Additional notes for mplayercluster-0.0.1a-Urig6 patch


This is a little fix & update patch for mplayercluster-0.0.1a, to get this 
plugin back up and running.


Whats new, version Urig7:
Fix: Compatibility to VDR 1.3.36+

Whats new, version Urig6:
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Fix: Avoid cRemux timeouts on all 1.3.x versions

Whats new, version Urig5:
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FIX: Compatibility to VDR 1.2.6 - 1.3.25+
FIX: Compatibility to GCC 3.4
FIX: Warnings

Whats new, version Urig4:
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FIX: Compatibility to VDR 1.2.6 - 1.3.19

Whats new, version Urig3:
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FIX: Compatibility to VDR 1.3.17-Poison, thread-safe fix
FIX: Compatibility to VDR 1.3.18
FIX: Reversed Urig2 changes, added compatibility layer 1.2.6-1.3.18
FIX: Some warnings


Whats new, version Urig2:
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FIX: Compatibility to VDR 1.3.12, plus backward compatibility.


Whats new, version Urig1:
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FIX: Compile error "const cFrame *playFrame = 0"
FIX: Videos getting played in black&white
FIX: Video not playing smoothly
FIX: Buffer overrun in NFS mode causing corrupted filenames
NEW: Use intelligent mplayer 'dvbscale' scaler
NEW: Option to use mplayer.sh script for playback
NEW: Advanced NFS file mapping


mplayercluster requires mplayer only on the server side. If the server machine
has a DVB card, you have to compile mplayer with ./configure --disable-dvb.



To use mplayer.sh for playback:
Start recode-server with "recode-server -M /path/to/mplayer.sh", and playback
will be started using this script file. A sample file is included in this
release.


mplayer parameters:
Some examples for mplayer parameters are included in mplayer.sh.sample.
If playback still isnt smooth, try lowering video bitrate.


New NFS mapping:
If the NFS prefix contains ~, the new syntax is used: localpath~serverpath
For example, if you have a video path on your recoding server located at
/Video-Server/, and you share it via /etc/exports with:

  /Video-Server/      192.168.0.0/24(ro)

and mount it via /etc/fstab with:

  192.168.0.1:/Video-Server   /mnt/nfs-video  nfs     ro,user,noauto 0 0

and use a proper mount.sh in path (example included), you can add this line
to mplayersources.conf:

  /mnt/nfs-video;Server-Video;1

and finally, configure NFS prefix to be:

  /mnt/nfs-video/~/Video-Server/

Of course you still can map your local drives to the server like before, 
in this case "serverpath" is equivalent to "/~serverpath".





This update was first released on www.urichter.cjb.net/vdr by Urig <udo_richter@gmx.de>.
