DVR : a Digital Video Recorder for Linux.

see http://dvr.sourceforge.net
e-mail : pierre.hebert@netcourrier.com

Help, remarks and feedback are welcome.

What you need to compile DVR
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main dependencies are
- GCC tools (gcc-2.x or 3.x)
- Qt 3 or higher
- a v4l interface
- avifile 0.7

How to compile DVR ?
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Type "make", in the DVR package root directory ("dvr-x.y" for example).
If it doesn't work, mail me with a copy of the errors, and a summary of the system used to compile DVR.


How to use it ?
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Two programs are available in the package : a console only version, and a Qt GUI version.

 **** GUI version ****
The overall usage should be quite easy to guess. Read the tooltip for a little help.

The GUI is splited in several parts :
- General : configuration of the format of the input video (width, height, bits per pixel, ...), length in time, and others.
- Video codec : configuration of the video codec used
- Audio codec : configuration of the audio codec used
- Video : configuration of the video interface used : norm (PAL, SECAM, ...), input, channels, ...
- Monitoring : show statistics about the current recording

The button at the bottom-left of the window is used to start recording, while the button at the bottom right is used to stop it. These buttons are always visible.

In order to configure the channel list ("Video" section) you need to select a channel with your favorite TV program, then launch DVR and save the tuned channel. Repeat the operation for each channel you want to configure.


 **** Console version ****
The console version is launched with one and only one parameter : the name of the configuration file. A sample configuration file is given in this directory.
Simply launch "./dvr-console my_config_file" and wait that the record ends. The record process can be cleanly interrupted at any time by typing ^C or by sending the "TERM" signal.
A sample of configuration file is given in the "doc" directory. The values in this file are the default values.

BUGS
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You need to launch your favorite TV program once and close it, before the first execution of DVR since the last reboot of your computer.

