This is a "plugin" for the Video Disk Recorder (VDR).

Originaly written by:           Kai Tobias Burwieck <kai-at-burwieck.net>
                                "Interpohl" <interpohl-at-vdr-portal.de>
                                Onno Kreuzinger <o.kreuzinger-at-kreuzinger.biz>
                                Andreas Brachold <anbr at users.berlios.de>

Maintainer:                     Andreas Brachold <anbr at users.berlios.de>

Project homepage:               http://vdr-image.berlios.de/


Former project's homepage:      http://www.burwieck.net/vdr (dead?)
                                http://vdr-image.kreuzinger.biz>


Some files are from the mp3/MPlayer Plugin.	Thanks to Stefan Hülswitt


Required:
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- fullfeatured dvb card
- vdr 1.5.8+
- plugin depends follow packages
    + ffmpeg (tested with ffmpeg-0.4.8/ffmpeg-0.4.9pre1/ffmpeg-cvs)
        http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
    + for build you need 'pkg-config'
        http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/
    + libexif-0.6.13 ... 0.6.15 (see below for build without this)
        http://libexif.sourceforge.net/
    + for running your will need also package netpbm
        http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
        netpbm 10.0+ (check for "anytopnm", if  it does not exist upgrade/install netpbm)
    + not necessary but useful utils/file (file) for better imagetyp detection, 
        this tools is used by script anytopnm
        ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file

Important Note:
if tools are installed by source absolutely also for it provide that the 
programs (anytopnm pnmscale pnmfile pnmcut pnmflip) are inside the search-path, 
otherwise adapt the variable "PATH"  within the file imageplugin.sh.

Install:
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Install the plugin part as usual (see vdr docs if you not know already).
You will need a full source tree from vdr, to build this plugins.
copy source to below defined folder.

    cd $VDRSOURCE/PLUGINS/src
    tar -xzvf vdr-image-x.x.x.tgz
    ln -s image-x.x.x image

Compile depends package ffmpeg, libexif. later for running your 
need netpbm for image conversion.

 build ffmpeg
    $ configure --enable-shared && make && make install

 build libexif 
    $ configure && make && make install

 now compile plugin

    $ cd $VDRSOURCE
    $ make plugins

 or if you need, defined a ffmpeg source folder ¹) 
 this essential if build ffmpeg without "--enable-shared"

    $ make plugins FFMDIR=/usr/src/ffmpeg-cvs

 compile without swscaler to convert images via ffmpeg
   (WITHOUT_SWSCALER=1 use img_convert, needed for older versions from ffmpeg)
    
    $ make plugins WITHOUT_SWSCALER=1

 compile without libexif ¹)
    
    $ make plugins WITHOUT_LIBEXIF=1

 to install plugin

    $ make plugins-install


¹) Build options can also defined inside $VDRSOURCE/Make.config



In the ./examples directory you can find a sample file for
imagesources.conf, change this file if needed and place it in
the plugins folder in your config folder (the video folder by default).

The syntax is :
<path>;<name in vdr menu>;<0/1>;<pattern to filter file display>

examples:
/media/cdrom;CDROM;1;*.jpg *.jpeg *.png *.tif* *.bmp
/archive/photos/holiday;Holiday pictures;0;DSC10*.jpg

0/1 is for media that need to be mounted (uses the same mount.sh
as mplayer/mp3 plugin).


The file ./scripts/imageplugin.sh could go to /usr/bin, or any other folder in your path.
You can also use the plugin options (vdr -help after installing the plugin) to specify
the path's to the files, if you don't want to those files in you system.
[ e.g.: ./vdr '-Pimage -C /usr/local/bin/imageplugin.sh -m /usr/local/bin/mount.sh' ...]

All plugin options :

  -m CMD,   --mount=CMD    use CMD to mount/unmount/eject image sources
                           (default: "mount.sh")
  -C CMD,   --convert=CMD  use CMD when converting images
                           (default: "imageplugin.sh")
  -c PATH,  --config=PATH  to specify directory of configuration data
                           relative to VDR Plugin configuration directory
                           (default: "" )


Manual:
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Start the plugin, than select a file (or folder) and press OK.


At all modi
   OK          toggle OSD informations
   Play/Pause  begin/halt slide
   Stop/Blue   stop plugin
 
While watching pictures
   Back        stop plugin
   Red         open menu with imagecommands
   Info        show exif informations 
 
   Left        previous picture
   Right       next picture
   Down        jump three pictures back
   Up          jump three pictures forward

   7           jump five pictures back
   9           jump five pictures forward
 
   0           view original image
   1           Rotate 90 Grad counter clockwise
   3           Rotate 90 Grad clockwise direction
 
   4 	       slide show - decrease the time (seconds) each picture shows
   6 	       slide show - increase the time (seconds) each picture shows
   5           Zoom inside image
   8           Zoom outside image and call Jumpmenu
 
'Zoom menu'
   Back        Zoom outside image 
   Red         open menu with imagecommands
   Info        show exif informations 
 
   Left        scroll zoomedframe inside picture to left
   Right       scroll zoomedframe inside picture to right
   Down        scroll zoomedframe inside picture to left
   Up          scroll zoomedframe inside picture to up
 
   0           view original image
   5           Zoom inside image
   8           Zoom outside image 
  
'Jump menu' (3x3 preview):
   Back        view original image
  
   Left        previous picture group (go 9 pictures back)
   Right       next picture group (go to the next 9 pictures)
  
   0           view original image
   1 ... 9     pick the corresponding image

(thx for the english readme/keymapping description to Kai Steinbach)

image commands
------------
The file imagecmds.conf can be used to define commands that can be applied to the 
currently viewed image. The syntax is exactly the same as described for the 
file commands.conf, see "man 5 vdr". If only one instruction is indicated, 
the filename of the image will be appended to the command string, 
separated by a blank and enclosed in single quotes.

Format> Menutext ?: command %s
?  - Confirmation request (optionally)
%s - placeholder for filename (optionally)

See for a sample at examples/imagecmds.conf .


Diagnosis of the scripts and installation
-----------------------------------------
If the script does not work like it should, start the Script to test from the console.

imageplugin.sh [infile] [outfile] [WIDTH] [HEIGHT] [ZOOMFACTOR] [LEFTPOS] [TOPPOS] {FLIPCMD}
e.g. imageplugin.sh myimage.png outfile.pnm 720 576 0 0 0 original

and please examine the produced syslog messages at /var/log/message or messages on console

if that does not help repeats the procedure with > export DEBUG=yes;

export DEBUG=yes;imageplugin.sh myimage.png outfile.pnm 720 576 0 0 0 original

and examine the expenditure on the screendump

*) if script work for your, it's could reduce the message on syslog, 
if your change on imageplugin.sh inside from VERBOSE=yes to VERBOSE=no