This is a "plugin" for the Video Disk Recorder (VDR) to access DVB-streams produced by the NetCeiver-hardware. Project's homepage: http://www.baycom.de/hardware/netceiver/ Latest version available via GIT at: https://github.com/vdr-projects/vdr-plugin-mcli The vdr-plugin, mcli-library and associated tools&drivers except netcv2dvbip are Copyright (C) 2007-2010 by BayCom GmbH <info@baycom.de> Extensions by contributors Copyright (C) 2020-2022 by Peter Bieringer <pb@bieringer.de> Copyright (C) 2013-2015 by hsteinhaus Copyright (C) 2014 by mhorwath Copyright (C) 2013 by Hoppaz netcv2dvbip is Copyright (C) 2010 by Christian Cier-Zniewski <c.cier@gmx.de> ------------------------------------------------------------------ The mcli-library (libmcli.so) and all tools (including netcv2dvbip) are covered by the GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (LGPL), version 2.1: This library and all tools are free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software Foundation. This library and all tools are distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------ The vdr-plugin and associated tools are covered by the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (GPL), version 2: This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. **** TO BE CHECKED **** To properly integrate the mcli plugin into your VDR please apply these two patches: vdr-1.6.0-altmenuaction.patch (allows CAM messages to be displayed) vdr-1.6.0-intcamdevices.patch (enables selection of encrypted channels without local CI stack). **** Reviewed version **** - Support at least vdr >= 2.4.4 == Potential requirements == On newer Linux systems allow vdr to open raw sockets: setcap cap_net_raw=pe /usr/sbin/vdr for systemd: cat <<END >/etc/systemd/system/vdr.service.d/vdr-mcli.conf [Service] AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_RAW END == Plugin options == --ifname <interface> network interface of the multicast client the interface where the Netceiver boxes are also connected --port <port> used network port (default: 23000) --dvb-s <num> --dvb-c <num> --dvb-t <num> --atsc <num> --dvb-s2 <num> limit number of devices (default: 8) --mld-reporter-disable disable mld reporter --sock-path <path> path of socket directory, default: API_SOCK_NAMESPACE --cam-disable (NEW since 0.9.5) reject tuning to channels which requiring CAM --tuner-max <num> (NEW since 0.9.5) limit maximum number of tuners to <num> avoid that LCARS skin shows 8 tuners in a 3 tuner system --debugmask <mask> (NEW since 0.9.5, see logging.h) <mask> can be hexadecimal (0x..) or decimal conditionally enable debug messages PIDS 0x01 TUNE_EXTRA 0x02 TUNE 0x04 RESOURCES 0x08 PIDS_ADD_DEL 0x10 TUNE_PC 0x40 // ProvideChannel FILTER 0x80 --logskipmask <mask> (NEW since 0.9.6, see logging.h) <mask> can be hexadecimal (0x..) or decimal conditionally disable log messages recv_ts_func/Data PIDs 0x01 // skip log of issues with Data pids (0 or 16-18) like Mcli::recv_ts_func: Discontinuity on receiver 0x559f735c7e00 for pid 18: 5->7 at pos 0/7 SetChannelDevice/Reject 0x02 // skip log of Mcli::SetChannelDevice: Reject tuning on DVB (interesting if cam-disable is active) --netcvupdate-use-lftp add "lftp" specific option to "netcvupdate" calls --netcvupdate-enable-debug add debug option to "netcvupdate" calls == RPM Build Support included == # download vdr-devel, rpm build environment and required dependencies: dnf install vdr-devel rpm-build gcc-c++ libxml2-devel zlib-devel # specify version: VERSION=0.9.7 # download version with proper tar.gz name: wget https://github.com/vdr-projects/vdr-plugin-mcli/archive/v$VERSION/vdr-plugin-mcli-$VERSION.tar.gz # run rpm rebuild with tar.gz: rpmbuild -tb vdr-plugin-mcli-$VERSION.tar.gz # install (example, here 0.9.7 on Fedora 36) dnf localinstall $HOME/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/vdr-mcli-0.9.7-4.fc36.x86_64.rpm