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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ If you have the DVB driver source in a different location
you will have to change the definition of DVBDIR in the
Makefile.
-This program requires the card driver version 0.8.2 or higher
+This program requires the card driver version 0.9.0 or higher
to work properly. You need to load the dvb.o module *without* option
'outstream=0' (previous versions of VDR required this option to have
the driver supply the data in AV_PES format; as of version 0.70 VDR
@@ -81,13 +81,25 @@ Automatic restart in case of hangups:
If you run VDR using the 'runvdr' shell script it will use the built-in
watchdog timer to restart the program in case something happens that
-causes a program hangup.
+causes a program hangup. If you change the command line options for the
+call to the VDR program, be sure to NOT use the '-d' option! Otherwise
+VDR will go into 'deamon' mode and the initial program call will return
+immediately!
Command line options:
---------------------
Use "vdr --help" for a list of available command line options.
+Replaying Dolby Digital audio:
+------------------------------
+
+To replay Dolby Digital audio you need a program that reads the DD data
+from stdin and processes it in a way suitable for your audio hardware.
+This program must be given to VDR with the '-a' option, as in
+
+ vdr -a ac3play
+
The video data directory:
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