Plugins and NPVR. Where do we start?

[jamhandman]

Ok awesome thanks. I'll do my best, let's see what happens...

[jamhandman]

In the sample project use $(ProjectDir)\bin\Debug" instead or hard coding your local project path.

[tjn_mail]

I hate to ask this, but I am interested in trying some development with an external recorder, and I can't seem to find the TestRecorder.zip project. Any pointers to where I should look? Thanks in advance.

[sub]

Here is TestRecorder.zip

[jrockow]

Sub,
Can you please attach your findall popup code again as you did in post #43.
Thanx.

[sub]

I don't follow you. What do you want?

[sub]

Nevermind. Reading #43 cleared up what you were after.

I've attached the code. You won't be able to compile it as-is, since it refers to other code you don't have, but it'll give you an example of how you'd have a list control on your own popup.

[jrockow]

The "View" part of this is used by prepending the view name to find the background name for each view. ie ListView CoversView IconView. The "Item" is only used in the Covers/Icon view to determine the skin element name (by prefixing the view name), ie CoversItem and IconItem.

For the List view, it always uses ListItemNormal/ListItemSelected, due to historic reason and not changed for fear of breaking other users skins and plugins. (There is a way to define more than one set per skin file if need be (since I needed this recently to support the Search screen which has three lists)

Can you explain how to "define more than one set per skin file".

I think this may have something to do with why my plugin isn't working the way it used to.

Thanx.

[KayDiefenthal]

hello

have seen that there is a way for a custom Recorder
so have i some Questions

A Sat>ip Server can have 1 - 8 Tuners( for DVBC DVBT DVBS)

can the Testrecorder handel multible Sat>Ip Servers and Multible Tuners for each Broadcast Transmission ?
how can i build the Bridge from RTP to NPVR?

what for an die is required currently use i VS 2008 Pro but i have read that NPVR use .net 4 so must i use something newer
is an c# express Version enough?

[sub]

hello

have seen that there is a way for a custom Recorder
so have i some Questions

A Sat>ip Server can have 1 - 8 Tuners( for DVBC DVBT DVBS)

can the Testrecorder handel multible Sat>Ip Servers and Multible Tuners for each Broadcast Transmission ?

Yes you can. There was some changes on this front in the last release, and I don't have an example to show you, but basically you recorder plugin also needs to implement the IMultiRecord interface. I'd probably need to look at the Sat>Ip spec to see if it makes more sense to represent the device as a 'single recorder plugin that supports multiple tuners behind the scenes' or whether it should 'show up as a multiple distinct tuners'. A four tuner PCI card would show up as four devices in the Settings->Devices screen, so it may make sense that it'd show the same way. (so multiple instances of the addon, rather than one which supports multiple)

how can i build the Bridge from RTP to NPVR?

Ultimately the capture plugin is responsible for writing to the .ts filename that is passed in to the StartStream() call, and can do whatever it needs to for that to happen.

what for an die is required currently use i VS 2008 Pro but i have read that NPVR use .net 4 so must i use something newer
is an c# express Version enough?

I'm currently using VS2012, but I'm sure you'll be able to use C# Express.