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Oh, I see. As a "nomal" user, I have only German HD 720p, my films 1080p. This is not an issue for me, but true. BR, C.

Hi,

XBMC also works in this combo pretty well on Atom/ION boards. There is even a distribution, yaVDR, which is
isntalling a minimal Ubuntu together with VDR and different Clients (vdr-sxfe, xine, XBMC) that can connect
either to the local or any remote VDR through VNSI.

It works for me pretty well with my VDR headless server, I am even able to watch during recording of HD. The
ION (nVidia) chip uses VDPAU to decode and de-interlace (when necessary).

There are some reports though that have problems in this setting when extensively watching live TV. What I
normally don't do.

And like muellerph explains, XBMC looks nifty, and adds other features, like weather, music, photos, movies in
basically any format, getting film meta information, watching trailers, viewing streamed video (e.g. Tagesschau
in 100 Sekunden, to get the latest EHEC information).

Atom/ION boxes come in various sizes, some even with blueray players. So there could be one of your choice...

BR,
Carsten.

Well, it didn't work very well. But it does with no version of the client I have here from you. I guess, I have to
check the server plugin. I use vdr 1.7.14 currently.

I sent you some infos by mail.

BR,
Carsten.

Hi,

didn't have a lot of time to test. I think I have mixed versions of servers on different machines that I first have to
sort, maybe tonight. But it did work. By navigation you mean jump/spool?

BR,
Carsten.

Hi Marten,

I will have a look on it this evening. BTW: any changes lately on the plugin? Where could I get the latest source of it? In this thread?
Or can I still use that one you once mailed me...

Thanks,
Carsten.

Sure: http://www.vdr-portal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=92227&hilightuser=11270.

You will not find a lot on my server, though, for that you need to look into http://www.ctserver.org/ftopic2484.html, as it's virtual.
See the signature for details of the system. I use three different cards: Technisat Cablestar2, Technotrent C-1500, and Satelco Easywatch.
Drivers are budget-core, budget-av, and b2c2-flexcop-pci. I use a certain, older status of v4l drivers, as after that, there will be compile problems
with the ir receiver component on one of the cards.

My main work here is on using powernow with K8 AMD CPUs in Xen, which is a bit tricky.

BR,
Carsten.

Hi,

just to bring you upt to date on my VOMP HD alternative box: I build a mini PC based on POV 330 (without -1) Atom board with
ION chipset, which includes a CUDA/VDPAU capable graphics chip. It runs under Ubuntu Karmic with XBMC on top and last weekend
I was the first time able to use it for viewing - timeshifted - a thriller in HD broadcasted in German television, which was recorded on
my headless server based on vdr 1.7.14 and patches to the streamdev-server plugin.

Before that, I used media viweing and mp3 playing already without major promblems. VDR addon implementation is still a bit fragile,
I have to admit. It plays back H.264 in 1080p@25 and 720p@50 without drops. It uses roughly 35W and is pretty quite, as the only
fan I use is a 1000rpm Skythe 100mm fan on top to the CPU/GPU heatspread.

So I am narrowing my functional requirements. I even thought of using Windos on that box and Marten's new HD version of VfW.

There is a tradeoff which I am still uncertain of. Well, VOMP is so easy to use that my 10-year ol, even when he was 9 was able to
hangle it. On the other hand, XBMC looks really, really sexy.

If you are interested in more information about this little project, let me know. I have some experience written in German e.g. in
the vdr forum, but could eventually translate that.

Those, who don't want to do much Hardware could probably also use an Asrock box based on the same chips, Acer Revo and ZOTAC
Mag could be alternatives, but especially on the Revo, there could be overheating probs, as these boxes are fanless, when I remember
right.

BR,
Carsten.

Hi,

also in XBMC on Ubuntu, I had to modify the x11.conf in order to vsynch and stop tearing. So I guess it
is pretty much the same for Windows. I disabled composite in order to do so, maybe you have a similar
option in Windows driver settings.

BR,
Carsten.

Marten, I am able to provide you with DVB-C .ts files from latest e-Tobi vdr. I have a 10 MBit upload, so it should be sufficient.
Available channels: Das Erste HD, ZDF HD, arte HD in 720p25 and Anixe HD and Luxe HD in 1080i50. There are more HD stations
in my network, but they provide only loops. I recorded several interesting shows during the last show cases of ARD/ZDF. There
is a next one from 17.12.09 to 06.01.10, so enough to find something nice...

I will contact you via pm for details.

BR,
Carsten.

Hi,

as I was wondering whether we could get CUDA-eabled H.264 support into Vomp for Windows, the alternative could
be to add H.264 support into the Qt version by usage of VDPAU. Does anybody know how complex this could be?

BR,
Carsten.

Hi,

anything going on here? I am also quite interested and wondered whether I could start looking at it, although
the chances that I produce code are pretty bad...

I will also try to ask Mr. QT-Vomp whether it could be easier to use VDPAU in his version.

BR,
Carsten.

Hi,

another idea, which is a bit offside using this devices with a ported vompclient could be that there is someone currently building a dlna/upnp pluging
for vdr that eventually could look pretty well on some of the devices of that class, means popcorns, wd tvs, etc.

But as I really love vomp, even if it's interface couldn't be called sexy, I hope someone with the right know how could find out how to play streams
on that box. It's small, it's quiet, it has enough power.

On the other hand I have an eye on boxes with Atom/ION, e.g. Revo 3600. There should be a box with Atom 330 just out...

BR,
Carsten.

Hi,

the first model mentioned is the "old" version w/o network. You need to plug in a USB LAN adapter.
The "new" version hat build-in network, a better chip, and a slightly improved firmware.

BR,
Carsten.

You also have to make sure your MVP has reloaded the 0.3.1 dongle, so you might take out the
power plug and be carefull that the right dongle is taken while it's booting.

This error message would be typically show up when trying to stream on an 0.3.0 dongle.

BR,
Carsten.

I can now positively (although it's negative )confirm that using Debian vdr 1.6.0-8 and compiling
the server plugin will work. So e-Tobi's or c't magazine's vdr patches break the plugin code.

Thanks Walter.

BR,
Carsten.