VDR Plugin 'pvrinput' Revision History
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2007-05-10 .. 2007-05-23 (Wirbel):

- tried to simplify controls (QueryAllControls, SetControlValue)
- SetControlValue is now overloaded function
- separate valSet for FM radio Audio Volume instead of int type
- added cPlugin::Stop() which stops all threads, see <vdr>/PLUGINS.html
- added preliminary Patch for vdr-1.5.2 (later 1.5 Versions may need 
  some small adaptions inside channels.conf and plugins source code)
- new function SetVBImode()
- fixed internationalization for setup page and mainpage
- cPvrReadThread::Action() is now checking Running as needed (see <vdr>/threads.h)
- added cPvrReadThread::ResetCounters(void)
- cPvrReadThread::PesToTs and cPvrReadThread::ParseProgramStream sligthly changed
- FM Radio now initialized in cPvrDevice::cPvrDevice
- new property IVTV_apiversion gives ivtv version number
- cPvrDevice::Probe rewritten
- cPvrDevice::OpenDvr now resets all counters: audio, video, text
- several other improvements
- fix: 'Channel no available' during records from ext inputs
- channels with frequency 87500 .. 108000 (87.5MHz .. 108MHz) are now
  considered as FM radio, regardless of their VPID.
- thanks to DrSeltsam for excessive testing


2007:

- added a first version of romanian i18n (Lucian Muresan
<lucianm AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>)
- re-added main menu control, because it's useful and yet
optional (Lucian Muresan <lucianm AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>)
-removed 3.2 pulldown stuff because it was removed in driver
-Code Cleanup by Andreas Schaefers
-fix and improve radio (thanx to Jose Alberto Reguero
 <jareguero@telefonica.net> )
-smoother channel switching: use encoder pause before tuning and resume after
 tuner has fully locked. Thererfore the time between tuning and encoder resume
 can be set in the menu (WaitAfterTuning). Default value is 50ms.

2006-11-21:
-added "Anti-Flickering workaround" in the plugin menu. If set to "yes", it
 will close and re-open the device at each channel switch. This has been tested
 as being a reliably workaround for the flickering problem that some people
 have been reported. (see also
 http://www.vdr-portal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=52013 and
 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/33101 ). Default is "no"
 The Flickering is solved in newer drivers for cx23416-based cards, but still
 exist for cx23415 (PVR350 and older revisions of PVR250) 

2006-10-08 (Wirbel):

- removed all old ivtv API calls and switched to v4l2 (some of them already
  were v4l2 api)
- removed ivtv.h and videodev2.h
- removed the main menu entry, because it was easier to realize
- added internationalization (english and german are done, other
  languages not done but prepared)
- improved video filter settings

2006-02-09: Version 0.1.1

- fixed detection of pvr card to work with ivtv version 0.4.1 or later with
kernel 2.4.


2005-11-27: Version 0.1.0

- fixed detection of pvr card to work with ivtv version 0.4.1 or later.


2005-11-27: Version 0.0.9

- adapted setting of VBI mode to new API used in driver version 0.4.0.
- removed dynamic setting of VBI embedded mode as this doesn't work when the
video device is opened.


2005-09-04: Version 0.0.8

- Fixed setting of vbi modes.


2005-09-04: Version 0.0.7

- It is possible to hide the main menu entry through a setting in setup menu.
- The time to wait for the ringbuffer to fill with data is now adjustable in
  setup menu.
- Now using embedded vbi mode only when the channel has a valid teletext PID.
  If the PID is 0 then embedded vbi mode is disabled.


2005-08-28: Version 0.0.6

- Added setting of vbi teletext mode. Now it should work again with 0.2 and
  0.3 drivers.
- Removed dependency from libdvb from makefile.
- Added a small OSD window for setting up the picture parameters (brightness,
  contrast, saturation, hue). It can be reached from the main menu.


2005-08-27: Version 0.0.5

- Fixed: memcpy length in last TS packet was wrong (thanks to Christian
  Cier-Zniewski for reporting).
- Made PES to TS conversion MPEG compliant, stuffing in last TS packet is now
  done with adaptaion field. (thanks to Christian Cier-Zniewski for reporting).
- Static variables of PET to TS conversion are now non-static members of
  cPvrReadThread. This is needed for multiple card support.
- Fixed: not switching to new channel when recording starts during watching
  another analogue channel.


2005-08-26: Version 0.0.4

- Switched to a self-written PES to TS conversion. libdvb is no longer needed.
- Now using vbi embedded mode for reading the teletext data.
- fixed closing the radio device when switching to a non-tuner input (thanks
  to Jose Alberto Reguero).
- Waiting for buffer to fill in GetTsPacket. This speeds up the "hopping" over
  channels. You can change the kTimeToWaitAfterChannelSwitch value to change
  the time to wait. 1000 works good for me and slows down things not too much.
- renewed ivtv.h to be compatible with ivtv 0.3 versions.


2005-07-23: Version 0.0.3

- Settings taken in setup menu are now applied after leaving it with OK
- Now reading video and vbi data in one and the same thread. I hope
  this improves things a bit.
- Now immediately returns in SetChannelDevice when the channel is already set.
- Only reading from vbi device if opening was successful (thanks to steffx
  for reporting this one).


2005-06-13: Version 0.0.2

- The tuner input is now auto-detected (I hope this works for non
  PVR-250 cards).
- Added support for other inputs than the tuner, using the "C" parameter
  of the channel entry. I did not test this here, it should work.
- Fixed VIDIOC_G_FMT ioctl.
- Added support for the video norms NTSC, SECAM and PAL, using the "I"
  parameter of the channel entry.
- Added support for radio channels, the video PID must be set to zero.
  I can't test this here, I hope it works.
- Added setup menu for setting up encoding parameters.
- Added videodev2.h file from the ivtv driver archive.


2005-05-31: Version 0.0.1

- Initial revision.
