On 12 December 2010 23:50, Eric Valette <eric.vale...@free.fr> wrote: > > On 12/12/2010 20:29, Steffen Barszus wrote: > >> external epg source is possible allready - i just think the merge and >> general handling could be improved :) > > If you try to prove everything is possible via plugin yes. Vdr could even be > simply a plugin loader as someone else suggested. The problem for the end > user is how many packages do he have to install and configure to get a decent > functionality and how easy is it. > > for most users compiling from sources is simply too complicated. I tried > packages from yavdr and they do not work for me. I have been forced to use > the debian pacakging and remove patches to correctly have HD TV via XBMC.
Gave Gentoo a try? Once you updated vdr, all you need to run on Gentoo is: vdrplugin-rebuild all > > >> vdr-developer.org is a beginning :) and most new development is >> announced here too. > > I rarely found anything useful at vdr-developer.org except maybe a small > description of some plugins but almost nothing about their status if they are > actively maintained, the git location and so on. Even the description of > channel.conf is quite innacurate. In fact this list is the almost unique > source for information. > >> xmltv epg can be translated and imported into VDR now allready, there >> are a couple of other epg providing plugins and scripts as well, the >> main problem is available epg data possible to be fetched and >> translated. > > Did you try to use it recently. The xmltv to vdr perl script is unmaintained > and obsolete... On 17 March 2010 07:59, william <k...@cobradevil.org> wrote: I have made some other changes. and also got an update from Rob Davis. which added ratings and credits see: http://cobradevil.org/downloads/xmltv2vdr-1.0.9.tar.gz Thank you! With kind regards William van de Velde > >> What about live plugin if the epg is imported into vdr ? It can handle >> epgsearch searchtimer, normal timer etc - so that allready exist to >> some extend :) > > live plugin needs streamdev and epgsearch to function right. So again it is > not basic VDR. Plus, in France in never managed to find anything useful via > the various search feature. > > --eric > Theunis _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
