On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Jörg Knitter <joerg.knitter@xxxxxx> wrote: > Petri Helin wrote: > > [...] > > > start up a fluxbox session. The fluxbox session runs a start up script > > which starts vdr-sxfe, which connect to the xineliboutput plugin. > > [...] > > > One general question: Is vdr-sxfe reliable enough on > bad-weather-conditions? I have played around last week with VDR-1.5.18 > and xineliboutputs internal display window, and it was rock-solid while > in the past other solutions like xine or vdr-sxfe crashed if there was a > bigger problem with the signal strength. > Or do you have implemented some kind of "keep vdr-sxfe > alive"-functionality? Because having to start vdr-sxfe manually again is > IMHO not really set-top-box-like... :) > On the other hand, I would prefer using vdr-sxfe instead of the internal > x11 display because then I can release LIRC by shutting down vdr-sxfe > e.g. if I want to use Elisa as second Media Center for playing back MP3s > and videos in a more comfortable way than VDR can offer... > What I have is vdr-sxfe starting with parameter "--reconnect", which restarts vdr-sxfe in case the connection is lost. I have also set up remote control so that it has buttons for calling scripts that stop and start vdr-sxfe in case there is something wrong with it (quite seldom nowadays, but some time ago it got stuck with some recordings). -Petri _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
