[ANNOUNCE] VDR version 2.4.4 released

VDR version 2.4.4 is now available at

       ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/vdr-2.4.4.tar.bz2

A 'diff' against the previous version is available at

       ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-2.4.1-2.4.4.diff

MD5 checksums:

ccf724c157740b2b153ca41ad38f1217  vdr-2.4.4.tar.bz2
12845052da407da62748982c01cc5d52  vdr-2.4.1-2.4.4.diff

You can also get the latest version at the official VDR GIT archive with

       git clone git://git.tvdr.de/vdr.git

This version fixes a few bugs that came up after the release of version 2.4.1.


The changes since version 2.4.1:

- Fixed moving channels between number groups in SVDRP's MOVC command and the Channels
   menu, in case a channel is moved to a higher number and into a numbered group
   (reported by Manuel Reimer).
- Now retuning if the received transponder's SDT doesn't contain the expected values
   for NID and TID (thanks to Uwe Scheffler for reporting a problem with failed tuning
   in SCR systems, and Helmut Binder for helping with the implementation).
- Fixed compatibility with current versions of glibc (thanks to Manuel Reimer).
- The SVDRP command DELC now also accepts a channel id (suggested by Manuel Reimer).
- Fixed dropping capabilities in case cap_sys_time is not available.
- Added the language code for Bulgarian (thanks to Helmut Binder).
- Fixed handling multi part ExtendedEventDescriptors where only the first part
   contains information about the character table (based on a patch from Helmut Binder).
- When setting the system character table, it is no longer checked against the known
   entries that are hard coded in libsi/si.c, but rather given to iconv_open() and the
   result of that call is used to check whether the given name is valid.
- Checking whether the system character table is "single byte" is now done by checking
   the result of a sample call to iconv().
- Setting the override character table now checks and reports whether the given value
   is valid (suggested by Helmut Binder).
- The isSingleByte parameter in the call to getCharacterTable() is deprecated and only
   present for backwards compatibility.
- Fixed a possible crash in case replay is started and stopped in rapid sequence, by
   adding missing locking to cControl::Control(). The caller of this function must now
   provide a cMutexLock which stays alive as long as the result of this call is used.
   The old version of this function is still there for backwards compatibility with
   plugins, because this problem appears to occur only under very rare circumstances.
   Authors of plugins that use this function should switch to the new version, because
   the old one is deprecated and will be removed in a future version.
   The version numbers (both VDRVERSNUM and APIVERSNUM) have been bumped to 2.4.2, so
   that plugins can detect the presence of the new cControl::Control().
- Added a missing '-D' to the 'plugins' target of the Makefile (thanks to Johann
   Friedrichs).
- Fixed the size of cChannel::dtypes[] (thanks to Winfried Köhler).
   The version numbers (both VDRVERSNUM and APIVERSNUM) have been bumped to 2.4.3 to
   indicate this change.
- Added a device hook for detecting whether a device provides EIT data (thanks to
   Winfried Köhler).
- Fixed memory handling in cString::Append() (reported by Stefan Herdler).
- Revised 'Fixed a possible deadlock when detaching a receiver from a device' from
   version 2.3.9, which sometimes caused a black screen when switching channels
   (thanks to Stefan Verse).
- Added failsafe defaults for 'make LCLBLD=1' to the Makefile (thanks to Stefan
   Herdler).
- Added codes for more languages and special audio tracks (thanks to Helmut Binder).
- Added cMtdCamSlot::TsPostProcess() (thanks to Helmut Binder).
- Added cMtdHandler::StopDecrypting() (thanks to Helmut Binder).
- Added support for detecting new channels broadcast in HEVC (thanks to Helmut Binder).
- Added support for detecting 'advanced codec digital radio sound service' (thanks to
   Helmut Binder).
- Added handling shared PMT pids and multiple PMT sections (thanks to Helmut Binder).
- Changed the country code in the generated ParentalRatingDescriptor from 'DEU' to
   '902' to make it valid for all countries (thanks to Helmut Binder).
- Added optional verbose output to the libsi Makefile (thanks to Tobias Grimm).
- Made the call to pkg_config configurable via the PKG_CONFIG macro, which is necessary
   for cross-building VDR (thanks to Tobias Grimm). Plugin authors may want to modify
   their Makefiles accordingly by adding the line 'PKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config' and
   replacing every occurrence of 'pkg-config' with '$(PKG_CONFIG)', as can be seen in
   the Makefiles of the plugins that come with the VDR source.
- Fixed a typo in svdrp.c (thanks to Tobias Grimm).
- Added support for HEVC-video and AC-4-audio (thanks to Christoph Haubrich).
- Added a comment about the semantics of cTimeMs::Set().
- Adjusted device selection in GetDeviceForTransponder() to that in GetDevice() (thanks
   to Helmut Binder).
- Now adding CPPFLAGS to CXXFLAGS to allow extra preprocessor flags to be given when
   doing make (suggested by Tobisa Grimm).
- Added CRC check of the CAT in cCaPidReceiver::Receive() (thanks to Helmut Binder).
- Fixed the 'else if' branch in cDevice::GetDeviceForTransponder(), which hasn't
   been active since version 1.7.29 (reported by Helmut Binder). The original purpose of
   this branch was to use a device that is currently not recording for switching to the
   transponder of an upcoming VPS timer. However, this caused problems with more than
   two bonded devices, which was "fixed" in version 1.7.29. Apparently this fix merely
   rendered the whole code branch inactive. Now this branch is only executed for devices
   that are not bonded.
- Improved deleting plugins in case the plugin uses its own memory management (thanks
   to Winfried Köhler). Plugins that have been compiled with previous versions of VDR
   do not need to be recompiled, they will silently be handled as before.
- Now setting currentDisplayChannel = NULL before calling cStatus::MsgOsdClear() in
   ~cDisplayChannel(), to avoid possible problems in case a plugin calls IsOpen()
   (reported by Thomas Reufer).
- Fixed handling inactive shared CA pids (thanks to Helmut Binder).
- Implemented handling multi packet CATs with MTD (thanks to Helmut Binder).
- Fixed a possible 'invalid lock sequence' when switching to an unavailable channel
   with the main menu open.
- Official release.

Have fun!

Klaus

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