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== Testing VDR without DVB receiver == | == Testing VDR == |
WARNING: This article is not finished, and has not yet been tested. Please don't use below information yet.
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. VDR currently cannot be made to run without a DVB receiver. This guide has been tested with the PCTV ?NanoStick 73e SE (solo) http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Pinnacle_PCTV_nano_Stick_%2873e%29
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:
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:
Check if the kernel has made the device nodes:
Installing
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 "Terrastrial" Now the installer will make a new user, "VDR", and try to run 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"
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
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
Configuration files
VDR store it's configuration files in the following directories:
/var/lib/vdr/* /etc/default/vdr /etc/vdr/* /etc/init.d/vdr
Setting up VDR for DVB-T reception
Netherlands: KPN Digitenne
In the Netherlands, KPN provides DVB-T broadcasts under the name "Digitenne".
Scanning channels
To scan the channels, enter the following command as root:
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.
Adding support for encrypted broadcasts
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 as root 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 as root to install:
dpkg -i vdr-plugin-sc_*.deb libvdr-sc-cardclient_*.deb
Installing OSCAM from source
Configuring OSCAM
Connecting VDR to OSCAM
Extending VDR
EPGsearch
Live
Accessing VDR from other devices
vdr-sxfe
VDR
browser with VDR
VDR with streamdev
Popcorn hour
Other Settings
Auto shutdown
Auto startup
External links