Re: [vdr] Really stupid question about Full-Function DVB Cards
Bought a Raspberry Pi and am trying that with Openelec, and that seems to work pretty well as a client. Quite a cheap solution. Cheers Brian You should also try the new rpi output plugin from here: http://www.vdr-portal.de/board18-vdr-hardware/board98-arm-co/120344-prototyp-rpi-ausgabeplugin/ It's a prototype now, but it works pretty stable for me. István ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Really stupid question about Full-Function DVB Cards
Why do you need a DVB-C card? You can use the FF DVB-S card for playback (output) only: -Pdvbsddevice --outputonly regards, István 2013.11.17. 13:09 keltezéssel, Brian-Imap írta: Hi, dont kill me please.. I'm using a 4 Tuner Cine 2 DVB S2 setup for recording TV programs. For playback I was using a DVB-C FF Card, so this was not being used to record as there were no Cable channel entries defined and no cable attached to it. Worked perfectly, but now the DVB C card has broken. So I need a replacement. But I have multiple FF DVB-S cards laid around here not in use. As the dvbttpci driver is only used for this one card, wouldn't it be possible to patch the driver so that it reports the DVB-S card as a DVB-C card? Maybe even by an optional parameter? That way I wouldn't need to buy a new DVB-C card. Stupid idea or not? Cheers Brian ___ 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] Really stupid question about Full-Function DVB Cards
On 11/17/2013 12:16 PM, Füley István wrote: Why do you need a DVB-C card? You can use the FF DVB-S card for playback (output) only: -Pdvbsddevice --outputonly regards, István 2013.11.17. 13:09 keltezéssel, Brian-Imap írta: Hi, dont kill me please.. I'm using a 4 Tuner Cine 2 DVB S2 setup for recording TV programs. For playback I was using a DVB-C FF Card, so this was not being used to record as there were no Cable channel entries defined and no cable attached to it. Worked perfectly, but now the DVB C card has broken. So I need a replacement. But I have multiple FF DVB-S cards laid around here not in use. As the dvbttpci driver is only used for this one card, wouldn't it be possible to patch the driver so that it reports the DVB-S card as a DVB-C card? Maybe even by an optional parameter? That way I wouldn't need to buy a new DVB-C card. Stupid idea or not? Cheers Brian ___ 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 OK, I've never heard about this switch. The solution I was using was suggested some time ago by an article in the c't. Due to the Bandwidth of the older FF cards not being enough for simultaneous recording and playback of some transponders. I'll read up on it and give it a try thanks. Cheers Brian ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Really stupid question about Full-Function DVB Cards
I'm also using this solution on one of my vdr clients, but of course there is one limitation: you can only playback MPEG2 recordings, no MPEG4 nor HD. 2013.11.17. 14:04 keltezéssel, Brian-Imap írta: On 11/17/2013 12:16 PM, Füley István wrote: Why do you need a DVB-C card? You can use the FF DVB-S card for playback (output) only: -Pdvbsddevice --outputonly regards, István 2013.11.17. 13:09 keltezéssel, Brian-Imap írta: Hi, dont kill me please.. I'm using a 4 Tuner Cine 2 DVB S2 setup for recording TV programs. For playback I was using a DVB-C FF Card, so this was not being used to record as there were no Cable channel entries defined and no cable attached to it. Worked perfectly, but now the DVB C card has broken. So I need a replacement. But I have multiple FF DVB-S cards laid around here not in use. As the dvbttpci driver is only used for this one card, wouldn't it be possible to patch the driver so that it reports the DVB-S card as a DVB-C card? Maybe even by an optional parameter? That way I wouldn't need to buy a new DVB-C card. Stupid idea or not? Cheers Brian ___ 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 OK, I've never heard about this switch. The solution I was using was suggested some time ago by an article in the c't. Due to the Bandwidth of the older FF cards not being enough for simultaneous recording and playback of some transponders. I'll read up on it and give it a try thanks. Cheers Brian ___ 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] Really stupid question about Full-Function DVB Cards
You can also just buy a really cheap VDPAU capable Nvidia video card. For about $25 you can have full HD support using VDPAU hardware decoding. ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] Really stupid question about Full-Function DVB Cards
On 11/17/2013 5:31 PM, VDR User wrote: You can also just buy a really cheap VDPAU capable Nvidia video card. For about $25 you can have full HD support using VDPAU hardware decoding. ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr Thanks but its not that easy. I have a single XBMC which connects to VDR using the XVDR Plugin, and two TVs supplied via a Modulator, they are driven by the output of the FF card. If I just could decide on what light-weight VDR client I should use for those 2 TVs (both used not too often), then the modulator could go and the VDR would be totally headless. I'm still undecided about what to take. Currently still only SD due to the modulator. Cheers Brian ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
