Re: [vdr] Straw poll: stable version 1.6.0 now?

2008-02-03 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
My vote is yes. Release early, Release Often. Perhaps teletext subtitling is missing, however it was missing from 1.4 and so why not release. (Is there a teletext patch for those users who must have this functionality?. Or even better, can a teletext plugin be written) Also, reading between th

Re: [vdr] [ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.5.15

2008-02-21 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 17:57 +0100, Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > On 02/17/08 21:29, Luca Olivetti wrote: > > El Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:46:42 +0100 > > Klaus Schmidinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > >> Note that you may need to switch back to an older version of your > >> channels.conf file if

Re: [vdr] [patch] channels with same pids

2008-02-26 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 10:34 +0100, Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > On 02/24/08 07:20, ua0lnj wrote: > > Hi > > 1. cChannel::PluginParam() need for iptv plugin. > > sorry, i was attached bad version for native vdr. > > See attach for this message. > > > > 2. You right of cause, the triplet SID/NID/TID i

Re: [vdr] [PATCH] Use pkg-config to find freetype/fontconfig flags

2008-03-09 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Sat, 2008-03-08 at 19:12 +0100, Clemens Kirchgatterer wrote: > Klaus Schmidinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I still believe, though, that freetype2's include files are broken. > > A simple '#include ' should be enough. If their header > > file(s) would behave like the rest, we wouldn't h

Re: [vdr] xineliboutput: viewing 16:9 content on 4:3 output device

2008-04-09 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 13:43 +0300, Petri Helin wrote: > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Jouni Karvo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Nevertheless, although probably most techies feel the crop mode is not > > interesting, perhaps you'll be able to find one that is willing to > > implement it - o

Re: [vdr] Rotor patches

2008-04-16 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 16:23 -0700, Timothy D. Lenz wrote: > Strange, that patch fails on all hunks. looking to patch by hand, it's not > even close. The vdr-1.5.5-rotor.diff patch applies. Where does one find these patches? > > - Original Message - > From: "lucian orasanu" <[EMAIL PROT

[vdr] disabledoubleepgentrys and vdr 1.6

2008-06-26 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
Hello, Does anyone know if there is a version of the disableDoubleEpgEntrys patch for vdr 1.6? If not, is there another solution? Thanks. ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr

Re: [vdr] Sequential or random play?

2008-07-06 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 20:09 +0300, Teemu Suikki wrote: > Hi! > > Is there an easy way to add sequential or even random playback to VDR? This may or may not be a help for you: I use softdevice and softplay to do this. Softplay can play avi, mpeg files etc AND vdr recordings. So I have a link fr

Re: [vdr] Freeview+ aka TV-Anytime Patch (updated)

2008-10-06 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 11:11 +0200, Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > On 10/06/08 11:06, Laz wrote: > > On Monday 06 Oct 2008, Frank Scherthan wrote: > >> Laz schrieb: > >>> On Sunday 05 Oct 2008, Gavin Hamill wrote: > On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 15:10 +0100, Dave P wrote: > >>> On another Freeview specific

Re: [vdr] no channel update for certain channels

2009-01-27 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 10:34 +0100, Matthias Dahl wrote: > Hi. > > For certain situations, it'd be great to exclude some channels from the > automatic channel update. For example, when one has entered a channel > manually > which broadcasts wrong channel informations. With the next channel updat

Re: [vdr] no channel update for certain channels

2009-01-27 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 08:39 +0200, Alex Betis wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:26 AM, Malcolm Caldwell > wrote: > On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 10:34 +0100, Matthias Dahl wrote: > > Hi. > > > > For certain situations, it'd be great

Re: [vdr] Can I disable pause live tv altogher?

2009-05-10 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Sat, 2009-05-09 at 06:15 -0700, VDR User wrote: > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 4:05 AM, Gerald Dachs wrote: > > Am Sat, 09 May 2009 12:38:39 +0200 > > schrieb Klaus Schmidinger : > >> It also raises several questions: > >> > >> - When should such a recording be deleted? > >> If it gets deleted as s

Re: [vdr] Can I disable pause live tv altogher?

2009-05-10 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Sat, 2009-05-09 at 16:29 +0300, Lauri Tischler wrote: > VDR User wrote: > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 4:05 AM, Gerald Dachs wrote: > >> Am Sat, 09 May 2009 12:38:39 +0200 > >> schrieb Klaus Schmidinger : > >>> It also raises several questions: > >>> > >>> - When should such a recording be deleted?

Re: [vdr] Can I disable pause live tv altogher?

2009-05-12 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 09:39 +0200, Frank Scherthan wrote: > Hi Theunis, Hi list, I have read the manual. I understand how vdr works. I don't like finding 4 instant recordings going, using up disk space and 10 old instant recordings that no one actually wanted. IMHO: it is too easy to 'accidenta

Re: [vdr] Editing usability

2009-05-12 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 07:06 -0700, VDR User wrote: > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Stuart Morris > wrote: > > > > I haved lost count the number of times I have pressed the numbered keys on > > my remote by accident and then panic because I don't know how to undo what > > then happened. > > >

[vdr] xinelibout sxfe freeze

2009-05-19 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
Hello, After a hard disk crash I am rebuilding my vdr system. Of course, I am taking the opportunity to "upgrade" parts where needed. In the past I used softdevice with TVout, using a mga card and directfb. As I now have an HD LCD screen, I decided to try xineliboutput. I am running vdr with "

Re: [vdr] xinelibout sxfe freeze

2009-05-20 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
I didn't investigate further as the > xine-lib 1.2 is in a development state still. > > JB > > > Pôvodná správa ---- > > Od: Malcolm Caldwell > > Predmet: [vdr] xinelibout sxfe freeze > > Dátum: 20.5.2009 02:27:41 > > --

Re: [vdr] xinelibout sxfe freeze

2009-05-20 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 12:23 +0300, Pertti Kosunen wrote: > Malcolm Caldwell wrote: > > Is sxfe freezing a known issue? Any fix? > > It freezes eventually with every software combination i have used (very > infrequently at best). I used softdevice for years and honestly do

Re: [vdr] xinelibout sxfe freeze

2009-05-21 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 12:38 +0300, Rolf Ahrenberg wrote: > On Wed, 20 May 2009, Malcolm Caldwell wrote: > > > Is sxfe freezing a known issue? Any fix? > > Yes, I tracked down the bug and informed the author months ago. Last > time I communicated to him, he had a (possibl

Re: [vdr] Any really working HD video output systems for VDR?

2009-06-05 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
One "problem" with vdr is that it is not obvious from this list when people are just happy and thing are just working fine. Maybe such success stories are posted to the VDR portal/forum. But that is mostly in German, so not obvious to us English speakers. (Lack of German is failing on our part,

Re: [vdr] Unable to record ITV HD (was : ITV HD)

2009-06-21 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 18:20 +0200, Christian Tramnitz wrote: > Klaus Schmidinger schrieb: > > Well, if they don't broadcast their Vpid in the SI data, how is a > > receiver supposed to know what to receive? > > > > Maybe you should complain to the broadcaster about this. > > > > Klaus > > Afaik

Re: [vdr] vdr-sxfe buffer empty

2009-09-21 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
I don't want to steal a thread, but my questions are related: I guess there is something I don't understand: Does this "*-crop-v9" patch offer anything that the patches from http://www.jusst.de/vdpau/files/xine-lib-1.2/ do not, besides the autocrop functionality? And what is this autocrop fun

Re: [vdr] vdr-xine 0.9.3 audio problems

2009-10-04 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Sat, 2009-10-03 at 23:08 -0700, VDR User wrote: > On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Simon Baxter wrote: > > Card is a NVIDIA GPU GeForce 8400 GS too, but I'm not using the vpdau - as I > > currently have no HD or H.264 content. > > > > Do you think I should change to vpdau anyway?? > > I'm a big

Re: [vdr] vdr-sxfe buffer empty

2009-10-05 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 17:33 +0300, Seppo Ingalsuo wrote: > Reverse patching this one (just patch view from the same link) > > http://xineliboutput.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xineliboutput/vdr-xineliboutput/xine_input_vdr.c?view=patch&r1=1.278&r2=1.279&sortby=date > > seems to work for me for curr

Re: [vdr] vdpau experience

2009-10-26 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 12:05 +0100, Christian Tramnitz wrote: > Theunis Potgieter wrote: > > I reverted to older version of vdr-xineliboutput (20091013) where the > > channel becomes garbage (green blocks) after a while when cropping is > > enabled. I also see these green blocks when changing a chan

Re: [vdr] vdpau experience

2009-11-03 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 13:46 +1000, Torgeir Veimo wrote: > 2009/10/27 Malcolm Caldwell : > > Which is a shame for me, as I like xineliboutput's media player. > > Unfortunatly the media player crashes xineliboutput when I use vdpau, > > although I have not tried patching to