TOC
1. Introduction
2. Getting the source code
3. Basic Installation
4. Plugin setup
5. Known problems
6. Thanks area
7. Important links

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1. Introduction
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DVBAPI plugin for VDR

  This plugin is simplified version of VDR-SC plugin. The main purpose of the
plugin is to act as a bridge between VDR and OScam.

Refer to INSTALL/README for installation and usage procedure

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
See the file COPYING for more information.

Latest version available at: https://github.com/manio/vdr-plugin-dvbapi

NOTE TO NEW LINUX USERS: All lines that are prefixed with the '$'
character are commands that need to be typed into a terminal window /
console (similar to the command prompt for Windows). Note that the '$'
character itself should NOT be typed as part of the command.

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2. Getting the source code
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You will have to grab the source code of course. First install the git
package provided by your distribution. Then from a terminal, type:

   $ cd /usr/local/src/vdr/PLUGINS/src
   $ git clone git://github.com/manio/vdr-plugin-dvbapi.git
   $ ln -s vdr-plugin-dvbapi dvbapi

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3. Basic Installation
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For sample installation instructions refer to INSTALL file.
For Kathrein UFS 9xx support refer to extra/sh4-ufs9xx/README file.

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4. Plugin setup
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The log level parameter of the plugin can be configured either from VDR
menu or manually editing the VDR's setup.conf file (remember to change
the file when VDR is not running).

The parameter line for the plugin is:
dvbapi.LogLevel = 2

The values for the log level are:
  0 - totally disable debug
  1 - only error messages
  2 - information and error messages (default)
  3 - all information including debug

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5. Known problems
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The plugin may conflict with dynamite plugin. You need to disable dynamite
plugin in case of problems.

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6. Thanks area
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 I would like to give a big thanks to a number of people from the OScam Board
 (oscam.to) and eurocardsharing forum for their great help and support.

 To Aigars for creating the first simplified version of this plugin using
 VDR-SC and with modifications from dvbapi-patch.tar.gz

 To Narog for implementing the multiple adapter support

 To Peje, Unixer, Copper, HALLO01, udobroemme, ninjagp for their patience,
 support and testing on own hardware.

 To the authors of VDR-SC plugin, FFdecsa and Oscam for their great work and
 dedication

 In last to all other forum members that have/will contribute to this plugin.

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7. Important links
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Remember to read the full threads on the OScam forum:
http://www.oscam.to/wbb3/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=12340