frodovdr/vdr
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/vdr-projects/vdr.git synced 2025-03-01 10:50:46 +00:00
Code Issues Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity
vdr/vdr.1
Klaus Schmidinger 3df1b6d139 Version 1.7.25 
Original announce message:
VDR developer version 1.7.25 is now available at

       ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.25.tar.bz2

A 'diff' against the previous version is available at

       ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.24-1.7.25.diff

MD5 checksums:

a3fd482a3dd8027706d4f32a88c6bd13  vdr-1.7.25.tar.bz2
f34adcdc0cdab378431d8946872d6b59  vdr-1.7.24-1.7.25.diff

WARNING:
========

This is a developer version. Even though I use it in my productive
environment. I strongly recommend that you only use it under controlled
conditions and for testing and debugging.

From the HISTORY file:
- The fps value for channels where it differs from the default is now set correctly
  when pausing live video.
- Increased the average character estimate for calculating tab positions in skins,
  to better suit wide fonts (reported by Rudi Hofer).
- Fixed getting the subsystem ids of DVB devices in case they have been rearranged
  via udev rules.
- Added several cTimer::Set...() functions (suggested by Alexander Rieger).
- Changed the return value of cTimer::SetFile() to 'void'.
- Revoked "Fixed a possible deadlock in time shift mode" because it caused trouble with
  output on vdr-xine and dxr3, and also short glitches when replaying on any output
  device.
- Updated the Estonian OSD texts (thanks to Arthur Konovalov).
- Updated the Finnish OSD texts (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg).
- Fixed handling subtitle color palettes on channels where subtitles appear
  "word by word" (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg).
- Fixed upscaling cBitmaps with anti-aliasing (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg for reporting
  a problem with color palettes in subtitles).
- Fixed getting the video aspect ratio for scaling subtitles.
- Removed the "PrimaryLimit". Old "full featured" DVB cards can be run with the
  --outputonly option to avoid problems with recording high bandwidth channels.
  Besides, with HDTV becoming ever more popular those cards are pretty much obsolete
  by now (the TT S2-6400 has no problems recording and replaying high bandwidth
  channels simultaneously). And, last but not least, people using software players
  won't notice this change, anyway.
- Since cReceivers can have priorities between -99 and 99, the priority
  for an unused device has been changed from -1 to -100.
- If the first event in a schedule has a table id of 0x00, any incoming EIT data for
  that schedule from the DVB stream will be completely ignored. This way an external
  EPG source can fill the schedules with EPG data that will not be messed up with
  that from the DVB data stream. Note, though, that this means VDR can not do VPS
  controlled recordings with such events!
- Added some typecasts to silence gcc compiler warnings (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg).
- Fixed handling overlapping timers in case a VPS timer with higher priority needs
  to interrupt a timer with lower priority.
- The code for the RCU remote control unit has been moved into a separate plugin
  named "rcu".
  The REMOTE=RCU option in the 'make' call for VDR is now obsolete.
  The command line option --rcu is now obsolete. Use -Prcu instead. If you have
  used --rcu with a device path, use -P"rcu -d<device>".
- Added support for automatically selecting subtitles when playing old PES
  recordings made with the subtitles plugin (thanks to Anssi Hannula).
- Revised priority handling to allow receivers with a priority that is lower than
  that of live viewing (with suggestions from Frank Schmirler):
  + An idle device (one that is not used for live viewing and has no receiver
    attached to it) now has priority IDLEPRIORITY (-100).
  + An unused CAM slot now has priority IDLEPRIORITY.
  + The default priority of a cReceiver is now MINPRIORITY (-99).
  + A device that is used only for live viewing (no matter whether it's in Transfer
    Mode or real live mode) now has priority TRANSFERPRIORITY (-1).
  + The function cDevice::Receiving() now returns true if there is any receiver
    attached to the device. Its boolean parameter has no meaning any more.
  + The default value for the Priority parameter of the function cDevice::ProvidesChannel()
    has been changed to IDLEPRIORITY.
- Added a Query parameter to cDevice::GetDevice(), so that devices can be queried
  without side effects when zapping.
- Replaced min(max()) calls with the new function constrain().
- Fixed handling OSD color button texts in case a menu item has texts of its own
  (reported by Rolf Ahrenberg). If a plugin creates derived cMenuEditItems that set
  color button texts, these should not set the texts directly by calling
  cSkinDisplay::Current()->SetButtons(), but rather call the new member function
  cMenuEditItem::SetHelp().
- Moved the call to cStatus::MsgChannelSwitch(this, 0) to the beginning of
  cDevice::SetChannel(), so that any receivers that have been attached to the
  device by plugins may be detached before the final call to GetDevice().
  This actually reverts "Only calling cStatus::MsgChannelSwitch() if a channel
  is actually going to be switched or has actually been switched successfully"
  which was made in version 1.1.10, so please report if this has any unwanted
  side effects.
2012-03-10 23:52:09 +01:00

273 lines
9.1 KiB
Groff
Raw Blame History

'\" t
.\" ** The above line should force tbl to be a preprocessor **
.\" Man page for vdr
.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 2008 Klaus Schmidinger
.\"
.\" You may distribute under the terms of the GNU General Public
.\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with the
.\" vdr distribution.
.\"
.\" $Id: vdr.1 2.8 2012/02/27 11:01:17 kls Exp $
.\"
.TH vdr 1 "10 Feb 2008" "1.6" "Video Disk Recorder"
.SH NAME
vdr \- the Video Disk Recorder
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vdr
[options]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B vdr
implements a complete digital Set-Top Box and Video Recorder.
It can work with signals received from satellites (DVB-S) as
well as cable (DVB-C) and terrestrial (DVB-T) signals.
At least one DVB card is required to run \fBvdr\fR. With it you can watch
live TV while recording one or more other broadcasts from the same transponder.
It is also possible to start watching a recorded programme before the live
broadcast has ended (\fBtime shifting\fR). In order to record from different
transponders simultaneously two or more DVB cards are necessary.
By default \fBvdr\fR can support up to four
DVB cards. The primary DVB card (the one your TV set is connected to) has
to be a "full featured" card, which means it must contain an MPEG decoder
and provide audio and video signal outputs.
\fBvdr\fR uses the On Screen Display of the DVB card to display its menus.
It can be controlled by the PC keyboard or the "Linux Infrared Remote Control" (LIRC).
Remote access is possible via the "Simple Video Disk Recorder Protocol" (SVDRP),
which can be accessed on port 6419, for instance by \fBtelnet\fR.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-a\ cmd ,\ \-\-audio= cmd
Send Dolby Digital audio to stdin of command \fIcmd\fR.
.TP
.BI \-c\ dir ,\ \-\-config= dir
Read config files from directory \fIdir\fR
(default is to read them from the video directory).
.TP
.B \-d, \-\-daemon
Run in daemon mode (implies \-\-no\-kbd).
.TP
.BI \-D\ num ,\ \-\-device= num
Use only the given DVB device (\fInum\fR = 0, 1, 2...).
There may be several \fB\-D\fR options (by default all DVB devices will be used).
.TP
.BI \-\-edit= rec
Edit the given recording.
\fIrec\fR must be the full path name of an existing recording.
The program will return immediately after editing the recording.
.TP
.BI \-E\ file ,\ \-\-epgfile= file
Write the EPG data into the given \fIfile\fR
(default is \fI/video/epg.data\fR).
Use \fB\-E\-\fR to disable this.
If \fIfile\fR is a directory, the file \fIepg.data\fR
will be created in that directory.
.TP
.BI \-\-filesize= size
Limit video files to \fIsize\fR bytes (default is 2000M).
This option is only useful in conjunction with --edit, and must precede that
option to have an effect.
\fIsize\fR is an integer number and may be followed by one of the letters K, M, G or T
to abbreviate Kilo-, Mega-, Giga- or Terabyte, respectively.
The given value is silently limited to the program's internal minimum and
maximum values.
.TP
.BI \-\-genindex= rec
Generate the index file for the given recording.
\fIrec\fR must be the full path name of an existing recording.
The recording must be in TS format.
If the recording already has an index file, it will be deleted
before creating the new one.
The program will return immediately after generating the index.
Note that using this option while another instance of VDR is
currently replaying the given recording, or if the recording
has not been finished yet, may lead to unexpected results.
.TP
.BI \-g,\ \-\-grab= dir
Write images from the SVDRP command GRAB into the
given directory \fIdir\fR. \fIdir\fR must be the full path name of an
existing directory, without any "..", double '/'
or symlinks. By default, or if \fB\-g\-\fR is given,
grabbing images to disk is disabled.
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Print a help message and exit.
.TP
.BI \-i\ instance ,\ \-\-instance= instance
Use \fIinstance\fR as the id of this VDR instance (default is 0).
In an environment where several instances of VDR use the same video
directory, this parameter can be set to a positive integer value
that's unique for each instance, so that they won't interfere with
each other in case they record exactly the same broadcast.
The number given here will be part of the directory name in which
the recordings will be stored.
.TP
.BI \-l\ level ,\ \-\-log= level
Set logging to \fIlevel\fR.
\fB0\fR\ =\ no logging, \fB1\fR\ =\ errors only,
\fB2\fR\ =\ errors and info, \fB3\fR\ =\ errors, info and debug.
The default logging level is \fB3\fR.
If logging should be done to LOG_LOCAL\fIn\fR instead of
LOG_USER, add '.n' to LEVEL, as in 3.7 (n=0..7).
.TP
.BI \-L\ dir ,\ \-\-lib= dir
Search for plugins in directory \fIdir\fR (default is ./PLUGINS/lib).
There can be several \fB\-L\fR options with different \fIdir\fR values.
Each of them will apply to the \fB\-P\fR options following it.
.TP
.BI \-\-lirc[= path ]
Use a LIRC remote control device.
If \fIpath\fR is omitted, vdr uses \fI/var/run/lirc/lircd\fR.
.TP
.BI \-\-localedir= dir
Search for locale files in \fIdir\fR (default is ./locale).
.TP
.B \-m, \-\-mute
Mute audio of the primary DVB device at startup.
.TP
.B \-\-no\-kbd
Don't use the keyboard as an input device.
.TP
.BI \-p\ port ,\ \-\-port= port
Use \fIport\fR for SVDRP. A value of \fB0\fR turns off SVDRP.
The default SVDRP port is \fB6419\fR.
You need to edit the file \fIsvdrphosts.conf\fR in order to enable
access to the SVDRP port.
.TP
.BI \-P\ options ,\ \-\-plugin= options
Load a plugin, defined by the given \fIoptions\fR.
The first word in \fIoptions\fR must be the name of an existing \fBvdr\fR
plugin, optionally followed by a blank separated list of command line options
for that plugin. If \fIoptions\fR contains any blanks, you need to enclose it
in quotes, like for example
\fBvdr \-P "abc \-a \-b xyz"\fR
which would load a plugin named \fBabc\fR, giving it the command line options
\fB\-a\ \-b\ xyz\fR. If you want to load all available plugins (without any
particular options) you can use
\fBvdr \-P "*"\fR
(note the quotes around the asterisk to prevent wildcard expansion).
.TP
.BI \-r\ cmd ,\ \-\-record= cmd
Call \fIcmd\fR before and after a recording. See the file \fIINSTALL\fR for
more information.
.TP
.BI \-s\ cmd ,\ \-\-shutdown= cmd
Call \fIcmd\fR to shutdown the computer. See the file \fIINSTALL\fR for more
information.
.TP
.BI \-\-split
Split edited files at the editing marks.
This option is only useful in conjunction with --edit, and must precede that
option to have an effect.
.TP
.BI \-t\ tty ,\ \-\-terminal= tty
Set the controlling terminal.
.TP
.BI \-u\ user ,\ \-\-user= user
Run as user \fIuser\fR in case vdr was started as user 'root'.
Starting vdr as 'root' is necessary if the system time shall
be set from the transponder data, but for security reasons
vdr can switch to a lesser privileged user id during normal
operation.
.TP
.BI \-\-userdump
allow coredumps if -u is given (only for debugging).
.TP
.BI \-\-vfat
Encode special characters in recording names to avoid problems
with VFAT file systems.
.TP
.BI \-v\ dir ,\ \-\-video= dir
Use \fIdir\fR as video directory.
The default is \fI/video\fR.
.TP
.B \-V, \-\-version
Print version information and exit.
.TP
.BI \-w\ sec ,\ \-\-watchdog= sec
Activate the watchdog timer with a timeout of \fIsec\fR seconds.
A value of \fB0\fR (default) disables the watchdog.
.SH SIGNALS
.TP
.B SIGINT, SIGTERM
Program exits with status 0.
.TP
.B SIGHUP
Program exits with status 1. This can be used to force a reload, for example
if an update has been installed.
.SH EXIT STATUS
.TP
.B 0
Successful program execution.
.TP
.B 1
An error has been detected which requires the DVB driver and \fBvdr\fR
to be reloaded.
.TP
.B 2
An non-recoverable error has been detected, \fBvdr\fR has given up.
.SH FILES
.TP
.I channels.conf
Channel configuration.
.TP
.I timers.conf
Timer configuration.
.TP
.I setup.conf
User definable setup.
.TP
.I commands.conf
User definable commands (executed from the \fBCommands\fR menu).
.TP
.I svdrphosts.conf
SVDRP host configuration, defining which hosts or networks are given
access to the SVDRP port.
.TP
.I marks
Contains the editing marks defined for a recording.
.TP
.I info
Contains a description of the recording.
.TP
.I resume
Contains the index into the recording where the last replay session left off.
.TP
.I index
Contains the file number, offset and type of each frame of the recording.
.TP
.I remote.conf
Contains the key assignments for the remote control.
.TP
.I keymacros.conf
Contains user defined remote control key macros.
.TP
.IR 00001.ts\ ...\ 65535.ts
The actual data files of a recording.
.TP
.I epg.data
Contains all current EPG data. Can be used for external processing and will
also be read at program startup to have the full EPG data available immediately.
.TP
.I .update
If this file is present in the video directory, its last modification time will
be used to trigger an update of the list of recordings in the "Recordings" menu.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR vdr (5)
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Klaus Schmidinger, with contributions from many others.
See the file \fICONTRIBUTORS\fR in the \fBvdr\fR source distribution.
.SH REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <vdr\-bugs@tvdr.de>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2008 Klaus Schmidinger.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Reference in New Issue View Git Blame Copy Permalink