RE: [vdr] 4:3 stretched to 16:9?

2007-05-08 Thread Simon Baxter
> Hey Simon,my answer sounds maybe stupid, but I always have all output to > 720x576. I use vdr-xine, xine is set to "no scale". So for example: we > have shows on RTL or arte in 16:9 amorph which means, that we have 16:9 > but with 720x576 pixels. My Sony 16:9 TV takes then the PAL and shows it >

Re: [vdr] A few observations on the vdr project

2007-05-08 Thread VDR User
I'll chime in... I've emailed Klaus on many occasions with what I thought were potential bugs, new feature requests, or just general inquiry. He's always replied (although sometimes not so quickly ;), and what I've come to realize... or maybe remember is a better word to use here.. What I've c

Re: [vdr] A few observations on the vdr project

2007-05-08 Thread mikke
ONE LAST THING! =) > As I've stated on several occasions: I don't like official > roadmaps. They tend to become sort of binding, and if - for > some reason - a new release actually doesn't contain a feature > that was promised on the roadmap, all sorts of complaints > might emerge. I do observe th

Re: [vdr] A few observations on the vdr project

2007-05-08 Thread mikke
I hereby take back what I said about having time to reply =) On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 11:43:59PM +0200, Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > On 05/08/07 22:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > ... > > The stable version of vdr (1.4.6.something at the time being afaik) > > get's "older" all the time and only the

Re: [vdr] A few observations on the vdr project

2007-05-08 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
On 05/08/07 22:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... > The stable version of vdr (1.4.6.something at the time being afaik) > get's "older" all the time and only the most vital parts > from the devel-branch get backported. Well, that's what a "stable" version is by definition ;-) It gets actual bugs f

RE: [vdr] 4:3 stretched to 16:9?

2007-05-08 Thread Martin
Hey Simon,my answer sounds maybe stupid, but I always have all output to 720x576. I use vdr-xine, xine is set to "no scale". So for example: we have shows on RTL or arte in 16:9 amorph which means, that we have 16:9 but with 720x576 pixels. My Sony 16:9 TV takes then the PAL and shows it in "wi

[vdr] A few observations on the vdr project

2007-05-08 Thread mikke
Hello! I would like to share some of thoughts on what I have observed over a short periode of time. I've been following the mailing list, I don't have practically any knowledge in programming so I won't even try to comment on the technical details of the vdr project itself. I would also like to po

Re: [vdr] [PATCH] dynamically sized ringbuffers v1

2007-05-08 Thread Artur Skawina
> Patch below changes the interpretation of the 'Size' parm given when creating > a buffer from a > fixed length to a max limit. The buffers start out much smaller (currently > 128k, instead of many > megabytes) and grow automatically when they become almost full. This way all > callers benefit,

[vdr] DVB-T frontend time-out

2007-05-08 Thread Dominique Dumont
Hello I'm trying to set up a WinTv Nova-T usb box with vdr (along with my regular NOVA-CI-S PCI card). This set up is working fine with Kaffeine, but vdr is unable to tune to a TNT channel. My channel.conf contains the following channels (got with scan -c while kaffeine was running): France 2: