Re: [vdr] [Fwd: Re: let vdr ignore non vdr directories ?]

2009-04-21 Thread Peter Dittmann
> On 20.04.2009 10:56, Peter Dittmann wrote: > > A simple use case: > > * standalone settop box with VDR and DVD recording capability > > * OS gets a seperate small partition > > * /videoX get the big rest > > To add some more variations to the same solution the others already > mentioned: > > -

Re: [vdr] [Fwd: Re: let vdr ignore non vdr directories ?]

2009-04-21 Thread Gerald Dachs
Quoting Peter Dittmann : > E.g. ctvdr/debian uses (I think ...) /var/vdr/videoX directly to mount the > partition. The directories are named /var/lib/video.XX and this are not necessary partitions, but could be of course. > Strange as it finally uses symlinks to create the /videoX. So change wo

Re: [vdr] weekly or daily timers

2009-04-21 Thread Martin Emrich
Hi! VDR User schrieb: > I've been using epgsearch and vdradmind-am for years and I can't > imagine not using them! Yes, I forgot to mention epgsearch. As more and more stations at least in Germany have the nasty habit of moving TV shows to other time slots if the ratings are not satisfactory, ep

Re: [vdr] [Announce] xxv-1.3 - Feature release (1.4 rc)

2009-04-21 Thread Marco Göbenich
Hi! This happens if you run vdr with --vfat then VDR cuts the recording name. Regards Marco Andrey Kuzmin schrieb: > There is still one issue for me: http://binitex.com/jet/20090420-i7x-194kb.jpg > > It seems that long names are truncated. The problem is that even short > names in Russian a

Re: [vdr] [Fwd: Re: let vdr ignore non vdr directories ?]

2009-04-21 Thread Peter Dittmann
> Quoting Peter Dittmann : > > E.g. ctvdr/debian uses (I think ...) /var/vdr/videoX directly to mount the > > partition. > > The directories are named /var/lib/video.XX and this are not necessary > partitions, but could be of course. > > > Strange as it finally uses symlinks to create the /vide

Re: [vdr] [Announce] xxv-1.3 - Feature release (1.4 rc)

2009-04-21 Thread Andrey Kuzmin
> This happens if you run vdr with --vfat then VDR cuts the recording name. Please check another screen shot http://binitex.com/jet/20090421-28m-192kb.jpg This is the same channel. Channel name is truncated in tree, recordings are in different pl

Re: [vdr] [Fwd: Re: let vdr ignore non vdr directories ?]

2009-04-21 Thread Steffen Barszus
Peter Dittmann schrieb: >> I can't see any evidence for this symlinks, and I don't know a reason >> for this. >> The vdr gets told via the option '-v /var/lib/video.00' where the >> video dir is located. >> > > But you see what I'm pointing to. > The distries are usually mounting the partiti

Re: [vdr] [Fwd: Re: let vdr ignore non vdr directories ?]

2009-04-21 Thread VDR User
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Steffen Barszus wrote: > the content therein is pretty vdr specific. So the suggested (and > sensible) recommendations are in fact not that obvious. This also shows > that there is a solution/recommendation to create some .do_not_touch > files in possible empty di

Re: [vdr] [Fwd: Re: let vdr ignore non vdr directories ?]

2009-04-21 Thread Steffen Barszus
VDR User schrieb: > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Steffen Barszus wrote: > >> the content therein is pretty vdr specific. So the suggested (and >> sensible) recommendations are in fact not that obvious. This also shows >> that there is a solution/recommendation to create some .do_not_touch

Re: [vdr] BBC HD and vdpau

2009-04-21 Thread Morfsta
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Rob Davis wrote: > I have VDR working with BBC HD almost, and Sky HD +24 and a few others, > however, BBC doesn't seem to display properly, as well as having > problems with the audio selection.  It looks like it has macrovision > protection or something like that.

Re: [vdr] [Fwd: Re: let vdr ignore non vdr directories ?]

2009-04-21 Thread Ville Skyttä
On Tuesday 21 April 2009, Peter Dittmann wrote: > So better suggestion for the distri maintainers would be to use the \mnt > tree for mounting any partitions. I disagree, /mnt is system admin area, not something distros should touch. http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#MNTMOUNTPOINTFORA

Re: [vdr] [Fwd: Re: let vdr ignore non vdr directories ?]

2009-04-21 Thread Steffen Barszus
Ville Skyttä schrieb: > On Tuesday 21 April 2009, Peter Dittmann wrote: > > >> So better suggestion for the distri maintainers would be to use the \mnt >> tree for mounting any partitions. >> > > I disagree, /mnt is system admin area, not something distros should touch. > http://www.pathna

Re: [vdr] weekly or daily timers

2009-04-21 Thread Dieter Hametner
Hello Am Dienstag, 21. April 2009 schrieb VDR User: > > I've been using epgsearch and vdradmind-am for years and I can't > imagine not using them! > Not to forget the LIVE plugin, which has a very good integration with epgsearch too. After all most of the LIVE timer functionality was provied by

Re: [vdr] [Fwd: Re: let vdr ignore non vdr directories ?]

2009-04-21 Thread Udo Richter
On 21.04.2009 21:27, Ville Skyttä wrote: >> So better suggestion for the distri maintainers would be to use the \mnt >> tree for mounting any partitions. > > I disagree, /mnt is system admin area, not something distros should touch. > http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#MNTMOUNTPOINTFORATE

Re: [vdr] BBC HD and vdpau

2009-04-21 Thread Luca Olivetti
En/na Morfsta ha escrit: > > If you turn Dolby Digital off in the VDR DVB menu then it will play > only the MPA track and the picture will then work fine in VDR. I tried activating dolby digital (I usually have it set to no), and I don't have a problem with the video (as long as I use xxmc, vdp

Re: [vdr] BBC HD and vdpau

2009-04-21 Thread Rob Davis
Luca Olivetti wrote: > En/na Morfsta ha escrit: > >> If you turn Dolby Digital off in the VDR DVB menu then it will play >> only the MPA track and the picture will then work fine in VDR. > > I tried activating dolby digital (I usually have it set to no), and I > don't have a problem with the vid

Re: [vdr] BBC HD and vdpau

2009-04-21 Thread Luca Olivetti
En/na Rob Davis ha escrit: > > I tried the turning off dolby digital and I get the Narrative track ok, > but I still get corruption on vdpau. It's like vertical banding, I my case the bands are horizontal > reminiscent of trying to copy a video with macrovision. My pc doesn't > display it

Re: [vdr] [Fwd: Re: let vdr ignore non vdr directories ?]

2009-04-21 Thread VDR User
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Steffen Barszus wrote: > You have missed something indeed. Don't assume poor implementation > without checking the facts or even read all of them. There are different > type of users, usages, requirements out there then you might think. This > is going from 300Mhz