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VDR in Ubuntu Linux 5.10 (Breezy Badger) mini how-to

VDR is quite a handy HTPC software, but comes with the worst documentation ever. Here is a quick guide:

Hardware:

  • MSI K8MM-V Socket 754 micro-ATX motherboard
  • AMD Athlon64 with silent Nexus fan
  • ASUS S/PDIF bracket (modified to fit MSI motherboard)
  • Terratec Cinergy 1200 DVB-C PCI card
  • 200Gb Seagate SATA harddrive
  • Aopen slim MicroATX case
  • Actisys 220+ serial IrDA module

Software:

  • Ubuntu Linux 5.10
  • Kernel 2.6.14.3
  • VDR 1.3.41 (developer version, but quite stable)
  • LIRC 0.8.0
  • Harman/Kardon AVR235 remote control.

VDR

First download, unpack and prepare VDR for plugin installation.

$ cd /usr/local/
# wget ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/vdr-1.3.41.tar.bz2
# tar xfvj vdr-1.3.41.tar.bz2
# ln -s vdr-1.3.41 VDR

# mkdir /video

ffmpeg

Must compile from source, package will not do.

$ cd /usr/local/src
# apt-get install cvs g++ dvbutils
# cvs -z9 -d:pserver:


:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg
# cd ffmpeg
# ./configure –enable-shared \
–enable-pp \
–enable-gpl
# cd libavcodec/libpostproc

$ make
# mkdir -p /usr/local/include/postproc
# install -m 644 postprocess.h /usr/local/include/postproc/postprocess.h
# cp libpostproc.a /usr/local/lib
$ cd -
$ make
# make install
# ldconfig

DVB subtitles patch

Subtitles are quite commonly used in my country. You’ll need this plugin if you wish to see “real” DVB subtitles. Note that this plugin will not be neccessary for subtitles that are “burned” into the video stream.

$ cd /usr/local/VDR/PLUGINS/src
$ wget http://virtanen.org/vdr/subtitles/files/vdr-subtitles-0.3.10.tgz
$ tar xfvz vdr-subtitles-0.3.10.tgz
$ ln -s subtitles-0.3.10 subtitles

$ cd /usr/local/VDR
$ patch -p1 < PLUGINS/src/subtitles/DVBsubs.patch

softdevice

softdevice is needed for output in X. I need this, because my card is a so called “budget” card, without hardware MPEG decoding.

$ cd /usr/local/VDR/PLUGINS/src

$ wget http://download.berlios.de/softdevice/vdr-softdevice-0.2.1.tgz
$ tar xfvz vdr-softdevice-0.2.1.tgz
$ ln -s softdevice-0.2.1 softdevice
$ cd softdevice

On AMD64 you need to add -fPIC to CXXFLAGS in the Makefile, cannot compile otherwise.

$ ./configure

SC & FFdeCSA

DISCLAIMER: This is here for educational purposes only. De-scrambling transmissions using software may be illegal in your country.

And no, I will not tell you “where to get keyfiles”.

# apt-get install libssl-dev

$ cd /usr/local/VDR/PLUGINS/src
$ tar xfvz sc-0.5.4.tar.gz
$ ln -s sc-0.5.4 sc
$ cd /usr/local/VDR
$ patch -p1 < PLUGINS/src/sc/patches/vdr-1.3.38-ffdecsa-0.1.3.diff
$ patch -p1 < PLUGINS/src/sc/patches/vdr-1.3.38.diff
$ cd /usr/local/VDR

Edit Makefile where it says FFdeCSA, change from:

CPUOPT   ?= pentium
PARALLEL ?= PARALLEL_32_INT

to:

CPUOPT   ?= athlon64
PARALLEL ?= PARALLEL_128_SSE

VDR cont.

Let’s compile VDR along with the plugins.

$ cd /usr/local/VDR
$ make
$ make plugins NAGRA=1 SECA=1 CONAX=1 SHL=1 VIACCESS=1

LIRC

Compile lirc as in the documentation.

Copy the following script to /etc/init.d/, chmod it +x and symlink it to /etc/rc2.d/S01lirc.



NOTE: on my system /dev/lirc0 was created instead of /dev/lirc.


Testing


Let’s fire it up! Open a console in X and type:



$ export LANG=”en_us.iso8859-0″

$ ./vdr -P”softdevice -vo xv:full” -P subtitles -P sc –lirc=/dev/lircd




LANG is needed because Ubuntu is UTF-8, and VDR doesn’t (yet) like UTF very much.


								
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