This is a "Soppalusikka" skin for the Video Disk Recorder (VDR).
Written by: Rolf Ahrenberg
< R o l f . A h r e n b e r g @ s c i .f i >
Project's homepage: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~rahrenbe/vdr/soppalusikka/
Latest version available at: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~rahrenbe/vdr/soppalusikka/
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 license information.
Requirements:
VDR and a spoon for the soup.
Description:
The "Soppalusikka" is a standalone skin providing the good old "ElchiAIO" looks.
Installation:
tar -xzf /put/your/path/here/vdr-skinsoppalusikka-X.Y.Z.tgz
make -C skinsoppalusikka-X.Y.Z install
Configuration:
Channel logo directory can be given via a command line option (-l) and
it defaults to "skinsoppalusikka" subdirectory in VDR's resorce directory
for plugins.
Notes:
- Only XPM format is supported for channel logos: 64x48 pixels and
13 colors (6 colors on DXR3) or less recommended. Colors must be
defined in hex numbers only.
- If you'll add new channels logos on the fly, remember to flush the
channel logo cache.
- The channel logos can be named according to channel name (YLETV2.xpm)
or channel id (T-8438-4097-33.xpm). The naming is case-sensitive and
the plugin prefers channel ids as a naming scheme. All '/' characters
in channel names shall be automatically converted to '~' characters
in filenames.
- There have been bug reports from some DXR3 users about vanishing
colors and flickering. However, the skin is also reported to work
without any problems on many DXR3 setups.
- An example of ImageMagick syntax for generating Soppalusikka compatible
logos:
shell> convert ChannelLogo.jpg -resize 64x48 -background "#FEFEFE" \
-gravity center -extent 64x48 -colors 6 -depth 8 \
"Channel Name.xpm"