[vdr] vdr without a DVB receiver
Using vdr 1.4.7 is it possible to use vdr only for playing back recordings, with xinelibout but without a DVB receiver. Now if I start vdr I get: vdr: no primary device found - using first device! and then it exits The reason is that we will be going on a trip and my daughter would like to have her recordings with her so that she can watch them. And she knows how to operate the vdr so it would be easier than using mplayer or xine. So I thought I it woud be great if I could just copy the recordings from /video to my laptop /video and let her watch it from my laptop. Josce _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] PANIC: watchdog timer expired - exiting
>However, there are some other clock-dependent things in VDR that are not >designed to handle larger clock jumps. Usually, clock jumps should be >just a few seconds, and only after starting VDR. > >You should investigate what causes the clock to jump 4 minutes. If your >PC clock is THAT bad, its probably worth dumping the mainboard - you do >want recordings in time, do you? Well if the PC clock was correct all the time I would probably not have to use the set time function :) Josce _ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] PANIC: watchdog timer expired - exiting
>>Well if the PC clock was correct all the time I would probably not have >>to use the set time function :) >Yes, but typically PC HW clock does not drift so much. You could use >hwclock --systohc (and possibly --utc or --localtime) after letting >the vdr to set the system clock. I am sure this would fix the problem. However, is this really the way it should work? The clock is four minutes off, let's PANIC? To be honest, I have seen a lot of worse PC clocks around than the one I have on my spare computer ... Josce _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] PANIC: watchdog timer expired - exiting
>VDR still defaults to start recordings three minutes before scheduled time, >right? I wouldn't want to rely my recordings on a clock that is that bad. That's why I have set it to start ten minutes earlier :) >The worst I had was on a 286, running 40s off per day. Good thing that this >is over. Today, I would count one or two minutes per month as worst >acceptable. I agree that the clock is bad, but one of the reasons I started to use VDR was because I had an extra old PC that could be put into use this way. If I have to start buying a lot of new stuff, then I might as well get a STB and complain and demand corrections when it doesn't work. Now I just complain :) >>May 31 20:23:38 localhost vdr: [3413] System Time = Thu May 31 20:23:38 >>2007 (1180632218) >>May 31 20:23:38 localhost vdr: [3413] Local Time = Thu May 31 20:19:37 >>2007 (1180631977) >>May 31 20:21:01 localhost vdr: [3405] PANIC: watchdog timer expired - >>exiting! >The clock was set to 20:19:37, and the watchdog fires at 20:21:01 - 84 >seconds later. There must be something different causing the watchdog to >expire. OK, this is what I asked in the first mail: "is it the watchdog causing the PANIC?" And apparently it isn't the watchdog, but the log didn't show anything else that was causing it. I'll be going away for a month now but when I get back I'll see if I can reproduce the PANIC somehow, just to figure out what is happening. Josce ps I really hate using hotmail, the formatting is totally weird... _ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
Re: [vdr] PANIC: watchdog timer expired - exiting (got it again ... )
Managed to get the PANIC again, by doing this: - set a timer to start 1 hour from now - close vdr - use date to set the clock 5 min forward (with date) - reboot Can someone else reproduce this? Josce Jun 9 22:23:10 localhost vdr: [2220] VDR version 1.4.5 started Jun 9 22:23:10 localhost vdr: [2220] loading plugin: ./PLUGINS/lib/libvdr-dvd.so.1.4.5 Jun 9 22:23:10 localhost vdr: [2220] loading plugin: ./PLUGINS/lib/libvdr-subtitles.so.1.4.5 Jun 9 22:23:10 localhost vdr: [2220] loading plugin: ./PLUGINS/lib/libvdr-dvdselect.so.1.4.5 Jun 9 22:23:10 localhost vdr: [2220] loading /video/setup.conf Jun 9 22:23:10 localhost vdr: [2220] loading /video/sources.conf Jun 9 22:23:10 localhost vdr: [2220] loading /video/channels.conf Jun 9 22:23:10 localhost vdr: [2220] loading /video/timers.conf Jun 9 22:23:10 localhost vdr: [2220] loading /video/commands.conf Jun 9 22:23:10 localhost vdr: [2220] loading /video/svdrphosts.conf Jun 9 22:23:10 localhost vdr: [2220] loading /video/remote.conf Jun 9 22:23:13 localhost vdr: [2220] found 1 video device Jun 9 22:23:13 localhost vdr: [2220] initializing plugin: dvd (0.3.6-b03): turn VDR into an (almost) full featured DVD player Jun 9 22:23:13 localhost vdr: [2220] initializing plugin: subtitles (0.4.0): DVB subtitles decoder Jun 9 22:23:13 localhost vdr: [2220] initializing plugin: dvdselect (0.8): virtual dvd-selector Jun 9 22:23:13 localhost vdr: [2220] ln -nfs '/dev/scd0' '/dev/dvd' 2> /dev/null Jun 9 22:23:13 localhost vdr: [2220] setting primary device to 1 Jun 9 22:23:13 localhost vdr: [2220] SVDRP listening on port 2001 Jun 9 22:23:13 localhost vdr: [2220] setting current skin to "sttng" Jun 9 22:23:13 localhost vdr: [2220] loading /video/themes/sttng-default.theme Jun 9 22:23:14 localhost vdr: [2220] starting plugin: dvd Jun 9 22:23:14 localhost vdr: [2220] starting plugin: subtitles Jun 9 22:23:14 localhost vdr: [2220] loading /video/plugins/subchannels.conf Jun 9 22:23:14 localhost vdr: [2220] starting plugin: dvdselect Jun 9 22:23:14 localhost vdr: [2220] switching to channel 1 Jun 9 22:23:14 localhost vdr: [2220] timer 1 (1 2251-2352 'Actors studio') set to event Sat 09.06.2007 22:55-23:42 'Actors studio' Jun 9 22:23:17 localhost vdr: [2274] System Time = Sat Jun 9 22:23:17 2007 (1181416997) Jun 9 22:23:17 localhost vdr: [2274] Local Time = Sat Jun 9 22:18:00 2007 (1181416680) Jun 9 22:18:01 localhost vdr: [2274] channel 1 (TV1) event Sat 09.06.2007 22:00-22:51 'Karl II - makt och passion (F15)' status 4 Jun 9 22:18:59 localhost vdr: [2220] PANIC: watchdog timer expired - exiting! _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
[vdr] Thank you Klaus
Thank you Klaus for the Subtitles. I have been hoping for this since I first started using vdr some years ago. (I can handle English and German speaking films quite well, but Akira Kurosawa's masterpieces are quite difficult without subtitles.) Since I know you don't need the subtitles I am very gratefull for your effort on this! And a big thank you to Pekka Virtanen whose subititles plugin made it possible for me to use the vdr during these years. Now I just have to find a slot when no one in my family is using the vdr so I can upgrade it. Josce _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
