i've since discovered that the xine vdr plugin, with a modified version of xine (where the patches for that _have_ been accepted upstream) will work absolutely great.
xine vdr:// whoopeee! l. On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 07:03:13AM -0800, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > #287428: using DVB-T Nova "Budget" card - vdr fails to detect /dev/video0, > which was filed against the vdr package. > > It has been closed by one of the developers, namely > Debian VDR Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > Their explanation is attached below. If this explanation is > unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate > message then please contact the developer, by replying to this email. > > Debian bug tracking system administrator > (administrator, Debian Bugs database) > > Received: (at 287428-close) by bugs.debian.org; 25 Jan 2005 14:53:12 +0000 > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jan 25 06:53:12 2005 > Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: from newraff.debian.org [208.185.25.31] (mail) > by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) > id 1CtS48-0005UD-00; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 06:53:12 -0800 > Received: from katie by newraff.debian.org with local (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) > id 1CtRyY-000102-00; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:47:26 -0500 > From: Debian VDR Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Katie: $Revision: 1.55 $ > Subject: Bug#287428: fixed in vdr 1.2.6-6 > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: Archive Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:47:26 -0500 > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 > (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,HAS_BUG_NUMBER > autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 > X-Spam-Level: > X-CrossAssassin-Score: 2 > > Source: vdr > Source-Version: 1.2.6-6 > > We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of > vdr, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: > > vdr-daemon_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > to pool/main/v/vdr/vdr-daemon_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > vdr-dev_1.2.6-6_all.deb > to pool/main/v/vdr/vdr-dev_1.2.6-6_all.deb > vdr-kbd_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > to pool/main/v/vdr/vdr-kbd_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > vdr-lirc_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > to pool/main/v/vdr/vdr-lirc_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > vdr-plugin-examples_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > to pool/main/v/vdr/vdr-plugin-examples_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > vdr-plugin-sky_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > to pool/main/v/vdr/vdr-plugin-sky_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > vdr-rcu_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > to pool/main/v/vdr/vdr-rcu_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > vdr_1.2.6-6.diff.gz > to pool/main/v/vdr/vdr_1.2.6-6.diff.gz > vdr_1.2.6-6.dsc > to pool/main/v/vdr/vdr_1.2.6-6.dsc > vdr_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > to pool/main/v/vdr/vdr_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > > > > A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is > attached. > > Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you > have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED], > and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. > > Debian distribution maintenance software > pp. > Debian VDR Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated vdr package) > > (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you > believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive > administrators by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Format: 1.7 > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:12:03 +0100 > Source: vdr > Binary: vdr-kbd vdr-plugin-sky vdr-lirc vdr-daemon vdr-rcu vdr vdr-dev > vdr-plugin-examples > Architecture: source i386 all > Version: 1.2.6-6 > Distribution: unstable > Urgency: high > Maintainer: Debian VDR Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Changed-By: Debian VDR Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Description: > vdr - Video Disk Recorder for DVB cards > vdr-daemon - Server version of Video Disk Recorder for DVB cards > vdr-dev - Video Disk Recorder for DVB cards > vdr-kbd - Video Disk Recorder for DVB cards with keyboard control > vdr-lirc - Video Disk Recorder for DVB cards with IR remote control > vdr-plugin-examples - Plugins for vdr to show some possible features > vdr-plugin-sky - Plugin for using a Sky Digibox with vdr > vdr-rcu - Video Disk Recorder for DVB cards with RCU control > Closes: 273643 287428 287899 287914 > Changes: > vdr (1.2.6-6) unstable; urgency=high > . > * Urgency high because it includes a fix for CAN-2005-0071 > * Thomas G??nther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > - new (optional) plugin check (with "vdr -V -P plugin") > - Extracted patchlevel code to patchlevel.sh > - Installing patchlevel.sh into vdr-dev package > * Tobias Grimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > - fixed small bug in vdr-recordingaction > - moved PLUGIN_DIR, PLUGIN_PREFIX, CFG_DIR, PLUGIN_CFG_DIR, > PLUGIN_ORDER_FILE, CMDHOOKSDIR, REC_CMD from the default file to > the init script > - fixed bug in shutdown script (OSD messages have to be deferred until > the shutdown script is finished) > - removed PLUGIN_ORDER_FILE paramter, order.conf should always be in > PLUGIN_CFG_DIR > - set default location for epg.data to /var/cache/vdr (vdr -E) > - The default command to shutdown the system when the power-off-key of > the > remote is pressed, can now be configured in /etc/default/vdr. > - When processing the shutdown hooks, no further hook scripts will be > processed, if one script requests to delay the shutdown. > - Extracted loading of VDR daemon config options to separate file for > later reuse by other start scripts > - Fixed warning message in generated commands.conf and reccmds.conf > * Thomas Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > - Do not run as user root anymore, the user vdr will be created > and the video-directory and config-files will be changed, so the > owner/group is vdr:vdr (closes: #287899) > - Added 07_not_as_root.dpatch - vdr exists when it should run as > user or with group-id root (adapted from Darren Salt's patch > for vdr 1.3.x) > - Added 08_security_CAN-2005-0071.dpatch - do not overwrite > existing files with the GRAB-Command anymore (CAN-2005-0071) > - Set default port for SVDRP to 0, users who run vdr from the > commandline will have to enable it by using the --port option > (in the init-script SVDRP will still be enabled and on the default > port 2001) > - Added vdr-shutdown.wrapper with owner/group root:vdr and mode 6750, > which calls the normal vdr-shutdown-script so that the user vdr is > able to run vdr's shutdown-hooks > - The automatic shutdown is now disabled by default, to enable it > again you have to change ENABLE_SHUTDOWN=0 to 1 in /etc/default/vdr > - Changed package vdr to Architecture: any, because it now contains > a binary file > - Added patch from Ludwig Nussel to be able to syncronize the system- > time via DVB, even when vdr runs as user > - Build-depend on libcap-dev > - Package vdr: depend on adduser > - Remove some files under /var/lib/vdr and /var/cache/vdr in postrm > on purge (closes: #287914) > - Added german (de.po) debconf-translation from Jens Nachtigall > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (closes: #273643) > - Added a note to the package description and README.Debian that vdr > (without special plugins) requires a DVB-Card with an mpeg-decoder > (Closes: #287428) > - Improved runvdr-script: when no loaded dvb-modules were found, > try to load the module dvb (could be an alias for the real > dvb-module) > - Added XB-VDR-Patchlevel-field in debian/control to vdr-plugin-sky > and vdr-plugin-examples > - Build-depend on dpatch (>= 2.0.9) > - Converted existing dpatch-files to the new short format > - Added newplugin-script as vdr-newplugin to vdr-dev, so > plugin-developers can initialize a new plugin-directory without a > normal vdr-source-tree > - Added debianize-vdrplugin-script and the plugin-template-dir from > c't-vdr > - Added lintian-override to avoid the lintian-warnings for the > plugin-template-scripts > - Default VIDEO_DIR is now /var/lib/video.00, so new harddiscs can > be added very easy by mounting them to /var/lib/video.0{1,2,...} > (if the old directory /var/lib/video exists, create > /var/lib/video.00 as symlink to the old directory, if it does > not exist, /var/lib/video will be a symlink to /var/lib/video.00) > - Removed unnecessary debconf-question about creating the dvb > devices, they will now be created without any question when they > are not existing allready > - Removed libncurses5-dev from Build-Depends > Files: > d968ef3de8f9ac5b2eb6fec49f29aa5d 873 misc extra vdr_1.2.6-6.dsc > 4ebaed84803bf6fd8fe481404e2978a1 87691 misc extra vdr_1.2.6-6.diff.gz > 7b21cce980ebf5db0de48e6a302b4185 87032 misc extra vdr-dev_1.2.6-6_all.deb > 3ef227680165e91d32959b7abe391f5d 160260 misc extra vdr_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > f22496f800caeceefbc43b55fdcc09cb 273970 misc extra vdr-kbd_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > ab27267be539091ebad0ac8adf8f6576 273898 misc extra vdr-lirc_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > 7a2bfae494f9a30ecda8f8e255f4a50e 273922 misc extra vdr-rcu_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > ec7f58fa570fd910bb27e472e22fb954 273944 misc extra > vdr-daemon_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > 37c6823bf905e5efb19ba3e7d3ac2d98 17860 misc extra > vdr-plugin-sky_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > 27f7f7bfdedd07686396d9014d705632 12228 misc extra > vdr-plugin-examples_1.2.6-6_i386.deb > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFB9ln3geVih7XOVJcRAllnAJ9rUpx3KMj+75GPKlQhP+o4I+c9aQCfTIU+ > q9LcAPoZhWpoeGKKy25mE+0= > =mGK3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- -- <a href="http://lkcl.net">http://lkcl.net</a> -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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