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authorFrank Schmirler <vdr@schmirler.de>2011-11-28 16:23:57 +0100
committerFrank Schmirler <vdr@schmirler.de>2011-11-28 16:23:57 +0100
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Added server menu with list of clients. Connections can be terminated
with the "red" key. The former main menu action of suspending live TV moved to the "blue" key. Squashed commit of the following: commit 7175d7de91b637eb057831b5c27af78d3870f146 Author: Frank Schmirler <vdr@schmirler.de> Date: Sun Nov 27 11:51:26 2011 +0100 Updated README commit 94aef85adc9c2922205145550ff00e59c694e36d Author: Frank Schmirler <vdr@schmirler.de> Date: Sun Nov 27 11:32:16 2011 +0100 Moved "closing connection" log message to overload of cTBSocket::Close() in cServerConnection. commit 9b91301d943cfbec5208419704cfece84267223d Author: Frank Schmirler <vdr@schmirler.de> Date: Fri Nov 25 00:24:37 2011 +0100 Don't keep a pointer to the connection in components MulticastGroup structure as the connection may now be deleted from outside via menu. commit 7347e24123ec0b852091ec035cabce0e10278a72 Author: Frank Schmirler <vdr@schmirler.de> Date: Thu Nov 24 23:45:59 2011 +0100 Fixed missing Display() call after disconnecting a client. commit c652e8fa8141d7e323cbdbbc0a662244a5a84955 Author: Frank Schmirler <vdr@schmirler.de> Date: Tue Nov 22 01:15:09 2011 +0100 Added server menu with list of clients. Connections can be terminated with the "red" key. The former main menu action of suspending live TV moved to the "blue" key.
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@@ -175,10 +175,16 @@ Start the server core itself by specifying -Pstreamdev-server on your VDR
commandline. To use the client core, specify -Pstreamdev-client. Both parts
can run in one VDR instance, if necessary.
+On the server, the main menu entry "Streamdev Connections" gives you a list
+of currently connected clients. Use the "red" key to terminate a connection.
+Note that depending on connection type and client, the client might re-connect
+sooner or later. Depending on the server setup, the "blue" key might be enabled
+as well. Please read below.
+
The parameter "Suspend behaviour" allows you to specify how the server should
react in case the client requests a channel that would require switching the
-primary device (i.e. disrupt live-tv). If set to "Offer suspend mode", you will
-have a new entry in the main menu. Activating that will put the server into
+primary device (i.e. disrupt live-tv). If set to "Offer suspend mode", you
+enable the "blue" key in the server's main menu. It will put the server into
"Suspend Mode" (a picture is displayed on TV). Then, a client may switch the
primary card to wherever it likes to. While watching TV (Suspend deactivated),
the client may not switch the transponder on the primary device. If you set
@@ -190,10 +196,10 @@ suspend" to yes, the client can suspend the server remotely (this only applies
if "Offer suspend mode" is selected).
NOTE: This mainly applies to One-Card-Systems, since with multiple cards there
-is no need to switch transponders on the primary interface, if the secondary
-can stream a given channel (i.e. if it is not blocked by a recording). If both
-cards are in use (i.e. when something is recorded, or by multiple clients),
-this applies to Multiple-Card-Systems as well.
+is no need to switch transponders on the primary interface, if on of the other
+cards is idle (i.e. if it is not blocked by a recording). If all cards are in
+use (i.e. when something is recorded, or by multiple clients), this applies to
+Multiple-Card-Systems as well.
3.1 Usage HTTP server:
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