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vdr-image-plugin

This is a plugin for vdr, the linux video disk recorder from Klaus Schmidinger, this plugin allows the display of digital images, like jpeg, tiff, png, bmp and some more, on the TV screen, using the DVB out device from vdr. Since vdr is a mpeg2 only software all images have to converted to mpeg2 stillpictures, thus it can not be compared to a dvd player supporting jpeg images.

Required, for version starting from release 0.4.0

  • vdr 1.7.36 or newer supported
  • fullfeatured dvb card, or other compatible output devices like xine-plugin
  • to compile plugin depends ffmpeg
  • to get information about viewed image libexif 0.6.13
  • to run your will need package netpbm (check for "anytopnm") called from script/imageplugin.sh
  • or as alternative package imagemagick (check for "convert") called from script/magickplugin.sh
  • not necessary but useful utility file for better imagetyp detection, used by netpbm(anytopnm)

Required, for version starting from release 0.3.0

  • vdr 1.6.x and some from series 1.7.x are too supported

Required, for version release 0.2.6 to 0.2.7

  • vdr 1.3.47 and some from series 1.4.x are too supported

Required, for version release 0.2.0 to 0.2.3

  • vdr 1.2.6 ..., some from series 1.3.x are too supported

Notes for older Releases, versions until 0.1.1

  • vdr 1.2.6 ... (warning some patches revert the devicestillpicture code)
  • mjpeg-tools 1.6.1+ (check for mpeg2enc, some prebuild package can maybe make trouble)
  • netpbm 10.0
  • utils/file (Determines file type using "magic" numbers)

Quick guide

Start the plugin, than select a image (or folder) and press OK.

At all modi

OK    toggle OSD informations
Play/Pause    begin/halt slide
Stop/Blue    stop plugin

While watching pictures

Back    stop plugin
Red    open menu with image commands
Info    show exif informations

Left    previous picture
Right    next picture
Down    jump three pictures back
Up    jump three pictures forward

7    jump five pictures back
9    jump five pictures forward

0    view original image
1    Rotate 90 Grad counter clockwise
3    Rotate 90 Grad clockwise direction

4    slide show - decrease the time (seconds) each picture shows
6    slide show - increase the time (seconds) each picture shows
5    Zoom inside image
8    Zoom outside image and call Jumpmenu

Zoom menu

Back    Zoom outside image

Left    scroll zoomed frame inside picture to left
Right    scroll zoomed frame inside picture to right
Down    scroll zoomed frame inside picture to left
Up    scroll zoomed frame inside picture to up

0    view original image
5    Zoom inside image
8    Zoom outside image

Jump menu (3x3 preview)

Back    view original image

Left    previous picture group (go 9 pictures back)
Right    next picture group (go to the next 9 pictures)

0    view original image
1 ... 9    pick the corresponding image

Short description how to build plugin

After obtaining latest release, extract this plugin, inside the vdr plugin folder

#> cd $VDR-SOURCE-DIRECTORY/PLUGINS/src
#> tar -xzvf vdr-image-0.2.X.tar.gz
#> ln -s image-0.2.X image

(your must adjust above term 0.2.X with your obtained release, like 0.2.4)

see also file README for more instructions and dependency of installation, like

#> less README

compile this plugin, from the vdr source directory, like all other plugins

#> cd $VDR-SOURCE-DIRECTORY

#> make plugins

How to anonymously get the current source

git clone git://projects.vdr-developer.org/vdr-plugin-image.git image

Some external helpful links