vdr-plugin-streamdev/HISTORY

VDR Plugin 'streamdev' Revision History
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- support for non-cycle-free setups (e.g. where two VDRs mutually share
  their DVB cards through streamdev-client/-server). Must be enabled in
  streamdev-server setup. Obsoletes recursion patches.
- API change of VDR 1.7.22
- VDR 1.7.22 obsoletes cap_net_raw patch. Added cap_net_raw patch for VDR
  1.7.5 - 1.7.21.
- Update and UTF-8 conversion of Finnish po files (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
- Added "Hide mainmenu entry" option on server (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
- Added server menu with list of clients. Connections can be terminated
  with the "red" key. The former main menu action of suspending live TV
  moved to the "blue" key.
- code cleanup and optimization (thanks to Ville Skyttä)
- properly shutdown IGMP timeout handler thread when the plugin is stopped.
  Fixes occasional segfaults on VDR exit.
- fixed memory leak in libdvbmpeg read_pes (thanks to Ville Skyttä)
- dropped several unused functions in libdvbmpeg
- restricted VTP command RENR to liemikuutio patch < 1.32. Build fails with
  newer versions of this patch (thanks to Ville Skyttä)
- updated outdated COPYING file and FSF address (thanks to Ville Skyttä)
- include SDT and TDT in TS streams
- the icy-name HTTP header sent with radio streams makes VLC pick the wrong
  demuxer. Send icy-name only for ES audio streams.
- fixed regression of "live TV must be switched in VDR main thread" change:
  deadlock in IGMP streaming server when switching live TV.
- streamdev-client returns true in its AvoidRecording() method introduced
  with VDR 1.7.19. Note however that the impact of NumProvidedSystems is
  higher.
- updated device selection to code of VDR 1.7.19
- adaption to VDR 1.7.12 cReceiver API change
- increased WRITERBUFSIZE. Has been reported to fix some ringbuffer
  overflows (thanks to Lubo¨ Dole¸el)
- check availability of channel if VTP command TUNE is called without
  prior PROV call (e.g. client side EPG scan)
- added support for VDR 1.7.19 SignalStrength/SignalQuality
- analog video channels use the same transponder and pid for different
  channels, so streamdev-client must always issue TUNE command
- server must close the VTP connection also if filter stream is broken
- fixed missing #ifdefs for new NumProvidedSystems setup option
- new externremux.sh mencoder config options: audio pid by language code
  (-alang) and verbosity (-msglevel) (thanks to Pekko Tiitto)
- writer must not spend too much time waiting in select() without checking
  if the thread has been cancelled
- added Spanish translation (thanks to Javier Bradineras)
- live TV must be switched in VDR main thread
- dropped compatibility with VDR < 1.5.16
- return value of streamdev-clients cDevice::NumProvidedSystems() now
  configurable in plugin setup

2011-02-11: Version 0.5.1

- updated copy of GetClippedNumProvidedSystems to the version used since
  VDR 1.7.15 (reported by carel@vdrportal)
- fixed the code deciding if a device is in use for live TV or not. It did
  not work as expected for FF cards (reported by wtor@vdrportal)
- increased client side timeout for TUNE command
- more dsyslog messages to help troubleshouting channel switch issues
- improved the channel switch code trying to move live TV to different card
- make sure that a client doesn't interrupt replaying on server's FF card
  (reported by wtor@vdrportal)
- switching away live TV failed even when "always suspended" (reported by
  Michal Novotny)
- fixed regression: no receiver created for ES/PS/PES (reported by Gavin
  Hamill)
- VTP no longer uses a static priority value for its server-side receivers.
  The server stores channel and priority requested with the PROV command and
  re-uses these values in a subsequent TUNE for the same channel. The new
  PRIO command is used to update the receiver's priority if necessary.
- added parameter HEIGHT to externremux.sh
- fixed syslog messages reporting local instead of remote IP and port
- fixed regression of the GetDevice(...) change. Filter streaming to clients
  with a recent VDR version no longer worked.
- log an error if externremux.sh is missing or not executable
- since VDR 1.5.0 cDevice::GetDevice(...) is no longer a query only method.
  It detaches all receivers of the device it returns. So it is no longer
  suitable for testing the availability of a device. Added a copy of VDR's
  cDevice::GetDevice(...) without the detach receivers part as a workaround
  until a better solution is available
- added dsyslog messages to help troubleshouting channel switch issues
- VTP command SUSP didn't attach the player to the primary device
- fixed incompatibilities with older make versions
- replacing a connections receiver is now an atomic operation. Solves
  stuttering audio/video due to lost TS packets when adding/removing PIDs
- disabled attribute warn_unused_result in libdvbmpeg
- slightly increased thread priorities of cStreamdevWriter/Streamer
  (suggested by Rolf Ahrenberg)
- fixed missing support for invisible channel groups (groups without name)
  in HTTP menu (reported by Timothy D. Lenz)
- don't quote actual program call in externremux.sh, so you can run the
  program through e.g. nice or taskset just by extending the variable
  which holds the program name
- in externremux.sh each mencoder audio and video codec has a dedicated
  variable for a default option string now. Still you can override each
  default option with an URL parameter
- externremux.sh mencoder now uses scale parameter with negative height
  instead of -xy for scaling (suggested by vel_tins@vdrportal)
- added FPS (frames per second) parameter to externremux.sh (suggested by
  vel_tins@vdrportal)
- don't use std::map.at(). It's not available in older libstdc++ version
  (reported by Matthias Prill)
- fixed extremux x264 using value of ABR for VBR (thanks to vel_tins@vdrportal)

2010-07-20: Version 0.5.0b

- fixed wrong URL path in m3u playlists (reported by Norman Thiel)

2010-07-20: Version 0.5.0a

- set externremux.sh executable in distribution archive
- externremux quality value should be wlan54, not wlan45 (reported by
  wolfi.m@vdrportal)

2010-07-19: Version 0.5.0

- using SIGINT in externremux to kill mencoder works better than SIGTERM;
  especially x264 still needs a SIGKILL sometimes
- added --remove-destination to cp commands installing plugins
- fixed "plugin doesn't honor APIVERSION" (reported by carel@vdrportal)
- updated Italian translation (thanks to Diego Pierotto)
- config option "client may suspend" hidden if not applicable
- updated and enhanced README
- separated language resources of client and server
- restructured build process
- added support for HTTP method HEAD
- rewrite of externremux.sh, including support for various URL parameters,
  logging and improved shutdown
- start externremux script in a separate process group
- changed HTTP URL path for externremux from EXTERN to EXT (suggested by
  Rolf Ahrenberg)
- HTTP headers now have to be emitted by externremux script
- pass channel related information and URL parameters to externremux script
  through environment
- implement CGI like interface for externremux script
- dropped "Synchronize EPG" feature. Please use epgsync-plugin instead
  (available from http://vdr.schmirler.de)
- proper tsplay-0.2 patch detection. tsplay-0.1 is no longer recognized
  (thanks to Udo Richter)
- added compatibility with VDR 1.6 tsplay-0.1 patch
- added support for EnhancedAC3 (thanks to Eric Valette)
- fixed a memory leak in cStreamdevPatFilter::GetPid (thanks to lhanisch)
- length -1 is the correct value for streams in M3U playlists
- switching between two encrypted channels on the same transponder didn't
  always work (thanks to sk8ter@vdrportal)
- added DELT FORCE option to delete running timers (thanks to Alwin Esch)
- added VDR 1.7.11 parental rating support for VTP LSTE command (thanks to
  Alwin Esch)
- added Lithuanian translation (thanks to Valdemaras Pipiras)
- fixed missing virtual destructor for cTSRemux
- added defines for large file support to Makefile as required by VDR 1.7.4+
  (reported by wirbel@vdrportal)
- added Slovak translation (thanks to Milan Hrala)
- fixed regression from fix for switching between encrypted channels. It was
  no longer possible to receive multiple (FTA) streams from the same
  transponder
- silenced warnings concerning asprintf (requested by Rolf Ahrenberg)
- don't update recordings list on CmdPLAY (reported by BBlack)
- cleaned up common.h / common.c
- dropped cStreamdevMenuSetupPage
- report charset in HTTP replies (suggested by Rolf Ahrenberg)
- use SO_KEEPALIVE option on all sockets do detect dead sockets (thanks to
  owagner)
- enable PatFilter for externremux, so VLC can be used as remuxer or client
- fixed insecure format strings in LSTX handlers (thanks to Anssi Hannula)
- updated Finish translation (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
- removed redefinitions in includes - caused problems in older compilers
- fixed ts2ps.h defines
- fixed missing virtual for cTS2PESRemux destructor
- silenced format mismatch warning on 64bit OS
- added XBMC support by extending VTP capabilities (thanks to Alwin Esch)
- now there's a common baseclass for all remuxers, make use of it
- added cDevice::NumProvidedSystems() which was introduced in VDR 1.7.0
- added namespace to remuxers
- increased WRITERBUFSIZE - buffer was too small for high bandwidth content
- removed cStreamdevStreamer::m_Running
- eliminated potential busy waits in remuxers
- updated cTSRemux static helpers to code of their VDR 1.6.0 counterparts
- re-enabled PES vor VDR 1.7.3+. Streamdev now uses a copy of VDR 1.6.0's
  cRemux for TS to PES remuxing.
- make sure that only complete TS packets are written to ringbuffers
- use signaling instead of sleeps when writing to ringbuffers
- optimized cStreamdevPatFilter PAT packet initialization
- fixed cStreamdevPatFilter not processing PATs with length > TS_SIZE - 5
- use a small ringbuffer for cStreamdevPatFilter instead of writing to
  cStreamdevStreamers SendBuffer as two threads mustn't write to the same
  ringbuffer
- added missing call to StopSectionHandler which could cause crashes when
  shutting down VDR
- added IGMP based multicast streaming
- ignore trailing blank lines in HTTP requests
- fixed parsing Min/MaxPriority from config (thanks to Joachim König-Baltes)
- updated Finnish translation (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
- added Min/MaxPriority parameters. Can be used to keep client VDR from
  using streamdev e.g. when recording
- disabled PES for VDR 1.7.3+
- added Network Media Tank browser support to HTML pages (thanks to Jori
  Hamalainen)
- minor fixes of PAT repacker
- repack and send every PAT packet we receive
- fixed null pointer in server.c when cConnection::Accept() failes
- consider Pids from channels.conf when HTTP TS streaming. Section filtering
  is an optional feature for VDR devices, so we must not rely on the PMT
  alone (pointed out by wirbel@vdrportal)
- improved externremux script termination (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
- use cThread::Running()/Active() instead of private members (thanks to
  Rolf Ahrenberg)
- fixed output format of some debug messages (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
- added HTTP authentication
- compatibility for VDR 1.7.1 (thanks to Udo Richter)
- added vdr-1.6.0-intcamdevices.patch (thanks to Anssi Hannula)
- fixed problem when switching from one encrypted channel to an other
  (reported by Tiroler@vdrportal, initial bugfix by pixelpeter@vdrportal,
  another fix by owagner@vdrportal)
- added preprocessor directive for ancient gcc
- added Russian translation (thanks to Oleg Roitburd)
- fixed assignment of externremux.sh's default location (reported by plautze)
- added French translation (thanks to micky979)
- added Italian translation (thanks to Diego Pierotto)
- added gettext support (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
- added vdr-1.6.0-ignore_missing_cam patch
- dropped obsolete respect_ca patch
- removed legacy code for < VDR 1.5.9 (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)

2008-04-07: Branched v0_4

- changed location of streamdevhosts.conf to VDRCONFDIR/plugins/streamdev
- changed externremux.sh's default location to VDRCONFDIR/plugins/streamdev
- added sample externremux.sh from http://www.vdr-wiki.de/
- stop providing channels after client has been disabled at runtime
- added logging of the client device's card index
- changed default suspend mode to "Always suspended"
- added "Hide Mainmenu Entry" setup option on client
- resurrected clients "Suspend Server" menu item as its mainmenu entry
- dropped unused code for remote timers/recordings on client side
- dropped unused files client/{assembler,menu,remote}.[hc]
- dropped unused files in libdvbmpeg (reported by tobi)
- dropped patches for pre VDR 1.4
- removed legacy code for pre VDR 1.4 (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)

2008-03-31: Version 0.3.4

- added possibility to pass parameter to externremux.sh (thanks to Rolf
  Ahrenberg)
- use HTTP host header in absolute URLs for DNAT / reverse proxy support
- rewrite of the HTTP menu part
- added M3U playlists (thanks to Petri Hinutkainen)
- enable section filtering only with compatible clients (thanks to Petri
  Hintukainen)
- fixed compiler warning
- added EIT to HTTP TS streams (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
- compatibility for FreeBSD (thanks to Joerg Pulz)
- added TS PAT repacker (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
- fixed Makefile's default target (suggested by Rolf Ahrenberg)
- workaround for tuning problems on 1.5.x clients (thanks to alexw)
- added VTP support for PS, PES and EXTERN (PS requested by mpanczyk)
- fixed gcc-4.3.0 warnings (thanks to Petri Hintukainen)
- fixed busy wait when client isn't accepting data fast enough (thanks to
  Olli Lammi)
- fixed client reconnect after server restart (reported by alexw)
- added lock in ~cStreamdevDevice (thanks to Petri Hintukainen)
- externremux: check for ringbuffer full condition (reported by
  vdr-freak@vdrportal)
- diffserv support for traffic shaping and WMM capable WLAN accesspoint
  (suggested by ollo@vdrportal)
- check vasprintf() return code (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
- fixed memory leak in buffer overflow situations (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
- added PAT, PMT and PCR to HTTP TS streams (thanks to Petri Hintukainen and
  Rolf Ahrenberg)
- detect data stream disconnections. Fixes high CPU load (thanks to Petri
  Hintukainen)
- fixed segfault with VDR 1.5 (thanks to Petri Hintukainen)
- made section filtering work (thanks to Petri Hintukainen)
- added compiler flag -Wall and fixed corresponding warnings (thanks to
  Rolf Ahrenberg)
- close pipe when externremux is gone. Fixes high CPU load problem
- close connection when client is gone. Fixes high CPU load problem
- silenced compiler warnings (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
- added commandline parameter for externremux script (thanks to Rolf
  Ahrenberg)
- detach receivers before switching transponders
- API changes for VDR 1.5.0 (thanks to Udo Richter)
- log connections failures only every 10s (reported by greenman@vdrportal)
- replaced uint64 by uint64_t
- added Recursion patch for vdr 1.4
- added LocalChannelProvide for vdr 1.4.x
- added respect_ca patch
- speedup cPluginStreamdevServer::Active() by caching translation (thanks
  to Udo Richter)
- periodically check if streamdev-server needs to shutdown (thanks to Udo
  Richter)
- collect terminated externremux.sh processes (reported by Norad@vdrportal)
- avoid fd leaks when we fail to spawn externremux.sh
- detach all receivers before tuning to a different transponder
- Re-enabled logging for the Detach()/Attach() issue
- Added -fPIC compiler flag required on AMD64 architectures

2006-08-17: End of maintenance by Thomas Keil

- updated Finish translation (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
- fixed fd leak (thanks to Artur Skawina)
- re-enabled Detach/Attach to temporarily release the device used by
  streamdev while checking if we can switch transponders (thanks to
  PanamaJack@vdrportal)
- adopted to VDR 1.4.x

2006-01-26: End of maintenance by Sascha Volkenandt

- fixed http error response
- added class forward declaration for gcc >= 4.0
- adopted to VDR >= 1.3.36
- added LocalChannelProvide for vdr 1.3.24
- fixed missing include
- added TS compatibility mode
- deleting whole block instead of fractions now
- fixed wrong remux usage
- added finish translations (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
- protected cStreamer::Stop() from being called concurrently
- some compilers complained about missing declarations, added <ctype.h>
- removed assembler and thus saving one ringbuffer
- fixed destruction order on channel switch (fixes one crash that happens
  occasionally when switching)
- removed client menu code temporarily
- streamer now gets stopped when connection terminates unexpectedly
- fixed recursive delete in streamer
- fixed pure virtual crash in server
- audio track selection for http

2004-??-??: Version 0.3.3

- dropped support for non-ts streaming in vdr-to-vdr clients
- implemented packet buffer that seems to improve distortions
- greatly re-worked device selection on server and client
  (vdr-to-vdr clients should behave exactly like clients with one card,
  can't test conditional access, though)
- now printing an error and exiting if streamdevhosts.conf is not existing
- increased client stream priority to 1
- implemented remote schedule to program remote timers directly from schedule
- the servers are turned on by default now
- new setup parameters "Bind to IP" for both servers for binding to a specific
  interface
- re-implemented section streaming (turned off by default, see setup menu)
- implemented a possibility to prevent a shutdown when clients are connected
  (patch VDR with patches/vdr-pluginactivity.diff if you want this feature)
- implemented channel listing through channels.htm(l) URI

????-??-??: Version 0.3.2

... has myteriously disappeared :-)

2004-02-16: Version 0.3.1 (unstable)

- Added finnish language texts (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg)
- Increased all ringbuffer sizes to 3 MB
- Autodetecting VDR 1.2.x, 1.2.x with AutoPID and 1.3.x on compilation
- Server is only restarted if necessary after confirming setup
- Implemented PID-based streaming (only needed PIDs are transferred instead of
  all PIDs of the requested channel) (configurable)
- Implemented an editor for remote timers
- Implemented manual EPG synchronization from client
- Implemented Server Suspend remotely from client (configurable)
- Implemented an IP-Editor for the setup menu
- Separated Client and Server into two PlugIns
- Increased initial number of clients to five
- Implemented host-based authorization (syntax is equal to svdrphosts.conf)
- Removed two irritating messages that appeared sometimes while exiting VDR
- Implemented "Choose, Always, Never" for Suspend Mode, so it can be configured
  to behave like 0.2.0 (Always), 0.3.0 (Choose) or completely different (Never)
- Added missing translation entries
- Added PlugIn description to translation table
- Fully upgraded to VDR 1.3.X regarding threading (but still works with 1.2.6)
- Reworked manual (almost everything)

2003-10-10: Version 0.3.0 (unstable)

- Implemented "Suspend Live TV" in the VDR server (configurable)
- Reimplemented choice of device for live streaming (better for switching on
  client, and server doesn't loose live-tv)
- Added missing translation entries
- Increased client's streaming buffer size from 1 to 3 MB
- Updated installation instructions (including a patch to VDR that is 
  recommended currently)
- Updated manual

2003-10-04: Version 0.2.0 

- Removed those silly warnings in the toolbox-headers
- Implemented intelligent buffer overflow logging (doesn't flood syslog)
- Implemented EPG synchronization in the VDR client (configurable)
- Station name is transmitted in radio streaming now (Shoutcast-format).

2003-09-24: Version 0.1.1beta1

- Restructured remuxer code
- Added an ES-remuxer for radio channels (currently only manually)

2003-09-20: Version 0.1.0

- Fixed thread-abortion timeout in server thread

2003-08-31: Version 0.1.0beta4

- Added italian language texts (thanks to Angelus (DOm))
- Added a missing i18n translation (thanks to DOm)
- Added an #ifdef so the setup menu is displayed correctly with ElchiAIO 
	(thanks to DOm for reporting this one)
- It's possible to select the HTTP streamtype remotely, specified in the
  URL in addition to the old behaviour (thanks to Michal Novotny)
- Fixed creation ob remuxer objects in the server
- Fixed handling of timeout in cTBSelect

2003-06-08: Version 0.1.0beta3

- Fixed setup menu - now the cursor starts at the first visible entry
- Added PS streaming for HTTP (should work with most players now)
- Debugging symbols are only compiled with DEBUG=1 set

2003-06-06: Version 0.1.0beta2

- Added an #ifdef so this PlugIn will compile cleanly with the next 
  AUTOPID-patches
- Added categories to the menu
- Fixed segfault when closing the menu with OK
- Added an AnalogTV section to the README
- Added some missing i18n entries
- Corrected client reinitialization code (when changing client settings)
- Added PS streaming for HTTP (should work with most players now)
- Added -D_GNU_SOURCE to the Makefile (.......)

2003-06-03: Version 0.1.0beta1

- Replaced the toolbox with a current version
- Rewrote the server core from scratch
- Rewrote the client core from scratch
- Reduced the size of blocks processed in a transceiver turn to 10 TS packets
- Added TS transmission for HTTP (configurable via setup)
- Most client settings can be done on-the-fly now
- MIME type for radio channels now "audio/mpeg" instead of "video/mpeg"
  (still doesn't work really)

2003-05-08: Version 0.0.3beta1

- Server stops correctly on VDR exit
- Fixed a race condition when several threads access the client device
- Made server code more modular
- Structured the directories
- Fixed a bug in informational log-message
- Added Apid2, Dpid1 and Ppid in TS mode (silly me;) )

2003-05-03: Version 0.0.2

- Device is not deactivated anymore, since VDR does that itself
- Server is correctly deactivated, so it can be faultlessly reactivated
- Did some major code cleanup
- Added new command to the PROTOCOL (to negotiate stream types)
- Added the possibility to stream TS between two VDR's (which adds the 
  possibility of having AC3, Teletext etc. on the client) - this is 
  autonegotiated
- Streamtype can be changed in the setup menu, if TS works too unreliable
- Fixed a bug in multi-threaded device operation
- Sharing an epg.data with a server will be possible even if there is no 
  DVB-Device present
- Added a basic HTTP daemon to the server code

2003-03-17: Version 0.0.1a

- Corrected some bugs in the README and on the homepage *g*

2003-03-17: Version 0.0.1

- Initial revision.