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authorlouis <louis.braun@gmx.de>2013-07-13 07:47:26 +0200
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@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ This is a "plugin" for the Video Disk Recorder (VDR).
Written by: Louis Braun <louis DOT braun AT gmx DOT de>
-Project's homepage: URL
+Project's homepage: http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-tvguide
-Latest version available at: URL
+Latest version available at: http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-tvguide/files
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -15,9 +15,14 @@ See the file COPYING for more information.
Requirements
------------
-- VDR version >= 1.7.17 (TrueColor OSD is mandatorily needed)
-
-- Installed ImageMagick for showing png/jpg Channel Logos and EPG Images
+- Clone Git Repository: git clone git://projects.vdr-developer.org/vdr-plugin-tvguide.git
+- VDR version >= 2.0.0
+- Installed ImageMagick for showing png/jpg Channel Logos, EPG Images and menu icons
+- for scaling the video picture to fit into the VDR menu window please use
+ softhddevice plugin revision 87c1c7be (2013-01-01) or newer.
+- Installed epgsearch Plugin for extended search & recording features.
+- Installed remotetimers Plugin for creating timers on a vdr server remotely from a
+ vdr client.
Description
@@ -28,16 +33,9 @@ Description
Installation
------------
-After "normal" Plugin installation copy the themes from
-
-/put/your/path/here/VDR/PLUGINS/src/tvguide/themes/
-
-to
-
-VDRCONF/themes/
-
-Options
--------
+After "normal" Plugin installation you have to care about the paths for the
+used Icons, the channel logos and epg images. The following paths can be set
+at startup:
-l path, --logodir=path
Path to the logos (Default: <vdrconfdir>/plugins/tvguide/channellogos/).
@@ -45,6 +43,31 @@ Options
-i path, --epgimages=path
Path to the epgimages (Default: <vdrconfdir>/plugins/tvguide/epgimages/).
+-c path, --icons=path
+ Path to the icons directory (Default: <ressourcedir>/plugins/tvguide/epgimages/).
+
+ResourceDirectory is taken from your VDR configuration (make.config or vdr.pc).
+
+During a "make install" the Icons are automatically copied from <PlgSourceDirectory>/icons/
+to the default path. Included Theme files are also copied from <PlgSourceDirectory>/themes/
+to <ConfigDirectory>/themes/
+
+I recommend to use channel logos from https://github.com/3PO/Senderlogos
+To download them just change in the directory you want to place the logos
+and do a:
+
+git clone https://github.com/3PO/Senderlogos.git logos
+
+An update of the logos can then be done with a "git pull" just inside this
+directory.
+
+For S2-6400 Users: Disable High Level OSD, otherwise the plugin will not be
+loaded because lack of true color support
+
+For Xine-Plugin Users: Set "Blend scaled Auto" as OSD display mode to achieve
+an suitable true color OSD.
+
+For Xineliboutput Users: Start vdr-sxfe with the --hud option enabled
Usage
-----
@@ -54,7 +77,7 @@ Remote Control Keys:
Up/Down/Left/Right: Navigation in the EPG grid
Ok: Detailed EPG View of the selected grid
2nd Ok closes the detailed view
-Red: Set recording timer for the currently selected grid
+Red: Search & Recording Menu
Green / Yellow: Jump (default) five channels back / forward
Blue: Switch to currently selected channel
1 / 3: Big jump (default 3h) back / forward in time
@@ -62,51 +85,74 @@ Blue: Switch to currently selected channel
7 / 9: jump to previous / next prime time (8pm)
Exit: closes plugin
+In Search & Recording menu the following options are available:
+
+- Instant Record: create a timer for the currently selected program. An
+ check for timer conflicts will be performed, if a timer conflict occurs,
+ the involved timers can be adapted to solve the conflict.
+- Delete / Edit Timer: if a timer already exists for the currently selected
+ broadcast, this timer can be deleted or edited.
+- Create Series Timer: create a periodical timer for a dedicated time on
+ dedicated days.
+- Create Search Timer: create an search timer with epgsearch. The most
+ important options can be defined directly in the menu, alternatively
+ epgsearch templates can be used to define the searchtimer options.
+- Create Switch Timer: create a switch timer for the currently selected
+ program.
+- Search: search with epgsearch
+- Search in Recordings: check if a recording already exists for the currently
+ selected program.
+- Check for Timer Conflicts: check for timer conflicts with epgsearch.
+
+The navigation through the search & recording menu can be done easily with
+up/down, left/right and the ok key. In scrolling lists, with left/right
+(after the first/last option of the displayed list element is selected) you
+jump directly to the top/bottom of the list.
Setup Options
-------------
-* General:
-
-- Number of Channels / Columns:
- Number of columns per screen (max. 8)
- Keep in mind that the True Color OSD displays 64 Pixmaps in maximum, and each EPG
- entry is a dedicated Pixmap. So if this value is too large, maybe not all EPG
- information is shown on the screen.
-
-- Channel Jump (Keys Green / Yellow):
- Number of channels to jump back / forward, counted from the currently selected
- channel (channel to which the selected EPG entry belongs)
-
-- Time to display vertically in minutes
- With this value the number of minutes per screen is determinated. The value is
- an approximately value, because rounded values are used during calculation.
- int((OSD Height - Header Height - Footer Height) / value)
- --> Number of Pixel for one minute
+* General Settings:
+- Show Main Menu Entry
+ Display "tvguide" in main menu
+- Replace VDR Schedules Menu
+ If set to "yes", the original VDR schedules menu will be replaced by tvguide
+- Theme
+- Rounded Corners
+ Use rounded corners for displayed boxes
+- Channel Jump Mode (Keys Green / Yellow)
+ select between jumping x channels back/forward or to the previous / next
+ channel group
+- Keys Blue and OK
+ Blue: Channel Switch, Ok: Detailed EPG
+ or
+ Blue: Detailed EPG, Ok: Channel Switch
+- Hide last Channel Group
+ If set to yes, the channels of the last channel group will not be displayed
- Big Step (Keys 1 / 3) in hours
- Hours to jump vertically with keys 1 / 3
-
+ Hours to jump vertically with keys 1 / 3
- Huge Step (Keys 4 / 6) in hours
Hours to jump vertically with keys 4 / 6
-
- Time Format (12h/24h)
- Switching between 12h and 24h time format
-
-* Screen Layout:
-
-- Theme
- Used Theme, theme files have to be placed accordingly
-
-- Width of left Time Column
- Width of almost left column in Pixel
-
-- Height of Header (Channel Logos)
- Height of header row in Pixel
-
-- Height of Footer (Buttons)
- Height of footer with color buttons in Pixel
-
+- Display Reruns in detailed EPG View
+
+* Screen Presentation:
+
+- Display Mode
+ Choose between horizontal or vertical display of the channels. All further
+ width / height settings are dependend of this setting
+- Width/Height of Channel Header (% of osd width/height)
+- Width/Height of Timeline (% of osd width/height)
+- Number of Channels to display
+- Height of Footer
+- Display status header
+ - Height of status header (% of osd height/height)
+ - Scale video to upper right corner
+ - Rounded corners around video frame
+- Display Channel Names in Header
+- Display channel groups
+ - Width/Height of channel groups (% of osd width/height)
- Show Channel Logos
show / hide channel logos, if logos are shown:
- Logo Extension
@@ -115,7 +161,6 @@ Setup Options
in Pixel
- Logo height
in Pixel
-
- Show EPG Images
show / hide EPG images, if images are shown:
- EPG Image width
@@ -127,6 +172,5 @@ Setup Options
- Font:
Used Font, all Fonts installed on your system are shown
-- various font sizes:
- Size in Pixel used for described purpose
-
+- adjust various font sizes:
+ the defined value is added to / subtracted from the default font size