vdr June 2012

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How to make bug report
by Marx 15 Jun '12

15 Jun '12

Hello I have four DVB cards: DVB-S2: -Pinnacle PCTV SAT HDTV 452E PRO USB (main kernel support) -Terratec Cinergy S2 USB HD v.2 -Prof Revolution DVB-S2 8000 PCIe DVB-T: -AF9015 noname USB (main kernel support) on AMD Brazos platform (Asrock E350M1) with Debian (lately with 3.4 kernel). While I could be able to make all of them working via different drivers (media-build, patches, vendor drivers, Igor Liplianin's repo, yavdr dkms package etc) none of this card works stable (unlike Twinhan PCI I had previously). Prof hangs system, Pinnacle doesn't work with DVB-S2, Terratec records streams partially unplayable, AF9015 stops working after and hour or so etc. Often I see errors of I2C subsystem. While I'm in process of testing it on different hardware (laptop) I would like to know if it's good place to write about dvb drivers bugs. Or maybe should I write directly to developer? or write bugs in Debian/kernel bugzilla or sth similair? How to properly report bugs? What kernel should I use, which driverset? What logs to attach (kernel.log)? how to enable debug options (if needed)? I think it's rather unusual all of cards doesn't work, so I suspect that there can be something wrong with my system. Maybe you, as skilled developers, can direct me what can be wrong, what can I test? Marx

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VDR 1.7.28, xineliboutput 1.0.7: Using local frontend gives `No protocol specified`
by Paul Menzel 15 Jun '12

15 Jun '12

Dear VDR folks, somehow I am not able to get the local frontend to work. Debian Sid/unstable is installed with $ dpkg -l vdr vdr-plugin-xineliboutput libxineliboutput-sxfe […] ii libxineliboutput-sxfe 1.0.7+cvs20120609.1902-1 Local X-Server frontend for the xineliboutput plugin ii vdr 1.7.28-1 Video Disk Recorder for DVB cards ii vdr-plugin-xineliboutput 1.0.7+cvs20120609.1902-1 VDR plugin for Xine based sofdevice frontends and I try to get the local frontend working but it fails. $ sudo -u vdr vdr -P"xineliboutput --local=sxfe --video=auto --audio=alsa --remote=none" No protocol specified No protocol specified No protocol specified Unfortunately I do not know what the problem is as this is the command mentioned in `README` of `xineliboutput`. Usage examples (VDR plugin) If no arguments are given, both X11 and framebuffer frontends are tried. First working frontend is used with best available video driver. Complete list of available command-line arguments can be obtained with "vdr --help". Only local frontend, X11/Xv video, alsa audio: vdr -P"xineliboutput --local=sxfe --video=xv --audio=alsa --remote=none" Thanks, Paul

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Skystar USB HD + VDR + Astra 23.5E 11817 V / 8psk,fec=5/6
by N. D. 13 Jun '12

13 Jun '12

Hi, Since recently I have been using Skystar USB HD with my vdr box. However I have some strange issues with 11817V on Astra 23.5E. Femon reports that there is a lock and sound comes but the image is completely garbled. I am starting to suspect that there might be something wrong with the driver, because I have no trouble with the other transpoders. Maybe it is the combination of fec=5/6 and 8psk on the said transponder that is the reason for this. Other transponders with fec=3/4 and 8psk are OK. The same setup with an HVR-4000 works fine. Kernel: 3.3.4 VDR: 1.7.27 Could someone who owns a Skystar USB HD and has access to Astra 23.5E share his experience? Is this a driver issue a problem with vdr or is my card faulty? If someone would be kind enough to test this with his/hers hardware, there is a FTA channel on the problematic transponder: Planeta HD;SatelliteBG:11817:VC56M5O35S1:S23.5E:27500:1001=27:1002=@3:0:0:5410:3:3206:0 Any help would be greatly appreciated. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Гражданска отговорност – Цените на компаниите http://www.sdi.bg/onlineInsurance/?utm_source=gbg&utm_medium=txtLink&utm_co…

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VDR tuning
by Marx 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

What can be wrong if I can tune chanel with szap, but I can't it watch via streamdev because VDR can't tune it? Is it driver fault? Marx

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dvbdevice.c
by Wolfgang Rohdewald 09 Jun '12

09 Jun '12

in vdr-1.7.28 without patches while browsing the log I found Jun 9 05:28:08 server vdr: [13569] frontend 1/0 timed out while tuning to channel 1877, tp 212713 Jun 9 05:28:40 server vdr: [13569] frontend 1/0 regained lock on channel 14, tp 110743 so frontend 1 regained a lock it never had. That seems like a consequence of the fact that LostLock is only a local variable in cDvbTuner::Action, so it cannot be reset when the channel changes also, I wonder about this code sequence in dvbdevice.c: switch (tunerStatus) { ... case tsLocked: if (Status & FE_REINIT) { ... else if (tunerStatus == tsLocked) { at the "else if", how could tunerStatus not be tsLocked? -- Wolfgang

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Call for help: anti-aliasing in DrawEllipse()
by Klaus Schmidinger 09 Jun '12

09 Jun '12

VDR's OSD uses anti-aliasing for smoothly rendering its fonts. The same could be used to make rendering ellipses look nicer. Is there anybody who might be able to figure out how cBitmap::DrawEllipse() cPixmapMemory::DrawEllipse() and maybe also cBitmap::DrawSlope() cPixmapMemory::DrawSlope() could be modified in order to do anti-aliasing and thus make the drawings smoother? I'm pretty sure at some point along the calculations in these functions there is enough information available to determine a value in the range 0..255 that could be used to generate a shade of foreground/background color that can be used to set intermediate pixels. Of course this would require these functions to be given both fg and bg colors, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there. For starters just assume that both colors will be available. I would appreciate any help on this topic. If you have any suggestions, please post them here, to avoid duplicate work. Klaus

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Recording does not stop
by brian 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

Hi, doing some pretty heavy testing of VDR 1.7.21 as part of gen2vdr V3 and have now twice had the case that a recording did not end. Supposed to end at 23:10 yesterday, still going strong at 06:00 this morning. Can't find anything in the history file of VDR that this is a know problem and has been fixed in later versions. Here is some of the log: Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] timer 1 (1 2159-2310 'Silent Witness') start Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] Title: 'Silent Witness' Subtitle: 'Fear - Part Two' Apr 30 21:59:00 [vdr] [2496] executing '/tmp/vdr/vdr_record before "/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec"' Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] BJD g2v_record.sh Called: 0 = /tmp/vdr/vdr_record Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] 2012-04-30 21:59 /tmp/vdr/vdr_record before /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] /usr/sbin/mailtext: Started Start 2012-04-30 21.59 Silent Witness. Apr 30 21:59:00 [logger] [g2v_rec_msg.sh] Silent Witness: Warte auf Verzeichnis - Last output repeated 2 times - Apr 30 21:59:01 [sSMTP] Sent mail for Brian_dorling(a)t-online.de (221 2.0.0 fwd22.t-online.de closing. / Verbindung wird getrennt.) u Apr 30 21:59:01 [logger] Apr 30 21:59:01 gen2vdr sendemail[3863]: Email was sent successfully! Apr 30 21:59:01 [logger] /usr/sbin/mailtext: Done Apr 30 21:59:01 [vdr] [2496] record /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec Apr 30 21:59:01 [vdr] [2496] creating directory /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec Apr 30 21:59:02 [vdr] [2496] recording to '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00001.ts' Doesn't seem to try to end at 23:10 Apr 30 22:59:50 [vdr] [2738] channel 1 (BBC 1 London) event Mon 30.04.2012 23:00-23:25 'BBC News' status 4 Apr 30 23:00:01 [cron] (root) CMD (rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly) Apr 30 23:01:59 [vdr] [2734] read incomplete section - len = 428, r = 214 Apr 30 23:12:36 [ntpd] peer 213.198.55.2 now valid Apr 30 23:12:39 [ntpd] peer 129.70.132.36 now valid Apr 30 23:12:48 [ntpd] peer 178.63.99.230 now valid Apr 30 23:14:41 [vdr] [3935] recording to '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00002.ts' Apr 30 23:18:11 [kernel] lirc_serial: ignoring spike: 1 1 4f9f0193 4f9f0190 87401 aa74b Apr 30 23:20:41 [ntpd] skew change -36.162 exceeds limit Apr 30 23:20:41 [ntpd] clock is now synced Still going strong: May 01 00:07:37 [vdr] [2738] channel 1 (BBC 1 London) event Tue 01.05.2012 00:05-00:35 'Late Kick Off' status 4 May 01 00:19:30 [vdr] [3935] recording to '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00003.ts' May 01 00:24:40 [vdr] [2779] TVTV: Packed String: DKVxHLuoiXDxsDu98Eavvg== .... May 01 01:23:04 [vdr] [3935] recording to '/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec/00004.ts' Deleted the timer manually: May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [2496] timer 1 (1 2159-2310 'Silent Witness') stop May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [2496] executing '/tmp/vdr/vdr_record after "/video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec"' May 01 06:37:39 [logger] BJD g2v_record.sh Called: 0 = /tmp/vdr/vdr_record May 01 06:37:39 [logger] 2012-05-01 06:37 /tmp/vdr/vdr_record after /video/Silent_Witness/2012-04-30.21.59.1-0.rec May 01 06:37:39 [logger] /usr/sbin/mailtext: Started End 2012-04-30 21.59 Silent Witness. May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [3939] TS buffer on device 3 thread ended (pid=2496, tid=3939) May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [3936] buffer stats: 95316 (4%) used May 01 06:37:39 [vdr] [3936] receiver on device 3 thread ended (pid=2496, tid=3936) Any ideas? Cheers Brian

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[PATCH] toggle between recordings sort order with 0 key
by Mika Laitio 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

Hi Attached is a patch which allows to toggle the sort order of recordings in the recording menu with vdr-1.7.27 between - name - date - recording length by pressing 0 key. At least I have found this to be very useful feature when trying to find a just made recording from which you do not know/remember the exact name to search from the long list of recordings. The thing I do not like in the patch is that the user must know this "0" key as all 4 colors are already reserved in VDR for other functions in recordings menu. (play, go to beginning, delete and info). But I do not know any better way to handle this at the moment. Patch got inspiration from http://www.u32.de/vdr-1.3.37-simple_record_sort-0.1.diff originally submitted by Walter Koch some years ago. Mika

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[PATCH] Spelling fixes.
by Ville Skyttä 04 Jun '12

04 Jun '12

--- CONTRIBUTORS | 4 ++-- HISTORY | 2 +- device.c | 4 ++-- dvbplayer.c | 2 +- libsi/headers.h | 2 +- osd.c | 2 +- timers.c | 2 +- 7 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS index 54bb679..dc64ea9 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTORS +++ b/CONTRIBUTORS @@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ Reinhard Nissl <rnissl(a)gmx.de> for storing the original display size when handling DVB subtitles for reporting a problem with horizontal scaling of subtitles for fixing a buffer overflow in cFont::Bidi() - for avoiding an unecessary call to Recordings.ResetResume() + for avoiding an unnecessary call to Recordings.ResetResume() for debugging a problem in handling the bitmap color depth for scaled subtitles for making subtitle PIDs be decrypted for making cEITScanner process new transponders before old ones, to make sure @@ -2148,7 +2148,7 @@ J Christian Wieninger <cwieninger(a)gmx.de> for suggesting to add cMenuEditStrItem::InEditMode() for his idea of going directly into the "Edit timer" menu for a timer created - from the "Schedule" menu in case it starts withing the next two minutes + from the "Schedule" menu in case it starts within the next two minutes for reporting a problem with a format string in recording.c on 64bit systems for reporting a problem with the device selection in case of timer conflicts for a patch that fixed part of a crash in i18n character set conversion diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY index 1a1c8a6..e102612 100644 --- a/HISTORY +++ b/HISTORY @@ -6604,7 +6604,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History to Ville Skytt�). - The Makefile now also installs the include files (thanks to Ville Skytt�). - Added handling of "ANSI/SCTE 57" descriptors (thanks too Rolf Ahrenberg). -- Avoiding an unecessary call to Recordings.ResetResume() (thanks to Reinhard +- Avoiding an unnecessary call to Recordings.ResetResume() (thanks to Reinhard Nissl). 2011-06-19: Version 1.7.19 diff --git a/device.c b/device.c index 4679033..e15c9ff 100644 --- a/device.c +++ b/device.c @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ cDevice *cDevice::GetDevice(const cChannel *Channel, int Priority, bool LiveView if (NumUsableSlots && !CamSlots.Get(j)->Assign(device[i], true)) continue; // CAM slot can't be used with this device bool ndr; - if (device[i]->ProvidesChannel(Channel, Priority, &ndr)) { // this device is basicly able to do the job + if (device[i]->ProvidesChannel(Channel, Priority, &ndr)) { // this device is basically able to do the job if (NumUsableSlots && device[i]->CamSlot() && device[i]->CamSlot() != CamSlots.Get(j)) ndr = true; // using a different CAM slot requires detaching receivers // Put together an integer number that reflects the "impact" using @@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ eSetChannelResult cDevice::SetChannel(const cChannel *Channel, bool LiveView) EnsureAudioTrack(true); EnsureSubtitleTrack(); } - cStatus::MsgChannelSwitch(this, Channel->Number(), LiveView); // only report status if channel switch successfull + cStatus::MsgChannelSwitch(this, Channel->Number(), LiveView); // only report status if channel switch successful } return Result; diff --git a/dvbplayer.c b/dvbplayer.c index 622fa46..1bdb0de 100644 --- a/dvbplayer.c +++ b/dvbplayer.c @@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ void cDvbPlayer::Action(void) if (dropFrame) { if (!eof || (playDir != pdForward && dropFrame->Index() > 0) || (playDir == pdForward && dropFrame->Index() < readIndex)) { - ringBuffer->Drop(dropFrame); // the very first and last frame are continously repeated to flush data through the device + ringBuffer->Drop(dropFrame); // the very first and last frame are continuously repeated to flush data through the device dropFrame = NULL; } } diff --git a/libsi/headers.h b/libsi/headers.h index a5df382..5588e4e 100644 --- a/libsi/headers.h +++ b/libsi/headers.h @@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ struct descr_application_icons_descriptor_end { struct descr_simple_application_location_descriptor { u_char descriptor_tag :8; u_char descriptor_length :8; - /* inital_path_bytes */ + /* initial_path_bytes */ }; // Private DVB Descriptor Premiere.de diff --git a/osd.c b/osd.c index 747e09c..2138765 100644 --- a/osd.c +++ b/osd.c @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void cPalette::SetAntiAliasGranularity(uint FixedColors, uint BlendColors) antiAliasGranularity = MAXNUMCOLORS - 1; else { int ColorsForBlending = MAXNUMCOLORS - FixedColors; - int ColorsPerBlend = ColorsForBlending / BlendColors + 2; // +2 = the full foreground and background colors, which are amoung the fixed colors + int ColorsPerBlend = ColorsForBlending / BlendColors + 2; // +2 = the full foreground and background colors, which are among the fixed colors antiAliasGranularity = double(MAXNUMCOLORS - 1) / (ColorsPerBlend - 1); } } diff --git a/timers.c b/timers.c index 1f77041..5d0a80f 100644 --- a/timers.c +++ b/timers.c @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ bool cTimer::Parse(const char *s) free(aux); aux = NULL; //XXX Apparently sscanf() doesn't work correctly if the last %a argument - //XXX results in an empty string (this first occured when the EIT gathering + //XXX results in an empty string (this first occurred when the EIT gathering //XXX was put into a separate thread - don't know why this happens... //XXX As a cure we copy the original string and add a blank. //XXX If anybody can shed some light on why sscanf() failes here, I'd love -- 1.7.10.2

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Recording two programmes with identical details
by Tony Houghton 04 Jun '12

04 Jun '12

Say I tried to record the same programme twice, once from DVB-T and once from DVB-S, can VDR manage that? As they have different ids they should appear as unrelated to one part of VDR, but as they have the same titles and times it might want to make the same filenames for both of them and clash. Or is that what the last digit just before the .rec part of the directory name is for? How would I be able to tell which is which in the OSD etc? Would they be ordered by adapter number?

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