Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:08:13 +0100 From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: CFT: vdr ports (watch/record/stream tv, works with xbmc too :) Message-ID: <20101210220813.GA99028@triton8.kn-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <20101210213719.2d03d920.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20101125201100.GA65710@triton8.kn-bremen.de> <20101209160355.ee2f645b.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20101209180601.GA24524@triton8.kn-bremen.de> <20101210213719.2d03d920.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 09:37:19PM +0100, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > Hi, Hi! > > > On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:06:01 +0100 > Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> wrote: > > > Btw you can also symlink /video there. (as I also mentioned under 1. > > in the original message, maybe not prominently enough...) > > Yes, you did, however, I prefer not to "litter" my system with > unnecessary files, symlinks and whatnot when I am only testing > things. :-) > Ok. > > Even if you only see `No signal' you should still be able to do > > stuff in the on-screen display (osd), try hitting the tab or > > insert key for the menu, see the XKeySym.* entries in > > /usr/local/etc/vdr/remote.conf for the rest of the keybindings. > > (see also under 4.) > > Aha, I didn't know about the tab or insert keys. Just shows that I must > spend more time with vdr, if I want to learn how it works. > > One thing: the files section in the vdr man page doesn't tell you the > default location of the files (/usr/local/etc/vdr/). It isn't mentioned > anywhere in the man page, if I haven't missed it. > Ah I didn't notice, guess I should patch that... (manpage still says -c dir, --config=dir Read config files from directory dir (default is to read them from the video directory) ) > > I think all you need to do is make sure the tuner(s) are working > > and accessible to the vdr user (starting with /dev/dvb/adapter0/*) > > and that vdr has an initial /usr/local/etc/vdr/channels.conf for > > whatever sat position/networks/etc the tuner(s) can receive. > > (see my notes about w_scan -o7 under 5.) > > I just realized one thing: the man page for vdr (and your notes) says > that vdr needs a DVB card. This means that it won't work with my > (analogue) PVR-500. Is that correct? > Yes. Actually there are plugins for analogue tv (that I didn't port) but I'd say they all expect the Linux v4l interface i.e. /dev/videoX (with appropriate ioctls) so they wouldn't work with FreeBSD's pvr drivers, or at least not w/o major surgery... > > Oh and if you absolutely can't get your tuner to work yet for > > whatever reason you can also try adding the example web stream iptv > > entries in /usr/local/share/examples/vdr_plugin_iptv/channels.conf.iptv > > to your channels.conf and test using the iptv plugin. (as also > > mentioned under 5.) > > Good idea, I'll try that. > > > I'm sorry my notes are so long that its so easy to miss stuff, I > > just don't know what to omit... :) > > No, your notes are fine (I'll take long an detailed over short and > brief any day), and my posting was not in any way a complaint on them. > Its just that I need some more time to figure out how stuff works in > vdr. Ok. Good luck, :) Juergen
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