DVBViewer News http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/index.php Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:05:13 +0000 360 DVBViewer 4.3.x.x BETA http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/36446-dvbviewer-43xx-beta/ Membersarea is a new beta of the DVBViewer Pro.

This is a beta! So don't use it as a production system.

Installation:
You need a working DVBViewer Pro 4.2.1.0 Installation. Make a duplicate of the DVBViewer folder and extract the beta into the duplicate folder. Make a Backup of your datafolder. If you don't know where your data folder resides DO NOT USE THE BETA. It is for advanced users only and not suitable for beginners. :blush:

Please post all reports to the english or deutsch beta forum.

The beta is meant for users who are willing to improve the DVBViewer Pro by testing the below listed changes and reporting success or failure.
In case of FAILURE the report MUST include
- the exact steps to reproduce the problem.
- the support.zip and other relevant data.
See also on top of the BETA threads in the DVBViewer Forum for further instructions.

Zitat

Version 4.3 BETA
expires 29.10.2009

General
  • EPG and file handling is now completely in Unicode.
  • mp3 tags (Music tags) are also in unicode.
  • The databases are now in unicode.
  • Switched to the current sqlite database library. On first start the DVBViewer converts the old databases into the new format.
  • The Recording file name is in unicode now.
  • The OSD should show unicode correctly everywhere.
  • The User Interface should show unicode correctly everywhere.
  • Channel names and favorites do NOT use unicode for now.
  • Fix: Clicking on the progress bar in the status bar of the main window did not work correctly.
  • Fix: On deactivating AV pause was marked as active.
  • Change: Splitted recordings get now a "_xxx" name scheme.
  • Add: Fileplayback of splitted recordings does handle all splitted files as one.
  • Fix: If timeshift was active and pause was selected the stop button in the mediacontrol bar did not work.
  • Add: Added the data tag "#PremierePortal". If option channels are present it contains the count of available channels. If not option channels are available it can be "0" or empty.
  • Add: Right click on the Status display in the status bar opens the DVBSource Filter property window (if active).
  • Add: Action to open the DVBSource Filter property window (if active).
  • Fix: QBox DiseqC corrected according to griga.
  • Fix: Download of the EPG from the service: The DVBViewer did not respect the settings of the day count correctly.
  • Optimized: The Debug logging has been reworked and optimized.
  • Add: Channellist: A click on a folder does toggle expand/contract.
  • Change: Channellist: Expand/contract doesn't move the content of the treeview anymore.
  • Fix: The mosaic preview didn't work for channels with a separate PCR.
  • Add: Support for the Daemontools Pro.
  • Add: An easy method to query the current playback state (Stop, Play, Pause). Example: 
    pause = datamanager.parse("#currentplaystate")
' possible values "no graph" = no playback active, this state you get, if you close the graph or start the DVBViewer with -c, "stop" - renderer is stopped, 
' "pause" - renderer in pause state, "play" renderer in play state.

  • Fix: The file info wasn't read if there was no Info file.
  • Fix: Popup channellist: Entering a text in the channel search was also interpreted as OSD commands.
  • Fix: EPG Window: Sometimes the details for the selected entry were not shown when opening the window.
OSD
  • Fix: OSD Media play back window: It was not possible to set an individual time out for it in the windowdef.xml.
  • Add: Demo OSD Skin (separate download): A demonstration how to integrate the timeshift data into the MiniEPG.
  • Change: The timeout of the MiniEPG browsing is now set to the OSD timeout.
  • Add: Demo OSD Skin: The Volume bar is vertical to demonstrate the use of a vertical progress bar.
  • Add: Demo OSD Skin: Changed the Timer Edit window a little bit. It now uses different controls. ATTENTION! The changes do not work with older DVBViewer versions.
  • Add: OSD Skin Controls: New control: numeric input field. It is very similar to the Up/Down control but without the arrows.
  • Add: OSD Timeline: The settings of the time interval are now saved and restored.
  • Fix: OSD Timeline: It was possible to cause a negative time interval.
  • Change: OSD Timeline: Prev/Next: Switches forward/backwards by day. You can't jump before the current date.
  • Add: Play symbol is shown in the OSD if you go from Pause to Play. You can adjust the timeout for this display in the Setup.xml section "OSD".
    <entry name="Playtimeout">1000</entry>

    The value is measured in Milliseconds, default is 1000 (1 second).
    You have to add in the skin file "videoinfo.xml" an according element (image) with the ID = 26. See Demo OSD Skin.
  • Change: The action "Show Current Info" (8264) shows now if the MiniEPG is active, the details of the top EPG Entry of the MiniEPG. If MiniEPG is not active it shows the EPG details of the current or time shifted program or on recording playback the details of the recording (if any).
    This action is a toggle. If the details are shown, calling this action does go back to the previous OSD window.
  • Add: A new tweak in the Setup.xml section "OSD"
    <entry name="Volumedelay">500</entry>

    The value describes the timeout of the Volume Display in milliseconds. Default is 500.
  • Fix: OSD Listview Control: The vertical spacing problems are gone.
  • Add: Custom Date/Time formatting for some values.
    For the following #Tags you can use a custom Date/Time format: 
    #TV.Now.starttime
#TV.Now.stoptime
#TV.Next.starttime
#TV.Next.stoptime
#EPG.stoptime
#EPG.starttime

    An example can be found in the Demo OSD skin MiniEPG -> Date Label.
    #Time.dddd_dd._mmmm%TV.Now.starttime

    With the keyword "#Time." you tell the parser you want to use a custom format. Then you enter the wanted formatting where you replace all Spaces with "_". At the end you enter which #Tag to use, you have to replace the "#" with a "%".
  • Add: Added the data tag "#TV.Timeshift.image". It does contain the value "timeshift.png", if timeshift is active. See demo skin / MiniEPG for an example. (Attention: the tweak "TimeshiftEPGdisplay" must be enabled).
  • Add: 
     svc_wol.png
	svc_epg.png
	svc_standby.png
	svc_hibernate.png
	svc_shutdown.png
	svc_back.png

    to the OSD service menu.
  • Add: the tags:
     #menufocusimage+2; #menufocusimage+1; #menufocusimage-1;	 #menufocusimage-2

  • Add: New Version of the OSD Skin editor, which can handle the new/changed controls (included in the Demo OSD Skin download)


Please post all reports to the english or deutsch beta forum.]]> Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:05:13 +0000 http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/36446-dvbviewer-43xx-beta/ DVBViewer 4.2.1 http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/35263-dvbviewer-421/
Timeshift
  • Add: Timeshift: It is now possible to start a recording in timeshift mode. The timeshift timer converts the timeshift from the current shown timeshift position on to a "normal" recording file. Exception: The actual timeshift position = LiveTV (at the very end of the timeshift buffer) in this case a normal instant recording is started.
    • The conversion runs as fast as possible till it reaches the end of the timeshift buffer. If the end is reached the data is converted as soon as it arrives in the timeshift buffer.
    • It is a real timer. All settings (format etc) apply. Exception: Only the current audio track is recorded (timeshift does only buffer the current audio track).
    • If timeshift is stopped the timer is stopped.
    • If a timeshift timer is active you get a warning on channel switching, even if the option is deactivated. Channel switching stops timeshift ? timer stops.
    • If available the EPG data corresponding to the timeshift time is used for the recording.
    • The instant recording popup menu works also for timeshift timers. Notice: the times apply to the current time not the timeshifted time.
    • The timeshift timers are visible in all the timer lists.
    • The timeshift timers are never saved into the timers.xml.
Scan window
  • Fix: ATSC: Channel scan works correct now. Big thanks @antdude for testing.
  • Fix: ATSC AC3 detection.
  • Fix: The "updated channels" display is now reset on scan start.
  • Fix: The heading in the info area did not use the default charset.
  • Add: Inactive channels with entries only in the SDT can be added. You have to disable the "Active channels only" Option. Also channels with no video and audio are regarded as inactive.
  • Some changes in the handling.
    • If an existing root folder is selected the channels already present are updated and new ones are added. You can disable the adding of new found channels by enabling "Update only".
    • If you enter a new root folder or leave it empty all channels are added as new to the new root folder. If the root folder name is empty a unique name for the root folder is generated.
    • The display in the lower area now shows the count of the new found channels and updated channels.

  • Add: "In-depth search": If this option is enabled the scanner also examines the NIT and can add new transponders or update existing one. This option takes a little longer than a normal scan.
    Requirements:
    • A transponder list with at least one valid frequency entry is selected.
    • The whole frequency range (Start/End frequency) must be enabled.
    • Works only with "Scan Range"
    • Not available for ATSC or IPTV.
    • The new found transponders are not saved.
    If you need more influence on the procedure please use transedit.
Channel list editor
  • Removed: The button to clear the whole channel list. Please use the right click context menu if you need this function.
  • Reworked: The channel details have been reworked and several parameters have been added.
  • Fix: The DiseqC parameter for root entries were sometimes messed up.
  • Add: Import of channels.dat and channel ini files per drag'n'drop into the window.
  • Fix: Fixed some minor display problems.
OSD
  • Change: MiniEPG preview: OSD-Up/Down browses the channels, left right the time, OSD-OK switches to the channel.
    Ch+/ch- and Fav+/Fav- does switch the channel at once now. You can revert back to the old behavior in the options (TV + Radio).
  • Add: MiniEPG: The sky select channels menu (if available) can be opened from the MiniEPG via OSD-Green.
  • Fix: If delayed channel switching was active and the MiniEPG was closed before the switching time, the viewer changed to channel 0.
  • Add: The Instant recording popup menu is also shown in the OSD if the record button on the remote or keyboard is pressed. If you press the key again while the menu is visible it closes without any action (toggle).
  • Fix: Recordings view: fixed some problems with non ANSI languages.
  • Fix: Sky select channels (and sport etc) menu: The menu shows the channel names and the times instead the SID and the times (they have changed it somehow).
  • Fix: For channels with mono audio the wrong audio format image was shown.
  • Add: Delete bookmark shows a confirmation request.
  • Fix: Slideshow: The slide show wasn't stopped on switching to the last channel.
  • Fix: OSD-Slideshow: The pictures should now keep their aspect ratio.
  • Change: The OSD Image dialogue keeps the aspect ratio of the image.
  • Removed: OSD-Teletext mouse support removed.
  • Change: OSD-Teletext: Now always in 4:3 ratio.
  • Fix: OSD-Teletext: Several small fixes and changes.
  • Fix: Blu-ray was not started correctly from OSD Videos.
  • Change: OSD Weather window: OSD Green works also for the radar images now.
  • Fix: Fixed the windows error message box in OSD Videos after the last played DVD was remove while DVBViewer was closed.
Recording engine
  • Change: VCR: You can activate auto splitting of a recording if the PMT data changes while it is running. It's the same mechanism like the channel auto update.
  • Change: If the selected/default recording folder is not found the DVBViewer tries all folders in the recording folder list and takes the first one, which can be used. If no folder was found the default user/public video folder is used.
  • Fix: Recordings without EPG were not written to the database.
DVBSubtitles
  • Add: Added support for plain text DVB Subtitles. Thanks @Elber for providing samples
  • Add: Added support for 2 bit DVB Subtitles. Thanks @Elber for providing samples
Non Ansi Charset support
  • Add: The control popup (the one you get if you move the mouse to the bottom of the DVBViewer window) supports Unicode EPG data (for now only Chinese EPG is unicode).
  • Add: The EPG hint shown in the favorites menu if hovering over a favorite entry supports Unicode EPG.
  • Change: Screenshot function: The screenshot function now handles Unicode filenames (for channel names and EPG with non Ansi chars).
  • Change: Channel list: The channel names are now shown with a charset based on the user locales. Thanks @ter9999.
  • Change: Chinese EPG should show now correctly everywhere (OSD/EPG window). Big Thanks @ter9999 for testing. These changes should also affect other non latin based languages.
  • Several more preparations for Unicode support
Popup Channellist
  • Fix: Popup channel list did not focus the correct channel sometimes.
  • Add: The popup channel list gets now the focus as soon as it pops up (only if the main window has the focus.
  • Fix: The Popup channel list closes if you leave the window to the right side.
  • Fix: Removed the entries "channel list editor" and "last channel" from the popup channel list context menu.
EPG Parsing
  • Change: ATSC: EPG scanner and parser completely rewritten. You do need a DVB card which supports "Open whole transponder" and the option must be enabled in the hardware options. Big thanks @antdude for testing.
  • Change: (EIT) EPG parser: optimized the detection of already processed tables.
  • Change: (EIT) EPG Processing: Fixup for Anixe, RTL and SuperRTL EPG. The viewer tries to map some info from the description to the subtitle.
  • Fix: Disabling the EPG processing could lead to faulty recording names.
  • Reworked: The internal EPG handling has been further reworked to optimize the multi language/entry handling.
Options
  • Removed: OSD options: removed "Semitransparent" setting.
  • Add: TV + Radio options: Added a option to enable/disable the new MiniEPG behavior.
  • Add: Recording options: Added an option to enable auto split on PMT data change.
Hardware
  • Add: Raw DiseqC support for KNC1 cards. Attention: The for this needed DLL is not compatible with older DVBViewer/Recording Service versions.
  • Fix: Some fixes for Unicable support.
  • Fix: Fixes for Skystar 2 DiseqC WDM.
  • Change: CAM support for Twinhan and KNC1 based cards. Some broadcasters send contradicting CA_Info descriptors on program and ES level (Hotbird the polish TVN channels as example), which some CAMs do not handle very well. Now the CA_PMT ignores the descriptors on the ES level if program level descriptors are present.
  • Add: Added support for Technisat Cablestar Combo HD CI, a DVB-T/DVB-C Hybrid device.
  • Add: Experimental enhanced DiseqC (without rotor support!) and Unicable support for the Skystar 2 by griga.
  • Fix: Shared LNB: Didn't work correctly if a recording was active.
Vista support
  • Add: If the PC goes into the away mode the graph of the main playback is shutdown and the Viewer tells the system it can go to sleep, if wants needs to.
  • Add: The DVBViewer sets now the away mode when it is recording.
  • Change: Several changes to make the away mode work if the DVBViewer and the recording service are on the same PC. The hibernate and Shutdown action in the DVBViewer are mapped to the Standby action if the recording service is recording. This puts the PC into the away mode. (Needs the current version of the recording service)
General
  • Add: Instant recording popup menu: Added the functions stop after current program and stop after next program. The items are only available if there is EPG present.
  • Fix: COM: the #volume tag was not set on startup.
  • Fix: Channel Auto Update for the main playback chocked on PMT=0 in the channel data.
  • Add: ISO Images: Added support for Virtual Clonedrive. Works the same as Daemon tools, but you have to select then VCDMount.exe instead of the Daemon.exe in the options.
  • Fix: EPG HTML Export: Fixed several problems and bugs.
  • Change: Wiki links: Depending on the selected language the german or english wiki link is shown in the help menu.
  • Add: New graphics for the Wizard made by rago.
  • Fix: The brightness setting was reset if started with -c parameter.
  • Fix: Several fixes in the translation code to avoid problems on faulty language files.
  • Change: Channel auto update: Reworked the channel auto update.
  • Fix: Plugins: Fixed a problem on channel change with additional graph rebuild.
  • Fix: EPG Window: Fixed rounding errors which could lead to wrong recording times on some systems.
  • Change: Data transfer from the DVBViewer Recording Service (timer, recordings, EPG lists) can be compressed now.
  • Several corrections and optimizations.
  • Language files updated.
Netstream Plugin
  • Removed: Autodiscovery settings removed.
DVBServer
  • Hardware handling up to date with the DVBViewer.
]]> Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:57:46 +0000 http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/35263-dvbviewer-421/ DVBViewer Pro 4.2.xx Beta http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/34700-dvbviewer-pro-42xx-beta/ Membersarea is a new beta of the DVBViewer Pro.

This is a beta! So don't use it as a production system.

Installation:
You need a working DVBViewer Pro 4.1.1.0 Installation. Make a duplicate of the DVBViewer folder and extract the beta into the duplicate folder. Make a Backup of your datafolder. If you don't know where your data folder resides DO NOT USE THE BETA. It is for advanced users only and not suitable for beginners. :bye:

Please post all reports to the english or deutsch beta forum.

The beta is meant for users who are willing to improve the DVBViewer Pro by testing the below listed changes and reporting success or failure.
In case of FAILURE the report MUST include
- the exact steps to reproduce the problem.
- the support.zip and other relevant data.
See also on top of the BETA threads in the DVBViewer Forum for further instructions.

Zitat

Version 4.2 BETA
expires 14.07.2009

  • Fix: EPG HTML Export: Fixed several problems and bugs.
  • Change: EPG Processing: Fixup for Anxie, RTL and SuperRTL EPG. The viewer tries to map some info from the description to the subtitle.
  • Change: Wiki links: Depending on the selected language the german or english wiki link is shown in the help menu.
  • Add: New graphics for the Wizard made by rago.
  • Fix: The brightness setting was reset if started with -c parameter.
  • Fix: Blu-ray was not started correctly from OSD Videos
  • Fix: Popup channel list did not focus the correct channel sometimes.
  • Update: Some German language file updated.
  • Fix: Several fixes in the translation code to avoid problems on faulty language files.
  • Fix: The Popup channellist closes if you leave the window to the right side.
  • Fix: Some fixes for Unicable support.
  • Fix: Recordings without EPG were not written to the database.
  • Fix: Fixes for Skystar 2 Diseqc WDM.
  • Fix: OSD-Slideshow: The pictures should now keep their aspect ratio.
  • Removed: OSD-Teletext mouse support removed.
  • Change: OSD-Teletext: Now always in 4:3 ratio.
  • Fix: OSD-Teletext: Several small fixes and changes.
  • Change: MiniEPG preview: OSD-Up/Down browses the channels, left right the time, OSD-OK switches to the channel.
    Ch+/ch- and Fav+/Fav- does switch the channel at once now. You can revert back to the old behavior in the options.
  • Add: TV + Radio options: Added a option to enable/disable the new MiniEPG behavior.
  • Change: The OSD Image dialogue keeps the aspect ratio of the image.
  • Fix: ATSC channel scan: fixed the problem of missing channel names for ATSC channels.
  • Change: VCR: You can activate auto splitting of a recording if the PMT data changes while it is running.
  • Add: Recording options: Added an option to enable auto split on PMT data change.
  • Change: Channel auto update: change the auto update method to the one used for auto splitting recordings.
  • Fix: Plugins: Fixed a problem on channel change with additional graph rebuild.
  • Change: If the selected/default recording folder is not found the DVBViewer tries all folders in the recording folder list and takes the first one, which can be used. If no folder was found the default user/public video folder is used.
  • Change: Data transfer from the service (timer, recordings, EPG lists) can be compressed now, if the service supports it.
  • Fix: OSD: for channels with mono audio the wrong audio format image was shown.
  • Change: Channel list: The channel names are now shown with a charset based on the user locales. Thanks @ter9999.
  • Change: Chinese EPG should show now correctly everywhere (OSD/EPG window). Big Thanks @ter9999 for testing. These changes should also affect other non latin based languages.
  • Change: CAM support for Twinhan and KNC1 based cards (EXPERIMENTAL!). Some broadcasters send contradicting CA_Info descriptors on program and ES level, which some CAMs do not handle very well (Hotbird the polish TVN channels as example). Now the CA_PMT ignores the descriptors on the ES level if program level descriptors are present. This is not according to the specs, but seems to work. Please report if you have one of the mentioned cards and experience problems with this new handling.
  • Fix: ATSC AC3 detection. Some broadcaster use a wrong formated registration descriptor for the AC3 Audio ES causing the DVBViewer not to recognize it as an audio stream.


Please post all reports to the english or deutsch beta forum.]]> Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:43:16 +0000 http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/34700-dvbviewer-pro-42xx-beta/ DVBViewer 4.1 http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/33795-dvbviewer-41/ The following things are new:

Options
  • Change: Adding a new virtual DVB device can be done in the hardware options window via the "+" button.
    The data now is saved to the network.xml instead of the usermode.ini. Existing data will be taken into account.
  • Fix: Problems with 120 dpi in some options windows.
  • Rework: Daemon tools (iso) options: Changes in the options needed a reload of the DVBViewer.
  • Add: Some more settings for process priority (lower than normal, higher than normal).
  • Rework: Reworked teletext options page.
  • Add: Mouse options: added "do nothing" and "zoom" to the mouse wheel functions.
  • Change: Hardware options: DVBViewer now shows "Automatic" in the network device configuration instead of "0.0.0.0".
  • Change: Hardware options: ShareLNB can only be activated if more than one enabled DVB-S device is present.

DVBSubtitles
  • Fix: HD DVBSubtitles as used by BBC HD do work now.
  • Change: Optimized memory usage of DVBSubtitles.
  • Fix: Fixed wrongly shown pixels in DVBSubtitles.

Media Playback
  • Change: VODSource. Several improvements and extensions. Now you can play mp3 and aac streams via the VODSource. If possible all usable metadata is extracted from the streams.
  • Change: Playback of streams: Several improvements on playback of streams.
    • Detection of embedded Shoutcast or ASX playlists in asx playlists (asx V.1 and V.3).
    • Detailed media description of the streams (if possible) (resolution, bitrate etc.). Works also with the ASF Reader.
    • ASF Reader: If possible all usable metadata from the stream is read. Depends on the stream provider if there are any.

  • Fix: VODSource: Shoutcast should work again.
  • Fix: Problems with ASF Playback and Vista.
  • Reworked: Daemon tools support reworked. Now the completion of the unmount command is detected and then the mount command is send.
  • Reworked: DVD Handling renovated. The selection between multiple DVD drives works now. Support for Blueray and HDDVD images and folders rips in the OSD and via drag'n'drop.
  • Removed: DVD Playback and Fileplayback without DVBSource now don't support custom graph files anymore.
  • Add: Seamless playback of (unencrypted) Blu-ray disks.
  • Reworked: Main movie detection of (unencrypted) Blu-ray disks.
  • Add: HDDVD support improved.
  • Update: Several internal optimization for the playback detection by griga.
  • Fix: Fixed detection for problematic AC3 streams.
  • Fix: Media playback with a not in the DVBViewer predefined aspect ratio caused a no update of the frame rate in the #Datatags.
  • Fix: Playback issues with Kathrain trp recordings.
  • Fix: Potential problem with the format detection corrected, several optimization (by griga).

Renderer
  • Fix: EVR/aspect ratio change and PIP. Hopefully a solution for missing picture after a aspect ratio change and EVR.
  • Fix: EVR: A Black box stays on the screen fixed.
  • Change: Removed check for driver supports color changes.
  • Change: Brightness default is now set according to the used renderer. Should cure the Overlay too dark problem. Please reset the brightness value to default.
  • Add: Added a Shockwave/Flash renderer (experimental). You need flash installed.

Recordings/Timers
  • Fix: Griga reworked the MPEG recording to make it more robust.
  • Fix: Recordings in MPEG Format with APID =0 and VPID = 0 are now changed to the TS format and the PIDs are dynamically added from the PMT.
  • Fix: Timers: minimal free disc space was not taken correctly into account if bigger than 2 GB.
  • Fix: The start recording script got called, even if the recording did not start successfully (no hardware available etc).
  • Removed: The DisableAV setting for timers is removed. Starting recording timers do not change the current setting of View → Disable Audio/Video in the main window anymore.

OSD
  • Fix: OSD Teletext: Missing text on SF2.
  • Fix: OSD, VMR/EVR and encrypted channels. As long as a channel can't be decrypted the "overlay" OSD is shown in case there needs to be a message displayed.
  • Fix: OSD Media windows: Not existing network shares (UNC paths) do not cause any blocking anymore on first opening of the window. For this the support for the folder.jpg files has been removed for all UNC Path shares in the root view.
  • Fix: Stopping recordings via the OSD-Blue pop up menu doesn't show the instant recording menu anymore.
  • Fix: EPG Window / OSD: Cyrillic and several other char sets are now also displayed correctly.
  • Change: Favorite Window: The window now reflects the selected favorite better by opening the favorite folder and marking the favorite, if the channel played back in the main window is a favorite.
  • Fix: Text Subtitle Window: Border color and shadow color were not properly applied.
  • Add: Extended controlling of the Recording service (needs V. 1.4.7.110+).
    • New menu in the OSD: OSD main menu → system → Rec service - with the following options:
      • Standby, Hibernate, Shutdown (PC): Triggers the according action in the recording service. The service does give a 30 seconds warning. In this time window all the DVBViewer clients show a dialog window, where the user can stop the action.
      • Load EPG: gets the EPG from the service.
      • Wake On LAN: Wakes the recording service PC (even from Soft-Off). The PC must be configured to accept WOL.
        Important: The DVBViewer needs to have at least once contact with the service PC to get it's MAC address.
      These functions are also accessible via actions (see actions.ini). This menu is only available, if you configured the Recording Service connection properly.

Hardware
You might have to do a manual rescan of the hardware devices, if you do an update installation.
  • Add: DVB-S2 Detection of Twinhan/Technisat/Terratec devices improved.
  • Fix: Terratec XE MKII DVB-T (AfaTech-AF9015-DVB-T-Sticks) devices do not need the low bandwidth option anymore if connected to a USB 2.0 port. Will be configured automatically.
  • Add: Support for Pinnacle PCTV 380e/510e DVB-C hybrid.
  • Add: Support for Turbosight clones.
  • Add: Support for TerraTex XE MK II clones.
  • Add: Twinhan WDM support back again.
  • Fix: Hybrid tuner handling: Fixed some issues.
  • Change: BDA-Devices: The search for the BDA_RECEIVER_COMPONENT fitting for the device to open reworked. In most cases it works without the SkipComponent hack (it is still there but if possible ignored). This should fix the problems with two or more Twinhan/Technisat/Terratec S2 devices.
  • Add: DiseqC for BDA DVBWorld device.
  • Add: Basic support for Genpix WDM devices.

DiSEqC 1.1/1.2
  • New: Completely rewritten DiSEqC 1.1 / 1.2 support (only for DVB-S devices allowing to send DiSEqC raw commands), which means support for motorized dishes and cascaded DiSEqC elements (uncommitted switches, positioner behind a switch). All thanks to griga.
  • New: DiSEqC Editor ("DiSEqC expert mode"). Allows to assign user-defined DiSEqC command sequences to a satellite position - as you will see - much more conveniently than with the DiSEqC Editor of DVBViewer Pro 4.0.0.0 and earlier versions.
  • Removed: Positioner Console, please use Transedit 3.3+ for this. It is much better suited.
    For details please read the DiSEqC instructions:
    http://www.dvbviewer.com/griga/TransEdit%20E/DiSEqC.html

UniCable support
  • Added: Experimental UniCable support according to the EN50494 standard. (What is UniCable? English Deutsch).

    Please note: UniCable will only work with TechnoTrend and FireDTV DVB-S/S2 devices. Other device drivers don't provide the means for UniCable support yet. In case of a TechnoTrend device the file ttBdaDrvApi_Dll.dll (optionally installed with DVBViewer Pro) must be present in the program directory.

    UniCable support is activated by inserting two lines in the appropriate device section of the file hardware.xml, while the DVBViewer is closed.
    The UniCable entries must look like this:

    <entry name="Slot">N</entry>
 <entry name="SlotFrequency">FFFF</entry>

    where N is the slot number (0..7) and FFFF the slot frequency (intermediate frequency, IF) in MHz on which different transponders are routed to the receiver. Example:

    <entry name="Slot">6</entry>
 <entry name="SlotFrequency">1980</entry>

    You may find these values on the antenna socket. Please note: On sockets or in manuals the slots may be numbered from 1 to 8. You will have to subtract 1 in this case.

    If you want to take part in the UniCable discussion, please join in here. It's a German thread, but you may also post in English.

DVBViewer as a network client of the Recording Service.
Needs Recording service 1.4.7.110+.
In this scenario the DVBViewer connects as a client via the unicast network device to the Recording Service. All recordings are done by the Recording Service (except instant timers), the recordings are centralized on the server and the data of the Recording Service (timers, EPG, recordings) is integrated seamless into the DVBViewer Pro.
Important: Make sure you use the same channels.dat by copying it from the Recording Service to the DVBViewer userdata folder.
Please read more in the Recording Service docs.
  • Add: Options: Service Options dialog.
    • Service address and Port: The IP/Servername and the Port of the Webinterface of the Recording Service.
    • Username: The Username used for the Webinterface of the Recording Service.
    • Password: The Password used for the Webinterface of the Recording Service.
    • Test connection: Checks if the Recording Service can be accessed with the entered Username, Password and IP.
    • Download EPG from service. You can tell the viewer how many days of EPG you want to download.
      Notice: this doesn't create magically 14 days of EPG. You only get as much data as the service has gathered.
    • Send EPG programmed timers to service: If you select this option all timers you program via EPG in the EPG Window or OSD are send directly to the service.
      You can also create manual timers in the recorder window which are send to the service.
    • Connect to timer list: Enables the DVBViewer to show and edit the timer list of the Recording Service.
      Only Recording timers are listed because the DVBViewer doesn't know the other timer types.
      Not every function of the DVBViewer recorder window is supported. Recording folders, no file write and Transponder dump from the edit window do not work. Unknown timer actions or end actions are not accepted and mapped to the default values of the service.
      Notice: Instant and tuning timers are handled by the DVBViewer not by the Recording Service.
    • Connect to recordings list. This one is quite tricky and you need knowledge about the management of network shares and user rights under windows to make this work. You have to setup this function in the Service according to it's readme_svc.
    • Tuning Priority: Values 0-100. Allows to assign a priority to the DVBViewer unicast network device. So you can control which client can override the channel selection of another client.

  • Add: If the recording service needs the device used by a client for a recording or a client with a higher tuning priority wants the device, the DVBViewer client in question is automatically forced to do a channel change.
  • Add: If the recording service forces a channel change a message is shown.
  • Add: If the DVBViewer connects to a recording service and the channel can not be tuned because all devices are in use and none is fitting, it gets redirected to a working channel.
  • Add: Network CAM/MMI. The client which did the last non forced tuning request has control over the MMI.
  • Add: If the DVBViewer is running after Standby or Hibernate, it refreshes it's EPG from the service.

General
  • Add: Support for Closed Captions of dish network.
  • Fix: Premiere EPG: The EPG could fill up the whole memory if the channel Premiere Direct was tuned for a long time.
  • Fix: The COM Interface gave a wrong value for the stereo audio mode.
  • Add: EPG-Parser: Added "slv" as language identifier.
  • Add: Tweaks: MinVolume in case you can hear something even if muted, lower this value.
  • Fix: If the DVBViewer did crash while the Recording Service is running, it couldn't be started anymore (this also applies to the DVBServer, Transedit and DVBViewer GE).
  • Fix: Fixed a bug in the RDS parser.
  • Change: Favorites: From now on there are no duplicate entries of channels with the same ChannelID in the favorites list allowed. They collided with the fav+/- function. Existing duplicates will be removed.
  • Add: Graph rebuild and manual Video/Audio A/B changes take now the timeshift warning setting into account.
  • Add: "Autodetect Audio/Video" will be automatically disabled if a network device is in use.
  • Change: On Standby/Hibernate in Vista the DVBViewer now closes down the playback. On waking up the last channel is tuned (if activated in the TV+Radio options). It depends of the driver of the DVB device, if this works.
  • Fix: Teletext- window → Save Dialog: it was possible to input non numbers for the page numbers.
  • Several small improvements and optimizations.

DVBServer
  • Change: Adding new virtual DVB device can be done in the hardware options window via the "+" button.
    The data now is saved to the network.xml instead of the usermode.ini. Existing data will be taken into account.
  • Fix: Several small cosmetic changes in the DVBServer interface.
  • Add: DVBServer: Twinhan WDM support back again.
  • Change: DVBServer now shows "Automatic" instead of "0.0.0.0".
  • Add: ShareLNB can only be activated if more than one enabled DVB-S device is present.


Christian]]> Mon, 04 May 2009 12:42:12 +0000 http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/33795-dvbviewer-41/ DVBViewer Pro 4.0.1.xx Beta http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/31824-dvbviewer-pro-401xx-beta/ Membersarea is a new beta of the DVBViewer Pro.

This is a beta! So don't use it as a production system.

Installation:
You need a working DVBViewer Pro 4.0.0.0 Installation. Make a duplicate of the DVBViewer folder and extract the beta into the duplicate folder. Make a Backup of your datafolder. If you don't know where your data folder resides DO NOT USE THE BETA. It is for advanced users only and not suitable for beginners. :)

Please post all reports to the english or deutsch beta forum.

The beta is meant for users who are willing to improve the DVBViewer Pro by testing the below listed changes and reporting success or failure.
In case of FAILURE the report MUST include
- the exact steps to reproduce the problem.
- the support.zip and other relevant data.
See also on top of the BETA threads in the DVBViewer Forum for further instructions.

Zitat

Version 4.0.1.0 Beta
expires 14.2.2009
----------------------
  • New: Complete rewriten DiSEqC 1.1 / 1.2 support (only for DVB-S devices allowing to send DiSEqC raw commands), which means, support for motorized dishes and cascaded DiSEqC elements (uncommitted switches, positioner behind a switch). All thanks to griga.
  • New: DiSEqC Editor ("DiSEqC expert mode"). Allows to assign user-defined DiSEqC command sequences to a satellite position - as you will see - much more conveniently than with the DiSEqC Editor of DVBViewer Pro 4.0.0.0 and earlier versions.
  • Removed: Positioner Console, please use transedit 3.27+ for this. it is much better suited.
  • Fix: The COM Interface gave a wrong value for the stereo audiomode.
  • Add: EPG-Parser: Added slv as language identifier.
  • Change: Removed check for driver supports color changes.
  • Fix: Grigas fix for problematic AC3 streams detection.
  • Add: Support for Pinnacle PCTV 380e/510e DVB-C hybrid.
  • Change: Brightness default is now set according to the used renderer. Should cure the Overlay too dark problems. Please reset the brightness value to default.
  • Fix: Problems with 120 dpi in some options windows.
  • Fix: OSD Media windows: Not existing network shares (UNC paths) do not cause any blocking anymore on first opening of the window.
    For this the support for the folder.jpg files has been removed for all UNC Path shares in the root view.
  • Fix: Media playback with a not in the DVBViewer predefined aspectratio cause a no update of the framerate in the #Datatags.
  • Change: Adding new virtual DVB device can be done in the hardware options window via the "+" button.
    The data now is saved to the network.xml instead of the usermode.ini. Existing data will be taken into account.
  • Update: Updated language files.
For details please read the DiSEqC instructions (most of it applies also to the DVBViewer Pro):

English

German

Also take a look at the transedit announcement:

English


DVBServer:
----------
  • Change: Adding new virtual DVB device can be done in the hardware options windows via the "+" button.
    The data now is saved to the network.xml instead of the usermode.ini. Existing data will be taken into account.
  • Add: Support for the new DiseqC handling.


Please post all reports to the english or deutsch beta forum.]]> Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:53:32 +0000 http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/31824-dvbviewer-pro-401xx-beta/ DVBViewer 4.0 http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/31185-dvbviewer-40/ A new version is available and the changes can be read in the changelog.

Christian
PS: Before overstressing the server: Only the files signed as "today" are updated - there is no need to download everything!

Zitat

DVBViewer Pro 4.0
===================
Only for update installations:
Please do a rescan of your dvb devices (either by deleting the hardware.xml or by doing a manual rescan in the hardware options of the DVBViewer)!

Hardware
  • New: USB CI (Hauppauge/Terratec) support completely rewritten: does work now with every DVB device. Thanks @Terratec for their support.
    Activate it in the hardware options by first selecting the DVB device and then the external CI.
  • Change: BDA direct tuning mode: In direct tuning mode an internal network provider is now used instead the MS NP. This will help with the $FFFFFFF Error on some x64 Vista systems.
    If this doesn't work for you, you can force the use of the old MS NP method by adding 
    <entry name="useMSNP">1</entry>

    to the device entry in the hardware.xml.
  • Fix: KNC Cards and multiple CAMs: Fixed ignoring all cards except DVB-S. Please rescan your hardware in the options if you use more than one KNC ONE DVB-C Card with CAM.
  • New: Added support for Cinergy HTC USB XS HD. (You might have to delete your hardware.xml to re-detect it properly)
  • New: Added channel groups D-H. Attention: If a hardware.xml is present they are NOT automatically active but have to be activated manually in the hardware options.
  • New: Hybrid Tuner Support (HVR & Co). Please delete your hardware.xml in the userdata folder, so the DVBViewer does a new hardware scan.
  • New: Detection of "Mystique" cards as KNC.
  • New: Detection of the Pinnacle card as TT.
  • New: support for turbosight devices.
  • New: support for tevii devices including DVB-S2 parameter setting.
  • New: support for tongshi devices.
  • New: support for dvbworld devices.
  • New: support for Hauppauge DVB-C hybrid card.
  • Fix: Tuning problems with Yakumo-Sticks.
  • Fix: Shared LNB configurations should work now correctly.
  • Back: Twinhan WDM is back (for now).
General
  • Fix: "bring to front" problem should be solved.
  • Change: Set the charset to default charset in all windows.
  • New: New symbols by Rago for the statusbar Audio and Video format.
  • Fix: Aspect ratio text in the statusbar is visible again, if the aspect ratio is not one of the predefined.
  • Change: Reworked program icon by rago.
  • Fix: Commandline param -c serviceID was ignored.
  • New: The trayicon hint now shows the filename on file playback.
  • Fix: Userdata.xml was not saved, if channel history was deactivated.
  • Fix: PMT PID change in Auto update was ignored.
  • Fix: Browse for folder dialogue didn't use the current folder.
  • New: the toolbutton for the display settings now does show a submenu with the three possible choices.
  • New: Instant recording toolbutton. Implemented the instant recording popup menu for running instant recordings from the DVBViewer GE.
  • New: CI: automatic parental control PIN (Jugendschutz PIN) entry. The PIN must be put into the userdata.xml:
      <section name="CAM">
	  <entry name="PIN">1234</entry>
	</section>

  • Fix: Fixed Multimonitor problem with disappearing control panel in the main window.
  • Fix: Timeshift: fixed problems with timeshift and disableAV.
  • Change: Timers: timers.xml is now saved on adding/deleting timers.
  • Change: On disableAV the playback graph is now stopped.
  • Fix: Timeshift: If a timeshift folder with insufficient user rights was selected, timeshift did not work and blocked the DVBViewer.
  • New: Timeshift filenames now contain the channel name.
  • Fix: Handling of Slovak EPG improved.
  • Updated: Language files.
  • Several small enhancements and fixes.
Recordings
  • New: Recording of ITV HD: The wrong video descriptor is automatically adjusted.
  • New: You can activate logging of (discontinuity) errors into a separate log file (see Options-> recordings).
  • New: You can activate extended logging of format changes to a separate log file. This only works if the above logging is activated too. Take notice this function does cost some CPU power (see Options-> recordings).
  • New: You can now define minimal free disc space for recordings.
  • Fix: %title didn't work in recording names.
  • New: added a check for enough rights in the recording folder. If no writing rights are granted the default recording folder is used.
  • Fix: fix for PTS jumps in the stream can make mpeg recordings useless.
OSD
  • Fix: OSD Timeline: Fixed problems when removing the text field.
  • Change: OSD Timeline: Details are shown also on mouseclick.
  • Change: OSD Timeline: changing channels by clicking/pressing enter on the left side channels.
  • Change: OSD Timeline: OSD-OK on a program entry now shows the details of the program.
  • Change: Ch+/Ch- works as PageUp/PageDown in OSD lists and menus.
  • New: OSD notice on toggling keep timeshift On/Off.
  • Fix: Empty or not ready drives do not cause a Windows error dialog anymore in the OSD.
  • New: On format detection are several new data tags set:
    • #TV.video.pic
    • #TV.video.vres
    • #TV.video.hres
    • #TV.video.framerate
    • #TV.video.type
DVBViewer Filter support
  • Add: Added support for DVB Clock in the DVBViewer. For more information see DVBSource ReadMe.rtf.
  • New: MP3-Playback with the DVBViewer Filter (Version 3.2.0+). Activate this in Options -> DirectX -> Use DVBViewer Filter for MP3.
  • New: Playback of non encrypted M2TS-files (BluRay-fileformat) with the DVBViewer Filter (Version 3.2.0+), including all for BluRay defined Video/Audio-formats, if there is a fitting decoder in the system. Activate this in Options -> DirectX -> Use DVBViewer Filter for TS/M2TS.
  • New: Playback of non encrypted VOB-files (DVD-fileformat) with the DVBViewer Filter, including all for Video-DVDs defined Video/Audio formats, if there is a fitting decoder in the system. Activate this in Options -> DirectX -> Use DVBViewer Filter for MPG/VOB.
  • Removed: Support for user defined filter graph files if the DVBViewer filter is used.
MKV files and subtitles
  • New: Playback of MKV-files with subtitles.
    To use Subtitles you need the following:
    • The Haali Mediasplitter must be installed.
    • ffdshow must be the active decoder and in the ffdshow video decoder configurations the options "Subtitles", "Accept embedded subtitles" and "Accept SSA, ASS and ASS2 subtitles" are activated.
      or (more reliable)
    • The DirectVobSub-Filter is installed and in the property page of the Haali Splitters in Options -> Compatibility -> Autoload VSFilter "Yes" is selected. The DVBViewer does not load DirectVobSub by itself, because if it is used, the decoder can not use the hardware supported decoding.
Decoder/Renderer Configuration
  • New: Completely reworked the Options -> DirectX page.
  • New: Decoder and Renderer input does use now a unified mask (affects DirectX, PiP and DVD).
  • New: Split PiP options from the mosaic preview options.
  • New: You can specify a MP3 Decoder in the Options -> DirectX Audio settings.
  • Removed: Postprocessor in the DirectX settings. Please use the Postprocessor plugin from the members page.
  • New: In Options -> DirectX you can configure two sets of different Videodecoders/Videorenderers (Video A/;) and Audiodecoders/Audiorenderers (Audio A/B). Switching between these settings can be done manually or automatically:
    1) Manually: You find the commands in the main menu -> Settings or you can define keys in Options -> input for it.
    Switching between the sets does trigger a rebuild graph.

    2) Automatically: In Options -> DirectX you find on the tab sheet "Video B" and "Audio B" edit boxes labeled "Auto B-Conditions". The following conditions (if you use more than one, separate them by a "," without the ") can be used here:

    File (file playback)
    Video (Playback with Video)
    H.264 (H.264 Video)
    MPEG2 (MPEG2 Video)
    DVBSource (DVBViewer Filter is used)

    A Slash / in front means "not" (Negation, example: /File = TV/Radio (not file)). The automatic switching to Set B happens, if all listed conditions are met, otherwise the DVBViewer uses Set A. If you define auto-conditions the manual switching is disabled.

    Some examples:
    • Using Vista you want for H.264 Video the EVR otherwise the Overlay Mixer to be used. In Video A you set the Overlay Mixer, in Video B you select EVR and as condition you set "H.264".
    • H.264-Playback with the DVBViewer Filter should use the Cyberlink Decoder (Video A), otherwise ffdshow (Video B ), this is useful for H.264 in MKV-file, which the DVBViewer Filter doesn't handle. The needed condition would be "H.264,/DVBSource".
    • Playback of video files should use ReClock Audiorenderer, for the rest (TV/Radio and audio only playback) Default DirectSound (Audio A). In Audio B you set ReClock as renderer and use the condition "Video,File".
Automatic Selection of a AC3-Audiotrack
  • New: Options -> General -> Prefer AC3-audio. If activated the DVBViewer does automatically select the AC3 audio track for file/DVD playback if available.
Video/Audio-Format, DVD
  • New: Quick info of current Video/Audio type if you move the mouse cursor over the aspect ratio or audio format field in the status bar.
  • Improved: Format detection on playbacks without DVBViewer Filter. Video/Audio types and Format parameters are more precisely detect.
  • Changed: Playback without the DVBViewer Filter does not connect unused Output Pins of the Splitter/Demultiplexer-Filter with the Nullrenderer anymore, because this caused problems with the Haali Splitter and the MPC Mpeg Splitter.
  • New: Support for EAC3 (you need a fitting audio decoder). For more information see the DVBSource ReadMe.rtf.
  • Change: The audio track selection for DVD shows more informations.
  • New: Graph rebuild and DVD playback work now.
  • New: Graph rebuild and file playback work now.
  • Fix: TTX only ts streams did not play correctly.
Several windows
  • Change: Several windows: right click in a list/treeview does now select the entry under the mouse cursor.
  • Change: Channeleditor: right click selects the underlying entry.
  • Change: Channeleditor: click outside the channellist de-selects the last selection. important for export.
  • Fix: Channeleditor : exporting of sub channels in the channel editor does work now.
  • New: Channellistpopup: activate in options/TV+Radio. Do not use together with remote or Keyboard! Experimental, handle with care!
  • Fix: The EPG window is shown even if no EPG is available/present.
  • Change: EPG Window: recorder window can be open via popup menu.
  • Fix: Chinese language support in the EPG window and in partially in the OSD.
    You may have to edit the fonts.xml in the OSDSkin/[yourusedskin] folder.
    It might also be necessary to adjust some OSD elements in the XML definitions, if the text is too big and doesn't show up.
    OSD support is (for now) limited, because some things need a lot of changes...
  • Change: Recorder window: EPG window can be opened via popup menu.
  • Change: Removed the save button in the recorder window. Update does save now the changes.
  • Fix: Toggling the channellist visible/invisible in the recording/epg window did block resizing of the channellist.
  • Fix: DiseqC window: sanity check of entered values in the position and diseqc window.
  • Change: Color/Brightness/Contrast window is only selectable if the driver reports that it can handle these settings.
  • Fix: Color/Brightness with INTEL graphics cards: fixed wrong default values for INTEL graphics cards. Thanks @Griga.
Options and Settings
  • New: OSD-Options: added an option to disable the automatic OSD-menu scrolling if the mouse is in the "hotzones" of it.
  • Updated the wizard, scan window, hardware options and channel editor window with the additional channel groups.
  • Change: Timeshift and recording folders are checked for sufficient rights on adding in the options.
  • Fix: Recordings were under certain circumstances registered several times on refreshing the database.
  • Fix: Under certain circumstances a exception did break the import of recordings into the database.
  • Change: Removed the default folder selection for the audio/video/picture shares.
DVB Subtitles
  • Change: DVBSubtitles are now shown with the intended transparency.
  • Change: Thanks to Griga the DVB subtitles now are shown "just in time" instead of "sometimes". Also a fix for too late finnish subtitles is included. They are now shown as soon as they arrive, if they are overdue.
Freesat EPG
  • New: Support for FreeSAT EPG on Astra 28.
    FreeSAT EPG is handled like MHW EPG. So you have to activate it in the options and put the correct frequency (11428 h) into the options list.
    Additionally you need the "Complete Tables" file from http://www.rst38.org.uk/vdr/ .
    The files freesat.t1 and freesat.t2 must be extracted into the DVBViewer program folder.
Actions/Tweaks
  • New: New action "Show Current Info". Shows/Hides the current epginfo or recording info (if played back). You can use it via an custom input command.
  • New: Action: Show Radio list=8265
  • New: Added FMenuClickPercent to tweaks.txt
  • New: EVR: if activated (see tweaks -> EVRVideoprocessor) the video processor for EVR will be set. The first item of the video processor list of the driver will be always used, as this is according to MS the best choice (Vista only).
COM
  • Fix: COM: Mute doesn't work as expected.
  • New: Several enhancements on the COM Interface.
  • Fix: Importing the COM tlb in Visual Studio should now work without problems.
  • Fix: All playback starts are send via COM. Careful, Pause does not send a play backstop but you get a playback start on playing again.
DVBServer
  • Updated the hardware engine to the latest version.
  • Added support for extended channel groups
VOD Filter
  • New: ID3 tag are written to mp3 recordings with the VOD Filter.
  • New: Cover pictures (if available) are downloaded and shown in the OSD (lastfm).
  • New: Cover pictures (if available) are downloaded and saved with recordings (lastfm).
  • New: The %title tag in the recording name will be replaced with the album name (if available).
  • Fix: Problems in VOD filter caused by changes in the web pages of the list provider.
  • Fix: Shoutcast and other streaming sources now show meaningful audio data.
  • Fix: LastFM skip does work now.
]]> Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:55:30 +0000 http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/31185-dvbviewer-40/ Dvbviewer Pro 3.9.4.xx Beta http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/27719-dvbviewer-pro-394xx-beta/ Membersarea is a new beta of the DVBViewer Pro.

This is a beta! So don't use it as a production system.

Installation:
You need a working DVBViewer Pro 3.9.4.0 Installation. Make a duplicate of the DVBViewer folder and extract the beta into the duplicate folder. Make a Backup of your datafolder. If you don't know where your data folder resides DO NOT USE THE BETA. It is for advanced users only and not suitable for beginners. :tongue:

Please post all reports to the english or deutsch beta forum.

Zitat

Version BETA 3.9.4.10
----------------------
  • New: Recording of ITV HD: The wrong videodescriptor is automatically adjusted.
  • Fix: TTX only ts streams did not play correctly.
  • New: Hybrid Tuner Support (HVR & Co) does work now. Please delete your hardware.xml in the userdata folder, so the dvbviewer does a new hardware scan.
  • Back: Twinhan WDM is back (for now).
  • Fix: Toggeling the channellist visible/invisible in the recording/epg window did block resizing of the channellist.
  • Fix: "bring to front" problem should be solved.
  • New: New action "Show Current Info". Shows/Hides the current epginfo or recording info (if played back). You can use it via a custom inputcommand.
  • Changed: Set the charset to default in all windows.
  • Updated: Language files.
  • Fix: Nova Splus and simpleA, simpleB diseqc problem.
  • Fix: Recordings were under certain circumstances registered several times on refreshing the database.


Please post all reports to the english or deutsch beta forum.]]> Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:59:09 +0000 http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/27719-dvbviewer-pro-394xx-beta/ Houston, we have a Problem. http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/27050-houston-we-have-a-problem/
This is a message from the hosting company in Houston where the DVBViewer.com server is located.

Zitat

This evening at 4:55 in our H1 data center, electrical gear shorted, creating an explosion and fire that knocked down three walls surrounding our electrical equipment room Thankfully, no one was injured. In addition, no customer servers were damaged or lost.


They are working hard on getting service back up and

Zitat

Our initial assessment, although early, points to being able to have some service restored by mid-afternoon on Sunday. Rest assured we are working around the clock.

Mid Afternoon Houston time (late evening in europe).

There is nothing we can do but to wait and hope they get it fixed as soon as possible.

in Deutsch]]> Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:27:12 +0000 http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/27050-houston-we-have-a-problem/ DVBViewer 3.9.4.0 is out http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/26964-dvbviewer-3940-is-out/
we published a new version which is (even if the version skip does not look a like this) a milestone and brings us closer to the version 4.0.0.0 ;)
We made a lot of new things and for the very first time i was even forced to upload the changelog in a seperate file! [edit]I managed it :blink:. Lars [/edit]

Christian

Zitat

DVBViewer Pro 3.9.4
===================

  • General

  • New: new Video On Demand Filter (VOD).
  • New: Version 3.0.2.0 of the DVBSource filter added.
  • New: DesktopTV: Changed the DesktopTV method to work with vista64.
  • New: Recently used Channels list (deutsch: Kanalhitparade) does show only the last 10 recently used channels (channe lhistory). They are saved and restored on next start. To disable this see options -> TV+Radio.
  • New: A new config file named "userdata.xml" is used. It contains all user private data (channel history, url history etc.) and will not be included in a support.zip.
  • New: Actions.ini: Added action "Power Off".
  • New: Actions.ini: Added action "Reboot".
  • New: New symbolset "nightlife" for the toolbuttons. Thanks @Rago.
  • New: The "radlight audioselect" plugin is not supported anymore. Instead an internal version is used (thanks @griga).
  • New: Infofile for recordings: the used device is now written to the infofile.
  • New: Stop and deleting running recordings, which are played back, will result in a playback stop so the file can be deleted correctly.
  • New: Deleting recordings while playing them back will result in playback stop so the file can be deleted correctly.
  • New: the hint window now uses the setting for windows hint font.
  • Fix: Favourites: Fixed a problem with more than 99 favorites in a group.
  • Fix: Visuals: Fixed visuals ignored the OSD-Offsets.
  • Fix: ATSC - CC some fixes by Christian.
  • Fix: Rebuild Graph: the audiochannel display was not updated correctly.
  • Fix: Non Admin Users: a multiple DVBViewer installation didn't work because the COM server tried to register itself with not enough rights.
  • Fix: Removed MultiCPU activation from playback start of the renderer and put it in a better place.
  • Change: DVB-Subtitles: tweaked and optimized a little bit.
  • Change: Screenshot: Filenames are now calculated in a better way.
  • Change: graphedit now shows the device name instead of "BDA Tuner".
  • Change: Weatherdata is now received again. If you don't use the default skin, you need an updated OSD-Skin for it, otherwise you get a warning. For OSD-Designers: You need to integrate a 61x61 button with the ID 500.
  • Updated language files.
  • Updated OSD-Skin.
  • A lot more fixes and optimizations.


  • VMR7/9, EVR

  • New: EVR: optimizations/corrections in zoom handling.
  • New: VMR7/9/EVR: Reworked the OSD zoom handling.
  • New: VMR7/9 windowed mode (aka VMRFix): optimizations/corrections in zoom handling.
  • Fix: VMR7/9: fixed bug: OSD disappears if the DVBViewer window is moved from one monitor to another on multimonitor system.
  • Fix: On some Chinese channels the aspect ratio was not detected correctly.
  • Fix: Aspect ratio handling of VMR/EVR.


  • Channel handling

  • New: Channel names with more than 25 chars are possible. You need to input them manually or do an update channel scan to get them into a present channel list.
    Please check your favorites and timers if you change the channel names!
  • New: The Audio track per channel, Volume per channel and EPG-settings (EIT, intern, extern) are no longer stored in the database. Instead it is stored in the channels.dat.
    On first start the old settings are converted and the database tables removed. The handling for the users does not change.
    If you use the recording service (<1.4.x) you'll need the current version.

  • File playback

  • New: Audio track selection with haali mediasplitter (thanks @Griga).
  • New: H.264 and AC3 in m2ts (Blueray) files can be played back with the DVBSource. (Thanks @Griga).
  • Fix: Jumping over the end of a growing file (recording) caused a stop in playback.
  • Fix: Several enhancements for file playback with multiCPUs.
  • Fix: Playback of a running recording with "Use DVBSource for file playback" deactivated caused an error message. Now the DVB-Source is always used in such cases.
  • Fix: TS/MPEG playback without DVBSource showed the wrong audio track count.
  • Fix: TS/MPEG playback without DVBSource miscalculated the aspect ratio.
  • Fix: video playback did not take EVR into account.
  • Fix: Fixed playback of MPEG/TS files without DVBSource filter.

  • Wizard

  • New: If no "setup.xml" is found the wizard is started automatically.
  • New: Added "EVR" to renderer selection.
  • New: Added "DVB-S2 capable device" and "new tuning method" to hardware page.
  • New: Added "Display warning on channel change if timeshift is enabled" to the timeshift page.
  • Remove: Removed Audio renderer selection.
  • Fix: The wizard counted audio subchannels as channels on scanning.

  • PiP

  • New: handling: sound swap = OSD-Red, picture swap = OSD-Green. the number keys are not used anymore.
    You can reactivate the old (number keys) handling via OSD-Blue -> Key move Mode. This option is persistent.
  • New: Vista: if VMR9 is not selected in the preview options the PiP uses EVR as default.
  • New: PiP is not closed anymore if fast channel switching is not activated.
  • New: PiP is not closed anymore on starting media playback. Sound can be exchanged, video not.
  • New: when swapping channels no mini EPG is shown anymore. When audio is swapped the saved volume level of the main channel will be ignored.
  • New: AAC is supported.
  • Fix: close PiP disabled sometimes the volume in the main window.

  • Hardware

  • New: If a BDA device is unplugged (usb/firewire/pci) before/while DVBViewer is running, it will be marked internally as not available and is not used.
    If it is plugged in again, it will marked as available and is used if required.
    To make this work, the device has to be in the hardware list of the DVBViewer.
    ATTENTION: Avoid removing devices while in use for recording/liveTV. Some drivers can cause the system and the DVBViewer to crash (fireDTV (firewire) is quite unforgiving :wacko: ).
  • New: If a error occurs while trying to open a device, the device is ignored and the viewer will try to find another fitting device.
  • New: If a device can not be opened/started (because it is used by another software) the DVBViewer tries to find another usable device.
  • New: New Device and Tunertype: DVB-IPTV. For channel scanning please use the DVB-IPTV Transedit beta from the members area!
    To add the device to the DVBViewer edit the usermode.ini in the dvbviewer program folder:
    [CARD]
    IPTV=1
    start the DVBViewer and do a manual device scan in the hardware options. Remember to setup the device correctly!
    Known issue: The IP is not displayed as readable IP in the channel editor and the scan window.
  • New: Support for Devolo dLAN TV Sat adapter
  • Change: KNC BDA Device. Integrated new KNCBDACTRL.dll. Should fix the problem 2KNC / 2CAMs. DO NOT MIX THIS DLL WITH AN OLDER DVBVIEWER VERSION!!
  • Change: BDA devices: Tweaked the simple DiseqC handling for some cards.
  • Fix: BDA device/TT CI: Fix for wrong MMI elements count calculation.
  • Fix: BDA/TT devices: fixed the initializing CAM only works in one out of two times problem.
  • Fix: Reworked collision handling between encrypted and FTA channels on the same transponder.
  • Fix: CI-Support: Fixed AAC was not taken into account when building the caPMT.

  • Channel list window

  • New: Now audio substreams are marked as selected instead of always the main channel.
  • New: Can tune Filter: If activated it will applied permanently not only on recordings. Filters DVB-S2 channels, if no DVB-S2 card is present ect.
  • New: The channel lists now synchronize their filter settings instandly.
  • New: On entering the search criteria field with a mouse click the entry is selected. Double clicking the entry will clear the search.
  • Fix: Double click handling rewritten. closing a channel folder with double click shouldn't cause anymore channel switching.

  • Channel editor window

  • New: changing the channel groups can be done for whole channel folders via the right click context menu.
  • Fix: empty audio folders are displayed and items can be dropped into them.
  • Fix: Reloading the channel list via transedit did not update the channel editor.
  • Fix: Assigning DiseqC setting for a group of channels did not work for subchannels correctly.
  • Fix: Changing the encrypted status for the main channel did not update the subchannels correctly.

  • DVD Playback

  • Fix: DVD subtitles and menus work with vista.
  • Fix: Changing the audio stream via OSD resulted in a redundant audio menu display.
  • fix: AC3Filter sometimes connected as videodecoder.

  • OSD

  • New: EPG events within the time frame of a timer are displayed in a different color.
  • New: OSD-Zoom settings: Reworked remote/keyboard handling. See OSD help page (OSD-Blue -> help).
  • Fix: OSD-Zoom settings: Fixed some bugs. H/V was mixed up. Default didn't work correctly, Recall didn't show the current zoom preset.
  • New: OSD Delete File Dialog: Filenames are now shortened the windows way.
  • New: OSD-Play list: the album images are now shown.
  • New: OSD Thumbnail images: reworked search for fitting image strategy for music files.
    1. search picture with name of file with extension changed to jpg.
    2. If 1. failed search for "folder.jpg" in the folder of the file.
    3. NEW: If 2. failed search for any jpg file in the folder of the file.
    For folder images the procedure starts at 2.
  • New: the Menu Control has a new attribute "SelectedColor", ignored if 0 or not present, otherwise shows the focused text of the menu control in this color.
  • New: The Label Control has a new attribute "Shadowcolor". Default is black ($FF000000).
  • New: In the OSD audiomenus the current audio track is shown as selected.
  • New: The OSD-Recording list is now sorted descending on order by date.
  • New: OSD Channel window: "favGroup.png" and "channelGroup.png" will be shown in front of the Group dividers in the OSD-Channel list if they exists in then OSD Skin Images folder.
  • New: OSD Audioformats: Two new pictures for audio formats added to "#TV.audio.pic": "audio_AAC.png" and "audio_DTS.png"
  • New: OSD DataTag: New tags:
    "#remain" contains the remaining time for fileplayback/LiveTV.
    "#TV.Timeshift.remain" contains the remaining time for timeshift. This tag existed before but the previous use was not very useful.
  • New: Added entry "Reboot" to the extended exit OSD menu.
  • Fix: Crash on exiting DVBViewer while radarimage from weather page was active.
  • Fix: Newsfeeds update: no more delays if page is not reachable.
  • Fix: OSD-Timeline: The templates for channel name and time are now correctly used. You can also influence if the second data row is shown by deleting the templates (ID: 23 and 30).
  • Fix: Pin entry window: does work again.
  • Fix: Mini EPG: Fixed no data available shown after starting the DVBViewer.

  • Options

  • New: DirectX options: VMR7/VMR9 windowless mode (aka NO VMRFix): a new option added "YUV Mixing mode". Can be used instead of VMRFix.
    Does use DXVA if possible and does handle the OSD the "normal" way (means the OSD is not limited to the video area).
  • New: Recordings: New option "Adjust PAT/PMT".
    If activated this options causes the DVBviewer to generate a PAT and PMT in TS recordings, which does reflect the present streams.
    The PAT only contains the recorded service and the PMT only the recorded ES Streams.
    This option may help with playback hardware/software which is not able to cope with the unchanged Tables of a TS.
  • New: Recording options: the recording folders can be sorted via drag'n'drop.
  • New: Actions editor: the entries can be sorted via drag'n'drop.
  • New: News options: the entries can be sorted via drag'n'drop.
  • New: System options: current Username button inserts the username into the taskscheduler field.
  • New: Virtual folder options: 'Musicfiles', 'VideoFiles', 'Pictures' have a new entry “Defaultview'. It determinates which view (list, small, big thumbnails) will be used as default.
  • New: General options: Added several screenshot settings to the page. You can select the format the screenshot is saved in and how the screenshot name is generated.
  • New: Moved the Picture extensions setting into the Picture General page.
  • New: OSD Menu options: shows the translated text of the menu items.
  • New: Timeshift options: free disk space is shown for the selected timeshift folder.
  • Change: DirectX options: Changed name of video renderer "unchanged" in "system default renderer".
  • Change: Changed the naming of the options in the Network devices settings dialog to more meaningful text.
  • Fix: Changing the OSD skin in the options now triggers a graph rebuild on VMR/EVR mode.

  • EPG Window and Handling

  • New: EPG Window: Timeline now shows EPG entries which fit a planned recording in red.
  • New: Several improvement for Chinese and other languages with non western charset in the EPG window.
  • New: Chinese EPG for Taiwan.
  • New: EPG Window: if "show recording window after programming" is selected in the options the last added EPG entry via "send to PVR" is selected in the recording window.
  • Fix: Send to PVR from Timeline did ignore the audios ubchannels.
  • Fix: EGP Window: fixed bug in TVGuide, it got sometimes confused with audio subchannels.

  • Tweaks

  • New: close OSD channellist is now per default true. See tweaks.txt.
  • New: "closeRecWin" and "CloseEPGwin" added (see tweaks.txt). "closeRecWin" determinates if the OSD is closed after selecting a recording for playback. "CloseEPGWin" determinates if the osd is closed after selecting channel in one of the EPG windows.
  • New: MultiCPU workaround (see tweaks.txt).

  • Scan window

  • Fix: Channelscan with Update: channels without audiostream where simply added instead of updated.
  • Change: Scan window: Shows now more entries in the drop down lists.

  • Netstreaming Plugin

  • New: settings handling. Settings are now saved in the user data folder "/plugins/netstreaming.ini". Old settings will be converted on first use.
  • New: The auto discovery service is enabled as default now.
  • New: PAT/PMT Adjustment integrated. Is not active if stream whole transponder is selected.

  • DVBServer

  • New: Added external CI Support to DVBServer.
  • New: The auto discovery service is enabled as default now.
  • Change: The hardware handling is up to date with the one from DVBViewer.
  • Several fixes and optimizations.

  • VOD Filter

  • VOD: ability to record transmissions
  • VOD: Support for Shoutcast Streams in MP3, AAC format (scast://channel description)
  • VOD: Support for multimedia files receiption in pull mode (e.g. AVI Videos)
  • VOD: Support for record lastfm://- LastFM Radio Streams (lastfm://user:password)

    • ]]>     Thu, 29 May 2008 08:59:35 +0000 http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/26964-dvbviewer-3940-is-out/     DVBViewer Pro 3.9.3.xx beta http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/24985-dvbviewer-pro-393xx-beta/
    This is a beta! So don't use it as a produktion system.

    Installation:
    You need a working DVBViewer Pro 3.9.2.0 Installation. Make a duplicate of the DVBViewer folder and extract the beta into the duplicate folder. Make a Backup of your datafolder. If you don't know where your data folder resides DO NOT USE THE BETA. It is for advanced users only and not suitable for beginners. :blush:

    Register the new Shoutcast filter by running filters\regfiltervod.exe.

    Please post all reports to the english or deutsch beta forum.

    Zitat

    Version BETA 3.9.3.0
    ----------------------
    • VMR7/VMR9: Reworked the osd zoom handling. Please check with nvidia fix disabled and enabled!

    • OSD: Added: EPG events within the timeframe of a timer are displayed in a different color.

    • Favourites: Fixed a problem with more than 99 favourites in a group.

    • Channellist window: Now audiosubstream are marked as selected instead of always the mainchannel.

    • EGP Window: fixed bug in TVGuide, it got sometimes confused with audiosubchannels.

    • OSD-Mini EPG: Fixed no data available shown after starting the dvbviewer.

    • New Device and Tunertype: IPTV. For channel scanning please use the iptv transedit beta from the membersarea!
      To add the device to the DVBViewer edit the usermode.ini in the dvbviewer program folder:
      [CARD]
      IPTV=1
      start the dvbviewer and do a manual device scan in the hardware options. Remember to setup the device correctly!
      Known issue:
      The IP is not displayed as readable IP in the channeleditor and the scanwindow.

    • Visuals: Fixed visuals ignored the OSD-Offsets.

    • Hardware handling: If a BDA device is unplugged (usb/firewire/pci) before/while DVBViewer is running, it will be marked internally as not available and is not used.
      If it is plugged in again, it will marked as available and is used if required.
      To make this work, the device has to be in the hardwarelist of the DVBViewer.
      ATTENTION: Avoid removing devices while in use. Some drivers can cause tthe system to crash (fireDTV firewire is quite unforgiving :bye: ).

    • Hardware handling: If a error occurrs while trying to open a device, the device is ignored and the viewer will try to find another fitting device.

    • File playback: Fixed playback of mpeg/ts files without DVBSource filter.

    • Preview: Fixed close preview disabled sometimes the volume in the main window.

    • Preview: Change: If VMR9 is not selected in the preview options and OS=Vista the preview uses the evr renderer as default.

    • Preview: New handling: sound swap = OSD-Red, picture swap = OSD-Green. the number keys are not used anymore.
      You can reactivate the old (number keys) handling via OSD-Blue -> Key move Mode. This option is persistent.

    • Audioselect filter: Does work again.

    • DesktopTV: Changed the DesktopTV method to work with vista64.

    • DirectX Options: Changed name of video renderer "unchanged" in "system default renderer".

    • CI-Support: Fixed AAC was not taken into account when building the caPMT.

    • Recording: New Option Adjust PAT/PMT.
      If activated this options causes the dvbviewer to generate a PAT and PMT in TS recordings, which does reflect the present streams.
      The PAT only contains the recorded service and the PMT only the recorded ES Streams.
      This option may help with playback hardware/software which is not able to cope with the unchanged Tables for ts.

    • New shoutcast filter.

    • Change: If no setup.xml is found the wizard is started automatically.

    • Updates to several language files.

    • Several small fixes.

      Netstreaming Plugin:
      ------------------------
    • Changed settings handling. Settings are now saved in the userdata folder /plugins/netstreaming.ini. Old settings will be converted on first use.


    Please post all reports to the english or deutsch beta forum.]]>     Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:32:53 +0000 http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/topic/24985-dvbviewer-pro-393xx-beta/