@file README.txt @brief A software HD output device for VDR
Copyright (c) 2011 - 2013 by Johns. All Rights Reserved.
Contributor(s):
License: AGPLv3
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
License.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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A software and GPU emulated HD output device plugin for VDR.
o Video decoder CPU / VDPAU
o Video output VDPAU
o Audio FFMpeg / Alsa / Analog
o Audio FFMpeg / Alsa / Digital
o Audio FFMpeg / OSS / Analog
o HDMI/SPDIF pass-through
o Software volume, compression, normalize and channel resample
o VDR ScaleVideo API
o Software deinterlacer Bob (VA-API only)
o Autocrop
o Grab image (VDPAU only)
o Suspend / Dettach
o Letterbox, Stretch and Center cut-out video display modes
o atmo light support with plugin http://github.com/durchflieger/DFAtmo
o PIP (Picture-in-Picture) (VDPAU only)
o planned: Remove VA-API decoder and output support
o planned: Video decoder OpenMax
o planned: Video output Opengl / Xv
o planned: Improved software deinterlacer (yadif or/and ffmpeg filters)
o XvBa support is no longer planned (use future Radeon UVD VDPAU)
To compile you must have the 'requires' installed.
Good luck
johns
Quickstart:
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Just type make and use.
Install:
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1a) git
git clone git://projects.vdr-developer.org/vdr-plugin-softhddevice.git
cd vdr-plugin-softhddevice
make
make install
2a) tarball
Download latest version from:
http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-softhddevice/files
tar vxf vdr-softhddevice-*.tar.bz2
cd softhddevice-*
make
make install
You can edit Makefile to enable/disable VDPAU / VA-API / Alsa / OSS
support. The default is to autodetect as much as possible.
Setup: environment
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Following is supported:
DISPLAY=:0.0
x11 display name
NO_HW=1
if set don't use the hardware decoders
NO_MPEG_HW=1
if set don't use the hardware decoder for mpeg1/2
only if alsa is configured
ALSA_DEVICE=default
alsa PCM device name
ALSA_PASSTHROUGH_DEVICE=
alsa pass-though (AC-3,E-AC-3,DTS,...) device name
ALSA_MIXER=default
alsa control device name
ALSA_MIXER_CHANNEL=PCM
alsa control channel name
only if oss is configured
OSS_AUDIODEV=/dev/dsp
oss dsp device name
OSS_PASSTHROUGHDEV=
oss pass-though (AC-3,E-AC-3,DTS,...) device name
OSS_MIXERDEV=/dev/mixer
oss mixer device name
OSS_MIXER_CHANNEL=pcm
oss mixer channel name
Setup: /etc/vdr/setup.conf
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Following is supported:
softhddevice.MakePrimary = 0
0 = no change, 1 make softhddevice primary at start
softhddevice.HideMainMenuEntry = 0
0 = show softhddevice main menu entry, 1 = hide entry
softhddevice.Osd.Width = 0
0 = auto (=display, unscaled) n = fixed osd size scaled for display
softhddevice.Osd.Height = 0
0 = auto (=display, unscaled) n = fixed osd size scaled for display
<res> of the next parameters is 576i, 720p, 1080i_fake or 1080i.
1080i_fake is 1280x1080 or 1440x1080
1080i is "real" 1920x1080
softhddevice.<res>.Scaling = 0
0 = normal, 1 = fast, 2 = HQ, 3 = anamorphic
softhddevice.<res>.Deinterlace = 0
0 = bob, 1 = weave, 2 = temporal, 3 = temporal_spatial, 4 = software
(only 0, 1, 4 supported with VA-API)
softhddevice.<res>.SkipChromaDeinterlace = 0
0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (for slower cards, poor qualit<69>t)
softhddevice.<res>.InverseTelecine = 0
0 = disabled, 1 = enabled
softhddevice.<res>.Denoise = 0
0 .. 1000 noise reduction level (0 off, 1000 max)
softhddevice.<res>.Sharpness = 0
-1000 .. 1000 noise reduction level (0 off, -1000 max blur,
1000 max sharp)
softhddevice.<res>.CutTopBottom = 0
Cut 'n' pixels at at top and bottom of the video picture.
softhddevice.<res>.CutLeftRight = 0
Cut 'n' pixels at at left and right of the video picture.
softhddevice.AudioDelay = 0
+n or -n ms
delay audio or delay video
softhddevice.AudioPassthrough = 0
0 = none, 1 = PCM, 2 = MPA, 4 = AC-3, 8 = EAC-3, -X disable
for PCM/AC-3/EAC-3 the pass-through device is used and the audio
stream is passed undecoded to the output device.
z.b. 12 = AC-3+EAC-3, 13 = PCM+AC-3+EAC-3
note: MPA/DTS/TrueHD/... aren't supported yet
negative values disable passthrough
softhddevice.AudioDownmix = 0
0 = none, 1 = downmix
Use ffmpeg/libav downmix of AC-3/EAC-3 audio to stereo.
softhddevice.AudioSoftvol = 0
0 = off, use hardware volume control
1 = on, use software volume control
softhddevice.AudioNormalize = 0
0 = off, 1 = enable audio normalize
softhddevice.AudioMaxNormalize = 0
maximal volume factor/1000 of the normalize filter
softhddevice.AudioCompression = 0
0 = off, 1 = enable audio compression
softhddevice.AudioMaxCompression = 0
maximal volume factor/1000 of the compression filter
softhddevice.AudioStereoDescent = 0
reduce volume level (/1000) for stereo sources
softhddevice.AudioBufferTime = 0
0 = default (336 ms)
1 - 1000 = size of the buffer in ms
softhddevice.AutoCrop.Interval = 0
0 disables auto-crop
n each 'n' frames auto-crop is checked.
softhddevice.AutoCrop.Delay = 0
if auto-crop is over 'n' intervals the same, the cropping is
used.
softhddevice.AutoCrop.Tolerance = 0
if detected crop area is too small, cut max 'n' pixels at top and
bottom.
softhddevice.Background = 0
32bit RGBA background color
(Red * 16777216 + Green * 65536 + Blue * 256 + Alpha)
or hex RRGGBBAA
grey 127 * 16777216 + 127 * 65536 + 127 * 256 => 2139062016
in the setup menu this is entered as (24bit RGB and 8bit Alpha)
(Red * 65536 + Green * 256 + Blue)
softhddevice.StudioLevels = 0
0 use PC levels (0-255) with vdpau.
1 use studio levels (16-235) with vdpau.
softhddevice.Suspend.Close = 0
1 suspend closes x11 window, connection and audio device.
(use svdrpsend plug softhddevice RESU to resume, if you have no lirc)
softhddevice.Suspend.X11 = 0
1 suspend stops X11 server (not working yet)
softhddevice.60HzMode = 0
0 disable 60Hz display mode
1 enable 60Hz display mode
softhddevice.SoftStartSync = 0
0 disable soft start of audio/video sync
1 enable soft start of audio/video sync
softhddevice.BlackPicture = 0
0 disable black picture during channel switch
1 enable black picture during channel switch
softhddevice.ClearOnSwitch = 0
0 keep video und audio buffers during channel switch
1 clear video and audio buffers on channel switch
softhddevice.Video4to3DisplayFormat = 1
0 pan and scan
1 letter box
2 center cut-out
softhddevice.VideoOtherDisplayFormat = 1
0 pan and scan
1 pillar box
2 center cut-out
softhddevice.pip.X = 79
softhddevice.pip.Y = 78
softhddevice.pip.Width = 18
softhddevice.pip.Height = 18
PIP pip window position and size in percent.
softhddevice.pip.VideoX = 0
softhddevice.pip.VideoY = 0
softhddevice.pip.VideoWidth = 0
softhddevice.pip.VideoHeight = 0
PIP video window position and size in percent.
softhddevice.pip.Alt.X = 0
softhddevice.pip.Alt.Y = 50
softhddevice.pip.Alt.Width = 0
softhddevice.pip.Alt.Height = 50
PIP alternative pip window position and size in percent.
softhddevice.pip.Alt.VideoX = 0
softhddevice.pip.Alt.VideoY = 0
softhddevice.pip.Alt.VideoWidth = 0
softhddevice.pip.Alt.VideoHeight = 50
PIP alternative video window position and size in percent.
Setup: /etc/vdr/remote.conf
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Add "XKeySym." definitions to /etc/vdr/remote.conf to control
the vdr and plugin with the connected input device.
fe.
XKeySym.Up Up
XKeySym.Down Down
...
Additional to the x11 input sends the window close button "Close".
fe.
XKeySym.Power Close
Commandline:
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Use vdr -h to see the command line arguments supported by the plugin.
-a audio_device
Selects audio output module and device.
"" to disable audio output
/... to use oss audio module (if compiled with oss
support)
other to use alsa audio module (if compiled with alsa
support)
SVDRP:
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Use 'svdrpsend.pl plug softhddevice HELP'
or 'svdrpsend plug softhddevice HELP' to see the SVDRP commands help
and which are supported by the plugin.
Keymacros:
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See keymacros.conf how to setup the macros.
This are the supported key sequences:
@softhddevice Blue 1 0 disable pass-through
@softhddevice Blue 1 1 enable pass-through
@softhddevice Blue 1 2 toggle pass-through
@softhddevice Blue 1 3 decrease audio delay by 10ms
@softhddevice Blue 1 4 increase audio delay by 10ms
@softhddevice Blue 1 5 toggle ac3 mixdown
@softhddevice Blue 2 0 disable fullscreen
@softhddevice Blue 2 1 enable fullscreen
@softhddevice Blue 2 2 toggle fullscreen
@softhddevice Blue 2 3 disable auto-crop
@softhddevice Blue 2 4 enable auto-crop
@softhddevice Blue 2 5 toggle auto-crop
@softhddevice Blue 3 0 stretch 4:3 to 16:9
@softhddevice Blue 3 1 letter box 4:3 in 16:9
@softhddevice Blue 3 2 center cut-out 4:3 to 16:9
@softhddevice Blue 3 9 rotate 4:3 to 16:9 zoom mode
Running:
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Click into video window to toggle fullscreen/window mode, only if you
have a window manager running.
Warning:
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libav is not supported, expect many bugs with it.
Known Bugs:
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VA-API doesn't v-sync h264 interlaced streams
vdr-image not working
Requires:
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media-video/vdr (version >=1.7.xx)
Video Disk Recorder - turns a pc into a powerful set top box
for DVB.
http://www.tvdr.de/
media-video/ffmpeg (version >=0.7)
Complete solution to record, convert and stream audio and
video. Includes libavcodec and libswresample.
http://ffmpeg.org
media-libs/alsa-lib
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Library
http://www.alsa-project.org
or
kernel support for oss/oss4 or alsa oss emulation
x11-libs/libva (deprecated)
Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/vaapi
x11-libs/libva-intel-driver
HW video decode support for Intel integrated graphics
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/vaapi
or
x11-libs/vdpau-video
VDPAU Backend for Video Acceleration (VA) API
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/vaapi
or
x11-libs/xvba-video
XVBA Backend for Video Acceleration (VA) API
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/vaapi
x11-libs/libvdpau
VDPAU wrapper and trace libraries
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/VDPAU
x11-libs/libxcb,
X C-language Bindings library
http://xcb.freedesktop.org
x11-libs/xcb-util,
x11-libs/xcb-util-wm,
x11-libs/xcb-util-keysyms
X C-language Bindings library
http://xcb.freedesktop.org
Only versions >= 0.3.8 are good supported
x11-libs/libX11
X.Org X11 library
http://xorg.freedesktop.org
GNU Make 3.xx
http://www.gnu.org/software/make/make.html
Optional:
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