Re: [vdr] [ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.7.24

2012-03-01 Thread Frank Schmirler
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:33:31 +0100, Udo Richter wrote Am 29.02.2012 16:17, schrieb Klaus Schmidinger: + The function cDevice::Receiving() now returns true if there is any receiver attached to the device. Its boolean parameter has no meaning any more. Please remember to drop the

[vdr] Client/server implementation after VDR 2.0: Do not reinvent the wheel

2012-03-01 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear VDR folks, as you might have noticed in the thread of the announcement for version 1.7.25 there is some ongoing discussion about a client/server implementation for VDR which Klaus said to look at after the VDR 2.0 release. I just want to throw in, that there are several programs already

Re: [vdr] Client/server implementation after VDR 2.0: Do [not] reinvent the wheel

2012-03-01 Thread Gero
On Thursday 01 March 2012 - 10:31:37, Paul Menzel wrote: On Thursday 01 March 2012 - 07:03:03, VDR User wrote: I just want to throw in, that there are several programs already using a client/server approach (MythTV [1], Tvheadend [2], …) and we should not reinvent the wheel when designing the

Re: [vdr] Client/server implementation after VDR 2.0: Do [not] reinvent the wheel

2012-03-01 Thread Eric Valette
On 03/01/2012 03:31 PM, Gero wrote: I don't know MythTV, but I tried tvheadend. It has a really attractive backend, but no (working) frontend. Starting vlc from browser crashes the browser and the frontend does not connect to backend at all. Say you've been unable to manage to do it ;-) Im

Re: [vdr] Client/server implementation after VDR 2.0: Do [not] reinvent the wheel

2012-03-01 Thread Gero
On Thursday 01 March 2012 - 15:59:24, Eric Valette wrote: On 03/01/2012 03:31 PM, Gero wrote: I don't know MythTV, but I tried tvheadend. It has a really attractive backend, but no (working) frontend. Starting vlc from browser crashes the browser and the frontend does not connect to backend

Re: [vdr] Client/server implementation after VDR 2.0: Do [not] reinvent the wheel

2012-03-01 Thread Eric Valette
On 03/01/2012 05:02 PM, Gero wrote: Im currently steaming forma dual tuner on two xbmc ;-) xbmc is not part of tvheadend, so it does not count. But XBMC incorporates via plugin tvheadend support (as vdr but not via streamdev btw). There are various solutions of C/S with vdr, but all

Re: [vdr] Client/server implementation after VDR 2.0: Do [not] reinvent the wheel

2012-03-01 Thread Magnus Hörlin
On 03/01/2012 05:02 PM, Gero wrote: browser and the frontend does not connect to backend at all. Say you've been unable to manage to do it;-) Su I'd say we should let Klaus reinvent the wheel. I'm pretty sure he (using us as testers) can do better than myth/tvheadend. As an electronics

Re: [vdr] Client/server implementation after VDR 2.0: Do not reinvent the whole wheel

2012-03-01 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Donnerstag, den 01.03.2012, 15:31 +0100 schrieb Gero: On Thursday 01 March 2012 - 10:31:37, Paul Menzel wrote: On Thursday 01 March 2012 - 07:03:03, VDR User wrote: I just want to throw in, that there are several programs already using a client/server approach (MythTV [1], Tvheadend

Re: [vdr] Client/server implementation after VDR 2.0: Do not reinvent the whole wheel

2012-03-01 Thread syrius . ml
Paul Menzel paulepan...@users.sourceforge.net writes: Am Donnerstag, den 01.03.2012, 15:31 +0100 schrieb Gero: On Thursday 01 March 2012 - 10:31:37, Paul Menzel wrote: On Thursday 01 March 2012 - 07:03:03, VDR User wrote: I just want to throw in, that there are several programs already

Re: [vdr] Client/server implementation after VDR 2.0: Do not reinvent the whole wheel

2012-03-01 Thread Gero
On Thursday 01 March 2012 - 17:45:02, Paul Menzel wrote: Am Donnerstag, den 01.03.2012, 15:31 +0100 schrieb Gero: On Thursday 01 March 2012 - 10:31:37, Paul Menzel wrote: On Thursday 01 March 2012 - 07:03:03, VDR User wrote: I just want to throw in, that there are several programs

Re: [vdr] [ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.7.24

2012-03-01 Thread Udo Richter
Am 01.03.2012 06:37, schrieb Gero: A timer menu that belongs to a recording backend, a recording menu that displays content of storage modules, several frontends that can connect to one recording backend or several storage modules, ... I think, here is already the first shortcoming in

Re: [vdr] [ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.7.24

2012-03-01 Thread Udo Richter
Am 01.03.2012 07:03, schrieb VDR User: one option to spread the workload could be Klaus assigning different portions to different contributors that would like to work on it. If Klaus is clear about what he wants and is in good communication with other coders, perhaps it could become more of a

Re: [vdr] [ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.7.24

2012-03-01 Thread VDR User
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Udo Richter udo_rich...@gmx.de wrote: Am 01.03.2012 07:03, schrieb VDR User: one option to spread the workload could be Klaus assigning different portions to different contributors that would like to work on it. If Klaus is clear about what he wants and is in

Re: [vdr] [ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.7.24

2012-03-01 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
On 01.03.2012 22:17, VDR User wrote: On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Udo Richterudo_rich...@gmx.de wrote: Am 01.03.2012 07:03, schrieb VDR User: one option to spread the workload could be Klaus assigning different portions to different contributors that would like to work on it. If Klaus is

Re: [vdr] [ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.7.24

2012-03-01 Thread Udo Richter
Am 01.03.2012 22:25, schrieb Klaus Schmidinger: Guys, *please*! I stated earlier that I am currently concentrating on making a stable version 2.0, and that I will see to make client/server a priority *after* that. Agreed, lets focus on 2.0 for now. We just got carried away dreaming of VDR 3.0

Re: [vdr] [ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.7.24

2012-03-01 Thread Tony Houghton
On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:12:19 +0100 Manuel Reimer manuel.rei...@gmx.de wrote: Tony Houghton wrote: I don't think a plugin is enough. For better client-server VDR needs to support multiple clients watching different channels with different OSDs simultaneously. It just has to deliver the

Re: [vdr] [ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.7.24

2012-03-01 Thread Gerald Dachs
Am 2012-03-02 00:18, schrieb Tony Houghton: Going off on a tangent, there's been some discussion about Pause and rewind live TV. That could be implemented fairly easily in clients with a big RAM buffer, without adding any complexity to the server. Big RAM buffer means long breaks between