Re: [vdr] Stop live TV whilst in menu

2011-05-13 Thread Udo Richter
Am 13.05.2011 01:49, schrieb Dominic Evans:
 For example, currently if I want to watch two or three recordings one
 after another, I go to recordings menu, play 1 till end, hit back
 (returning me to recordings menu), play 2 till end and so on. Each
 time I go back to the recordings menu to choose the next recording,
 I'm forced to see and hear whatever happens to be showing at that time
 on the last channel tuned, even when it has no interest to me...

I know similar situations where I don't want to have live TV, for
example if this would tune to problematic channels (streamdev client) or
would interrupt other receivers.

Another good solution to this would be a real 'dummy' device, a
receiving device that permanently receives a still picture, and that
would be assigned to a free channel number. This would also be nice for
a playback-only VDR without receiving devices, to avoid the frequent
'channel not available' messages.

I've once tried to write such a plugin, however these attempts were
missing some code to turn a single mpeg still frame into an endless
sequence with proper time codes.

Cheers,

Udo

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[vdr] Stop live TV whilst in menu

2011-05-12 Thread Dominic Evans
Is there any patch for VDR that stops Live TV whilst you're in the menus?

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Re: [vdr] Stop live TV whilst in menu

2011-05-12 Thread VDR User
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Dominic Evans oldma...@gmail.com wrote:
 Is there any patch for VDR that stops Live TV whilst you're in the menus?

None that I'm aware of but what's the point of doing that anyways?  If
it's a matter of being too distracting or something then you can
always modify the themes transparency so the background is solid and
increase the OSD size to cover the entire video frame.

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Re: [vdr] Stop live TV whilst in menu

2011-05-12 Thread Dominic Evans
On 13 May 2011 00:34, VDR User user@gmail.com wrote:
 On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Dominic Evans oldma...@gmail.com wrote:
 Is there any patch for VDR that stops Live TV whilst you're in the menus?

 None that I'm aware of but what's the point of doing that anyways?  If
 it's a matter of being too distracting or something then you can
 always modify the themes transparency so the background is solid and
 increase the OSD size to cover the entire video frame.

I already have OSD filling entire frame. It'd be nice if there was an
option so that the frontend auto-muted whilst in menu and, even better
if it didn't use cpu on live TV at all if I'm not watching.

For example, currently if I want to watch two or three recordings one
after another, I go to recordings menu, play 1 till end, hit back
(returning me to recordings menu), play 2 till end and so on. Each
time I go back to the recordings menu to choose the next recording,
I'm forced to see and hear whatever happens to be showing at that time
on the last channel tuned, even when it has no interest to me...

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Re: [vdr] Stop live TV whilst in menu

2011-05-12 Thread Midas

Am 13.05.2011 01:49, schrieb Dominic Evans:

On 13 May 2011 00:34, VDR Useruser@gmail.com  wrote:

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Dominic Evansoldma...@gmail.com  wrote:

Is there any patch for VDR that stops Live TV whilst you're in the menus?

None that I'm aware of but what's the point of doing that anyways?  If
it's a matter of being too distracting or something then you can
always modify the themes transparency so the background is solid and
increase the OSD size to cover the entire video frame.

I already have OSD filling entire frame. It'd be nice if there was an
option so that the frontend auto-muted whilst in menu and, even better
if it didn't use cpu on live TV at all if I'm not watching.

For example, currently if I want to watch two or three recordings one
after another, I go to recordings menu, play 1 till end, hit back
(returning me to recordings menu), play 2 till end and so on. Each
time I go back to the recordings menu to choose the next recording,
I'm forced to see and hear whatever happens to be showing at that time
on the last channel tuned, even when it has no interest to me...

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There are several plugins which do not match your needs exactly but 
could be worth a try.
-suspendoutput: i have never tested this. my idea is that it would 
suspend after a timeout. it is available from the xineliboutput 
sourceforge page.
-block: switches to another channel, if the current EPG title was 
blacklisted

-sleeptimer: shuts down the machine or mutes vdr audio after a timeout


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