Contents
- Introduction
- Compatible receivers
- Installing VDR
- VDR Configuration files
- Testing VDR
- Installing and testing DVB receiver
- Setting up VDR for DVB-T reception
- Adding support for encrypted broadcasts
- Extending VDR
- Accessing VDR from other devices
- Other Settings
- Known Problems
- Debian specific information
- Upstream specific information
- other information
Introduction
VDR is a Personal Video Recoder (PVR) application. It can record TV from DVB-C, DVB-S and DVB-T receivers.
This guide assumes debian-7.2.0-i386 stable has just been installed with the default settings.
This guide has been tested with the PCTV ?NanoStick 73e SE (solo) http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Pinnacle_PCTV_nano_Stick_%2873e%29
In order to watch encrypted broadcasts, a smartcard from the TV provider is required.
Compatible receivers
http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hardware_Device_Information
Using VDR with analog TV
DVB itself cannot use analog TV, however, the plugin "Analogtv" causes analog TV cards to be seen as a DVB receiver. http://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/Analogtv-plugin
Installing VDR
Enter the following command to install VDR:
# apt-get install vdr
By default, vdr uses the directory /var/lib/video.00 to store it's recordings. The installer will ask if the directory should be created. Choose "Yes" Next, the installer will ask the type of DVB cards. Choose "Satellite" Now the installer will make a new user, "VDR", and try to run VDR
Install vdr-plugin-xineliboutput and xineliboutput-sxfe to get the screen of VDR on your display:
# apt-get install vdr-plugin-xineliboutput xineliboutput-sxfe
VDR Configuration files
VDR store it's configuration files in the following directories:
/var/lib/vdr/* /etc/default/vdr /etc/vdr/* /etc/init.d/vdr
Edit /etc/default/vdr, set variable ENABLED=1
# /etc/default/vdr # # See also /usr/share/doc/vdr/README.Debian.gz # # Change to 1 to enable vdr's init-script ENABLED=1 # Change this to 1 if you want vdr to be able to shutdown the # computer ENABLE_SHUTDOWN=0 # Options that will be passed to vdr's commandline # for example: OPTIONS="-w 15" OPTIONS="-w 60"
fill /var/lib/vdr/remote.conf with the following contents in order to be able to control vdr-sxfe with the keyboard:
KBD.Up 00000000001B5B41 KBD.Down 00000000001B5B42 KBD.Menu 000000000000006D KBD.Ok 000000000000000D KBD.Back 000000000000007F KBD.Left 00000000001B5B44 KBD.Right 00000000001B5B43 KBD.Red 000000001B5B5B41 KBD.Green 000000001B5B5B42 KBD.Yellow 000000001B5B5B43 KBD.Blue 000000001B5B5B44 KBD.0 0000000000000030 KBD.1 0000000000000031 KBD.2 0000000000000032 KBD.3 0000000000000033 KBD.4 0000000000000034 KBD.5 0000000000000035 KBD.6 0000000000000036 KBD.7 0000000000000037 KBD.8 0000000000000038 KBD.9 0000000000000039 KBD.Info 0000000000000069 KBD.FastFwd 0000001B5B31377E KBD.FastRew 000000001B5B5B45 KBD.Power 0000000000000070 KBD.Volume+ 0000001B5B32347E KBD.Volume- 0000001B5B32337E KBD.Mute 0000001B5B32317E KBD.User7 0000001B5B31387E KBD.User8 0000001B5B31397E KBD.User9 0000001B5B32307E XKeySym.Up Up XKeySym.Down Down XKeySym.Menu m XKeySym.Ok Return XKeySym.Back BackSpace XKeySym.Left Left XKeySym.Right Right XKeySym.Red F1 XKeySym.Green F2 XKeySym.Yellow F3 XKeySym.Blue F4 XKeySym.0 0 XKeySym.1 1 XKeySym.2 2 XKeySym.3 3 XKeySym.4 4 XKeySym.5 5 XKeySym.6 6 XKeySym.7 7 XKeySym.8 8 XKeySym.9 9 XKeySym.Info i XKeySym.Pause space XKeySym.FastFwd F6 XKeySym.FastRew F5 XKeySym.Power p XKeySym.Volume+ F12 XKeySym.Volume- F11 XKeySym.Mute F10 XKeySym.User7 F7 XKeySym.User8 F8 XKeySym.User9 F9 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Up 0000000100010067 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Down 000000010001006C remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Menu 000000010001008B remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Ok 000000010001001C remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Back 00000001000100AE remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Left 0000000100010069 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Right 000000010001006A remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Red 000000010001018E remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Green 000000010001018F remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Yellow 0000000100010190 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Blue 0000000100010191 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.0 000000010001000B remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.1 0000000100010002 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.2 0000000100010003 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.3 0000000100010004 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.4 0000000100010005 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.5 0000000100010006 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.6 0000000100010007 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.7 0000000100010008 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.8 0000000100010009 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.9 000000010001000A remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Info 000000010001019C remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Play 00000001000100CF remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Pause 0000000100010077 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Stop 0000000100010080 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Record 00000001000100A7 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.FastFwd 00000001000100D0 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.FastRew 00000001000100A8 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Next 00000001000100A3 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Prev 00000001000100A5 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Power 0000000100010074 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Channel+ 0000000100010192 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Channel- 0000000100010193 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Volume+ 0000000100010073 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Volume- 0000000100010072 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Mute 0000000100010071 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Schedule 000000010001016D remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Channels 0000000100010179 remote-pci-0000:07:00_2--event-ir.Recordings 0000000100010189 LIRC.Up Up LIRC.Down Down LIRC.Menu Menu LIRC.Ok OK LIRC.Back Back LIRC.Left Left LIRC.Right Right LIRC.Red Red LIRC.Green Green LIRC.Yellow Yellow LIRC.Blue Blue LIRC.0 0 LIRC.1 1 LIRC.2 2 LIRC.3 3 LIRC.4 4 LIRC.5 5 LIRC.6 6 LIRC.7 7 LIRC.8 8 LIRC.9 9 LIRC.Info Info LIRC.Play Replay LIRC.Pause Pause LIRC.Stop Stop LIRC.Record Record LIRC.FastFwd FastFwd LIRC.FastRew FastRew LIRC.Next Next LIRC.Prev Prev LIRC.Power Power LIRC.Channel+ Channel+ LIRC.Channel- Channel- LIRC.Volume+ Volume+ LIRC.Volume- Volume- LIRC.Mute Mute LIRC.Audio Clear LIRC.Subtitles Enter LIRC.Schedule Schedule LIRC.User1 DVD LIRC.User4 Hash LIRC.User5 Eject LIRC.User6 Guide LIRC.User9 Radio LIRC.Recordings Recordings
Adjust directory for recordings
Make the directory where VDR can store the recordings, in this example /storage/tv/video/
# mkdir -p /storage/tv/video/ # chown vdr /storage/tv/video/
Add the -v option in /etc/default/vdr:
# /etc/default/vdr # # See also /usr/share/doc/vdr/README.Debian.gz # # Change to 1 to enable vdr's init-script ENABLED=1 # Change this to 1 if you want vdr to be able to shutdown the # computer ENABLE_SHUTDOWN=0 # Options that will be passed to vdr's commandline # for example: OPTIONS="-w 15" OPTIONS="-w 60 -v /storage/tv/video"
Testing VDR
VDR logs to /var/log/syslog. In a new terminal, enter the following command:
# tail -F /var/log/syslog
Now start VDR:
# invoke-rc.d vdr start
Syslog now shows the messaged from VDR:
VDR version 1.7.28 started switched to user 'vdr' codeset is 'UTF-8' - known found 28 locales in /usr/share/locale loading plugin: /usr/lib/vdr/plugins/libvdr-xineliboutput.so.1.7.28 [xine..put] Listening on address '127.0.0.1' port 37890 loading /var/lib/vdr/sources.conf loading /var/lib/vdr/diseqc.conf loading /var/lib/vdr/scr.conf loading /var/lib/vdr/channels.conf loading /var/lib/vdr/commands.conf loading /var/lib/vdr/reccmds.conf loading /var/lib/vdr/svdrphosts.conf loading /var/lib/vdr/keymacros.conf registered source parameters for 'A - ATSC' video directory scanner thread started (pid=10503, tid=10505) registered source parameters for 'C - DVB-C' video directory scanner thread started (pid=10503, tid=10504) registered source parameters for 'S - DVB-S' epg data reader thread started (pid=10503, tid=10506) registered source parameters for 'T - DVB-T' video directory scanner thread ended (pid=10503, tid=10505) video directory scanner thread ended (pid=10503, tid=10504) no DVB device found initializing plugin: xineliboutput (1.0.90-cvs): X11/xine-lib output plugin reading EPG data from /var/cache/vdr/epg.data new device number 9 [xine..put] cTimePts: clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC): clock resolution 0 us [xine..put] cTimePts: using monotonic clock [xine..put] RTP SSRC: 0x0217f1cb setting primary device to 1 epg data reader thread ended (pid=10503, tid=10506) assuming manual start of VDR SVDRP listening on port 6419 setting current skin to "sttng" loading /var/lib/vdr/themes/sttng-default.theme starting plugin: xineliboutput Remote decoder/display server (cXinelibServer) thread started (pid=10503, tid=10508) xine..put] cXinelibServer priority set successful SCHED_RR 2 [1,99] [xine..put] Binding server to 127.0.0.1:37890 [xine..put] Listening on port 37890 [xine..put] Listening for UDP broadcasts on port 37890 [discovery] BROADCAST: VDR xineliboutput DISCOVERY 1.0#015#012Server port: 37890#015#012Server address: 127.0.0.1#015#012Server version: xineliboutput-1.0.90-cvs#015#012#015 [xine..put] cXinelibDevice::StartDevice(): Device started ERROR (lirc.c,48): /var/run/lirc/lircd: No such file or directory ERROR: remote control LIRC not ready! setting watchdog timer to 60 seconds OSD size changed to 720x576 @ 1.42222 cTimeMs: using monotonic clock (resolution is 1 ns) [xine..put] cXinelibOsd::CanHandleAreas(): Device does not support ARGB Dec 1 09:29:53 tv vdr: [10503] max. latency time 1 seconds
Connect to the VDR server with vdr-sxfe:
$ vdr-sxfe
This will open a windows saying "No Signal".
Using vdr-sxfe with multiple soundcards
If you have multiple soundcards, you can choose the first one with this command:
$ vdr-sxfe --audio=alsa:hw:0,0
The second soundcard can be selected with this command:
$ vdr-sxfe --audio=alsa:hw:1,0
The above commands causes the configuration file ~/.xine/config_xineliboutput to be adjusted.
Installing and testing DVB receiver
In a new terminal, monitor syslog:
# tail -F /var/log/syslog
Plug in your USB receiver. check for error messages about missing firmware: Below, the file "dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw" is not found.
usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=2013, idProduct=0245 usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 usb 1-1: Product: PCTV 73e SE usb 1-1: Manufacturer: PCTV Systems usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 0000000M05E19JN Dec 1 09:07:06 tv mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 3: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb1/1-1" Dec 1 09:07:06 tv mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 3 was not an MTP device IR NEC protocol handler initialized dib0700: loaded with support for 21 different device-types dvb-usb: found a 'Pinnacle PCTV 73e SE' in cold state, will try to load a firmware usb 1-1: firmware: agent aborted loading dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw (not found?) usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700 IR RC5(x) protocol handler initialized IR RC6 protocol handler initialized IR JVC protocol handler initialized IR Sony protocol handler initialized IR MCE Keyboard/mouse protocol handler initialized lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 251 IR LIRC bridge handler initialized
This can be solved by installing the package "firmware-linux-nonfree". Start synaptic, goto settings=>repositories, and activate "Non-DFSG-compatible Software (non-free)". Close and Reload. Now the package "firmware-linux-nonfree" can be installed.
Remove and re-plug your USB receiver. Now the following messages can be seen in syslog:
usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci_hcd usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=2013, idProduct=0245 usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 usb 1-1: Product: PCTV 73e SE usb 1-1: Manufacturer: PCTV Systems usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 0000000M05E19JN dvb-usb: found a 'Pinnacle PCTV 73e SE' in cold state, will try to load a firmware usb 1-1: firmware: agent loaded dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw into memory dib0700: firmware started successfully. dvb-usb: found a 'Pinnacle PCTV 73e SE' in warm state. dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer. DVB: registering new adapter (Pinnacle PCTV 73e SE) DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)... DiB0070: successfully identified Registered IR keymap rc-dib0700-rc5 input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb1/1-1/rc/rc2/input9 rc2: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb1/1-1/rc/rc2 dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs. dvb-usb: Pinnacle PCTV 73e SE successfully initialized and connected.
Check if the kernel has made the device nodes:
$ ls -l /dev/dvb/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 120 Nov 29 21:53 adapter0 $ ls -l /dev/dvb/adapter0/ total 0 crw-rw---T+ 1 root video 212, 0 Nov 29 21:53 demux0 crw-rw---T+ 1 root video 212, 1 Nov 29 21:53 dvr0 crw-rw---T+ 1 root video 212, 3 Nov 29 21:53 frontend0 crw-rw---T+ 1 root video 212, 2 Nov 29 21:53 net0
Setting up VDR for DVB-T reception
Install DVB-apps, this allows for channels to be scanned:
# apt-get install dvb-apps
Netherlands: KPN Digitenne
In the Netherlands, KPN provides DVB-T broadcasts under the name "Digitenne".
Scanning channels
To scan the channels, first stop VDR, so the receiver is not in use:
# invoke-rc vdr stop
Then enter the following command to scan the channels. This will take a couple of minutes to run.
# scan -o vdr /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/nl-All > /var/lib/vdr/channels.conf
(Re)start VDR, so the new channels.conf is read. Also restart vdr-sxfe.
# invoke-rc.d vdr restart $ vdr-sxfe
The channels Nederland 1,2 and 3 can now be watched. The rest of the channels are encrypted, so on those channels "Channel not available" is displayed.
Adding support for encrypted broadcasts
Installing OSCAM from source
Note: OSCAM has not yet been packaged for debian, so we need to install manually
Information from http://www.cardsharing.ws/cardsharing/showthread.php/140984-How-to-install-oscam-debian-and-ubuntu and http://www.streamboard.tv/oscam/wiki/BuildingOscam
Install build dependencies:
# apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libpcsclite-dev mercurial cvs subversion libncurses-dev cmake libusb-1.0-0-dev
Compile Oscam:
$ svn checkout http://www.streamboard.tv/svn/oscam/trunk oscam-svn $ cd oscam-svn $ make USE_LIBUSB=1 # cp Distribution/oscam-1.20-unstable_svn9065-x86_64-linux-gnu-libusb /usr/bin/oscam
Configuring OSCAM
mkdir /etc/oscam
Edit /etc/oscam/oscam.conf
# main configuration [global] nice = -1 WaitForCards = 1 # logging pidfile = /var/run/oscam.pid logfile = /var/log/oscam/oscam.log usrfile = /var/log/oscam/oscamuser.log cwlogdir = /var/log/oscam/cw # monitor [monitor] port = 8988 aulow = 120 monlevel = 1 # protocols [newcamd] key = 000102030405060708090A0B0C0D port = 15050@0B00:0E030
Edit /etc/oscam/oscam.server
# reader configuration [reader] label = reader1 protocol = mouse detect = CD device = /dev/ttyUSB0 group = 1 emmcache = 1,3,2 services = services1 caid = 0B00 mhz = 500 cardmhz = 500
Edit /etc/oscam/oscam.services
# definition of services # # format: # [name] # caid=CAID[,CAID]... # provid = provider ID[,provider ID]... # srvid = service ID[,service ID]... [services1] caid=0B00 provid=0E030 srvid=
Edit /etc/oscam/oscam.user
# user configuration [account] user = user1 pwd = password1 monlevel = 0 uniq = 0 group = 1 au = 1 ident = 0B00:0E030 caid = 0B00 # user for group 2 with monitor access, AU enabled #[account] user = user2 pwd = password2 monlevel = 0 uniq = 0 group = 1 au = 1 ident = 0B00:0E030 caid = 0B00
Make sure oscam can write it's log:
mkdir /var/log/oscam
Start oscam with this line: (This should be replaced by an init script)
# /usr/bin/oscam -b -c /etc/oscam
Install vdr-plugin-sc and libvdr-sc-cardclient from source
Information taken from http://www.eurocardsharing.com/f273/vdr-1-7-21-sc-361291 Enter the following command to install the packages needed to complie
# apt-get install wget vdr-dev build-essential cdbs dpatch mercurial devscripts libssl-dev
Then enter the following commands to compile:
$ hg clone http://85.17.209.13:6100/sc $ wget http://vdrbox.lautre.net/fichiers/VDR/debianize-sc/sc-debian-package-03062011.diff $ cd sc/ $ patch -p1 <../sc-debian-package-03062011.diff $ dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b $ cd ..
Then enter the following commands to install:
# dpkg -i vdr-plugin-sc_*.deb libvdr-sc-cardclient_*.deb
edit /var/lib/vdr/plugins/sc/cardclient.conf to be able to connect to OSCAM. In this example the username is "user2" and the password is "password2"
# Comment lines can start with # or ; # # every client line starts with the client name, followed by some arguments: # 'hostname' is the name of the server # 'port' is the port on the server # 'emm' is a flag to allow EMM transfers to the server # (0=disabled 1=enabled) # 'caid' (optional) caid on which this client should work # 'mask' (optional) mask for caid e.g. caid=1700 mask=FF00 would allow # anything between 1700 & 17FF. # Default is 1700 & FF00. If only caid is given mask is FFFF. # You may give multiple caid/mask values comma separated # (e.g. 1702,1722,0d0c/ff00). # 'username' is the login username # 'password' is the login password # # newcamd client # 'cfgkey' is the config key (28bytes) newcamd:127.0.0.1:15050:1/0B00/FF00:user2:password2:000102030405060708090A0B0C0D
make sure vdr can change the configuration files:
# chown vdr /var/lib/vdr/plugins/sc/*
(Re)start VDR, so the new configuration is read. Also restart vdr-sxfe.
# invoke-rc.d vdr restart $ vdr-sxfe
It takes a few minutes for the first encrypted channel to start playing. After that, the encryption does not cause delays.
Extending VDR
Live
Install EPG search, streamdev-server and Live.
# apt-get install vdr-plugin-epgsearch vdr-plugin-live vdr-plugin-streamdev-server
In order to allow other computers in your LAN to connect to the streamdev server edit /var/lib/vdr/plugins/streamdev-server/streamdevhosts.conf In this example all computers in the IP range 192.168.31.0 to 192.168.31.255 are allowed access:
# # streamdevhosts This file describes a number of host addresses that # are allowed to connect to the streamdev server running # with the Video Disk Recorder (VDR) on this system. # Syntax: # # IP-Address[/Netmask] # 127.0.0.1 # always accept localhost 192.168.31.0/24 # any host on the local net #204.152.189.113 # a specific host #239.255.0.0/16 # uncomment for IGMP multicast streaming #0.0.0.0/0 # any host on any net (DON'T DO THAT! USE AUTHENTICATION)
(Re)start VDR, so the new configuration is read. Also restart vdr-sxfe.
# invoke-rc.d vdr restart Restarting Linux Video Disk Recorder: vdr Searching for plugins (VDR 1.7.28/1.7.28) (cache miss): quickepgsearch streamdev-server epgsearchonly sc epgsearch xineliboutput live conflictcheckonly. $ vdr-sxfe
Enter the following address in your favorite browser to access vdr-live:
127.0.0.1:8008
The default username = "admin", default password = "live". After logging in, this can be changed under "setup"
For information about the capabilities of vdr-live, see this page: http://live.vdr-developer.org/en/index.php
Signal monitor
This plugin monitors the signal quality of the receivers. To install:
# apt-get install vdr-plugin-femon
(Re)start VDR, so the new plugin is detected. Also restart vdr-sxfe.
# invoke-rc.d vdr restart Restarting Linux Video Disk Recorder: vdr Searching for plugins (VDR 1.7.28/1.7.28) (cache miss): quickepgsearch streamdev-server epgsearchonly sc femon epgsearch xineliboutput live conflictcheckonly. $ vdr-sxfe
In vdr-sxfe the new menu item "Signal Information" is visible
Playing DVD's with VDR
This plugin for VDR allows one to play back DVD Video discs from within VDR. To install:
# apt-get install vdr-plugin-dvd
Follow these instructions to be able to play encrypted DVD's: https://wiki.debian.org/CDDVD#DVD
(Re)start VDR, so the new plugin is detected. Also restart vdr-sxfe.
# invoke-rc.d vdr restart Restarting Linux Video Disk Recorder: vdr Searching for plugins (VDR 1.7.28/1.7.28) (cache miss): quickepgsearch dvd streamdev-server epgsearchonly sc femon epgsearch xineliboutput live conflictcheckonly. $ vdr-sxfe
In vdr-sxfe the new menu item "DVD" is visible
Accessing VDR from other devices
vdr-sxfe
VDR
browser with VLC
This requires the installation of vdr-live, see above. Install the vlc browser plugin, and restart the browser.
# apt-get install browser-plugin-vlc
After logging into vdr-live, choose "What's on?", and press the yellow arrow "Stream this channel into browser". Now a new window pops up, playing the selected channel. The the sound is bad, move the volume slider to silence, and then back. Now the sound should be good.
VDR with streamdev
Popcorn hour
Other Settings
Auto shutdown
edit /etc/default/vdr, set ENABLE_SHUTDOWN=1
# /etc/default/vdr # # See also /usr/share/doc/vdr/README.Debian.gz # # Change to 1 to enable vdr's init-script ENABLED=1 # Change this to 1 if you want vdr to be able to shutdown the # computer ENABLE_SHUTDOWN=1 # Options that will be passed to vdr's commandline # for example: OPTIONS="-w 15" OPTIONS="-w 60"
Restart VDR to reload the configuration.
VDR runs as the user "vdr" witch does not have permission to run the shutdown command. Edit the file /etc/sudoers to allow vdr to run the command. /etc/sudoers has to be edited by "visudo" as root. See for more info https://wiki.debian.org/sudo
# # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. # # Please consider adding local content in /etc/sudoers.d/ instead of # directly modifying this file. # # See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file. # Defaults env_reset Defaults mail_badpass Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" # Host alias specification # User alias specification # Cmnd alias specification # User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL # Allow members of group sudo to execute any command %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL # Allow VDR to shutdown the machine vdr ALL = NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown # See sudoers(5) for more information on "#include" directives: #includedir /etc/sudoers.d
In vdr-sxfe, pressing the key "p" now causes VDR to shutdown the PC.
Suspend
Suspend and the subsequent resume requires VDR to be stopped, the DVB driver to be unloaded. Then the kernel can suspend without crashing. On resume, the driver has to be loaded again, then VDR can be started. First check what driver is for the DVB receiver:
# lsmod | grep dvb dvb_usb_dib0700 114523 0 dib8000 34722 1 dvb_usb_dib0700 dib7000m 21693 1 dvb_usb_dib0700 dib0090 29953 1 dvb_usb_dib0700 dib0070 16978 1 dvb_usb_dib0700 dib7000p 31052 1 dvb_usb_dib0700 dib3000mc 17664 1 dvb_usb_dib0700 dibx000_common 13220 5 dvb_usb_dib0700,dib3000mc,dib7000p,dib7000m,dib8000 dvb_usb 18348 1 dvb_usb_dib0700 dvb_core 77734 3 dvb_usb,dib7000p,dib8000 rc_core 18286 10 dvb_usb_dib0700,dvb_usb,ir_nec_decoder,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_rc6_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder,ir_sony_decoder,ir_mce_kbd_decoder,ir_lirc_codec,rc_dib0700_rc5 i2c_core 23876 14 dvb_usb_dib0700,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_piix4,drm,drm_kms_helper,radeon,dvb_usb,dibx000_common,dib3000mc,dib7000p,dib0070,dib0090,dib7000m,dib8000 usbcore 128741 8 xhci_hcd,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd,usb_storage,usbhid,dvb_usb_dib0700,dvb_usb
In this case, its "dvb_usb_dib0700"
Edit the following file: /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/00vdr-and-modules
# Shutdown VDR and unload driver to not crash during suspend
. "${PM_FUNCTIONS}"
case "$1" in
hibernate|suspend)
#Stop VDR to make sure the DVB receiver is no longer busy
invoke-rc.d vdr stop
#unload the driver for the DVB receiver
rmmod dvb_usb_dib0700
;;
resume|thaw)
#load module to use the DVB receiver again
modprobe dvb_usb_dib0700
#start VDR again
invoke-rc.d vdr restart
;;
esacTo let VDR use suspend instead of shutdown, edit /etc/init.d/vdr, and set VDRSHUTDOWN="/var/lib/vdr/vdr-shutdown-wrapper"
#
# vdr start-stop script
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: vdr
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Starts the Linux Video Disk Recorder (VDR)
# Description: Starts the Linux Video Disk Recorder (VDR),
# if it is enabled in /etc/default/vdr.
### END INIT INFO
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
NAME=vdr
DESC="Linux Video Disk Recorder"
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/runvdr
PIDFILE=/var/run/runvdr.pid
VDRPRG=/usr/bin/vdr
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
test -x $VDRPRG || exit 0
. /usr/lib/vdr/config-loader.sh
# Set shutdown command
VDRSHUTDOWN="/var/lib/vdr/vdr-shutdown-wrapper"
#test "$ENABLE_SHUTDOWN" = "1" && VDRSHUTDOWN="/usr/lib/vdr/vdr-shutdown.wrapper" \
# || VDRSHUTDOWN="/usr/lib/vdr/vdr-shutdown-message"
. /usr/lib/vdr/plugin-loader.sh
. /usr/lib/vdr/commands-loader.sh
clean_console()
{
if [ "$KEYB_TTY" != "" ]; then
tput -Tlinux clear > $KEYB_TTY
fi
}
configure_console_input()
{
if [ "$KEYB_TTY" != "" ]; then
clean_console
echo -e "This tty is currently mapped to VDR, keypresses aren't echoed.\r" > $KEYB_TTY
echo -n "For a login prompt switch to another console." > $KEYB_TTY
REDIRECT="< $KEYB_TTY"
if [ "$KEYB_TTY_SWITCH" = "1" ]; then
chvt `echo "$KEYB_TTY" | sed "s/\/dev\/tty//"`
fi
fi
}
get_status()
{
if start-stop-daemon --start --startas $DAEMON --test \
--name $(basename $DAEMON) --pidfile $PIDFILE >/dev/null
then
echo " - is not running."
exit 3
else
echo " - is running."
exit 0
fi
}
startvdr()
{
if [ "$ENABLED" != "0" ] ; then
# only start vdr if there is no other instance running
if start-stop-daemon --start --startas $DAEMON --test \
--name $(basename $DAEMON) --pidfile $PIDFILE >/dev/null
then
getplugins
mergecommands "commands"
mergecommands "reccmds"
configure_console_input
if [ "$VFAT" == "1" ]; then
OPTIONS="--vfat $OPTIONS"
fi
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --startas $DAEMON --background \
--name $(basename $DAEMON) --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile -- \
-v $VIDEO_DIR -c $CFG_DIR -L $PLUGIN_DIR -r $REC_CMD \
-s $VDRSHUTDOWN -E $EPG_FILE -u $USER -g /tmp \
--port $SVDRP_PORT $OPTIONS $PLUGINS $REDIRECT
else
echo -n " - seems to be running already"
fi
else
echo -n " - aborted (to enable the daemon, edit /etc/default/vdr)"
fi
}
stopvdr()
{
if start-stop-daemon --stop --retry 30 \
--name $(basename $DAEMON) --pidfile $PIDFILE >/dev/null
then
start-stop-daemon --stop --retry 30 --oknodo --exec $VDRPRG >/dev/null
rm -f $PIDFILE
clean_console
else
echo -n " - seems not to be running"
fi
}
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
startvdr
echo "."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: $NAME"
stopvdr
echo "."
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: $NAME"
stopvdr
sleep 4
startvdr
echo "."
;;
status)
echo -n "Getting status of $DESC: $NAME"
get_status
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0Create the file /var/lib/vdr/vdr-shutdown-wrapper
sudo /usr/sbin/pm-suspend
VDR runs as the user "vdr" witch does not have permission to run the pm-suspend command. Edit the file /etc/sudoers to allow vdr to run the command. /etc/sudoers has to be edited by "visudo" as root. See for more info https://wiki.debian.org/sudo
# # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. # # Please consider adding local content in /etc/sudoers.d/ instead of # directly modifying this file. # # See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file. # Defaults env_reset Defaults mail_badpass Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" # Host alias specification # User alias specification # Cmnd alias specification # User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL # Allow members of group sudo to execute any command %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL # Allow VDR to suspend the machine vdr ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/pm-suspend # See sudoers(5) for more information on "#include" directives: #includedir /etc/sudoers.d
Auto startup
In order to start the PC just before a recording is planned, the PC must have a supported RTC. See http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/ACPI_Wakeup#Manually_test_wakealarm for details
Create the file /var/lib/vdr/vdr-shutdown-wrapper
# This script will be called with five parameters.
# $1 is the time (in UTC) of the next timer event (as a time_t type number)
# If a timer is recording this is a time in the past.
# this is the actual start time of the recording, so substract startup time
# $2 is the number of seconds from the current time until the next timer event.
# this is the actual start time of the recording, so substract startup time
# If a timer is recording this is a negative number
# $3 contains the number of the channel that will be recorded by the next timer
# (or 0 if no timer is present),
# $4 contains the file name of the recording as defined in the timer
# (or an empty string if no timer is present).
# $5 indicates the reason why the shutdown was requested.
# '0' means this is an automatic shutdown due to some timeout,
# while '1' means that this is a user requested shutdown
# $2 is the best number to use, when negative, probably something terrible is going on,
# so do a complete shutdown, and start after two minutes
# when $2 is 0, start the PC 24 hours from now, so the EPG can be updated
# when $2 is positive, subtract the startup time. When still positive, add this number to now, and write this to rtc.
EMERGENCY_SECS=121 #seconds to stay off after powerdown during recording
STARTUPTIME=120 #seconds to startup
ONE_DAY_SECS=86400 #seconds in one day
GO_INTO_SUSPEND_SECS=15 #seconds to perform suspend
if [ $2 -eq 0 ]
then #no recordings planned in the future, suspend, and try again tomorrow
sudo /usr/bin/setwakeup $ONE_DAY_SECS
sudo /usr/sbin/pm-suspend
elif [ $2 -lt 0 ]
then #timer recording, shutdown, and boot after 2 minutes.
sudo /usr/bin/setwakeup $EMERGENCY_SECS
sudo /sbin/shutdown
elif [ $2 -gt $(($STARTUPTIME +$GO_INTO_SUSPEND_SECS)) ]
then #timer in the (far) future, suspend, and set time
sudo /usr/bin/setwakeup $(($2 - $STARTUPTIME ))
sudo /usr/sbin/pm-suspend
else #timer very soon in the future, don't shutdown the machine. Should not happen
echo
fiEdit /usr/bin/setwakeup
# set RTC to $1 + now nowTime=`date +%s` targetTime=$[$nowTime+$1] echo 0 > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm echo "$targetTime" > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm
Make sure the two above files are executable:
# chmod +x /var/lib/vdr/vdr-shutdown-wrapper /usr/bin/setwakeup
Edit /etc/init.d/vdr, Set VDRSHUTDOWN="/var/lib/vdr/vdr-shutdown-wrapper"
#
# vdr start-stop script
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: vdr
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Starts the Linux Video Disk Recorder (VDR)
# Description: Starts the Linux Video Disk Recorder (VDR),
# if it is enabled in /etc/default/vdr.
### END INIT INFO
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
NAME=vdr
DESC="Linux Video Disk Recorder"
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/runvdr
PIDFILE=/var/run/runvdr.pid
VDRPRG=/usr/bin/vdr
test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
test -x $VDRPRG || exit 0
. /usr/lib/vdr/config-loader.sh
# Set shutdown command
VDRSHUTDOWN="/var/lib/vdr/vdr-shutdown-wrapper"
#test "$ENABLE_SHUTDOWN" = "1" && VDRSHUTDOWN="/usr/lib/vdr/vdr-shutdown.wrapper" \
# || VDRSHUTDOWN="/usr/lib/vdr/vdr-shutdown-message"
. /usr/lib/vdr/plugin-loader.sh
. /usr/lib/vdr/commands-loader.sh
clean_console()
{
if [ "$KEYB_TTY" != "" ]; then
tput -Tlinux clear > $KEYB_TTY
fi
}
configure_console_input()
{
if [ "$KEYB_TTY" != "" ]; then
clean_console
echo -e "This tty is currently mapped to VDR, keypresses aren't echoed.\r" > $KEYB_TTY
echo -n "For a login prompt switch to another console." > $KEYB_TTY
REDIRECT="< $KEYB_TTY"
if [ "$KEYB_TTY_SWITCH" = "1" ]; then
chvt `echo "$KEYB_TTY" | sed "s/\/dev\/tty//"`
fi
fi
}
get_status()
{
if start-stop-daemon --start --startas $DAEMON --test \
--name $(basename $DAEMON) --pidfile $PIDFILE >/dev/null
then
echo " - is not running."
exit 3
else
echo " - is running."
exit 0
fi
}
startvdr()
{
if [ "$ENABLED" != "0" ] ; then
# only start vdr if there is no other instance running
if start-stop-daemon --start --startas $DAEMON --test \
--name $(basename $DAEMON) --pidfile $PIDFILE >/dev/null
then
getplugins
mergecommands "commands"
mergecommands "reccmds"
configure_console_input
if [ "$VFAT" == "1" ]; then
OPTIONS="--vfat $OPTIONS"
fi
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --startas $DAEMON --background \
--name $(basename $DAEMON) --pidfile $PIDFILE --make-pidfile -- \
-v $VIDEO_DIR -c $CFG_DIR -L $PLUGIN_DIR -r $REC_CMD \
-s $VDRSHUTDOWN -E $EPG_FILE -u $USER -g /tmp \
--port $SVDRP_PORT $OPTIONS $PLUGINS $REDIRECT
else
echo -n " - seems to be running already"
fi
else
echo -n " - aborted (to enable the daemon, edit /etc/default/vdr)"
fi
}
stopvdr()
{
if start-stop-daemon --stop --retry 30 \
--name $(basename $DAEMON) --pidfile $PIDFILE >/dev/null
then
start-stop-daemon --stop --retry 30 --oknodo --exec $VDRPRG >/dev/null
rm -f $PIDFILE
clean_console
else
echo -n " - seems not to be running"
fi
}
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: $NAME"
startvdr
echo "."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: $NAME"
stopvdr
echo "."
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: $NAME"
stopvdr
sleep 4
startvdr
echo "."
;;
status)
echo -n "Getting status of $DESC: $NAME"
get_status
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0Run visudo (as root) to enable the user vdr to execute "shutdown" "pm-suspend" and vdr-shutdown-wrapper:
# # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. # # Please consider adding local content in /etc/sudoers.d/ instead of # directly modifying this file. # # See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file. # Defaults env_reset Defaults mail_badpass Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" # Host alias specification # User alias specification # Cmnd alias specification # User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL # Allow members of group sudo to execute any command %sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL # Allow VDR to shutdown, suspend and set RTC vdr ALL = NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown, /usr/sbin/pm-suspend, /usr/bin/setwakeup # See sudoers(5) for more information on "#include" directives: #includedir /etc/sudoers.d
Restart vdr and vdr-sxfe to pick up the new configuration
# invoke-rc.d vdr restart $ vdr-sxfe
First go into setup - miscellaneous - min event timeout 30 -> 5 Now make a timer 15 minutes in the future, and press p to shutdown the machine. Now the machine should suspend, and wakeup in 10 minutes.
Known Problems
DVB-T USB receivers
PCTV NanoStick 73e SE (solo) receiver needs USB2
My DVB-t receiver has no filter, so you get the complete transport stream. This is 8MB/s (64Mb/s), more than USB-1 (12Mb/s)
PCTV NanoStick 73e SE (solo) receiver needs 500mA
The receiver needs 500mA of power, otherwise the analog functions don't fully work. ==== PCTV ?NanoStick 73e SE (solo) receiver has to be powered down ==== Some USB ports stay powered after the PC has shut down. This can be seen by the LED on the receiver staying on. When the PC is then booted, the kernel driver is confused, and fails to enable the preamplifier. This leads to deteriorated reception.
PCTV NanoStick 73e SE (solo) receiver disconnect while in use confuses the kernel
When VDR is accessing the receiver, and it is pulled from a USB port, that USB port does not react to any USB device anymore, until VDR is stopped.
Smartcards
Digitenne smartcard looses subscription every 3 months
Every 3 months, my digitenne smartcard stops giving keys. The solution is to put the smartcard in an official digitenne receiver for about 15 minutes.
Debian specific information
Upstream specific information
other information