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Date:      Mon, 17 May 2010 00:45:25 +0200
From:      Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de>
To:        Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: for those that want to try vdr on FreeBSD...  (dvb with webcamd)
Message-ID:  <20100516224525.GA48612@triton8.kn-bremen.de>
In-Reply-To: <20100514171150.GA51257@triton8.kn-bremen.de>
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On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 07:11:50PM +0200, Juergen Lock wrote:
> On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 10:13:06PM +0200, Juergen Lock wrote:
> > On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 10:32:48PM +0200, Juergen Lock wrote:
> > > On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 09:02:07PM +0200, Juergen Lock wrote:
> > > > Hi!
> > > > 
> > > >  I took jpulz' vdr 1.7.14 patches: (hi, you never seem to be on irc
> > > > when I am... :)
> > > > 
> > > > 	ftp://ftp.frm2.tum.de/pub/jpulz/VDR/
> > > > 	ftp://ftp.frm2.tum.de/pub/jpulz/pictures/
> > > > 
> > > > and made q&d ports of those and of a few more plugins and two webinterfaces
> > > > so I can now use FreeBSD as a pc dvb-s2 dvr:
> > > > 
> > > > 	http://people.freebsd.org/~nox/dvb/vdrdevel-preliminary.shar
> > > > 
> > > >  I don't know if/when I'll be able finish these to make them commit-ready
> > > > (or even port all of the other plugins that people might want to use),
> > > > if anyone wants to take over from here or at least help they are most
> > > > welcome...
> > > > 
> > > >  Note: vdr 1.7.14 is the development branch so expect bugs!  (I mostly
> > > > used it because the stable branch (1.6) doesn't support dvb-s2...)
> > > > 
> > > >  FreeBSD notes:
> > > > 
> > > > 0. See my earlier threads on the freebsd-multimedia list about webcamd
> > > >    and the usb dvb-s2 tuner I use; the relevant webcamd ports and
> > > >    frieds have been updated now so you _should_ be able to just use
> > > >    those.  (I see no reason why dvb-t or dvb-c tuners wouldn't work
> > > >    also as long as webcamd supports them, I just haven't tested any.)
> > > > 
> > > > 1. Before you start installing these ports add the vdr user and group
> > > >    to /usr/ports/UIDs:
> > > > 
> > > > 	vdr:*:988:988::0:0:vdr user:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
> > > > 
> > > >    and to /usr/ports/GIDs:
> > > > 
> > > > 	vdr:*:988:
> > > > 
> > > >    (you don't have to use 988, I just didn't want the id to conflict with
> > > >    new ports being committed too quickly...), and then either mount an extra
> > > >    fs with enough space for the recordings on /video or create a video dir
> > > >    elsewhere where there is space, symlink it to /video and make it
> > > >    writable for vdr.  (or if you do have one big / then you can create
> > > >    the dir on there too ofc, I just disabled the mkdir in the port to
> > > >    avoid inadvertently filling up ppl's small / fs.)
> > > > 
> > > > 2. I didn't make rc.d scripts yet so for now you need to start vdr as
> > > >    well as the vdradmin-am webinterface manually, look in the README.s
> > > >    of the individual (plugins, vdradmin-am) ports for any needed options.
> > > >    My current vdr startup line is:
> > > > 
> > > > 	vdr -P"xineliboutput --local=none --remote=127.1:37890" -Pskinenigmang -Pfemon -Posdpip '-Posdteletext --directory=/usr/tmp --cache-system=packed --max-cache=128' -P"streamdev-server" -P"live -i127.1" -Pepgsearch -Pcontrol
> > > > 
> > > >    Oh and I skipped install of a lot of locales for now too...
> > > > 
> > > > 3. Of all the video output methods only xineliboutput and streamdev
> > > >    seem to work (and the vdr-live webinterface browser streaming which
> > > >    also uses streamdev), jpulz also has patches for softdevice so I made
> > > >    a port for that too but it only gave me a black screen...  streamdev
> > > >    doesn't have an osd so you probably want xineliboutput at least for
> > > >    the first setup.
> > > > 
> > > >    I was unable to test xineliboutput's vdpau support since I no longer
> > > >    have nvidia (and miwi's issues with the nvidia blob on amd64 don't
> > > >    exactly encourage me to try it again soon...) - on the radeon here
> > > >    using xorg 7.4's video-ati driver with xv xineliboutput via vdr-sxfe,
> > > > 
> > > > 	vdr-sxfe --video=xv --hotkeys xvdr://127.0.0.1:37890
> > > > 
> > > >    (vdr-sxfe gets installed by the xineliboutput plugin port) as well as any
> > > >    other player that knew the xvdr protocol (xineliboutput with osd) were
> > > >    unable to play h264 hd channels (I suspect they use too much cpu; I tried
> > > >    xine and both the kde3 and kde4 versions of kaffeine,
> > > > 
> > > > 	xine "xvdr://127.0.0.1#nocache"
> > > > 	kaffeine "xvdr+tcp://127.1:37890"
> > > > 	/usr/local/kde4/bin/kaffeine "xvdr+tcp://127.1:37890"
> > > > 
> > > >    ), only mplayer and (sometimes) totem/gstreamer (incluing the totem
> > > >    browser plugin invoked by the vdr-live webinterface) apparently were
> > > >    efficient enough to decode h264 on this PhenomII cpu in software:
> > > > 
> > > > 	mplayer -mc 10 -cache 8192 -demuxer lavf http://127.0.0.1:37890/
> > > > 	totem http://127.0.0.1:37890/
> > > > 
> > > >    (or using streamdev:
> > > > 
> > > > 	mplayer -mc 10 -cache 8192 -demuxer lavf http://127.0.0.1:3000/302
> > > > 	totem http://127.0.0.1:3000/302
> > > > 
> > > >    - channel 302 is arte hd in my channels.conf.)
> > > > 
> > > > 4. I have no idea if the lirc support works on FreeBSD (and webcamd doesn't
> > > >    seem to support dvb tuner remotes yet anyway), so you probably will
> > > >    have to use keyboard control for now.  I have included an example
> > > >    remote.conf for vdr-sxfe and the multimedia/vdr-plugin-control plugin
> > > >    that you can access by telnet (default port is 2002), I have put the
> > > >    menu button on the tab and insert keys and OK on the return key, see
> > > > 
> > > > 	/usr/local/etc/vdr/remote.conf
> > > > 
> > > >    for the full keybindings list.  (If you start vdr in the foreground
> > > >    and keep that shell open you should be able to use that for keyboard
> > > >    control also, the control plugin just gives me an osd too for when I
> > > >    use mplayer...)
> > > > 
> > > >    Oh and the webinterfaces have point-and-click remotes too but I prefer
> > > >    keyboard control.
> > > > 
> > > > 5. The example channels.conf is the one that comes with the vdr sources,
> > > >    its for Astra 19.2E and a little outdated (also doesn't have hd channels
> > > >    yet), if you receive something else and don't want to go hunting for a
> > > >    suitable channels.conf on the web you can use w_scan for which I put a
> > > >    port here earlier:
> > > > 
> > > > 	http://people.freebsd.org/~nox/dvb/w_scan.shar
> > > > 
> > > >    Remember to use -o7 for vdr 1.7, see the w_scan homepage for options
> > > >    and examples:
> > > > 
> > > > 	http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/w_scan/index_en.html
> > > > 
> > > >    Also note you probably will only need to use w_scan once initially,
> > > >    this vdr version by default should look for new transponders itself
> > > >    when it does its epg scan during idle times unles you disable that
> > > >    feature.
> > > > 
> > > > 5. I ported two webinterfaces because I only learned about vdr-live
> > > >    later which seems to be faster and uses fewer resources meaning you
> > > >    could probably turn a pretty wimpy box into a vdr server as long as
> > > >    you keep the actual watching (especially of h264 hd) to a faster box
> > > >    connected over the network.  The vdr-plugin-live webinterface by
> > > >    default listens on port 8008:
> > > > 
> > > > 	http://127.1:8008/
> > > > 
> > > >    and vdradmin_am listens on 8001:
> > > > 
> > > > 	http://127.1:8001/
> > > > 
> > > >    And the streamdev plugin has a (simple) webinterface too if you point
> > > >    a browser at it: (instead of a player)
> > > > 
> > > > 	http://127.1:3000/
> > > > 
> > > > 6. I may have forgot some other manual installation steps, if you
> > > >    notice something just post a followup...  Most of vdr's own
> > > >    configuration including plugins should be available in the osd
> > > >    under `Setup'.
> > > > 
> > > >  And finally, here are some links about vdr and the plugins and
> > > > webinterfaces I made ports for:
> > > > 
> > > > 0. vdr 1.7.14:
> > > > 	http://www.tvdr.de/
> > > > 	http://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/Main_Page
> > > > 
> > > > 1. xineliboutput-1.0.5 cvs snapshot from 20100414:
> > > > 	http://sourceforge.net/projects/xineliboutput/
> > > > 	http://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/Xineliboutput-plugin
> > > > 
> > > > 2. streamdev-0.5.0 cvs snapshot from 20100426:
> > > > 	http://streamdev.vdr-developer.org/
> > > > 	http://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/Streamdev-plugin
> > > > 
> > > > 3. live-0.2.0:
> > > > 	http://live.vdr-developer.org/
> > > > 
> > > > 4. live also depends on cxxtools and tntnet which I also had to port:
> > > > 	http://www.tntnet.org/cxxtools.html
> > > > 	http://www.tntnet.org/index.html
> > > > 
> > > > 5. epgsearch-0.9.25.beta16:
> > > > 	http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch/index_eng.html
> > > > 	http://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/Epgsearch-plugin
> > > > 
> > > > 6. femon-1.7.7:
> > > > 	http://www.saunalahti.fi/~rahrenbe/vdr/femon/
> > > > 	http://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/Femon-plugin
> > > > 
> > > > 7. osdpip-0.1.0:
> > > > 	http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/show/plg-osdpip
> > > > 	http://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/Osdpip-plugin
> > > > 
> > > > 8. osdteletext-0.8.3:
> > > > 	http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/show/plg-osdteletext
> > > > 	http://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/Osdteletext-plugin
> > > > 
> > > > 9. skinenigmang-0.1.1:
> > > > 	http://andreas.vdr-developer.org/enigmang/index.html
> > > > 	http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Skinenigmang-plugin
> > > > 	(sorry for de in the second link but at least there are pics...)
> > > > 
> > > > 10. softdevice 0.5.0 cvs snapshot from 20100414:
> > > > 	http://softdevice.berlios.de/
> > > > 	http://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/Softdevice-plugin
> > > > 
> > > > 10. control-0.0.2a-45yavdr1 with ubuntu yavdr patches:
> > > > 	http://ricomp.de/vdr/down_en.html
> > > > 	http://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/Control-plugin
> > > > 
> > > > 11. vdradmin_am-3.6.7:
> > > > 	http://andreas.vdr-developer.org/vdradmin-am/
> > > 
> > > Ok I now found out why xineliboutput didn't want to play h264 at all:
> > > the libxine port builds with an internal copy of ffmpeg by default,
> > > turning on its 'Enable external FFMpeg' knob got it playing.  Its still
> > > skipping once in a while, maybe using the new ffmpeg-devel port will
> > > fix that, but looks like that would involve rebuilding several
> > > dependencies at least so I haven't yet tried.
> > > 
> > >  While testing that, I have also added a small patch to improve the osd
> > > resizing so the osd should look a little better now when the video resolution
> > > changes (multimedia/vdr-plugin-xineliboutput/files/patch-osdautosize),
> > > and I add the keypad return key to the vdr-sxfe remote.conf and changed
> > > FastFwd from f to w because f is already in use for the fullscreen toggle
> > > with vdr-sxfe --hotkeys.
> > 
> > Updated version with a new osd autosize patch that handles width < 512
> > after I found out there are sd channels with width = 480 at least...
> 
> New version that takes care of OSTYPE being now defined (which caused
> the FreeBSD host detection in jpulz' patches to fail and the vdr and
> plugin port builds to abort), and that adds a missing www/p5-libwww
> dependency in the vdradmin-am port.

Good news:  with the ffmpeg-devel port and updated ports watching h264
hd streams via xineliboutput (vdr-sxfe/xine/kaffeine) and xv on
xf86-video-ati-6.13.0 works well now, only enabling deinterlacing with
1080i still sometimes causes skipping with kaffeine.  Another issue I
initially had was vdr-sxfe often used 100% cpu on sd(!) channels, but
turned out that that was just caused by it now defaulting to using
libasound (alsa) that I installed for chrome, passing --audio=oss
to vdr-sxfe fixed that.

 ..and I also updated the shar again, this time its mostly plist/permission
fixes, and reinstalling the vdrdevel port via portmaster/portupgrade was
broken too.

 Enjoy, :)
	Juergen



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