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Original announce message:
VDR developer version 1.7.20 is now available at
ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.20.tar.bz2
A 'diff' against the previous version is available at
ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.19-1.7.20.diff
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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.
This version contains functions to determine the "signal strength"
and "signal quality" through cDevice. If you are using a DVB card that
contains an stb0899 frontend chip (like the TT-budget S2-3200) you may
want to apply the patches from
ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/Driver-Patches
to the LinuxDVB driver source in order to receive useful results from
that frontend.
From the HISTORY file:
- Added some missing 'const' to tChannelID (reported by Sundararaj Reel).
- The isnumber() function now checks the given pointer for NULL (thanks to Holger
Dengler).
- Now checking Setup.InitialChannel for NULL before using it (reported by
Christoph Haubrich).
- cSkins::Message() now blocks calls from background threads (thanks to Michael
Eiler for reporting a crash in such a scenario).
- Fixed the return value of the svdrpsend.pl script in case of an error (thanks to
Jonas Diemer).
- Increased MAXCAIDS to 12 (thanks to Jerome Lacarriere).
- Fixed handling DiSEqC codes (thanks to Mark Hawes for reporting the bug, and
Udo Richter for suggesting the fix).
- Added a mechanism to defer timer handling in case of problems (reported by
Frank Niederwipper).
- Fixed distortions that happened when splitting recording into several files
(was a side effect of "Fixed detecting frames in case the Picture Start Code or
Access Unit Delimiter extends over TS packet boundaries" in version 1.7.19).
cRecorder::Action() now buffers TS packets in case the frame type is
not yet known when a new payload starts. This adds no overhead for channels
that broadcast the frame type within the first TS packet of a payload; it only
kicks in if that information is not in the first TS packet.
- Fixed handling the channelID in cMenuEditChanItem (thanks to Udo Richter).
- cStringList::Sort() can now be called with a boolean parameter that controls
case insensitive sorting (suggested by Sundararaj Reel).
- Now scanning new transponders before old ones, to make sure transponder changes
are recognized (thanks to Reinhard Nissl).
- Implemented static cIndexFile::IndexFileName().
- The length (as number of frames) of a recording's index file can now be determined
by a call to cIndexFile::GetLength() (suggested by Christoph Haubrich).
- Fixed some crashes in subtitle display (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg).
- Made DELETENULL() thread safe (reported by Rolf Ahrenberg).
- The pic2mpg script of the 'pictures' plugin now generates HD images (thanks to
Andre Weidemann for his support in using convert/ffmpeg). The old SD version is
still available as pic2mpg-sd.
- Added a mutex to protect cOsd::Osds from simultaneous access from different threads
(reported by Rolf Ahrenberg).
- The cutter now sets the 'broken link' flag for MPEG2 TS recordings (thanks to
Oliver Endriss).
- Fixed language code entry for Portuguese.
- The new command line options --filesize (suggested by Marco Göbenich) and --split
can be used together with --edit to set the maximum video file size and turn on
splitting edited files at the editing marks. These options must be given before
--edit to have an effect.
- cTimeMs is no longer initialized to the current time if the value given to the
constructor is negative (avoids the "cTimeMs: using monotonic clock..." log message
before VDR's starting log message).
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.\" Copyright (C) 2008 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 2.6 2011/08/15 12:28:54 kls Exp $
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.TH vdr 1 "10 Feb 2008" "1.6" "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 four
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DVB cards. The primary DVB card (the one your TV set is connected to) has
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to be a "full featured" card, which means it must contain an MPEG decoder
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and provide audio and video signal outputs.
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\fBvdr\fR uses the On Screen Display of the DVB card to display its menus.
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It can be controlled by the PC keyboard, a home built "Remote Control Unit"
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(RCU) or the "Linux Infrared Remote Control" (LIRC).
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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 \-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 \-\-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 \fI/video/epg.data\fR).
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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/dev/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 \-\-rcu[= path ]
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Use a serial port remote control device.
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If \fIpath\fR is omitted, vdr uses \fI/dev/ttyS1\fR.
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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 \-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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Encode special characters in recording names to avoid problems
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with VFAT file systems.
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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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.TP
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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)
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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 2008 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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