Moved EXT protocol base port setting from the command line switch to the setup menu entry.

README

@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ Setup menu:
 - TS buffer prefill ratio [%] = 0  Defines prefill ratio for transport
                                    stream ringbuffer before data is
                                    transferred to VDR.
-                                   The valid range: 0...40
+                                   Valid range: 0...40
+- EXT protocol base port = 4321    Defines base port used in EXT protocol.
+                                   The port range is defined by the number
+                                   of IPTV devices (max. 8).
+                                   Valid range: 0...65527
 - Use section filtering = 1        Defines whether section filtering shall
                                    be used.
                                    Valid range: 0...1
@@ -118,26 +122,30 @@ Configuration:
 
 External streaming:
 
-- Starting from version 0.0.2 IPTV plugin features support for external
-  streaming applications. What this means in short is that with proper helper
-  applications and configuration the plugin is able to display streams not 
-  originally in MPEG1/2 TS format.
+- Starting from version 0.0.2 IPTV plugin features a support for external
+  streaming applications. With proper helper applications and configuration
+  the IPTV plugin is now able to display not only MPEG1/2 transport streams
+  but also other formats like MP3 radio streams.
 
-- To add an externally received channel, add an EXT entry to channels.conf.
-  Specify a script name as the location parameter. This script is executed
-  from plugin configuration directory when VDR tunes to the specified
-  channel. The port parameter in channels.conf is passed to the script and
-  can be used to select for example between different URLs.
+- To watch an externally received channel add an EXT entry to channels.conf
+  and specify a script name and parameter. The specified script is executed
+  from plugin configuration directory when VDR tunes to the channel. The
+  specified script parameter is passed to the script and it can be used to
+  select for example between different URLs.
 
-- When EXT channel is opened IPTV plugin opens an UDP listening port on the
-  local host. The script executing is then responsible for supplying IPTV
-  plugin with MPEG2 TS data in UDP format to the opened port. The data will
-  then be processed by VDR as usual. The opened listening port can be
-  specified in plugin configuration.
+- When an EXT channel is opened the IPTV plugin opens an UDP listening port
+  on the localhost. The external script is responsible for supplying IPTV
+  plugin with MPEG2 TS data in UDP/RTP format to the listening port. The
+  data will be processed in VDR like a normal DVB broadcast. The listening
+  base port can be specified in the plugin configuration menu.
+
+- Each IPTV device is having a different listen port. The port number is
+  specified as a base port number plus IPTV device index minus one. Maximum
+  8 IPTV devices can be used.
 
 - IPTV plugin includes an example script which uses VLC media player for
-  receiving streams, transcoding and handing the result to IPTV plugin. IPTV
-  was tested with VLC version 0.8.6c
+  receiving streams, transcoding and handing the result to IPTV plugin. The
+  plugin was tested with VLC version 0.8.6c.
 
 Notes:
 
@@ -148,13 +156,6 @@ Notes:
 - The following section filters are recommended to be disabled:
   "NIT (0x40)", "SDT (0x42)", "TDT (0x70)"
 
-- The EXT protocol listens UDP packets from localhost. The default listen
-  port base number is 4321 and it can be configured via a commandline
-  switch. The port range is defined by the number of IPTV devices (max. 8).
-
-- The EXT protocol scripts must be located in the config directory of the
-  plugin.
-
 Acknowledgements:
 
 - The IPTV section filtering code is derived from Linux kernel.

config.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * See the README file for copyright information and how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: config.c,v 1.17 2007/10/19 22:54:03 rahrenbe Exp $
+ * $Id: config.c,v 1.18 2007/10/20 17:26:46 rahrenbe Exp $
  */
 
 #include "config.h"
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ cIptvConfig::cIptvConfig(void)
 : readBufferTsCount(48),
   tsBufferSize(2),
   tsBufferPrefillRatio(0),
+  extProtocolBasePort(4321),
   useBytes(1),
   sectionFiltering(1),
-  sidScanning(1),
-  extListenPortBase(4321)
+  sidScanning(1)
 {
   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < sizeof(disabledFilters); ++i)
       disabledFilters[i] = -1;

config.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * See the README file for copyright information and how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: config.h,v 1.15 2007/10/19 22:54:03 rahrenbe Exp $
+ * $Id: config.h,v 1.16 2007/10/20 17:26:46 rahrenbe Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __IPTV_CONFIG_H
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ private:
   unsigned int readBufferTsCount;
   unsigned int tsBufferSize;
   unsigned int tsBufferPrefillRatio;
+  unsigned int extProtocolBasePort;
   unsigned int useBytes;
   unsigned int sectionFiltering;
   unsigned int sidScanning;
-  unsigned int extListenPortBase;
   int disabledFilters[SECTION_FILTER_TABLE_SIZE];
   char configDirectory[255];
 
@@ -31,19 +31,19 @@ public:
   unsigned int GetReadBufferTsCount(void) { return readBufferTsCount; }
   unsigned int GetTsBufferSize(void) { return tsBufferSize; }
   unsigned int GetTsBufferPrefillRatio(void) { return tsBufferPrefillRatio; }
+  unsigned int GetExtProtocolBasePort(void) { return extProtocolBasePort; }
   unsigned int GetUseBytes(void) { return useBytes; }
   unsigned int GetSectionFiltering(void) { return sectionFiltering; }
   unsigned int GetSidScanning(void) { return sidScanning; }
-  unsigned int GetExtListenPortBase(void) { return extListenPortBase; }
   const char *GetConfigDirectory(void) { return configDirectory; }
   unsigned int GetDisabledFiltersCount(void);
   int GetDisabledFilters(unsigned int Index);
   void SetTsBufferSize(unsigned int Size) { tsBufferSize = Size; }
   void SetTsBufferPrefillRatio(unsigned int Ratio) { tsBufferPrefillRatio = Ratio; }
+  void SetExtProtocolBasePort(unsigned int PortNumber) { extProtocolBasePort = PortNumber; }
   void SetUseBytes(unsigned int On) { useBytes = On; }
   void SetSectionFiltering(unsigned int On) { sectionFiltering = On; }
   void SetSidScanning(unsigned int On) { sidScanning = On; }
-  void SetExtListenPortBase(unsigned int PortNumber) { extListenPortBase = PortNumber; }
   void SetDisabledFilters(unsigned int Index, int Number);
   void SetConfigDirectory(const char *directoryP);
 };

iptv.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * See the README file for copyright information and how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: iptv.c,v 1.23 2007/10/19 22:54:03 rahrenbe Exp $
+ * $Id: iptv.c,v 1.24 2007/10/20 17:26:46 rahrenbe Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ const char *cPluginIptv::CommandLineHelp(void)
 {
   debug("cPluginIptv::CommandLineHelp()\n");
   // Return a string that describes all known command line options.
-  return "  -d <num>, --devices=<number> number of devices to be created\n"
-         "  -p <port>,--port=<port>      base port number for EXT protocol UDP streaming\n";
+  return "  -d <num>, --devices=<number> number of devices to be created\n";
 }
 
 bool cPluginIptv::ProcessArgs(int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -76,19 +75,15 @@ bool cPluginIptv::ProcessArgs(int argc, char *argv[])
   // Implement command line argument processing here if applicable.
   static const struct option long_options[] = {
        { "devices", required_argument, NULL, 'd' },
-       { "port",    required_argument, NULL, 'p' },
        { NULL }
      };
 
   int c;
-  while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "d:p:", long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
+  while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "d:", long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
         switch (c) {
           case 'd':
                deviceCount = atoi(optarg);
                break;
-          case 'p':
-               IptvConfig.SetExtListenPortBase(atoi(optarg));
-               break;
           default:
                return false;
           }
@@ -183,6 +178,8 @@ bool cPluginIptv::SetupParse(const char *Name, const char *Value)
      IptvConfig.SetTsBufferSize(atoi(Value));
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "TsBufferPrefill"))
      IptvConfig.SetTsBufferPrefillRatio(atoi(Value));
+  else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "ExtProtocolBasePort"))
+     IptvConfig.SetExtProtocolBasePort(atoi(Value));
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "SectionFiltering"))
      IptvConfig.SetSectionFiltering(atoi(Value));
   else if (!strcasecmp(Name, "SidScanning"))

po/fi_FI.po

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: VDR 1.5.7\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: Rolf Ahrenberg\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2007-10-19 23:10+0300\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2007-10-20 19:43+0300\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2007-08-12 23:22+0300\n"
 "Last-Translator: Rolf Ahrenberg\n"
 "Language-Team: <vdr@linuxtv.org>\n"
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ msgstr "TS-puskurin koko [MB]"
 msgid "TS buffer prefill ratio [%]"
 msgstr "TS-puskurin esit<69>ytt<74>aste [%]"
 
+msgid "EXT protocol base port"
+msgstr "EXT-protokollan perusportti"
+
 msgid "Use section filtering"
 msgstr "K<>yt<79> sektioiden suodatusta"
 

protocolext.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * See the README file for copyright information and how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: protocolext.c,v 1.11 2007/10/20 11:36:21 ajhseppa Exp $
+ * $Id: protocolext.c,v 1.12 2007/10/20 17:26:46 rahrenbe Exp $
  */
 
 #include <sys/wait.h>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 cIptvProtocolExt::cIptvProtocolExt()
 : pid(-1),
-  listenPort(IptvConfig.GetExtListenPortBase()),
+  listenPort(IptvConfig.GetExtProtocolBasePort()),
   scriptParameter(0),
   socketDesc(-1),
   readBufferLen(TS_SIZE * IptvConfig.GetReadBufferTsCount())
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ bool cIptvProtocolExt::Set(const char* Location, const int Parameter, const int
         }
      scriptParameter = Parameter;
      // Update listen port
-     listenPort = IptvConfig.GetExtListenPortBase() + Index;
+     listenPort = IptvConfig.GetExtProtocolBasePort() + Index;
      }
   return true;
 }

setup.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * See the README file for copyright information and how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: setup.c,v 1.39 2007/10/19 22:54:03 rahrenbe Exp $
+ * $Id: setup.c,v 1.40 2007/10/20 17:26:46 rahrenbe Exp $
  */
 
 #include <string.h>
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ cIptvPluginSetup::cIptvPluginSetup()
   debug("cIptvPluginSetup::cIptvPluginSetup()\n");
   tsBufferSize = IptvConfig.GetTsBufferSize();
   tsBufferPrefill = IptvConfig.GetTsBufferPrefillRatio();
+  extProtocolBasePort = IptvConfig.GetExtProtocolBasePort();
   sectionFiltering = IptvConfig.GetSectionFiltering();
   sidScanning = IptvConfig.GetSidScanning();
   numDisabledFilters = IptvConfig.GetDisabledFiltersCount();
@@ -612,6 +613,7 @@ void cIptvPluginSetup::Setup(void)
   Clear();
   Add(new cMenuEditIntItem( tr("TS buffer size [MB]"),         &tsBufferSize, 1, 4));
   Add(new cMenuEditIntItem( tr("TS buffer prefill ratio [%]"), &tsBufferPrefill, 0, 40));
+  Add(new cMenuEditIntItem( tr("EXT protocol base port"),      &extProtocolBasePort, 0, 0xFFF7));
   Add(new cMenuEditBoolItem(tr("Use section filtering"),       &sectionFiltering));
   if (sectionFiltering) {
      Add(new cMenuEditBoolItem(tr("Scan Sid automatically"),   &sidScanning));
@@ -685,12 +687,14 @@ void cIptvPluginSetup::Store(void)
   // Store values into setup.conf
   SetupStore("TsBufferSize", tsBufferSize);
   SetupStore("TsBufferPrefill", tsBufferPrefill);
+  SetupStore("ExtProtocolBasePort", extProtocolBasePort);
   SetupStore("SectionFiltering", sectionFiltering);
   SetupStore("SidScanning", sidScanning);
   StoreFilters("DisabledFilters", disabledFilterIndexes);
   // Update global config
   IptvConfig.SetTsBufferSize(tsBufferSize);
   IptvConfig.SetTsBufferPrefillRatio(tsBufferPrefill);
+  IptvConfig.SetExtProtocolBasePort(extProtocolBasePort);
   IptvConfig.SetSectionFiltering(sectionFiltering);
   IptvConfig.SetSidScanning(sidScanning);
   for (int i = 0; i < SECTION_FILTER_TABLE_SIZE; ++i)

setup.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * See the README file for copyright information and how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: setup.h,v 1.15 2007/10/09 16:37:16 rahrenbe Exp $
+ * $Id: setup.h,v 1.16 2007/10/20 17:26:46 rahrenbe Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __IPTV_SETUP_H
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class cIptvPluginSetup : public cMenuSetupPage
 private:
   int tsBufferSize;
   int tsBufferPrefill;
+  int extProtocolBasePort;
   int sectionFiltering;
   int sidScanning;
   int numDisabledFilters;