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WARNING:
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This is a *developer* version. Even though *I* use it in my productive
environment, I strongly recommend that you only use it under controlled
conditions and for testing and debugging.
Originally I intended to release this version only after the new DiSEqC
configuration dialog was finished. But in the meantime quite a few other things
have come up, so I decided to postpone that dialog and first release what has
piled up so far.
From the HISTORY file:
- Changed the return value of cPositioner::HorizonLongitude() to 0 in case the
latitude of the antenna location is beyond +/-81 degrees.
- Updated the Finnish OSD texts (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg).
- Fixed some compiler warnings with gcc-4.6.3 (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg).
- Changed the name of the SVDRP command RENR to MOVR (suggested by Rolf Ahrenberg).
- When cutting a recording it is now checked whether there is already an edited
version of this recording (with the same name, but starting with '%'), and the
user is prompted for confirmation to overwrite it (suggested by Rolf Ahrenberg).
- Revoked "Added maximum signal strength value for TechniSat SkyStar 2 DVB-S rev 2.3P"
because it broke things for the "TechniSat AirStar 2" DVB-T card.
- The LIRC remote control now connects to the socket even if it doesn't yet exist when
VDR is started (thanks to Lars Hanisch).
- Changed the absolute latitude limit for visible satellites to 81.2 degrees.
- Added code for parsing LCN and AVC descriptors to libsi (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg).
- In the "Select folder" menu pressing Ok now selects the folder, even if this is a
folder that contains sub folders (marked with "..."). To open such a folder you
can press the Red key.
- Fixed a possible access to uninitialized data in cEIT::cEIT() (reported by Dominik
Strasser).
- The new menu category mcRecordingEdit is now used to mark menus that edit recording
properties (suggested by Stefan Braun).
- Changes in the teletext PID no longer cause retuning (and thus interrupting a
recording).
- Removed '_' from the FileNameChars and CharMap translations in uk_UA.po.
- Updated the Italian OSD texts (thanks to Diego Pierotto).
- Fixed a missing initialization in the c'tor of cSkinLCARSDisplayChannel (thanks to
Marko Mäkelä).
- Simplified some conditional expressions in skinlcars.c and skinsttng.c (suggested
by Marko Mäkelä).
- Fixed uninitialized item area coordinates in cSkinLCARSDisplayMenu (reported by
Marko Mäkelä).
- Fixed a possible crash if the recordings list is updated externally while the
Recordings menu is open (reported by Lars Hanisch).
- Added a missing closing ')' in the help and man page entry of the --vfat option
(reported by Lars Hanisch).
- Fixed setting the name of the video directory to avoid a crash when using --genindex,
and also to use the correct directory with --edit (the latter reported by Marko
Mäkelä).
- The Recordings menu can now be called with a cRecordingFilter, which allows the
caller to have it display only a certain subset of the recordings (thanks to Lars
Hanisch).
- Added handling UTF-8 'umlaut' characters to cKbdRemote (thanks to Lars Hanisch).
- Made it clear that the Data parameter in cDevice::StillPicture() may point to a
series of packets, not just a single one (thanks to Thomas Reufer).
- cDevice::TrickSpeed() now has an additional parameter named Forward, which indicates
the direction in which replay is being done (suggested by Thomas Reufer). This
information may be necessary for some output devices in order to properly implement
trick modes. Authors of plugins that implement output devices will need to add this
parameter to their derived cDevice class, regardless of whether they will make use
of it or not.
- Added a note to ePlayMode in device.h that VDR itself always uses pmAudioVideo when
replaying a recording (suggested by Thomas Reufer).
- Fixed some spellings in positioner.h and Doxyfile (thanks to Ville Skyttä).
- Changed '%a' to the POSIX compliant '%m' in all scanf() calls (thanks to Ville
Skyttä).
- The new function cCamSlot::Decrypt() can be used by derived classes to implement a
CAM slot that can be freely assigned to any device, without being directly inserted
into the full TS data stream in hardware. A derived class that implements Decrypt()
will also need to set the new parameter ReceiveCaPids in the call to the cCamSlot
base class constructor to true, in order to receive the CA pid TS packets that
contain data necessary for decrypting.
- Many member functions of cCamSlot have been made virtual to allow for easier
implementation of derived classes.
- cTSBuffer now provides the number of available bytes in its Get() function.
- cDvbDevice::GetTSPacket() now calls CamSlot()->Decrypt() in order to allow CAM slots
that can be freely assigned to any device access to the TS data stream.
- Added a check to avoid a possible NULL pointer dereference in cCiSession::SendData()
(reported by Ville Skyttä).
- Deleted a superfluous assignment in cPipe::Open() (reported by Ville Skyttä).
- The script given to VDR with the '-r' option is now also called after the recording
process has actually started (thanks to Christian Kaiser).
- Avoiding unnecessary pkg-config warnings in plugin Makefiles (thanks to Ville Skyttä).
Plugin authors may want to apply the following change to their Makefile:
-PKGCFG = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
+PKGCFG = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:../../.." pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr))
- Eliminated MAXDVBDEVICES (suggested by Oliver Endriss).
- Channels that are no longer contained in the current SDT of a transponder are now
marked with the keyword OBSOLETE in their name and provider fields. That way you can
identify obsolete channels when you switch to them, and you can get the complete
overview of all obsolete channels by sorting the Channels list by provider (by
pressing the 0 key twice). Automatic deletion of obsolete channels may follow later.
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.\" Copyright (C) 2013 Klaus Schmidinger
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.\" You may distribute under the terms of the GNU General Public
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.\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with the
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.\" vdr distribution.
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.\" $Id: vdr.1 3.1 2013/12/25 11:01:36 kls Exp $
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.TH vdr 1 "31 Mar 2013" "2.0" "Video Disk Recorder"
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.SH NAME
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vdr \- the Video Disk Recorder
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B vdr
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[options]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B vdr
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implements a complete digital Set-Top Box and Video Recorder.
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It can work with signals received from satellites (DVB-S) as
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well as cable (DVB-C) and terrestrial (DVB-T) signals.
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At least one DVB card is required to run \fBvdr\fR. With it you can watch
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live TV while recording one or more other broadcasts from the same transponder.
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It is also possible to start watching a recorded programme before the live
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broadcast has ended (\fBtime shifting\fR). In order to record from different
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transponders simultaneously two or more DVB cards are necessary.
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By default \fBvdr\fR can support up to eight DVB cards.
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The primary DVB card (the one your TV set is connected to) can either
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be a "full featured" card, which means it contains an MPEG decoder
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and provides audio and video signal outputs, or you can use some third party
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plugin that implements software decoding of the MPEG data and displays it via
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the system's graphics adapter.
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\fBvdr\fR uses an On Screen Display (OSD) to display its menus.
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It can be controlled by the PC keyboard, the "Linux Infrared Remote Control" (LIRC),
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or any other means of remote control, implemented by a third party plugin.
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Remote access is possible via the "Simple Video Disk Recorder Protocol" (SVDRP),
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which can be accessed on port 6419, for instance by \fBtelnet\fR.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.BI \-a\ cmd ,\ \-\-audio= cmd
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Send Dolby Digital audio to stdin of command \fIcmd\fR.
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.TP
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.BI \-\-cachedir= dir
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Save cache files in \fIdir\fR
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(default is to save them in the video directory).
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.TP
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.BI \-c\ dir ,\ \-\-config= dir
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Read config files from directory \fIdir\fR
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(default is to read them from the video directory).
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.TP
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.B \-d, \-\-daemon
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Run in daemon mode (implies \-\-no\-kbd).
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.TP
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.BI \-D\ num ,\ \-\-device= num
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Use only the given DVB device (\fInum\fR = 0, 1, 2...).
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There may be several \fB\-D\fR options (by default all DVB devices will be used).
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.TP
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.BI \-\-dirnames= path [, name [, enc ]]
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Set the maximum directory path length to \fIpath\fR (default is the maximum value
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allowed on the system). If \fIname\fR is also given, it defines the maximum directory
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name length (default is the maximum value allowed on the system). The optional
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\fIenc\fR can be 0 or 1, and controls whether special characters in directory names
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are encoded as hex values (default: 0).
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If \fIpath\fR or \fIname\fR are left empty (as in ",,1" to only set \fIenc\fR), the defaults apply.
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The length of the video directory name and that of the actual recording directory is
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subtracted from \fIpath\fR, to make sure the directory path will never become too long.
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.TP
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.BI \-\-edit= rec
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Edit the given recording.
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\fIrec\fR must be the full path name of an existing recording.
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The program will return immediately after editing the recording.
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.TP
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.BI \-E\ file ,\ \-\-epgfile= file
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Write the EPG data into the given \fIfile\fR
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(default is \fIepg.data\fR in the cache directory).
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Use \fB\-E\-\fR to disable this.
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If \fIfile\fR is a directory, the file \fIepg.data\fR
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will be created in that directory.
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.TP
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.BI \-\-filesize= size
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Limit video files to \fIsize\fR bytes (default is 2000M).
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This option is only useful in conjunction with --edit, and must precede that
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option to have an effect.
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\fIsize\fR is an integer number and may be followed by one of the letters K, M, G or T
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to abbreviate Kilo-, Mega-, Giga- or Terabyte, respectively.
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The given value is silently limited to the program's internal minimum and
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maximum values.
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.TP
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.BI \-\-genindex= rec
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Generate the index file for the given recording.
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\fIrec\fR must be the full path name of an existing recording.
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The recording must be in TS format.
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If the recording already has an index file, it will be deleted
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before creating the new one.
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The program will return immediately after generating the index.
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Note that using this option while another instance of VDR is
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currently replaying the given recording, or if the recording
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has not been finished yet, may lead to unexpected results.
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.TP
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.BI \-g,\ \-\-grab= dir
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Write images from the SVDRP command GRAB into the
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given directory \fIdir\fR. \fIdir\fR must be the full path name of an
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existing directory, without any "..", double '/'
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or symlinks. By default, or if \fB\-g\-\fR is given,
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grabbing images to disk is disabled.
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.TP
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.B \-h, \-\-help
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Print a help message and exit.
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.TP
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.BI \-i\ instance ,\ \-\-instance= instance
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Use \fIinstance\fR as the id of this VDR instance (default is 0).
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In an environment where several instances of VDR use the same video
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directory, this parameter can be set to a positive integer value
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that's unique for each instance, so that they won't interfere with
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each other in case they record exactly the same broadcast.
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The number given here will be part of the directory name in which
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the recordings will be stored.
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.TP
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.BI \-l\ level ,\ \-\-log= level
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Set logging to \fIlevel\fR.
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\fB0\fR\ =\ no logging, \fB1\fR\ =\ errors only,
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\fB2\fR\ =\ errors and info, \fB3\fR\ =\ errors, info and debug.
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The default logging level is \fB3\fR.
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If logging should be done to LOG_LOCAL\fIn\fR instead of
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LOG_USER, add '.n' to LEVEL, as in 3.7 (n=0..7).
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.TP
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.BI \-L\ dir ,\ \-\-lib= dir
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Search for plugins in directory \fIdir\fR (default is ./PLUGINS/lib).
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There can be several \fB\-L\fR options with different \fIdir\fR values.
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Each of them will apply to the \fB\-P\fR options following it.
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.TP
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.BI \-\-lirc[= path ]
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Use a LIRC remote control device.
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If \fIpath\fR is omitted, vdr uses \fI/var/run/lirc/lircd\fR.
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.TP
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.BI \-\-localedir= dir
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Search for locale files in \fIdir\fR (default is ./locale).
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.TP
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.B \-m, \-\-mute
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Mute audio of the primary DVB device at startup.
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.TP
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.B \-\-no\-kbd
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Don't use the keyboard as an input device.
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.TP
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.BI \-p\ port ,\ \-\-port= port
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Use \fIport\fR for SVDRP. A value of \fB0\fR turns off SVDRP.
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The default SVDRP port is \fB6419\fR.
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You need to edit the file \fIsvdrphosts.conf\fR in order to enable
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access to the SVDRP port.
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.TP
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.BI \-P\ options ,\ \-\-plugin= options
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Load a plugin, defined by the given \fIoptions\fR.
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The first word in \fIoptions\fR must be the name of an existing \fBvdr\fR
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plugin, optionally followed by a blank separated list of command line options
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for that plugin. If \fIoptions\fR contains any blanks, you need to enclose it
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in quotes, like for example
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\fBvdr \-P "abc \-a \-b xyz"\fR
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which would load a plugin named \fBabc\fR, giving it the command line options
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\fB\-a\ \-b\ xyz\fR. If you want to load all available plugins (without any
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particular options) you can use
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\fBvdr \-P "*"\fR
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(note the quotes around the asterisk to prevent wildcard expansion).
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.TP
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.BI \-r\ cmd ,\ \-\-record= cmd
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Call \fIcmd\fR before and after a recording. See the file \fIINSTALL\fR for
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more information.
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.TP
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.BI \-\-resdir= dir
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Read resource files from \fIdir\fR
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(default is to read them from the config directory).
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.TP
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.BI \-s\ cmd ,\ \-\-shutdown= cmd
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Call \fIcmd\fR to shutdown the computer. See the file \fIINSTALL\fR for more
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information.
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.TP
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.BI \-\-split
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Split edited files at the editing marks.
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This option is only useful in conjunction with --edit, and must precede that
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option to have an effect.
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.TP
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.BI \-t\ tty ,\ \-\-terminal= tty
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Set the controlling terminal.
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.TP
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.BI \-u\ user ,\ \-\-user= user
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Run as user \fIuser\fR in case vdr was started as user 'root'.
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Starting vdr as 'root' is necessary if the system time shall
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be set from the transponder data, but for security reasons
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vdr can switch to a lesser privileged user id during normal
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operation.
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.TP
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.BI \-\-userdump
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Allow coredumps if -u is given (only for debugging).
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.TP
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.BI \-\-vfat
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For backwards compatibility (same as \-\-dirnames= 250,40,1).
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.TP
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.BI \-v\ dir ,\ \-\-video= dir
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Use \fIdir\fR as video directory.
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The default is \fI/video\fR.
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.TP
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.B \-V, \-\-version
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Print version information and exit.
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.TP
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.BI \-w\ sec ,\ \-\-watchdog= sec
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Activate the watchdog timer with a timeout of \fIsec\fR seconds.
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A value of \fB0\fR (default) disables the watchdog.
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.SH SIGNALS
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.TP
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.B SIGINT, SIGTERM
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Program exits with status 0.
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.TP
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.B SIGHUP
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Program exits with status 1. This can be used to force a reload, for example
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if an update has been installed.
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.SH EXIT STATUS
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.TP
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.B 0
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Successful program execution.
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.TP
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.B 1
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An error has been detected which requires the DVB driver and \fBvdr\fR
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to be reloaded.
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.TP
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.B 2
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An non-recoverable error has been detected, \fBvdr\fR has given up.
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.SH FILES
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.TP
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.I channels.conf
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Channel configuration.
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.I timers.conf
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Timer configuration.
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.TP
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.I setup.conf
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User definable setup.
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.TP
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.I commands.conf
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User definable commands (executed from the \fBCommands\fR menu).
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.TP
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.I svdrphosts.conf
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SVDRP host configuration, defining which hosts or networks are given
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access to the SVDRP port.
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.TP
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.I marks
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Contains the editing marks defined for a recording.
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.TP
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.I info
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Contains a description of the recording.
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.TP
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.I resume
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Contains the index into the recording where the last replay session left off.
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.TP
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.I index
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Contains the file number, offset and type of each frame of the recording.
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.TP
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.I remote.conf
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Contains the key assignments for the remote control.
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.TP
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.I keymacros.conf
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Contains user defined remote control key macros.
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.TP
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.IR 00001.ts\ ...\ 65535.ts
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The actual data files of a recording.
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.TP
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.I epg.data
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Contains all current EPG data. Can be used for external processing and will
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also be read at program startup to have the full EPG data available immediately.
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.TP
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.I .update
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If this file is present in the video directory, its last modification time will
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be used to trigger an update of the list of recordings in the "Recordings" menu.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR vdr (5), svdrp(1)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Written by Klaus Schmidinger, with contributions from many others.
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See the file \fICONTRIBUTORS\fR in the \fBvdr\fR source distribution.
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.SH REPORTING BUGS
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Report bugs to <vdr\-bugs@tvdr.de>.
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright \(co 2013 Klaus Schmidinger.
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This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
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warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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