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Redesigned the user interface.

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Transponder information is now available in advanced display mode: Press 'OK' key to switch between the simple and the advanced display mode.
Moved bitrate calculation to it's own thread for improved accurancy.
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Rolf Ahrenberg
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Requirements:
Ph.D. in Astro Physics and preferably a six-pack waiting in a fridge.
Never trust a Klingon.
Description:
DVB Frontend Status Monitor is a plugin that displays a few signal quality parameters
of the tuned channel on your screen. You can zap through all your channels and the
plugin should be monitoring always the right frontend *fingers crossed*. A short
message is shown at the bottom line to help the DVB card identification after each
channel switch and OK press.
DVB Frontend Status Monitor is a plugin that displays some signal information
parameters of the current tuned channel on OSD. You can zap through all your
channels and the plugin should be monitoring always the right frontend. The
transponder information is also available in advanced display mode. User can
switch between simple and advanced display modes by pressing 'OK' key.
The plugin is based on a neat console frontend status monitor application called
'femon' by Johannes Stezenbach <js@convergence.de> (see DVB-apps/szap/femon.c for
further information). The other parts of plugin code are borrowed from the
excellent OSD Picture-In-Picture plugin by Sascha Volkenandt <sascha@akv-soft.de>
and Andreas Regel <andreas.regel@powarman.de>. Props to Sascha for being brave
enough to test this piece of junk and ofcourse for german translations. The bitrate
calculation algorithm is originally copied from dvbstream application by Dave Chapman
<dave@dchapman.com>.
The plugin is based on a neat console frontend status monitor application called
'femon' by Johannes Stezenbach <js@convergence.de> (see DVB-apps/szap/femon.c
for further information). The other parts of plugin code are borrowed from the
excellent 'OSD Picture-In-Picture' plugin by Sascha Volkenandt <sascha@akv-soft.de>
and Andreas Regel <andreas.regel@powarman.de>. The bitrate calculation algorithm
originates from the 'dvbstream' application by Dave Chapman <dave@dchapman.com>.
Shortcomings / Todo list:
- The current version is a kind of Proof In Concept to replace the old 'tech
patch', so the internals will be eventually rewritten... if I'll find some
spare time.
- The plugin supports only those DVB cards with _one_ frontend (do any cards with
multiple frontends even exist?), because I haven't yet figured howto do it without
patching the VDR core.
patch', and it's now eating many unnecessary cpu clock cycles - this will be
fixed later...
- The plugin supports only those DVB cards with _one_ frontend (do any cards
with multiple frontends even exist?), because I haven't yet figured howto do
it without patching the VDR core.
- Sometimes (read always) ttxtsubs plugin messes up the OSD - user should disable
ttxtsubs, but closing and reopening the femon plugin might help temporarily as well.
Btw., this same thing happens with OSDTeletext plugin too :)
- The plugin GUI is designed for small fonts, so stable vdr-1.2.6 users should consider
the ElchiAIO4a+ patch to maximize the *wow* effect :)
ttxtsubs, but closing and reopening the femon plugin might help temporarily as
well. Btw., this same thing happens with OSDTeletext plugin too :)
- The plugin GUI is designed for _small fonts_, so stable vdr-1.2.6 users should
consider a small font patch (e.g. ElchiAIO4a) to maximize the visual effect :)