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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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This program requires the card driver version 0.04 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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There are two macros you can use to customize the 'vdr' program
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at compile time. Adding "DEBUG_REMOTE=1" to the 'make' call
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will use the PC's keyboard as input device instead of the "Remote
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Control Unit" (see http://www.cadsoft.de/people/kls/vdr/remote.htm).
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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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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 video data directory:
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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 change
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the value of 'BaseDir' in recording.c.
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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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Configuration files:
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There are three configuration files that hold information about
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channels, remote control keys and timers. These files are currrently
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assumed to be located in the directory from which the 'vdr' program
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was started (this will become configurable later). The configuration
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files can be edited with any text editor, or will be written by the
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'vdr' program if any changes are made inside the on-screen menus.
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The meaning of the data entries may still vary in future releases,
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so for the moment please look at the source code (config.c) to see
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the meaning of the various fields.
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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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without 'DEBUG_REMOTE=1' 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.
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If the program has been built with "DEBUG_REMOTE=1", 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 normal and debug 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 '5' in numeric block
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Ok Enter
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Back Backspace
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0..9 '0'..'9' in top row
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Red, Green, Yellow, Blue 'F1'..'F4'
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Record 'r'
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Pause 'p'
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Stop 's'
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Begin 'B'
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SearchForward 'f'
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SearchBack 'b'
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SkipForward 'PgDn' in numeric block
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SkipBack 'PgUp' in numeric block
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If you prefer different key assignments, simply delete the file
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'keys-pc.conf' and restart 'vdr' to get into learning mode.
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