Re: [vdr] vdr 1.7 -> 2.1 upgrade tips (FHS)
Having had a quick look, I ended up defining both LCLBLD=1 and ONEDIR=1 and it all built fine (with a few edits to add cVideoDirectory:: to the relevant bits in several plugins...) and I was up and running with version 2.1.2. I may or may not look into the FHS bits at a later date... Cheers, Laz ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] vdr 1.7 -> 2.1 upgrade tips (FHS)
On 11/04/2013 11:58 PM, Timothy D. Lenz wrote: > To me, dumping files all over the drives is messy, sloppy, and bad > practice. Always has been and always will be. Someone just wants to copy > MS stupidity into linux. Maybe so, but as that is supported it would be good if there are clean install instructions for doing that. I tried that once put found out that at least some of the plugins failed to install correctly for me and I needed to do symlinks, etc. to be able to start vdr properly. Maybe it was just my fault but I can try to test with newest version of everything once I get to place where I have that vdr 2.0 system running. Mika ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] vdr 1.7 -> 2.1 upgrade tips (FHS)
To me, dumping files all over the drives is messy, sloppy, and bad practice. Always has been and always will be. Someone just wants to copy MS stupidity into linux. On 11/4/2013 2:16 PM, Klaus Schmidinger wrote: On 04.11.2013 21:25, Lars Hanisch wrote: Hi, Am 04.11.2013 17:17, schrieb VDR User: Hi, Have a look to Make.config.template if you want to use vdr 2.x like 1.6 running in one single dir! Yeah, I saw that sort of thing is doable but it's probably worth my while doing things "properly" to fit in with the current way of thinking. It's not `improper` to keep the same pre-FHS structure. A lot of people don't care about FHS. I personally don't like files spread out all over the place. Instead I prefer things be kept in a single location so things are easy to keep track of. For that reason, I also use ONEDIR=1 in my vdr Make.config. I didn't have to move any files anywhere and upgraded VDR with no problem. Don't do something because someone else does it. Do it because it's what you actually want. If you don't want it that way, why force yourself to go against your own preference? Especially if you're using linux where anything goes. And I'm pretty sure vdr will always support the "one directory" setup, because Klaus is using it (as far as I know). You bet! ;-) Klaus ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] vdr 1.7 -> 2.1 upgrade tips (FHS)
On 04.11.2013 21:25, Lars Hanisch wrote: Hi, Am 04.11.2013 17:17, schrieb VDR User: Hi, Have a look to Make.config.template if you want to use vdr 2.x like 1.6 running in one single dir! Yeah, I saw that sort of thing is doable but it's probably worth my while doing things "properly" to fit in with the current way of thinking. It's not `improper` to keep the same pre-FHS structure. A lot of people don't care about FHS. I personally don't like files spread out all over the place. Instead I prefer things be kept in a single location so things are easy to keep track of. For that reason, I also use ONEDIR=1 in my vdr Make.config. I didn't have to move any files anywhere and upgraded VDR with no problem. Don't do something because someone else does it. Do it because it's what you actually want. If you don't want it that way, why force yourself to go against your own preference? Especially if you're using linux where anything goes. And I'm pretty sure vdr will always support the "one directory" setup, because Klaus is using it (as far as I know). You bet! ;-) Klaus ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] vdr 1.7 -> 2.1 upgrade tips (FHS)
Hi, Am 04.11.2013 17:17, schrieb VDR User: >>> Hi, >>> Have a look to Make.config.template if you want to use vdr 2.x like 1.6 >>> running in one single dir! >> >> Yeah, I saw that sort of thing is doable but it's probably worth my >> while doing things "properly" to fit in with the current way of >> thinking. > > It's not `improper` to keep the same pre-FHS structure. A lot of > people don't care about FHS. I personally don't like files spread out > all over the place. Instead I prefer things be kept in a single > location so things are easy to keep track of. For that reason, I also > use ONEDIR=1 in my vdr Make.config. I didn't have to move any files > anywhere and upgraded VDR with no problem. > > Don't do something because someone else does it. Do it because it's > what you actually want. If you don't want it that way, why force > yourself to go against your own preference? Especially if you're using > linux where anything goes. And I'm pretty sure vdr will always support the "one directory" setup, because Klaus is using it (as far as I know). Regards, Lars. ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] vdr 1.7 -> 2.1 upgrade tips (FHS)
>> Hi, >> Have a look to Make.config.template if you want to use vdr 2.x like 1.6 >> running in one single dir! > > Yeah, I saw that sort of thing is doable but it's probably worth my > while doing things "properly" to fit in with the current way of > thinking. It's not `improper` to keep the same pre-FHS structure. A lot of people don't care about FHS. I personally don't like files spread out all over the place. Instead I prefer things be kept in a single location so things are easy to keep track of. For that reason, I also use ONEDIR=1 in my vdr Make.config. I didn't have to move any files anywhere and upgraded VDR with no problem. Don't do something because someone else does it. Do it because it's what you actually want. If you don't want it that way, why force yourself to go against your own preference? Especially if you're using linux where anything goes. ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Trouble with softdevice -vo dfb:mgatv OSD with vdr 2.0.4
I can't really say if the CVS server is still available. It's been such a long time since I did work on softdevice, and I wasn't the main developer either. On 5 November 2013 00:04, Marko Mäkelä wrote: > On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 10:30:14PM +1000, Torgeir Veimo wrote: >> >> Softdevice had transparency 'dithering' for when there's only 1-bit >> transparency, did you look at that option? > > > Thanks, but I guess I will be fine with the transparency key. The screen > output would not be so much for watching videos, but mainly for setting up > timers and cutting recordings. For watching, the plan is to stream the > videos to the Samsung SmartTV in the living room. > > I will try to put back the dirty_lines[] optimization that I removed in my > initial attempt (trying to make it as simple as possible). The system felt > slow without that. > > You are one of the Softdevice authors, right? Is the CVS tree at berlios.de > still open for patches? AFAICT, recent years the mailing list archive are > corrupted, and the latest commit was a couple of years ago. > > > Best regards, > > Marko > > ___ > vdr mailing list > vdr@linuxtv.org > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Trouble with softdevice -vo dfb:mgatv OSD with vdr 2.0.4
On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 10:30:14PM +1000, Torgeir Veimo wrote: Softdevice had transparency 'dithering' for when there's only 1-bit transparency, did you look at that option? Thanks, but I guess I will be fine with the transparency key. The screen output would not be so much for watching videos, but mainly for setting up timers and cutting recordings. For watching, the plan is to stream the videos to the Samsung SmartTV in the living room. I will try to put back the dirty_lines[] optimization that I removed in my initial attempt (trying to make it as simple as possible). The system felt slow without that. You are one of the Softdevice authors, right? Is the CVS tree at berlios.de still open for patches? AFAICT, recent years the mailing list archive are corrupted, and the latest commit was a couple of years ago. Best regards, Marko ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Trouble with softdevice -vo dfb:mgatv OSD with vdr 2.0.4
Softdevice had transparency 'dithering' for when there's only 1-bit transparency, did you look at that option? On 4 November 2013 06:01, Marko Mäkelä wrote: > On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 11:19:48PM +0200, Marko Mäkelä wrote: >> >> If I change the assignment to isTrueColor=false, the square goes away and >> I will get the familiar gray rectangles on the screen (from the "else" block >> that I omitted above). > > > I did some further studying. The truecolor OSD was implemented early 2011. > As far as I understand, the softdevice plugin is converting palette-based > bitmaps into an ARGB layer. There is a comment at the end of the definition > of class cOsd in osd.h that shows how the conversion should be done. > > It looks like I should simply follow this example, possibly implementing > some kind of threshold mapping on the Alpha channel in case the Matrox does > not implement 8-bit translucency but just a 1-bit transparency flag. So, I > will try to remove the palette mapping from SoftOsd.c and replace the > GetBitmap() call with the RenderPixmaps() loop. > > > Best regards, > > Marko > > ___ > vdr mailing list > vdr@linuxtv.org > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] VDR and folders
On 04.11.2013 12:45, Scott wrote: Sounds interesting, if I copy a video off my phone will I be able to see it in vdr without editing folders.conf? I currently switch to xbmc to watch stuff recorded or copied outside of vdr . If you copy it into a properly named directory/file structure, and the recording is in a format that VDR can play, and you do "touch /video/.update" after copying the recording, then it should work. The folders.conf file has nothing to do with this. It is merely a list of folder names you might want to use frequently when programming timers or moving recordings. It just helps you avoid unnecessary typing. Klaus ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] VDR and folders
Sounds interesting, if I copy a video off my phone will I be able to see it in vdr without editing folders.conf? I currently switch to xbmc to watch stuff recorded or copied outside of vdr . -Original Message- From: "Klaus Schmidinger" Sent: 04/11/2013 11:09 To: "vdr@linuxtv.org" Subject: Re: [vdr] VDR and folders On 19.10.2013 19:38, Thomas Maass wrote: > Hi! > I like the new editing functions coming with version 2.1.2. > Thank you for that Klaus! > It would be nice, if VDR could recognize existing subfolders > and add them to folders.conf automatically. > Sometimes I edited my videodir manually, created some > subfolders to sort some recordings. VDR does not know > about these folders. I tried mixing existing recording directories into the entries in folders.conf. However, this pretty soon gets rather complex. Should recording directories only appear in the menu or should they actually be written into folders.conf? What if they are only in the menu, and you create a new subfolder in one of them? I'd really like to keep things simple here... With the new possibility of renaming entire folders and moving around recordings from within VDR's menu there shouldn't be the need for messing around with the actual disk files/directories any more. Klaus ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] VDR and folders
On 19.10.2013 19:38, Thomas Maass wrote: Hi! I like the new editing functions coming with version 2.1.2. Thank you for that Klaus! It would be nice, if VDR could recognize existing subfolders and add them to folders.conf automatically. Sometimes I edited my videodir manually, created some subfolders to sort some recordings. VDR does not know about these folders. I tried mixing existing recording directories into the entries in folders.conf. However, this pretty soon gets rather complex. Should recording directories only appear in the menu or should they actually be written into folders.conf? What if they are only in the menu, and you create a new subfolder in one of them? I'd really like to keep things simple here... With the new possibility of renaming entire folders and moving around recordings from within VDR's menu there shouldn't be the need for messing around with the actual disk files/directories any more. Klaus ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] vdr 1.7 -> 2.1 upgrade tips (FHS)
On 4 November 2013 10:22, Halim Sahin wrote: > Hi, > Have a look to Make.config.template if you want to use vdr 2.x like 1.6 > running in one single dir! Yeah, I saw that sort of thing is doable but it's probably worth my while doing things "properly" to fit in with the current way of thinking. Cheers, Laz ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] vdr 1.7 -> 2.1 upgrade tips (FHS)
Hi, Have a look to Make.config.template if you want to use vdr 2.x like 1.6 running in one single dir! Regards halim ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
[vdr] vdr 1.7 -> 2.1 upgrade tips (FHS)
Hi, I've been using vdr for a number of years now, mainly keeping abreast of the latest development versions. However, I "missed" the upgrades that incorporated FHS standards (busy with other stuff, etc.). I'm currently running vdr-1.7.29 (I think the last version before the changes) but think I should take the plunge and upgrade. I did do some very quick tests with vdr-2.0.3 but could never work out which config files to move where! Is there any simple way of working out which files go in CONFDIR and what goes in CACHEDIR, for example? Or is the easiest method to backup all of my current config files, build with my set of plugins, fire it up, and then see what new config files get created where and copy over the original set? Or I could just grep the source for config and cache. Others must have made this transition so any tips would be greatly received. Cheers, Laz ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
