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@@ -15,18 +15,22 @@ 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 0.05 or higher -to work properly. If you are using driver version 0.7 you need -to load the dvb.o module with option outstream=0, so your insmod -statement should read 'insmod dvb.o outstream=0'. This is currently -necessary because 'vdr' works with AV_PES data and will change -once it has been modified to work directly with MPEG2. +This program requires the card driver version 0.71 or higher +to work properly. Currently you need to load the dvb.o module with +option outstream=0, so your insmod statement should read +'insmod dvb.o outstream=0'. This is necessary because 'vdr' works +with AV_PES data and will change once it has been modified to work +directly with MPEG2. You also need to apply the patch 'dvb.c.071.diff' +for the On Screen Display to work properly. After extracting the package, change into the VDR directory and type 'make'. This should produce an executable file named 'vdr', which can be run after the DVB driver has been installed. +IMPORTANT: See "Configuration files" below for information on how +========= to set up the configuration files at the proper location! + The 'vdr' program can be controlled via the PC keyboard or an infrared remote control unit. Define the REMOTE macro to one of the following values 'make' call to activate the respective control mode: @@ -115,7 +119,8 @@ Configuration files: There are three configuration files that hold information about channels, remote control keys and timers. By default these files are assumed to be located in the video directory, but a different directory -can be used with the '-c' option. +can be used with the '-c' option. For starters just copy all *.conf files from +the VDR directory into your video directory. The configuration files can be edited with any text editor, or will be written by the 'vdr' program if any changes are made inside the on-screen menus. |