MediaMVP VDR Plugin

The Server

The software supplied by Hauppauge only runs on Windows, and only a few specific versions of windows at that. Since I don't have a dedicated windows machine and the supplied server doesn't support streaming media from a DVB card it was time to crack out ethereal and do some experimentation. The server on this page is the result of my investigations.

The standalone server which you can download below should work with any pvr system that presents data in PES format over http. I'm working on vdr integration since that's the system I run, but if anyone else wants to work on integration with other systems then please feel free!

Screenshots

The server interface is based on that of VDR and as such should be familar to users of that piece of software.

The main menu of the plugin.

Downloads

0.0.1 First attempt at server for vdr - supports live tv/radio using streamdev plugin. Needs libevent!
0.0.2 Supports scrolling menus and testing of settings
0.0.3 Supports saving of settings and better channel switching - don't use this release - the GUI port is set up incorrectly for dongle.bin < 21317
0.0.4 Can use test settings. Chan+/- now work in LiveTV mode. Support added for older dongle.bin files
0.0.5 Support for playing static mp3 files. Fixed transposed Vol+/Vol- keys
0.0.6 Support for playing mp3 directories and paging through menus.
0.0.7 Support for playing static mpeg files (but not vdr recordings)
0.0.8 No functionality changes - split into an application and a library, mediamvp.conf has changed, but no other config files have
0.0.9 Improved library API. Can also be built into a VDR plugin
0.0.10 VDR plugin now obtains data directly from vdr core (no streamdev), displays simple scheduling information.
0.0.11 (25/2/2004) Supports latest dongle.bin files. Removes dependency on libdvbmpeg. Playlist support + more
0.1.1 (15/5/2004) Far too many new features, just use it! Hmmm, looks like I messed up the Makefile try that one which should work a bit better
0.1.2 (23/5/2004) Finally! Support for vdr beyond 1.3.4!
0.1.4 (13/10/2004) Hopefully a few bug fixes
0.1.5 (24/10/2004) Patch release, support for vdr 1.3.13
0.1.6 (23/4/2005) Fixes for vdr compaibility and some ui tweaks

An NSLU2 build is available via unslung. My slug is now disc-less so I can no longer test builds.

CVS

CVS is located at sourceforge. The project is named vdr-mediamvp. The current released server is under the module "mediamvp".

Future Plans

None. (mvpvdr is the future)

28-May-2006 Contact dom /at/ suborbital /dot/ org /dot/ uk