so.1.7.28 not a dynamic executable I have attached the patches I've made to the source, and the output on the terminal while compiling. Could you please take a look at it? kind regards, Cedric My hardware: olimex A20-OLINUXINO-MICRO My versions: $ uname -a Linux a20-OLinuXino 3.4.67+ #6 SMP PREEMPT Fri Nov 1 17:32:40 EET 2013 armv7l GNU/Linux $ cat /proc/cpuinfo Processor : ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l) processor : 0 BogoMIPS : 2011.05 processor : 1 BogoMIPS : 2011.05 Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt CPU implementer : 0x41 CPU architecture: 7 CPU variant : 0x0 CPU part : 0xc07 CPU revision : 4 Hardware : sun7i Revision : 0000 Serial : 0000000000000000

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Re: [vdr] MRE: TBS6285 slow onscreen menu
by Mika Laitio 12 Jun '14

12 Jun '14

> At the beginning, drivers was buggy, and I could't use dvb-t *AND* dvb-s2 cards at the same time. I worked with TBS support during several weeks to fix the problem : >they even sent to me USB card to check if problem was from PCI-E or from driver, etc...). At the end, they fixed their driver and all was OK. Technical support is really excellent ! Hi, do you know are the fixed drivers you have now been released somewhere or merged to upstream kernel? Mika

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