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Installation of the Video Disk Recorder
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Compiling and running the program:
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Make sure the files from this package are located in a
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directory that is "parallel" to the DVB directory of the
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driver source for the Siemens DVB-S PCI card (refer to
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http://linuxtv.org/dvb/siemens_dvb.html for more information
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about that driver). For example, if the DVB driver was
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extracted into the directory /home/kls/vdr/DVB, then this
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package should be extracted into /home/kls/vdr/VDR.
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If you have the DVB driver source in a different location
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you will have to change the definition of DVBDIR in the
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Makefile.
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VDR requires the Linux-DVB card driver version dated 2001-09-14 or higher
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to work properly.
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After extracting the package, change into the VDR directory
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and type 'make'. This should produce an executable file
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named 'vdr', which can be run after the DVB driver has been
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installed.
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IMPORTANT: See "Configuration files" below for information on how
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========= to set up the configuration files at the proper location!
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The 'vdr' program can be controlled via the PC keyboard or
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an infrared remote control unit. Define the REMOTE macro to one of the
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following values 'make' call to activate the respective control mode:
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REMOTE=KBD control via the PC keyboard (default)
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REMOTE=RCU control via the "Remote Control Unit" receiver
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(see http://www.cadsoft.de/people/kls/vdr/remote.htm)
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REMOTE=LIRC control via the "Linux Infrared Remote Control"
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(see http://www.lirc.org)
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REMOTE=NONE no remote control (in case only SVDRP shall be used)
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Adding "DEBUG_OSD=1" will use the PC screen (or current window)
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to display texts instead of the DVB card's on-screen display
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interface. These modes are useful when testing new menus if you
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only have a remote connection to the VDR (which, in my case, is
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located in the living room and has neither a monitor nor a keyboard).
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If your video directory will be on a VFAT partition, add the compile
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time switch
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VFAT=1
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to the 'make' command.
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When running, the 'vdr' program writes status information into the
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system log file (/var/log/messages). You may want to watch these
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messages (tail -f /var/log/mesages) to see if there are any problems.
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The program can be controlled via a network connection to its SVDRP
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port ("Simple Video Disk Recorder Protocol"). By default, it listens
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on port 2001 (use the --port=PORT option to change this). For details
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about the SVDRP syntax see the source file 'svdrp.c'.
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WARNING: DUE TO THE OPEN SVDRP PORT THIS PROGRAM MAY CONSTITUTE A
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======= POTENTIAL SECURITY HAZARD! IF YOU ARE NOT RUNNING VDR IN
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A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT, YOU MAY WANT TO DISABLE SVDRP
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BY USING '--port=0'!
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The file 'svdrphosts.conf' can be used to define which hosts are allowed
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to access the SVDRP port. By default only localhost (127.0.0.1) is granted
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access. If you want to give other hosts access to your SVDRP port you need to
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add their IP numbers to 'svdrphosts.conf'.
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If the program shall run as a daemon, use the --daemon option. This
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will completely detach it from the terminal and will continue as a
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background process.
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When starting the program through an entry in /etc/inittab, use the --terminal
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option to set the controlling terminal, as in
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vdr:123:respawn:/usr/local/bin/vdr --terminal=/dev/tty8 -w 60
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See the man page vdr(1) for complete information about all command line options.
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Locale
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When presenting the list of recordings, VDR sorts the entries according to
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the current "locale" settings. This makes sure that special characters (like
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the German "umlauts") appear at the expected positions. In order to benefit
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from this you may have to set the locale environment variable, for instance
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export LANG=de_DE
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for a German locale. If you don't want this to result in German error messages
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in the log file, it is sufficient to just set
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export LC_COLLATE=de_DE
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which only influences the way strings are sorted and leaves error messages
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in English.
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Automatic restart in case of hangups:
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-------------------------------------
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If you run VDR using the 'runvdr' shell script it will use the built-in
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watchdog timer to restart the program in case something happens that
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causes a program hangup. If you change the command line options for the
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call to the VDR program, be sure to NOT use the '-d' option! Otherwise
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VDR will go into 'deamon' mode and the initial program call will return
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immediately!
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Automatic shutdown:
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-------------------
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If you define a shutdown command via the '-s' command line option, VDR
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will call the given command if there is currently no recording or replay
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active, the user has been inactive for at least MinUserInactivity minutes
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and the next timer event is at least MinEventTimeout minutes in the future
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(see the Setup parameters in MANUAL).
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The command given in the '-s' option will be called with five parameters.
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The first one is the time (in UTC) of the next timer event (as a time_t
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type number), and the second one is the number of seconds from the current
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time until the next timer event. Your program can choose which one to use
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for programming some sort of hardware device that makes sure the computer
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will be restarted in time before the next timer event. Your program must
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also initiate the actual shutdown procedure of the computer. After this
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your program should return to VDR. VDR will not automatically exit after
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calling the shutdown program, but will rather continue normally until it
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receives a SIGTERM when the computer is actually shut down. So in case
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the shutdown fails, or the shutdown program for some reason decides not to
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perform a shutdown, VDR will stay up and running and will call the shutdown
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program again after another MinUserInactivity minutes.
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If there are currently no timers active, both parameters will be '0'.
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In that case the program shall not set the hardware for automatic restart
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and only perform the system shutdown. A program that uses the second parameter
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to set the hardware for restart must therefore also check whether the first
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parameter is '0'.
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The third parameter contains the number of the channel that will be recorded
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by the next timer (or 0 if no timer is present), and the fourth parameter
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contains the file name of the recording as defined in the timer (or an empty
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string if no timer is present). These can be used by the shutdown program to
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show that information on some display interface etc.
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The fifth parameter indicates the reason why the shutdown was requested.
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'0' means this is an automatic shutdown due to some timeout, while '1' means
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that this is a user requested shutdown (resulting from pressing the "Power"
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key). The shutdown program may use this information to decide whether or
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not to actually perform the system shutdown.
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If a timer is currently recording, the parameters will reflect the start
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time of that timer. This means that the first parameter will be a time in
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the past, and the second parameter will be a negative number. This only
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happens if the user presses the "Power" key while a timer is currently
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recording.
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Before the shutdown program is called, the user will be prompted to inform
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him that the system is about to shut down. If any remote control key is
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pressed while this prompt is visible, the shutdown will be cancelled (and
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tried again after another MinUserInactivity minutes). The shutdown prompt
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will be displayed for 5 minutes, which should be enough time for the user
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to react.
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A sample shell script to be used with the '-s' option might look like this:
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#!/bin/sh
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setRTCwakeup $(($1 - 300))
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sudo halt
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Here 'setRTCwakeup' would be some program that uses the first parameter
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(which is the absolute time of the next timer event) to set the Real Time
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Clock so that it wakes up the computer 5 minutes (i.e. 300 seconds) before
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that event. The 'sudo halt' command then shuts down the computer.
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You will have to substitute both commands with whatever applies to your
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particular hard- and software environment.
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If the '-s' option is present, the VDR machine can be turned off by pressing
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the "Power" key on the remote control.
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Executing commands before and after a recording:
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You can use the '-r' option to define a program or script that gets called
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before and after a recording is performed, and after an editing process
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has finished.
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The program will be called with two string parameters. The first parameter
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is one of
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before if this is *before* a recording starts
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after if this is *after* a recording has finished
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edited if this is after a recording has been *edited*
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and the second parameter contains the full name of the recording's
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directory (which may not yet exists at that moment in the "before" case).
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In the "edited" case it will be the name of the edited version.
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Within this program you can do anything you would like to do before and/or
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after a recording or after an editing process. However, the program must return
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as soon as possible, because otherwise it will block further execution of VDR.
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Be especially careful to make sure the program returns before the watchdog
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timeout you may have set up with the '-w' option! If the operation you want to
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perform will take longer, you will have to run it as a background job.
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An example script for use with the '-r' option could look like this:
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#!/bin/sh
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case "$1" in
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before)
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echo "Before recording $2"
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;;
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after)
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echo "After recording $2"
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;;
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edited)
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echo "Edited recording $2"
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;;
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*)
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echo "ERROR: unknown state: $1"
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;;
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esac
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Command line options:
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---------------------
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Use "vdr --help" for a list of available command line options.
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Replaying Dolby Digital audio:
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------------------------------
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To replay Dolby Digital audio you need a program that reads the DD data
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from stdin and processes it in a way suitable for your audio hardware.
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This program must be given to VDR with the '-a' option, as in
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vdr -a ac3play
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The video data directory:
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-------------------------
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All recordings are written into directories below "/video". Please
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make sure this directory exists, and that the user who runs the 'vdr'
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program has read and write access to that directory.
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If you prefer a different location for your video files, you can use
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the '-v' option to change that. Please make sure that the directory
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name you use with '-v' is a clean and absolute path name (no '..' or
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multiple slashes).
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Note that the file system need not be 64-bit proof, since the 'vdr'
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program splits video files into chunks of about 1GB. You should use
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a disk with several gigabytes of free space. One GB can store roughly
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half an hour of video data.
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If you have more than one disk and don't want to combine them to form
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one large logical volume, you can set up several video directories as
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mount points for these disks. All of these directories must have the
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same basic name and must end with a numeric part, which starts at 0 for
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the main directory and has increasing values for the rest of the
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directories. For example
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/video0
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/video1
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/video2
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would be a setup with three directories. You can use more than one
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numeric digit, and the directories need not be directly under '/':
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/mnt/MyVideos/vdr.00
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/mnt/MyVideos/vdr.01
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/mnt/MyVideos/vdr.02
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...
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/mnt/MyVideos/vdr.11
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would set up twelve disks (wow, what a machine that would be!).
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To use such a multi directory setup, you need to add the '-v' option
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with the name of the basic directory when running 'vdr':
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vdr -v /video0
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Configuration files:
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--------------------
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There are several configuration files that hold information about
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channels, remote control keys, timers etc. By default these files are
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assumed to be located in the video directory, but a different directory
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can be used with the '-c' option. For starters just copy all *.conf files from
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the VDR directory into your video directory.
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The configuration files can be edited with any text editor, or will be written
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by the 'vdr' program if any changes are made inside the on-screen menus.
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Take a look at man page vdr(5) for information about the file formats.
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The files that come with this package contain the author's selections,
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so please make sure you adapt these to your personal taste. Also make sure
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that the channels defined in 'channels.conf' are correct before attempting
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to record anything. Channel parameters may vary and not all of the channels
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listed in the default 'channels.conf' file have been verified by the author.
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As a starting point you can copy the 'channels.conf' file that comes with the
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VDR archive into your video directory (or into your config directory,
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respectively, in case you have redirected it with the -c option).
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Setting up DiSEqC:
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If you are using a DVB-S card with a satellite equipment that needs to be
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accessed using DiSEqC, you have to go to the "Setup" menu and set the "DiSEqC"
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parameter to "on". Also check the "DiSEqC" parameters for the various channels
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and set them to the necessary values.
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Running VDR with DVB-C (cable) or DVB-T (terrestrial):
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VDR automatically recognizes if the DVB card in use is a cable or a
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terrestrial card. The only thing that needs to be different when using digital
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cable or terrestrial reception is the 'channels.conf' file. The distribution
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archive contains a default 'channels.conf.cable' and 'channels.conf.terr',
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respectively, which users of such cards can rename or copy to 'channels.conf'
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in order to receive digital cable or terrestrial channels. The format of these
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files is exactly the same as for satellite channels (the fields containing
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"Polarization" and "Diseqc" data are ignored in case of DVB-C and DVB-T, and
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the "Frequency" is in kHz in case of DVB-T).
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You can even use a mixture of DVB-S, DVB-C and DVB-T cards in the same system.
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All you need to do is to put all the channel definitions into one big
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'channels.conf' file and set the 'Ca' parameter of each channel to the number
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of the card that can receive it.
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Learning the remote control keys:
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There is no default 'keys.conf' file, so if you compile the program
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with 'REMOTE=RCU' you will have to go through a "teach-in"
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session that allows the program to learn your remote control codes.
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It will first attempt to determine the basic data transfer mode and
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timing of your remote control unit, and then will ask you to press one
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key after the other so that it can learn the various key codes. You will
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at least need to provide an "Up" and a "Down" key, so that you can switch
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channels. The rest of the key definitions is optional, but the more keys
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you define, the more you will be able to navigate through the menus and
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control recording/replaying. The program uses only a very small number
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of keys which have multiple meanings in the various modes (see MANUAL
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for a detailed description).
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If the program has been built with "REMOTE=KBD", it will use the
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key configuration file 'keys-pc.conf', so that you won't loose data
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when switching between remote control and keyboard mode.
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The default PC key assignments are:
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Up, Down, Left, Right Crsr keys in numeric block
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Menu 'Home' in numeric block
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Ok 'Enter'
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Back 'End' in numeric block
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Red, Green, Yellow, Blue 'F1'..'F4'
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0..9 '0'..'9' in top row
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Power 'P'
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Volume+/- '+', '-'
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Mute 'm'
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If you prefer different key assignments, or if the default doesn't work for
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your keyboard, simply delete the file 'keys-pc.conf' and restart 'vdr' to get
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into learning mode.
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If the program has been compiled with 'REMOTE=LIRC', no 'keys.conf' file
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will be used. Instead, the key names as listed in the source file 'config.c'
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must be used when setting up LIRC. See http://www.lirc.org for more about LIRC.
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