Category: Howto

  • VDR: Logitech Harmony Remote 785 & Antec Fusion Remote Black

    Update 2011-04-22: In this blog post, you find a detailed overview of the remote control’s button configuration I’m using for my yaVDR system. When setting up my HD VDR system I struggled with my Logitech Harmony 785 to get the remote control work with the built-in IR receiver of the Antec Fusion Remote HTPC enclosure. […]

  • yaVDR 0.3.0a: Antec Fusion Remote Black LCD and IR receiver configuration

    Here is a short summary how I configured my yaVDR 0.3.0a system to work with the LCD and IR receiver that are integrated in the Antec Fusion Remote HTPC enclosure (here is a complete overview of my hardware configuration). Install the imonlcd plug-in: # sudo apt-get install vdr-plugin-imonlcd Use the following settings (System > Remotes […]

  • yaVDR 0.3.0a: Activate NoAd add-on to automatically scan for commercials

    The default yaVDR 0.3.0a installation already includes the NoAd VDR add-on, but the add-on is not activated by default. The following command (re)runs the NoAd setup and enables you to activate the add-on: # sudo dpkg-reconfigure vdr-addon-noad # sudo restart vdr From now on, the NoAd program will run for each new recording and will […]

  • Windows 7: Install service to run Razuna 1.4 automatically

    Here is a little Windows 7 howto to install a service that runs Razuna 1.4 automatically: Download the Apache Tomcat binary files (32-bit or 64-bit). Extract the zip file and copy the files bin\tomcat6.exe, bin\tomcat6w.exe, bin\service.bat to [YOUR-RAZUNA-PATH]\bin. Open the Windows command line (with the option “Run as administrator”) and install the service: cd [YOUR-RAZUNA-PATH]\bin […]

  • SCORM 1.2 & Articulate ’09: Resuming SCO always resets progress to “incomplete”

    Today, I met the problem, that an Articulate 9 SCORM 1.2 SCO always resets the lesson status to “incomplete” when the learner resumes the learning content (even if the lesson status was completed before). I found several discussions (like this or this) concerning this issue. In general, the discussions are about whether the CMI or […]

  • yaVDR 0.3.0a & Asus M3N78-EM: NVRAM-WakeUp Howto

    Update 2010-12-27: I’ve published a step by step instructions how to use ACPI for automatic wake-ups for an Asus M3N78-EM mainboard and yaVDR 0.3.0a. The ACPI method is easier to setup and does not need an additional reboot. Here are the step by step instructions to set up NVRAM-WakeUp for an Asus M3N78-EM mainboard and […]