From 0b7157b1c04ef96f6ad1d513972da2d56337d03b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rolf Ahrenberg Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 15:56:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated README. --- README | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index ca20aff..18a1462 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ This is a IPTV for the Video Disk Recorder (VDR). Written by: Rolf Ahrenberg R o l f . A h r e n b e r g @ s c i . f i - Antti Seppälä a j h s e p p a @ n i k s u l a . h u t . f i + Antti Seppälä a j h s e p p a @ n i k s u l a . h u t . f i Project's homepage: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~rahrenbe/vdr/iptv/ @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ See the file COPYING for more information. Requirements: -IPTV patched VDR-1.5.9+ and multicast IPTV transport streams +IPTV patched VDR-1.5.9+ and multicast/unicast transport streams Description: @@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ This plugin integrates multicast IPTV transport streams seamlessly into VDR. You can use any IPTV channel like any other normal DVB channel for live viewing, recording, ... +Currently the IPTV plugin supports multicast UDP/RTP and unicast HTTP +streams. Also a file input method is supported, but file delay must be +selected individually to prevent VDR's transfer buffer over/underflow. +Therefore it should be considered as a testing feature only. + Installation: cd /put/your/path/here/VDR/PLUGINS/src @@ -35,21 +40,46 @@ make make plugins ./vdr -P iptv -Channels.conf examples: +Setup parameters: -TV1;IPTV:1:IPTV|UDP|127.0.0.1|1234:P:0:512:650:2321:0:1:0:0:0 - ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ - | | | | | Source type ("P") - | | | | IP Port Number or File delay (ms) - | | | IP Address or File Location - | | Protocol ("UDP", "HTTP", "FILE") - | Plugin ID ("IPTV") - Unique enumeration +- TS buffer size [MB] = 2 Defines ringbuffer size for transport + stream in MB. + The valid range: 1...16 +- TS buffer prefill ratio [%] = 0 Defines prefill ratio for transport + stream ringbuffer before data is + transferred to VDR. + The valid range: 0...40 +- Use section filtering = 1 Defines whether section filtering shall + be used. + The valid range: 0...1 +- Scan Sid automatically = 1 Defines whether service id shall be + scanned automatically. Requires section + filtering. + The valid range: 0...1 +- Disable filters = 0 Certain section filters might have some + unwanted behaviour. This option allows you + to blacklist them. If this option is set + to a non-zero value, the menu page will + contain that many "Disable filter" options + which allow you to disable the individual + section filters. -TV2;IPTV:2:IPTV|HTTP|127.0.0.1/TS/2|3000:P:0:513:660:2321:0:2:0:0:0 -TV3;IPTV:3:IPTV|FILE|/media/video.ts|5:P:0:514:670:2321:0:3:0:0:0 +Configuration: -Example UDP multicast configuration for iptables firewall: +- channels.conf + + TV3;IPTV:3:IPTV|FILE|/media/video.ts|5:P:0:514:670:2321:0:3:0:0:0 + TV2;IPTV:2:IPTV|HTTP|127.0.0.1/TS/2|3000:P:0:513:660:2321:0:2:0:0:0 + TV1;IPTV:1:IPTV|UDP|127.0.0.1|1234:P:0:512:650:2321:0:1:0:0:0 + ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ + | | | | | Source type ("P") + | | | | IP Port Number or File delay (ms) + | | | IP Address or File Location + | | Protocol ("UDP", "HTTP", "FILE") + | Plugin ID ("IPTV") + Unique enumeration + +- UDP multicast rules for iptables firewall # Multicast UDP -packets iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p udp -d 224.0.0.0/4 --dport 1234 -j ACCEPT