#!/bin/sh # runvdr: Loads the DVB driver and runs VDR # # If VDR exits abnormally, the driver will be reloaded # and VDR restarted. # # In order to actually use this script you need to implement # the functions DriverLoaded(), LoadDriver() and UnloadDriver() # and maybe adjust the VDRPRG and VDRCMD to your particular # requirements. # # Since this script loads the DVB driver, it must be started # as user 'root'. Add the option "-u username" to run VDR # under the given user name. # # Any command line parameters will be passed on to the # actual 'vdr' program. # # See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and # how to reach the author. # # $Id: runvdr.template 3.1 2015/02/05 10:28:53 kls Exp $ VDRPRG="./vdr" VDROPTIONS="-w 60" # For other options see manpage vdr.1 VDRPLUGINS="" # You will need to select your output device plugin if you want # to use VDR to watch video. For instance, for a "Full Featured" # SD DVB card that would be # VDRPLUGINS="-P dvbsddevice" # For a "Full Featured" HD DVB card you could use # VDRPLUGINS="-P dvbhddevice" # There are also other output device plugins available, see # http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Plugins. VDRCMD="$VDRPRG $VDROPTIONS $VDRPLUGINS $*" KILL="/usr/bin/killall -q -TERM" # Detect whether the DVB driver is already loaded # and return 0 if it *is* loaded, 1 if not: DriverLoaded() { return 1 } # Load all DVB driver modules needed for your hardware: LoadDriver() { return 0 } # Unload all DVB driver modules loaded in LoadDriver(): UnloadDriver() { return 0 } # Load driver if it hasn't been loaded already: if ! DriverLoaded; then LoadDriver fi while (true) do eval "$VDRCMD" if test $? -eq 0 -o $? -eq 2; then exit; fi echo "`date` reloading DVB driver" $KILL $VDRPRG sleep 10 UnloadDriver LoadDriver echo "`date` restarting VDR" done