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Version 1.3.0 marks the beginning of a new developer version
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of VDR, in which I am going to integrate functionality from
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patches that have been written by various people for previous
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versions of VDR.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Beginning with version 1.3.0, VDR will automatically
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=============== modify the 'channels.conf' file. Please run this version
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of VDR in a controlled environment only, and work with
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copies of all your config files!
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This version of VDR focuses on some improvements regarding
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CAM support and, most important, the first step towards automatic
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PID handling. Some things are still in a raw state, but at least
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the program should now dynamically react on any changes in the
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channel settings.
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Here's a list of the highlights - and what _not_ to expect yet
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(but don't worry, these things will come soon ;-):
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- Automatic switching when PIDs are changed (e.g. for regional
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programmes).
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- There is no explicit transponder list yet, so you just
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have to define one channel for a new transponder and VDR
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will automatically detect all other channels on that transponder.
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- New channels are added to the end of the channel list, so
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it might be a good idea to add a line like
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:@1000 New channels
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to have them start at some high number.
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- Improved CAM support. Channels with conditional access now automatically
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use the device that contains the proper CAM.
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- No NVOD support yet.
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Note that this is currently work in progress, so there may be some
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areas that don't work as smooth as expected, yet.
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Known issues:
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=============
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- The Setup/CICAM menu is currently without much meaning.
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CA detection is done automatically.
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- The channel "EURO1080" on Astra 19.2E currently broadcasts HDTV
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test signals. Unfortunately, the full featured DVB cards crash
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pretty ugly when tuned to that channel, so it might be a good idea
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to have the channel definition
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EURO1080:12168:v:S19.2E:27500:308:256:0:FF:21100:1:1088:0
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in your 'channels.conf' file. Note the Ca parameter 'FF' (255 in hex),
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which gives this channel a non-existent Ca mode, so that it won't
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be tuned to at all. If you really want to tune to this channel for
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tests, do it on your own risk.
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- The 'sky' plugin now temporarily uses Ca value 30 (this will be changed
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later).
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- Since the CA detection is now done automatically, a timer that starts
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immediately after VDR has been launched and wants to record a CA channel
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may not work. This will be changed later to make this work safely.
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What to test:
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Apart from the usual general functionality, special attention should
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be given to the following matters:
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- Does the automatic PID switching really work in all cases, especially
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in conjunction with conditional access channels?
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- Does CAM support work for all kinds of CAMs?
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Known bugs:
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- Sometimes a new channel is created with the wrong 'source'
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parameter. This presumably happens when the transponder and source
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are switched, and there is still an SDT data packet being processed.
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The call to device->HasLock() in sections.c should fix this (and it
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apparently does for most cases), but there must still be soemthing
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wrong in that area. This may be fixed in 1.3.1 - please report if
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it does still happen there.
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- Sometimes the current channel gets re-tuned even though the channel
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data of this channel didn't change (but that of an other channel did
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change).
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