This is a "plugin" for the Video Disk Recorder (VDR). Written by: Louis Braun Project's homepage: http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-tvguide Latest version available at: http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-tvguide/files This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See the file COPYING for more information. Requirements ------------ - Clone Git Repository: git clone git://projects.vdr-developer.org/vdr-plugin-tvguide.git - VDR version >= 2.0.0 - Installed ImageMagick for showing png/jpg Channel Logos, EPG Images and menu icons - for scaling the video picture to fit into the VDR menu window please use softhddevice plugin revision 87c1c7be (2013-01-01) or newer. - Installed epgsearch Plugin for extended search & recording features. - Installed remotetimers Plugin for creating timers on a vdr server remotely from a vdr client. Description ----------- "TvGuide" is a highly customizable 2D EPG viewer plugin. Installation ------------ After "normal" Plugin installation you have to care about the paths for the used Icons, the channel logos and epg images. The following paths can be set at startup: -l path, --logodir=path Path to the logos (Default: /plugins/tvguide/channellogos/). -i path, --epgimages=path Path to the epgimages (Default: /plugins/tvguide/epgimages/). -c path, --icons=path Path to the icons directory (Default: /plugins/tvguide/epgimages/). ResourceDirectory is taken from your VDR configuration (make.config or vdr.pc). During a "make install" the Icons are automatically copied from /icons/ to the default path. Included Theme files are also copied from /themes/ to /themes/ I recommend to use channel logos from https://github.com/3PO/Senderlogos To download them just change in the directory you want to place the logos and do a: git clone https://github.com/3PO/Senderlogos.git logos An update of the logos can then be done with a "git pull" just inside this directory. For S2-6400 Users: Disable High Level OSD, otherwise the plugin will not be loaded because lack of true color support For Xine-Plugin Users: Set "Blend scaled Auto" as OSD display mode to achieve an suitable true color OSD. For Xineliboutput Users: Start vdr-sxfe with the --hud option enabled Usage ----- Remote Control Keys: Up/Down/Left/Right: Navigation in the EPG grid Ok: Detailed EPG View of the selected grid 2nd Ok closes the detailed view Red: Search & Recording Menu Green / Yellow: Jump (default) five channels back / forward Blue: Switch to currently selected channel 1 / 3: Big jump (default 3h) back / forward in time 4 / 6: huge jump (default 24h) back / forward in time 7 / 9: jump to previous / next prime time (8pm) Exit: closes plugin In Search & Recording menu the following options are available: - Instant Record: create a timer for the currently selected program. An check for timer conflicts will be performed, if a timer conflict occurs, the involved timers can be adapted to solve the conflict. - Delete / Edit Timer: if a timer already exists for the currently selected broadcast, this timer can be deleted or edited. - Create Series Timer: create a periodical timer for a dedicated time on dedicated days. - Create Search Timer: create an search timer with epgsearch. The most important options can be defined directly in the menu, alternatively epgsearch templates can be used to define the searchtimer options. - Create Switch Timer: create a switch timer for the currently selected program. - Search: search with epgsearch - Search in Recordings: check if a recording already exists for the currently selected program. - Check for Timer Conflicts: check for timer conflicts with epgsearch. The navigation through the search & recording menu can be done easily with up/down, left/right and the ok key. In scrolling lists, with left/right (after the first/last option of the displayed list element is selected) you jump directly to the top/bottom of the list. Setup Options ------------- * General Settings: - Show Main Menu Entry Display "tvguide" in main menu - Replace VDR Schedules Menu If set to "yes", the original VDR schedules menu will be replaced by tvguide - Theme - Rounded Corners Use rounded corners for displayed boxes - Channel Jump Mode (Keys Green / Yellow) select between jumping x channels back/forward or to the previous / next channel group - Keys Blue and OK Blue: Channel Switch, Ok: Detailed EPG or Blue: Detailed EPG, Ok: Channel Switch - Hide last Channel Group If set to yes, the channels of the last channel group will not be displayed - Big Step (Keys 1 / 3) in hours Hours to jump vertically with keys 1 / 3 - Huge Step (Keys 4 / 6) in hours Hours to jump vertically with keys 4 / 6 - Time Format (12h/24h) - Display Reruns in detailed EPG View * Screen Presentation: - Display Mode Choose between horizontal or vertical display of the channels. All further width / height settings are dependend of this setting - Width/Height of Channel Header (% of osd width/height) - Width/Height of Timeline (% of osd width/height) - Number of Channels to display - Height of Footer - Display status header - Height of status header (% of osd height/height) - Scale video to upper right corner - Rounded corners around video frame - Display Channel Names in Header - Display channel groups - Width/Height of channel groups (% of osd width/height) - Show Channel Logos show / hide channel logos, if logos are shown: - Logo Extension jpg / png - Logo width in Pixel - Logo height in Pixel - Show EPG Images show / hide EPG images, if images are shown: - EPG Image width in Pixel - EPG Image height in Pixel * Fonts and Fontsizes: - Font: Used Font, all Fonts installed on your system are shown - adjust various font sizes: the defined value is added to / subtracted from the default font size