Re: [vdr] scan-s2 and dvb-apps

2010-02-23 Thread Alex Betis
scan-s2 was an evolution based on scan code. I've added support for S2 API, some patches from other contributors, added some switches that were requested by users and fixed some bugs. The core wasn't changed too much. I don't know how scan looks today, but if it wasn't totally rewritten, I don't

Re: [vdr] [OT] mini-PCIE with Broadcom Crystal HD Hardware Decoder (BCM970012) for HD playback with free drivers

2010-01-06 Thread Alex Betis
As far as I understand Intel presented their new chips on CES show called Arrandale and Clarkdale. Both has integrated graphics accelerator and other things. Those will be based on i7, i5 and i3 cores. In addition to Atom based "pineview" chips that also include graphics accelerator. So now we hav

Re: [vdr] mdadm software raid5 arrays?

2009-11-12 Thread Alex Betis
e "slow down" on OSD > responsiveness during this. > > What's your experience with RAID5? > > > - Original Message - > From: Alex Betis > To: VDR Mailing List > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:03 AM > Subject: Re: [vdr] mdadm software raid5 arr

Re: [vdr] mdadm software raid5 arrays?

2009-11-12 Thread Alex Betis
Simon, Pay attention that /boot can be installed only on a single disk or RAID-1 where every disk can actually work as a stand alone disk. I personally decided to use RAID-5 on 3 disks with RAID-1 on 3xsmall partitions for /boot and RAID-5 on the rest. RAID-5 also allows easier expansion in the f

[vdr] Looking for new maintainer of scan-s2 application

2009-10-21 Thread Alex Betis
Hello all, I'm leaving the DVB-S world for now due to low available content in my area. Hence I will not be able to maintain anything related. Any one is willing to take the ownership of scan-s2 application? Thanks. ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org

[vdr] Analog inputs configuration

2009-10-02 Thread Alex Betis
Hello all, Unfortunately I'll have to abandon my race to DVB-S(2) transmissions since there is not much valuable content in my area (and not planned as well). I think how to continue the project with analog capturing cards connected to my cable settop boxes controller by IR blasters. Since my cab

[vdr] Need help - trying to run xinelibout with 1.7.9

2009-09-20 Thread Alex Betis
Hi all, I'm trying to recover my VDR machine after upgrade to Fedora11 (long sad story). On the way, I've decided to give a try to VDPAU, installed nVidia 185.18.36, xinelib 1.2-vdpau. Compiled all needed plugins and now struggle with xinelibout to get the output. Using 1.7.0 with xinelibout 1.0

Re: [vdr] Fast compact distro for vdr

2009-09-12 Thread Alex Betis
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Damien Bally wrote: > > > gimli a écrit : > >> A start point : http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/archvdr/ >> >> > Sounds good. Is it superior to slackware in term of boot time compared to > slackware (which I'm using) ? > > I'd like a system booting in a few second

[vdr] Digital encoding in first(top) video row

2009-05-31 Thread Alex Betis
Hello all, I have few DVB-S channels with first (top) row of the video shown on the screen as a set of black and while pixels that definitely represent a digital information. I clearly see some counters running there. The same channel broadcasting by local cable provider don't have that line show

Re: [vdr] epgsearch as default EPG browser/guide?

2009-05-27 Thread Alex Betis
Thanks to all. Will try that this weekend. On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Johannes Lautner < hans.newslet...@haelwe.de> wrote: > Alex Betis schrieb: > > Hello all, > > > > Is there a way to configure VDR show the epgsearch plugin as default > guide? > &g

[vdr] epgsearch as default EPG browser/guide?

2009-05-27 Thread Alex Betis
Hello all, Is there a way to configure VDR show the epgsearch plugin as default guide? Currently I can access the plugin by pressing green button or from the menu. I'd like it to replace the default EPG browser when pressing guide button and another place (less important for me) when pressing inf

Re: [vdr] How to change channels.conf externally into a running vdr?

2009-05-27 Thread Alex Betis
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 5:21 AM, Seppo Ingalsuo wrote: > Hi, > > In a setup with multiple vdr instances sharing the same dvb tuners it's > practical to keep one as a master that upgrades channels.conf > automatically and the other instances get periodically a new copy of the > channels configurati

Re: [vdr] [OT] NVidia ION mini-ITX arriving

2009-05-13 Thread Alex Betis
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Nicolas Huillard wrote: > > http://www.mini-itx.com/2009/05/04/zotac-ion-itx-atom-mini-itx-board-unboxing-and-salivating > > "...which means 1080p HD playback from an embedded Mini-ITX board with a > fanless 1.6GHz processor whilst consuming 21W. > The ION-ITX-A ha

Re: [vdr] 2 little bugs report

2009-05-06 Thread Alex Betis
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 5:34 PM, VDR User wrote: > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 6:07 AM, Alex Betis wrote: > > Same issue here with my 2 year old kid. But I think he presses the big > red > > glowing button on MCE remote :) > > > > Confirmation will be a good idea, but no

Re: [vdr] 2 little bugs report

2009-05-06 Thread Alex Betis
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Peter Evertz wrote: > I am 44 years old and it happens to me too :) > > A "press pause again for stopping live-view" is a good idea. > It happens often after watching a recording. If I accidential stopped > the replay, and press pause then. Or the recording was at

Re: [vdr] xinelibout --hud + xcompmgr = tearing

2009-03-29 Thread Alex Betis
2009/3/18 Jörn Reder > Alex Betis wrote: > > > I gave the nice xinelibout hud another try, but have to revert back since > > running composite manager > > creates tearing while watching movies. I've tries with xcompmgr with -n > > option. > > > >

Re: [vdr] xinelibout --hud + xcompmgr = tearing

2009-03-20 Thread Alex Betis
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Alex Betis wrote: > > 2009/3/18 Jörn Reder > >> Alex Betis wrote: >> >> > I gave the nice xinelibout hud another try, but have to revert back >> since >> > running composite manager >> > creates tearing w

Re: [vdr] xinelibout --hud + xcompmgr = tearing

2009-03-19 Thread Alex Betis
2009/3/18 Jörn Reder > Alex Betis wrote: > > > I gave the nice xinelibout hud another try, but have to revert back since > > running composite manager > > creates tearing while watching movies. I've tries with xcompmgr with -n > > option. > > > >

Re: [vdr] xinelibout --hud + xcompmgr = tearing

2009-03-17 Thread Alex Betis
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Torgeir Veimo wrote: > > On 17 Mar 2009, at 22:02, Alex Betis wrote: > > > I gave the nice xinelibout hud another try, but have to revert back > > since running composite manager > > creates tearing while watching movies. I've

[vdr] xinelibout --hud + xcompmgr = tearing

2009-03-17 Thread Alex Betis
Hello all, I gave the nice xinelibout hud another try, but have to revert back since running composite manager creates tearing while watching movies. I've tries with xcompmgr with -n option. Does anybody know how to fix that? Or maybe there is another lightweight composite manager available? Wit

[vdr] image 0.3.0 with high resolution output

2009-03-14 Thread Alex Betis
Hi all, In case you have a high resolution output device (LCD/Plasma) you probably noticed that image plugin show low quality results even when the original image is a very high quality/resolution. To fix it, replace the following lines in liboutput/encode.c file from: m_nWidth = 720; m_

Re: [vdr] xineliboutput improvements

2009-03-09 Thread Alex Betis
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Pertti Kosunen wrote: > Alex Betis wrote: > > - There is no way to rewind a media file to start from the beginning (I > > would suggest a color button to do it when list of files is shown) > > Red button does this when file is pla

[vdr] xineliboutput improvements

2009-03-09 Thread Alex Betis
Hello all, I don't know whether xineliboutout developers read this list, if not, could someone pass the following to them somehow? Here are few points for improvements in xineliboutput: - Buffers problem on startup - There is no way to rewind a media file to start from the beginning (I would sugg

Re: [vdr] A new possibility for lower power high performance VDR

2009-03-08 Thread Alex Betis
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Mika Laitio wrote: > >> I have myself thinked about the possibility of running vdr/xineliboutput > >> client on low end systems that just have usb 2.0 but not any graphic > >> cards or free pci slots available. > >> > >> Has anybody experiences from the "usb vga" o

Re: [vdr] A new possibility for lower power high performance VDR

2009-03-08 Thread Alex Betis
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Mika Laitio wrote: > I have myself thinked about the possibility of running vdr/xineliboutput > client on low end systems that just have usb 2.0 but not any graphic > cards or free pci slots available. > > Has anybody experiences from the "usb vga" or "usb dvi" gr

Re: [vdr] [patch] compil vdr-1.7.4 against v4l-dvb hg as of today

2009-03-06 Thread Alex Betis
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Klaus Schmidinger < klaus.schmidin...@cadsoft.de> wrote: > On 06.03.2009 15:37, Alex Betis wrote: > > > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Klaus Schmidinger > > mailto:klaus.schmidin...@cadsoft.de>> > wrote: > > > &g

Re: [vdr] [patch] compil vdr-1.7.4 against v4l-dvb hg as of today

2009-03-06 Thread Alex Betis
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Klaus Schmidinger < klaus.schmidin...@cadsoft.de> wrote: > On 03.03.2009 22:23, Gregoire Favre wrote: > > Hello, > > > > just tried compiling vdr-1.7.4 against my v4l-dvb hg's source which > > fails if I don't use this : > > > > --- vdr.c~ 2009-01-18 12:02:37.0

[vdr] Sound freeze and out of sync in xinelibout

2009-03-04 Thread Alex Betis
An update, Just saw that my live stream also has a delay in sound. I probably switch channels too fast and didn't notice it before. Will be glad for any solution. Thanks. ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listi

[vdr] Sound freeze and out of sync in xinelibout

2009-03-04 Thread Alex Betis
Hello all, I'm experiencing some problems with sound when playing media files (movies) using xinelibout 1.0.3, xine-lib 1.2 Sometimes the sound freeze for few seconds and than continue and sometimes goes out of sync with the picture. I don't see it with live broadcast, but happens frequently whil

Re: [vdr] vdr-sxfe from background script

2009-02-21 Thread Alex Betis
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Stefan Ellenberger wrote: > I do have a similar solution to the one Ville used in KDE > > - set up a shell script > - issue a killall -q -9 vdr-sxfe command first (if there is no vdr-sxfe > task running this will be ignored) > - call vdr-sxfe again > So you don't

Re: [vdr] vdr-sxfe from background script

2009-02-20 Thread Alex Betis
Wow... you write alot! :) On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Ville Aakko wrote: > Hi! > > 2009/2/20 Alex Betis : > > Hi all, > > > > I wonder what am I doing wrong. > > > > The problem is that when this script is run in background (& at the end), > &

[vdr] vdr-sxfe from background script

2009-02-20 Thread Alex Betis
Hi all, I wonder what am I doing wrong. I've set up a script that will run vdr-sxfe in a loop. When I want to restart vdr-sxfe, I just kill it and the script is suppose to run it again. The problem is that when this script is run in background (& at the end), the job is shown as "stopped". I've

Re: [vdr] auto shutdown (-s) question

2009-02-07 Thread Alex Betis
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Udo Richter wrote: > On 06.02.2009 13:49, Alex Betis wrote: > > I'm playing now with autoshutdown script (the one that is specified with > > -s switch) and have a question. > > When power button is pressed, VDR calls the script, b

[vdr] auto shutdown (-s) question

2009-02-06 Thread Alex Betis
Hi all, I'm playing now with autoshutdown script (the one that is specified with -s switch) and have a question. When power button is pressed, VDR calls the script, but lets say the script decided not to shutdown the PC (other background work is done). I see that VDR shows a countdown of 5 minutes

Re: [vdr] vdr-1.6.0 / mplayer / spdif Nexus => pb with DTS tracks

2009-02-02 Thread Alex Betis
On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 2:26 PM, kafifi wrote: > Hello, > > I am using vdr-1.6.0 and mplayer with Nexus FF card and it's spdif output. > When I run some "720p_AC3.avi" movies, my HC ampli receives 5.1 audio > without > problem. But with movies with DTS audio tracks, vdr+mplayer give only PCM > in

Re: [vdr] Disabling EPG update from air or shift it in time

2009-02-01 Thread Alex Betis
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 9:03 PM, user.vdr wrote: > > The use is simple, show more information for programs. Many sities of the > > channels provide that information already, including pictures and movie > > trailers. There is also IMDB that can be used. As an example, MythTv has > a > > nice use o

Re: [vdr] Disabling EPG update from air or shift it in time

2009-02-01 Thread Alex Betis
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 7:11 PM, user.vdr wrote: > On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 6:10 AM, Alex Betis wrote: > > By the way, if we already discussing EPG... > > I think the epg.data is very limited. I would like to see an option to > > integrate pictures or even movies in that file

Re: [vdr] Disabling EPG update from air or shift it in time

2009-02-01 Thread Alex Betis
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Klaus Schmidinger < klaus.schmidin...@cadsoft.de> wrote: > On 31.01.2009 11:51, Alex Betis wrote: > > ... [ EPG for time shifted channels ] ... > > > > As an example, 75.0E has NTV and NTV-2, or DTV and DTV-2 > > > >

Re: [vdr] Disabling EPG update from air or shift it in time

2009-01-31 Thread Alex Betis
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Klaus Schmidinger < klaus.schmidin...@cadsoft.de> wrote: > On 31.01.2009 06:13, Alex Betis wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Klaus Schmidinger > > mailto:klaus.schmidin...@cadsoft.de>> > wrote: > > > >

Re: [vdr] Disabling EPG update from air or shift it in time

2009-01-30 Thread Alex Betis
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Klaus Schmidinger < klaus.schmidin...@cadsoft.de> wrote: > On 30.01.2009 22:12, Alex Betis wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Is there any configuration that disables EPG updates received on the > > channel? > > Or is there a wa

[vdr] Disabling EPG update from air or shift it in time

2009-01-30 Thread Alex Betis
Hi all, Is there any configuration that disables EPG updates received on the channel? Or is there a way to shift time of those updates before they are written to EPG.data? The problem is that I have some channels that are transmitted for different time zones that start transmitting EPG info, but

Re: [vdr] no channel update for certain channels

2009-01-27 Thread Alex Betis
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:26 AM, Malcolm Caldwell < malcolm.caldw...@cdu.edu.au> wrote: > On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 10:34 +0100, Matthias Dahl wrote: > > Hi. > > > > For certain situations, it'd be great to exclude some channels from the > > automatic channel update. For example, when one has entered

Re: [vdr] Sirius 4.8E - channels.conf and sources.conf

2009-01-25 Thread Alex Betis
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Klaus Schmidinger < klaus.schmidin...@cadsoft.de> wrote: > On 25.01.2009 12:04, Artem Makhutov wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Klaus Schmidinger schrieb: > >> On 25.01.2009 11:42, Artem Makhutov wrote: > >> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I am wondering on why the Sirius 4.8° sat

[vdr] understanding xinelibout code (or maybe any plugin code)

2009-01-21 Thread Alex Betis
Hi all, Anybody here is familiar with xinilibout code? Or maybe it's a generic concept of plugins that I don't really know... What is assigned to "input_vdr->f.input_control"? I couldn't find initialization place. Don't know if it makes a different, but vdr-sxfe is run with --lirc switch. I hate

Re: [vdr] channel-change-prediction, doable? stupid idea?

2009-01-21 Thread Alex Betis
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Gerald Dachs wrote: > Assumed I have 2 free Tuners and I zapp through the channels of one > tuner. Would it be possible to tune the 2. tuner to the same time to > the after next channel in change direction, so that for the next > channel change in the same directi

Re: [vdr] vdr-sxfe + remote control

2009-01-19 Thread Alex Betis
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Alex Betis wrote: > On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Ville Aakko wrote: > >> If I understood the issue correctly, Alex (the OP) has problems >> because the USB receiver gives BOTH kb events and makes a lirc device, >> and the KB events

Re: [vdr] vdr-sxfe + remote control

2009-01-18 Thread Alex Betis
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Ville Aakko wrote: > If I understood the issue correctly, Alex (the OP) has problems > because the USB receiver gives BOTH kb events and makes a lirc device, > and the KB events are not wanted and cause problems. I'd look in > /dev/input to see which event device

Re: [vdr] vdr-sxfe + remote control

2009-01-17 Thread Alex Betis
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Gerald Dachs wrote: > Am Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:37:47 +0200 > schrieb Alex Betis : > > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Gerald Dachs > > wrote: > > > > > > Do you start vdr with --lirc option? If you use --lirc for > &g

Re: [vdr] vdr-sxfe + remote control

2009-01-17 Thread Alex Betis
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Gerald Dachs wrote: > > Do you start vdr with --lirc option? If you use --lirc for vdr-sxfe > > you should give --lirc to vdr (at least I don't). > > No, that will not work. If you give both vdr and vdr-sxfe the option > --lirc you will get every action twice. I

Re: [vdr] vdr-sxfe + remote control

2009-01-17 Thread Alex Betis
added mapping of buttons to lircrc as follows: begin prog= vdr-sxfe remote= linux-input-layer button= KEY_F10 repeat= 0 config= LIRC.Volume+ end but looks like vdr-sxfe still doesn't receive those events. > > > cheers, Kimmo > > On 17 Jan 2009,

[vdr] vdr-sxfe + remote control

2009-01-17 Thread Alex Betis
Hello all, Please help me with remote control configuration since I'm breaking my head on a wall for more than a week already. RC is the only thing at the moment that stops me using the VDR as my main TV source. I've bought a nifty (and cheap) remote and a nice USB receiver. Looks like a clone of

[vdr] Serial IR receiver + wakeup from suspend

2009-01-16 Thread Alex Betis
Hello all, I wonder if anybody here is using IR receiver that is connected to the PC with 9-pin serial cable and is able to wake the machine from suspend mode? Thanks. ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo

Re: [vdr] Color keys replacement

2009-01-11 Thread Alex Betis
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:44 PM, JJussi wrote: > Hi! > Related question.. Is it possible to change order of those colors (what > represent color-keys) at screen? > Because my remote have those colors, but two of those are in different > order... Take a screwdriver, open the remote and switch th

Re: [vdr] Color keys replacement

2009-01-10 Thread Alex Betis
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 6:54 PM, user. vdr wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Alex Betis wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > A question regarding the color keys functionality in VDR. > > Some remotes I see in shops don't have the color keys, is there any > >

[vdr] Color keys replacement

2009-01-10 Thread Alex Betis
Hi all, A question regarding the color keys functionality in VDR. Some remotes I see in shops don't have the color keys, is there any replacement key for those? Is it possible to map them to 1,2,3,4? Can you think of a scenario both color keys and numbers might be used in the same menu? Thanks. _

Re: [vdr] S2-3200 & vdr needed material ?

2009-01-10 Thread Alex Betis
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Artem Makhutov wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:08:31PM +0200, Mika Laitio wrote: > > >> No, and I am little confused where is the version I could try with > > >> vdr.1.7.x. I found out 3 candidates while googling, should I try one > of > > >> these wit

[vdr] LIRC configuration

2009-01-09 Thread Alex Betis
Hello all, Not a VDR question, but I'm sure someone can help me here. I've finally bought a remote control for my HTPC from a company named SunWave, model SMR-140. Looks like a MCE clone. It has an USB IR receiver that recognized as keyboard and mouse device (the remote has a joystick that can be

Re: [vdr] [ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.7.3

2009-01-08 Thread Alex Betis
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Klaus Schmidinger < klaus.schmidin...@cadsoft.de> wrote: > On 08.01.2009 20:41, Alex Betis wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 7:50 PM, user. vdr > <mailto:user@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Ja

Re: [vdr] [ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.7.3

2009-01-08 Thread Alex Betis
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 7:50 PM, user. vdr wrote: > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Klaus Schmidinger > wrote: > > + The directory name for a recording has been changed from > >-MM-DD-hh[.:]mm.pr.lt.rec (pr=priority, lt=lifetime) to > >-MM-DD-hh.mm.ch-ri.rec (ch=channel, ri=resum

Re: [vdr] Soft RAID-5 + LVM file system corruption

2008-12-26 Thread Alex Betis
x27;t find any problem with all its tests. It's too early to be sure, but so far everything looks fine, so I'm staying with LVM over RAID5 for now since its the most flexible way to manage hard disk space. On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Alex Betis wrote: > Hello all, > >

Re: [vdr] How to setup VDR to receive from multiple satellites?

2008-12-25 Thread Alex Betis
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Artem Makhutov wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to setup VDR to receive from 2 different sattelites. > > Currently I have 3 DVB-S cards in my VDR box, and all are connected > to a single dish pointing to astra 19.2E. What LNBs do you have on those dishes? If all

Re: [vdr] Soft RAID-5 + LVM file system corruption

2008-12-19 Thread Alex Betis
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Nicolas Huillard wrote: > Tony Houghton a écrit : > > On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:32:31 +0200 > > "Alex Betis" wrote: > > > >> I've tried Ubuntu about a year ago, but it didn't support any RAID nor > LVM > &g

Re: [vdr] Soft RAID-5 + LVM file system corruption

2008-12-18 Thread Alex Betis
from RAID-1 setup. All the info is available on the net. By the way, my swap is also on LVM/RAID-5. I just don't know how to get rid from the node corruptions. I start suspecting my hardware. Run memory tests many times, but no conclusion so far. > > - Original Message - >

[vdr] Soft RAID-5 + LVM file system corruption

2008-12-18 Thread Alex Betis
Hello all, A system question, not so VDR related, but I hope someone in the list use the same configuration. >From time to time my system won't boot since ext3 file system got corrupted and asks me to log in as root and run fsck manually. No bad blocks are found, just incorrectly stored nodes tha

Re: [vdr] VDR with S2API (update)

2008-12-14 Thread Alex Betis
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Klaus Schmidinger < klaus.schmidin...@cadsoft.de> wrote: > > >>> Some more info: apparently the problem only happens if a DVB-S2 > card > >>> (a TT-budget S2 3200 in my case) is (attempted to be) tuned to a > DVB-S2 > >>> channel after the driver has be

Re: [vdr] Duplicate channels list

2008-12-14 Thread Alex Betis
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Clemens Kirchgatterer wrote: > "Alex Betis" wrote: > > > Strange... I sent that email to the list, but it doesn't appear there. > > Resending... > > it has appeared. i guess you pull your mails from gmail via pop. gmail &

Re: [vdr] xineliboutput and Switching time

2008-12-13 Thread Alex Betis
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Goga777 wrote: > > Gents, could you please run vdr-sxfe with "--verbose" flag and check if > you > > see the "prebuffer=" line in console output when you switch the channel? > > is it possible to use --verbose option for local frontend > > ./vdr -c /etc/vdr/ -P xi

[vdr] Duplicate channels list

2008-12-13 Thread Alex Betis
Hi Klaus, What is the motivation behind the logic of not allowing duplicate channels in channels.conf file? I've tried to mimic channels settings of my Topfield receiver where I have favorite channels divided in different groups, while I can still access any channel on any satellite. I've intend

Re: [vdr] Duplicate channels list

2008-12-13 Thread Alex Betis
Strange... I sent that email to the list, but it doesn't appear there. Resending... Hi Klaus, > > What is the motivation behind the logic of not allowing duplicate channels > in channels.conf file? > > I've tried to mimic channels settings of my Topfield receiver where I have > favorite channels d

[vdr] 1.7.1 + multiple audio streams on channel = buffer problem

2008-12-12 Thread Alex Betis
Hi, I'm with 1.7.1 and observe some buffer problems on channels with multiple audio streams. Bandwidth of audio steams probably make a different since I observe problems with channel that has 6 audio tracks or even 4 audio tracks, while there are other channels with 4 tracks that have no problem a

Re: [vdr] xineliboutput and Switching time

2008-12-12 Thread Alex Betis
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Theunis Potgieter < theunis.potgie...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/12/2008, Alex Betis wrote: > >> Found a solution for the delay, please try it and report if it helps you >> and even more important if it doesn't break something else.

Re: [vdr] xineliboutput and Switching time

2008-12-12 Thread Alex Betis
) to: #define METRONOM_PREBUFFER_VAL 128//(4 * 9 / 25 ) Some documentation says something that large buffers are needed for "mosaic" channels (what is it anyway?). Looks like there is another buffer somewhere on the way... Please report the results. Thanks. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at

Re: [vdr] xineliboutput and Switching time

2008-12-11 Thread Alex Betis
Gents, could you please run vdr-sxfe with "--verbose" flag and check if you see the "prebuffer=" line in console output when you switch the channel? Please state the number you see there and please write again your vdr, xine-lib and xinelibout versions. Thanks. 2008/12/11 Rolf Ahrenberg > On

Re: [vdr] Switching time

2008-12-10 Thread Alex Betis
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:03 AM, Halim Sahin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi Alex, > If you are using debian, yur can use the ffmpeg shipped with lenny. > This version of ffmpeg work for me with softdevice. I use Fedora Core 10. You did not answer what driver do you use? S2API or multiproto? >

Re: [vdr] Switching time

2008-12-10 Thread Alex Betis
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 5:01 PM, VDR User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Alex Betis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You're saying that kernel provided by distributors (Fedora 10 in my case) > is > > not tuned for desktops? > >

Re: [vdr] VDR with S2API (update)

2008-12-08 Thread Alex Betis
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Klaus Schmidinger < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there any movement to files >2GB for the recordings? > I will most likely change this when going to TS recording format. > In doing so, I'd like to get rid of splitting recordings into separate > files altogether

Re: [vdr] VDR with S2API (update)

2008-12-07 Thread Alex Betis
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Klaus Schmidinger < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 07.12.2008 13:21, Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > > Attached is an updated version of the patch to make VDR use > > the S2API. Dominik Strasser reported that he got log entries like > > > > Dec 6 18:39:02 VDR vdr: [41

Re: [vdr] VDR with S2API

2008-12-07 Thread Alex Betis
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Klaus Schmidinger < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 07.12.2008 09:34, lucian orasanu wrote: > > Hy Klaus, > > > > Is ther a problem with > vdr-1.7.0-h264-syncearly-framespersec-audioindexer-fielddetection-speedup > patch fom Reinhard Nilsl ? > > > > Could this patch

Re: [vdr] Switching time

2008-12-05 Thread Alex Betis
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 12:58 AM, VDR User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Morfsta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Alex Betis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> 2 channels on the same transpon

[vdr] Switching time

2008-12-05 Thread Alex Betis
Hi all, Another question to bother you... How long does it takes to switch a FTA channel on your system? In my case DVB-S. I wonder if this timing sounds ok to you (I think its kind of slow): 1.7.1 + ext64-livebuffer + xinelibout 2 channels on the same transponder - about 2 seconds - video and

Re: [vdr] Few more questions about xinelibout

2008-12-05 Thread Alex Betis
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Gerald Dachs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Alex Betis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I was looking for the right word... tearing... > > I have nVidia 177.82 driver. Again, mplayer has no such problem. > > You could try to acti

Re: [vdr] Few more questions about xinelibout

2008-12-05 Thread Alex Betis
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Petri Helin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > I've run the frontend now as a separate task and looks like it doesn't > >> > crash > >> > now except when I try to open a picture, I'll try to debug it later. > >> > > >> > >> Perhaps your pictures a too big for xv? Tr

Re: [vdr] Few more questions about xinelibout

2008-12-05 Thread Alex Betis
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Petri Helin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 11:43 PM, Alex Betis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Few more questions about xinelibout. > > I've run the frontend now as a separate ta

[vdr] Few more questions about xinelibout

2008-12-04 Thread Alex Betis
Hi all, Few more questions about xinelibout. I've run the frontend now as a separate task and looks like it doesn't crash now except when I try to open a picture, I'll try to debug it later. The questions are probably very simple: - When I playback a file, how can I move back? When replaying a li

Re: [vdr] xineliboutput OSD and playback problems

2008-12-02 Thread Alex Betis
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Antti Seppälä <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > 2008/12/2 Alex Betis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hmmm... 2 minutes after I wrote my previous message my HTPC stuck without > > any way to control it beside the hardware

Re: [vdr] vdr + xbmc

2008-12-02 Thread Alex Betis
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Niels Wagenaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -Original message- > From: Alex Betis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tue 02-12-2008 15:54 > To: VDR Mailing List ; > Subject: Re: [vdr] vdr + xbmc > > > -- SNIP -- > > I

Re: [vdr] vdr + xbmc

2008-12-02 Thread Alex Betis
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Gerald Dachs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Niels Wagenaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > This is indeed something I was looking for. Forgot that some options > > are extremely easy to resolve. But I was wondering, what remote do > > you use yourself and did you

Re: [vdr] xineliboutput OSD and playback problems

2008-12-01 Thread Alex Betis
Hmmm... 2 minutes after I wrote my previous message my HTPC stuck without any way to control it beside the hardware reset. Don't know what killed it, but I have a feeling its the HUD display since when its used, VDR can't stop, it always segfaults. Without HUD its able to stop normally. Will try to

Re: [vdr] xineliboutput OSD and playback problems

2008-12-01 Thread Alex Betis
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Tony Houghton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:05:54 +0200 > "Alex Betis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Right now I've set with XV video and I have about 12-15% CPU with cheap > > tvtime (mplayer

Re: [vdr] xineliboutput OSD and playback problems

2008-12-01 Thread Alex Betis
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Antti Seppälä <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > 2008/12/1 Alex Betis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi, > > > > Please advice how to configure xineliboutput in the best way... > > I have 1.7.1 + ext64 patches, x

Re: [vdr] MythTV Adds Support For NVIDIA VDPAU

2008-12-01 Thread Alex Betis
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Torgeir Veimo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 1 Dec 2008, at 21:49, Magnus Hörlin wrote: > > > I have introduced VDR to at least 20 people (mostly windows-users) > > over the years, but this may be the day it ends. > > It appears you think that VDR will never get

[vdr] xineliboutput OSD and playback problems

2008-11-30 Thread Alex Betis
Hi, Please advice how to configure xineliboutput in the best way... I have 1.7.1 + ext64 patches, xineliboutput 1.0.3, nVidia card with latest drivers. After many tests I have the following: Using --hud gives best OSD I ever seen, but it shows only the OSD when the output window is in focus and n

Re: [vdr] xineliboutput - invalid data

2008-11-30 Thread Alex Betis
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:36 PM, Alex Betis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 11:47 PM, Niels Wagenaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> You have two options: >> >> - Go back to 1.7.0; >> - Use the LIVEBUFFER patch by patching VDR 1.7.1 w

Re: [vdr] xineliboutput - invalid data

2008-11-30 Thread Alex Betis
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 11:47 PM, Niels Wagenaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > You have two options: > > - Go back to 1.7.0; > - Use the LIVEBUFFER patch by patching VDR 1.7.1 with the VDR-Extensions > patch; > > See http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2008-October/017948.html for more > information.

[vdr] xineliboutput - invalid data

2008-11-29 Thread Alex Betis
Hi, I'm trying to configure xineliboutput 1.0.3 with VDR 1.7.1. Compilation and installation seems to go ok, but playback doesn't work. I can see OSD in opened window, but when it gets to the channel itself CPU usage jumps to 100% and the log contains: Nov 30 01:24:17 htpc vdr: [13512] [xine..put

Re: [vdr] xineliboutput sxfe / xxmc / via / EPIA ML6000 : great !

2008-11-24 Thread Alex Betis
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Nicolas Huillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > From kernel first log line in the syslog server (I guess timestamps are > when rcS.d/ scripts start to run, ie. does not include kernel load time > + initrd), to LIRC accepting the VDR client (including a 5s sleep I had

Re: [vdr] VDR -> S2API: 2 questions

2008-11-22 Thread Alex Betis
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Manu Abraham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Alex Betis wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Klaus Schmidinger < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On 22.11.2008 17:25, Georg Acher wrote: > >>> On S

Re: [vdr] VDR -> S2API: 2 questions

2008-11-22 Thread Alex Betis
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Klaus Schmidinger < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 22.11.2008 17:25, Georg Acher wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 06:21:51PM +0200, Alex Betis wrote: > >> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Klaus Schmidinger < > >> [EMAIL PRO

Re: [vdr] VDR -> S2API: 2 questions

2008-11-22 Thread Alex Betis
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Klaus Schmidinger < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe I'm totally missing something here, but I can't figure out how > an application using the S2API driver can tell whether a DVB device is > DVB-S or DVB-S2. Can somebody please point me in the right direction here

Re: [vdr] VDR 1.7.1 + xine = memory leak?

2008-11-21 Thread Alex Betis
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 9:01 PM, Goga777 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think there is a memory leak with xine as output device (I have version > > 0.8.2). > > Watching the same channel for 15 minutes rises memory usage of VDR > process > > from 10MB to about 200! > > Switching channel free that

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