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<h1 align="center">vdr</h1> <tr>
<td class="head-ltitle">vdr(1)</td>
<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> <td class="head-vol">Video Disk Recorder</td>
<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> <td class="head-rtitle">vdr(1)</td>
<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> </tr>
<a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br> </table>
<a href="#SIGNALS">SIGNALS</a><br> <div class="manual-text">
<a href="#EXIT STATUS">EXIT STATUS</a><br> <section class="Sh">
<a href="#FILES">FILES</a><br> <h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1>
<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br> <p class="Pp">vdr - the Video Disk Recorder</p>
<a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br> </section>
<a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br> <section class="Sh">
<a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br> <h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
<p class="Pp"><b>vdr</b> [options]</p>
<hr> </section>
<section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
<h2>NAME <p class="Pp"><b>vdr</b> implements a complete digital Set-Top Box and Video
<a name="NAME"></a> Recorder. It can work with signals received from satellites (DVB-S) as well
</h2> as cable (DVB-C) and terrestrial (DVB-T) signals.</p>
<p class="Pp">At least one DVB card is required to run <b>vdr</b>. With it you
can watch live TV while recording one or more other broadcasts from the same
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">vdr &minus; the transponder. It is also possible to start watching a recorded programme
Video Disk Recorder</p> before the live broadcast has ended (<b>time shifting</b>). In order to
record from different transponders simultaneously two or more DVB cards are
<h2>SYNOPSIS necessary. By default <b>vdr</b> can support up to eight DVB cards. The
<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a> primary DVB card (the one your TV set is connected to) can either be a
</h2> &quot;full featured&quot; card, which means it contains an MPEG decoder and
provides audio and video signal outputs, or you can use some third party
plugin that implements software decoding of the MPEG data and displays it
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>vdr</b> via the system's graphics adapter.</p>
[options]</p> <p class="Pp"><b>vdr</b> uses an On Screen Display (OSD) to display its menus.
It can be controlled by the PC keyboard, the &quot;Linux Infrared Remote
<h2>DESCRIPTION Control&quot; (LIRC), or any other means of remote control, implemented by a
<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> third party plugin.</p>
</h2> <p class="Pp">Remote access is possible via the &quot;Simple Video Disk Recorder
Protocol&quot; (SVDRP), which can be accessed on port 6419, for instance by
<b>telnet</b>.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>vdr</b> </section>
implements a complete digital Set-Top Box and Video <section class="Sh">
Recorder. It can work with signals received from satellites <h1 class="Sh" id="OPTIONS"><a class="permalink" href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a></h1>
(DVB-S) as well as cable (DVB-C) and terrestrial (DVB-T) <dl class="Bl-tag">
signals.</p> <dt id="a"><a class="permalink" href="#a"><b>-a&#x00A0;</b><i>cmd</i><b>,&#x00A0;--audio=</b><i>cmd</i></a></dt>
<dd>Send Dolby Digital audio to stdin of command <i>cmd</i>.</dd>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">At least one <dt id="cachedir="><a class="permalink" href="#cachedir="><b>--cachedir=</b><i>dir</i></a></dt>
DVB card is required to run <b>vdr</b>. With it you can <dd>Save cache files in <i>dir</i> (default is to save them in the video
watch live TV while recording one or more other broadcasts directory).</dd>
from the same transponder. It is also possible to start <dt id="chartab="><a class="permalink" href="#chartab="><b>--chartab=</b><i>character_table</i></a></dt>
watching a recorded programme before the live broadcast has <dd>Set the character table to use for strings in the DVB data stream that
ended (<b>time shifting</b>). In order to record from don't begin with a character table indicator, but don't use the standard
different transponders simultaneously two or more DVB cards default character table (for instance ISO-8859-9).</dd>
are necessary. By default <b>vdr</b> can support up to eight <dt id="c"><a class="permalink" href="#c"><b>-c&#x00A0;</b><i>dir</i><b>,&#x00A0;--config=</b><i>dir</i></a></dt>
DVB cards. The primary DVB card (the one your TV set is <dd>Read config files from directory <i>dir</i> (default is to read them from
connected to) can either be a &quot;full featured&quot; the video directory).</dd>
card, which means it contains an MPEG decoder and provides <dt id="d,"><a class="permalink" href="#d,"><b>-d, --daemon</b></a></dt>
audio and video signal outputs, or you can use some third <dd>Run in daemon mode (implies --no-kbd).</dd>
party plugin that implements software decoding of the MPEG <dt id="D"><a class="permalink" href="#D"><b>-D&#x00A0;</b><i>num</i><b>,&#x00A0;--device=</b><i>num</i></a></dt>
data and displays it via the system&rsquo;s graphics <dd>Use only the given DVB device (<i>num</i> = 0, 1, 2...). There may be
adapter.</p> several <b>-D</b> options (by default all DVB devices will be used). If
<b>-D-</b> is given, no DVB devices will be used at all, independent of
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>vdr</b> uses any other -D options.</dd>
an On Screen Display (OSD) to display its menus. It can be <dt id="dirnames="><a class="permalink" href="#dirnames="><b>--dirnames=</b><i>path</i><b>[,</b><i>name</i><b>[,</b><i>enc</i><b>]]</b></a></dt>
controlled by the PC keyboard, the &quot;Linux Infrared <dd>Set the maximum directory path length to <i>path</i> (default is the
Remote Control&quot; (LIRC), or any other means of remote maximum value allowed on the system). If <i>name</i> is also given, it
control, implemented by a third party plugin.</p> defines the maximum directory name length (default is the maximum value
allowed on the system). The optional <i>enc</i> can be 0 or 1, and
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Remote access controls whether special characters in directory names are encoded as hex
is possible via the &quot;Simple Video Disk Recorder values (default: 0). If <i>path</i> or <i>name</i> are left empty (as in
Protocol&quot; (SVDRP), which can be accessed on port 6419, &quot;,,1&quot; to only set <i>enc</i>), the defaults apply. The length of
for instance by <b>telnet</b>.</p> the video directory name and that of the actual recording directory is
subtracted from <i>path</i>, to make sure the directory path will never
<h2>OPTIONS become too long.</dd>
<a name="OPTIONS"></a> <dt id="edit="><a class="permalink" href="#edit="><b>--edit=</b><i>rec</i></a></dt>
</h2> <dd>Edit the given recording. <i>rec</i> must be the full path name of an
existing recording. The program will return immediately after editing the
recording.</dd>
<dt id="E"><a class="permalink" href="#E"><b>-E&#x00A0;</b><i>file</i><b>,&#x00A0;--epgfile=</b><i>file</i></a></dt>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>&minus;a&nbsp;</b><i>cmd</i><b>,&nbsp;&minus;&minus;audio=</b><i>cmd</i></p> <dd>Write the EPG data into the given <i>file</i> (default is <i>epg.data</i>
in the cache directory). Use <b>-E-</b> to disable this. If <i>file</i> is
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Send Dolby Digital audio to a directory, the file <i>epg.data</i> will be created in that
stdin of command <i>cmd</i>.</p> directory.</dd>
<dt id="filesize="><a class="permalink" href="#filesize="><b>--filesize=</b><i>size</i></a></dt>
<dd>Limit video files to <i>size</i> bytes (default is 2000M). This option is
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;cachedir=</b><i>dir</i></p> only useful in conjunction with --edit, and must precede that option to
have an effect. <i>size</i> is an integer number and may be followed by
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Save cache files in <i>dir</i> one of the letters K, M, G or T to abbreviate Kilo-, Mega-, Giga- or
(default is to save them in the video directory).</p> Terabyte, respectively. The given value is silently limited to the
program's internal minimum and maximum values.</dd>
<dt id="genindex="><a class="permalink" href="#genindex="><b>--genindex=</b><i>rec</i></a></dt>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;chartab=</b><i>character_table</i></p> <dd>Generate the index file for the given recording. <i>rec</i> must be the
full path name of an existing recording. The recording must be in TS
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Set the character table to use format. If the recording already has an index file, it will be deleted
for strings in the DVB data stream that don&rsquo;t begin before creating the new one. The program will return immediately after
with a character table indicator, but don&rsquo;t use the generating the index. Note that using this option while another instance
standard default character table (for instance of VDR is currently replaying the given recording, or if the recording has
ISO-8859-9).</p> not been finished yet, may lead to unexpected results.</dd>
<dt id="g,"><a class="permalink" href="#g,"><b>-g,&#x00A0;--grab=</b><i>dir</i></a></dt>
<dd>Write images from the SVDRP command GRAB into the given directory
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;c&nbsp;</b><i>dir</i><b>,&nbsp;&minus;&minus;config=</b><i>dir</i></p> <i>dir</i>. <i>dir</i> must be the full path name of an existing
directory, without any &quot;..&quot;, double '/' or symlinks. By default,
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Read config files from or if <b>-g-</b> is given, grabbing images to disk is disabled.</dd>
directory <i>dir</i> (default is to read them from the video <dt id="h,"><a class="permalink" href="#h,"><b>-h, --help</b></a></dt>
directory).</p> <dd>Print a help message and exit.</dd>
<dt id="i"><a class="permalink" href="#i"><b>-i&#x00A0;</b><i>instance</i><b>,&#x00A0;--instance=</b><i>instance</i></a></dt>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;d, <dd>Use <i>instance</i> as the id of this VDR instance (default is 0). In an
&minus;&minus;daemon</b></p> environment where several instances of VDR use the same video directory,
this parameter can be set to a positive integer value that's unique for
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Run in daemon mode (implies each instance, so that they won't interfere with each other in case they
&minus;&minus;no&minus;kbd).</p> record exactly the same broadcast. The number given here will be part of
the directory name in which the recordings will be stored.</dd>
<dt id="l"><a class="permalink" href="#l"><b>-l&#x00A0;</b><i>level</i><b>,&#x00A0;--log=</b><i>level</i></a></dt>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;D&nbsp;</b><i>num</i><b>,&nbsp;&minus;&minus;device=</b><i>num</i></p> <dd>Set logging to <i>level</i>. <b>0</b>&#x00A0;=&#x00A0;no logging,
<b>1</b>&#x00A0;=&#x00A0;errors only, <b>2</b>&#x00A0;=&#x00A0;errors and
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Use only the given DVB device info, <b>3</b>&#x00A0;=&#x00A0;errors, info and debug. The default logging
(<i>num</i> = 0, 1, 2...). There may be several level is <b>3</b>. If logging should be done to LOG_LOCAL<i>n</i> instead
<b>&minus;D</b> options (by default all DVB devices will be of LOG_USER, add '.n' to LEVEL, as in 3.7 (n=0..7).</dd>
used). If <b>&minus;D&minus;</b> is given, no DVB devices <dt id="L"><a class="permalink" href="#L"><b>-L&#x00A0;</b><i>dir</i><b>,&#x00A0;--lib=</b><i>dir</i></a></dt>
will be used at all, independent of any other &minus;D <dd>Search for plugins in directory <i>dir</i> (default is ./PLUGINS/lib).
options.</p> There can be several <b>-L</b> options with different <i>dir</i> values.
Each of them will apply to the <b>-P</b> options following it.</dd>
<dt id="lirc_="><a class="permalink" href="#lirc_="><b>--lirc[=</b><i>path</i><b>]</b></a></dt>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;dirnames=</b><i>path</i><b>[,</b><i>name</i><b>[,</b><i>enc</i><b>]]</b></p> <dd>Use a LIRC remote control device. If <i>path</i> is omitted, vdr uses
<i>/var/run/lirc/lircd</i>.</dd>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Set the maximum directory path <dt id="localedir="><a class="permalink" href="#localedir="><b>--localedir=</b><i>dir</i></a></dt>
length to <i>path</i> (default is the maximum value allowed <dd>Search for locale files in <i>dir</i> (default is ./locale).</dd>
on the system). If <i>name</i> is also given, it defines the <dt id="m,"><a class="permalink" href="#m,"><b>-m, --mute</b></a></dt>
maximum directory name length (default is the maximum value <dd>Mute audio of the primary DVB device at startup.</dd>
allowed on the system). The optional <i>enc</i> can be 0 or <dt id="no"><a class="permalink" href="#no"><b>--no-kbd</b></a></dt>
1, and controls whether special characters in directory <dd>Don't use the keyboard as an input device.</dd>
names are encoded as hex values (default: 0). If <i>path</i> <dt id="p"><a class="permalink" href="#p"><b>-p&#x00A0;</b><i>port</i><b>,&#x00A0;--port=</b><i>port</i></a></dt>
or <i>name</i> are left empty (as in &quot;,,1&quot; to only <dd>Use <i>port</i> for SVDRP. A value of <b>0</b> turns off SVDRP. The
set <i>enc</i>), the defaults apply. The length of the video default SVDRP port is <b>6419</b>. You need to edit the file
directory name and that of the actual recording directory is <i>svdrphosts.conf</i> in order to enable access to the SVDRP port from
subtracted from <i>path</i>, to make sure the directory path hosts other than the localhosts. Note that this option only changes the
will never become too long.</p> TCP port used for SVDRP commands. The UDP port for discovering peer VDRs
in the same network is always set to 6419 and can't be changed.</dd>
<dt id="P"><a class="permalink" href="#P"><b>-P&#x00A0;</b><i>options</i><b>,&#x00A0;--plugin=</b><i>options</i></a></dt>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;edit=</b><i>rec</i></p> <dd>Load a plugin, defined by the given <i>options</i>. The first word in
<i>options</i> must be the name of an existing <b>vdr</b> plugin,
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Edit the given recording. optionally followed by a blank separated list of command line options for
<i>rec</i> must be the full path name of an existing that plugin. If <i>options</i> contains any blanks, you need to enclose it
recording. The program will return immediately after editing in quotes, like for example
the recording.</p> <p class="Pp"><b>vdr -P &quot;abc -a -b xyz&quot;</b></p>
<p class="Pp">which would load a plugin named <b>abc</b>, giving it the
command line options <b>-a&#x00A0;-b&#x00A0;xyz</b>. If you want to load
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;E&nbsp;</b><i>file</i><b>,&nbsp;&minus;&minus;epgfile=</b><i>file</i></p> all available plugins (without any particular options) you can use</p>
<p class="Pp"><b>vdr -P &quot;*&quot;</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Write the EPG data into the <p class="Pp">(note the quotes around the asterisk to prevent wildcard
given <i>file</i> (default is <i>epg.data</i> in the cache
directory). Use <b>&minus;E&minus;</b> to disable this. If
<i>file</i> is a directory, the file <i>epg.data</i> will be
created in that directory.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;filesize=</b><i>size</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Limit video files to
<i>size</i> bytes (default is 2000M). This option is only
useful in conjunction with --edit, and must precede that
option to have an effect. <i>size</i> is an integer number
and may be followed by one of the letters K, M, G or T to
abbreviate Kilo-, Mega-, Giga- or Terabyte, respectively.
The given value is silently limited to the program&rsquo;s
internal minimum and maximum values.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;genindex=</b><i>rec</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Generate the index file for the
given recording. <i>rec</i> must be the full path name of an
existing recording. The recording must be in TS format. If
the recording already has an index file, it will be deleted
before creating the new one. The program will return
immediately after generating the index. Note that using this
option while another instance of VDR is currently replaying
the given recording, or if the recording has not been
finished yet, may lead to unexpected results.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;g,&nbsp;&minus;&minus;grab=</b><i>dir</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Write images from the SVDRP
command GRAB into the given directory <i>dir</i>. <i>dir</i>
must be the full path name of an existing directory, without
any &quot;..&quot;, double &rsquo;/&rsquo; or symlinks. By
default, or if <b>&minus;g&minus;</b> is given, grabbing
images to disk is disabled.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;h,
&minus;&minus;help</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Print a help message and
exit.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;i&nbsp;</b><i>instance</i><b>,&nbsp;&minus;&minus;instance=</b><i>instance</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Use <i>instance</i> as the id
of this VDR instance (default is 0). In an environment where
several instances of VDR use the same video directory, this
parameter can be set to a positive integer value
that&rsquo;s unique for each instance, so that they
won&rsquo;t interfere with each other in case they record
exactly the same broadcast. The number given here will be
part of the directory name in which the recordings will be
stored.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;l&nbsp;</b><i>level</i><b>,&nbsp;&minus;&minus;log=</b><i>level</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Set logging to <i>level</i>.
<b>0&nbsp;</b>=&nbsp;no logging, <b>1&nbsp;</b>=&nbsp;errors
only, <b>2&nbsp;</b>=&nbsp;errors and info,
<b>3&nbsp;</b>=&nbsp;errors, info and debug. The default
logging level is <b>3</b>. If logging should be done to
LOG_LOCAL<i>n</i> instead of LOG_USER, add &rsquo;.n&rsquo;
to LEVEL, as in 3.7 (n=0..7).</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;L&nbsp;</b><i>dir</i><b>,&nbsp;&minus;&minus;lib=</b><i>dir</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Search for plugins in directory
<i>dir</i> (default is ./PLUGINS/lib). There can be several
<b>&minus;L</b> options with different <i>dir</i> values.
Each of them will apply to the <b>&minus;P</b> options
following it.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;lirc[=</b><i>path</i><b>]</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Use a LIRC remote control
device. If <i>path</i> is omitted, vdr uses
<i>/var/run/lirc/lircd</i>.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;localedir=</b><i>dir</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Search for locale files in
<i>dir</i> (default is ./locale).</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;m,
&minus;&minus;mute</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Mute audio of the primary DVB
device at startup.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;no&minus;kbd</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Don&rsquo;t use the keyboard as
an input device.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;p&nbsp;</b><i>port</i><b>,&nbsp;&minus;&minus;port=</b><i>port</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Use <i>port</i> for SVDRP. A
value of <b>0</b> turns off SVDRP. The default SVDRP port is
<b>6419</b>. You need to edit the file
<i>svdrphosts.conf</i> in order to enable access to the
SVDRP port from hosts other than the localhosts. Note that
this option only changes the TCP port used for SVDRP
commands. The UDP port for discovering peer VDRs in the same
network is always set to 6419 and can&rsquo;t be
changed.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;P&nbsp;</b><i>options</i><b>,&nbsp;&minus;&minus;plugin=</b><i>options</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Load a plugin, defined by the
given <i>options</i>. The first word in <i>options</i> must
be the name of an existing <b>vdr</b> plugin, optionally
followed by a blank separated list of command line options
for that plugin. If <i>options</i> contains any blanks, you
need to enclose it in quotes, like for example</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>vdr &minus;P
&quot;abc &minus;a &minus;b xyz&quot;</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">which would
load a plugin named <b>abc</b>, giving it the command line
options <b>&minus;a&nbsp;&minus;b&nbsp;xyz</b>. If you want
to load all available plugins (without any particular
options) you can use</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>vdr &minus;P
&quot;*&quot;</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">(note the
quotes around the asterisk to prevent wildcard
expansion).</p> expansion).</p>
</dd>
<dt id="r"><a class="permalink" href="#r"><b>-r&#x00A0;</b><i>cmd</i><b>,&#x00A0;--record=</b><i>cmd</i></a></dt>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;r&nbsp;</b><i>cmd</i><b>,&nbsp;&minus;&minus;record=</b><i>cmd</i></p> <dd>Call <i>cmd</i> before and after a recording. See the file <i>INSTALL</i>
for more information.</dd>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Call <i>cmd</i> before and <dt id="resdir="><a class="permalink" href="#resdir="><b>--resdir=</b><i>dir</i></a></dt>
after a recording. See the file <i>INSTALL</i> for more <dd>Read resource files from <i>dir</i> (default is to read them from the
information.</p> config directory).</dd>
<dt id="showargs_="><a class="permalink" href="#showargs_="><b>--showargs[=</b><i>dir</i><b>]</b></a></dt>
<dd>Read command line arguments from <i>dir</i> (default is
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;resdir=</b><i>dir</i></p> <i>/etc/vdr/conf.d</i>), display them to the console and exit.</dd>
<dt id="s"><a class="permalink" href="#s"><b>-s&#x00A0;</b><i>cmd</i><b>,&#x00A0;--shutdown=</b><i>cmd</i></a></dt>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Read resource files from <dd>Call <i>cmd</i> to shutdown the computer. See the file <i>INSTALL</i> for
<i>dir</i> (default is to read them from the config more information.</dd>
directory).</p> <dt id="split"><a class="permalink" href="#split"><b>--split</b></a></dt>
<dd>Split edited files at the editing marks. This option is only useful in
conjunction with --edit, and must precede that option to have an
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;showargs[=</b><i>dir</i><b>]</b></p> effect.</dd>
<dt id="t"><a class="permalink" href="#t"><b>-t&#x00A0;</b><i>tty</i><b>,&#x00A0;--terminal=</b><i>tty</i></a></dt>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Read command line arguments <dd>Set the controlling terminal.</dd>
from <i>dir</i> (default is <i>/etc/vdr/conf.d</i>), display <dt id="u"><a class="permalink" href="#u"><b>-u&#x00A0;</b><i>user</i><b>,&#x00A0;--user=</b><i>user</i></a></dt>
them to the console and exit.</p> <dd>Run as user <i>user</i> in case vdr was started as user 'root'. Starting
vdr as 'root' is necessary if the system time shall be set from the
transponder data, but for security reasons vdr can switch to a lesser
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;s&nbsp;</b><i>cmd</i><b>,&nbsp;&minus;&minus;shutdown=</b><i>cmd</i></p> privileged user id during normal operation. <i>user</i> can be a user name
or a numerical id.</dd>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Call <i>cmd</i> to shutdown the <dt id="updindex="><a class="permalink" href="#updindex="><b>--updindex=</b><i>rec</i></a></dt>
computer. See the file <i>INSTALL</i> for more <dd>Update the index file for the given recording. <i>rec</i> must be the full
information.</p> path name of an existing recording. The recording must be in TS format. If
the recording already has an index file, it will be checked whether it is
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;split</b></p> complete, and will be updated if it isn't. If there is no index file yet,
a new one will be generated. The program will return immediately after
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Split edited files at the updating the index. Note that using this option while another instance of
editing marks. This option is only useful in conjunction VDR is currently replaying the given recording, or if the recording has
with --edit, and must precede that option to have an not been finished yet, may lead to unexpected results.</dd>
effect.</p> <dt id="userdump"><a class="permalink" href="#userdump"><b>--userdump</b></a></dt>
<dd>Allow coredumps if -u is given (only for debugging).</dd>
<dt id="vfat"><a class="permalink" href="#vfat"><b>--vfat</b></a></dt>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;t&nbsp;</b><i>tty</i><b>,&nbsp;&minus;&minus;terminal=</b><i>tty</i></p> <dd>For backwards compatibility (same as --dirnames= 250,40,1).</dd>
<dt id="v"><a class="permalink" href="#v"><b>-v&#x00A0;</b><i>dir</i><b>,&#x00A0;--video=</b><i>dir</i></a></dt>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Set the controlling <dd>Use <i>dir</i> as video directory. The default is <i>/video</i>.</dd>
terminal.</p> <dt id="V,"><a class="permalink" href="#V,"><b>-V, --version</b></a></dt>
<dd>Print version information and exit.</dd>
<dt id="w"><a class="permalink" href="#w"><b>-w&#x00A0;</b><i>sec</i><b>,&#x00A0;--watchdog=</b><i>sec</i></a></dt>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;u&nbsp;</b><i>user</i><b>,&nbsp;&minus;&minus;user=</b><i>user</i></p> <dd>Activate the watchdog timer with a timeout of <i>sec</i> seconds. A value
of <b>0</b> (default) disables the watchdog.</dd>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Run as user <i>user</i> in case </dl>
vdr was started as user &rsquo;root&rsquo;. Starting vdr as <p class="Pp">If started without any options, vdr tries to read command line
&rsquo;root&rsquo; is necessary if the system time shall be options from files named '*.conf' in the directory /etc/vdr/conf.d. Files
set from the transponder data, but for security reasons vdr are read in alphabetical order. See vdr(5) for details.</p>
can switch to a lesser privileged user id during normal </section>
operation. <i>user</i> can be a user name or a numerical <section class="Sh">
id.</p> <h1 class="Sh" id="SIGNALS"><a class="permalink" href="#SIGNALS">SIGNALS</a></h1>
<dl class="Bl-tag">
<dt id="SIGINT,"><a class="permalink" href="#SIGINT,"><b>SIGINT,
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;updindex=</b><i>rec</i></p> SIGTERM</b></a></dt>
<dd>Program exits with status 0.</dd>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Update the index file for the <dt id="SIGHUP"><a class="permalink" href="#SIGHUP"><b>SIGHUP</b></a></dt>
given recording. <i>rec</i> must be the full path name of an <dd>Program exits with status 1. This can be used to force a reload, for
existing recording. The recording must be in TS format. If example if an update has been installed.</dd>
the recording already has an index file, it will be checked </dl>
whether it is complete, and will be updated if it </section>
isn&rsquo;t. If there is no index file yet, a new one will <section class="Sh">
be generated. The program will return immediately after <h1 class="Sh" id="EXIT_STATUS"><a class="permalink" href="#EXIT_STATUS">EXIT
updating the index. Note that using this option while STATUS</a></h1>
another instance of VDR is currently replaying the given <dl class="Bl-tag">
recording, or if the recording has not been finished yet, <dt><b>0</b></dt>
may lead to unexpected results.</p> <dd>Successful program execution.</dd>
<dt><b>1</b></dt>
<dd>An error has been detected which requires the DVB driver and <b>vdr</b> to
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;&minus;userdump</b></p> be reloaded.</dd>
<dt><b>2</b></dt>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Allow coredumps if -u is given <dd>An non-recoverable error has been detected, <b>vdr</b> has given up.</dd>
(only for debugging).</p> </dl>
</section>
<table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void" <section class="Sh">
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <h1 class="Sh" id="FILES"><a class="permalink" href="#FILES">FILES</a></h1>
<tr valign="top" align="left"> <dl class="Bl-tag">
<td width="11%"></td> <dt id="channels.conf"><a class="permalink" href="#channels.conf"><i>channels.conf</i></a></dt>
<td width="9%"> <dd>Channel configuration.</dd>
<dt id="timers.conf"><a class="permalink" href="#timers.conf"><i>timers.conf</i></a></dt>
<dd>Timer configuration.</dd>
<p><b>&minus;&minus;vfat</b></p></td> <dt id="setup.conf"><a class="permalink" href="#setup.conf"><i>setup.conf</i></a></dt>
<td width="2%"></td> <dd>User definable setup.</dd>
<td width="78%"> <dt id="commands.conf"><a class="permalink" href="#commands.conf"><i>commands.conf</i></a></dt>
<dd>User definable commands (executed from the <b>Commands</b> menu).</dd>
<dt id="svdrphosts.conf"><a class="permalink" href="#svdrphosts.conf"><i>svdrphosts.conf</i></a></dt>
<p>For backwards compatibility (same as <dd>SVDRP host configuration, defining which hosts or networks are given
&minus;&minus;dirnames= 250,40,1).</p></td></tr> access to the SVDRP port.</dd>
</table> <dt id="marks"><a class="permalink" href="#marks"><i>marks</i></a></dt>
<dd>Contains the editing marks defined for a recording.</dd>
<dt id="info"><a class="permalink" href="#info"><i>info</i></a></dt>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;v&nbsp;</b><i>dir</i><b>,&nbsp;&minus;&minus;video=</b><i>dir</i></p> <dd>Contains a description of the recording.</dd>
<dt id="resume"><a class="permalink" href="#resume"><i>resume</i></a></dt>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Use <i>dir</i> as video <dd>Contains the index into the recording where the last replay session left
directory. The default is <i>/video</i>.</p> off.</dd>
<dt id="index"><a class="permalink" href="#index"><i>index</i></a></dt>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;V, <dd>Contains the file number, offset and type of each frame of the
&minus;&minus;version</b></p> recording.</dd>
<dt id="remote.conf"><a class="permalink" href="#remote.conf"><i>remote.conf</i></a></dt>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Print version information and <dd>Contains the key assignments for the remote control.</dd>
exit.</p> <dt id="keymacros.conf"><a class="permalink" href="#keymacros.conf"><i>keymacros.conf</i></a></dt>
<dd>Contains user defined remote control key macros.</dd>
<dt><i>00001.ts&#x00A0;</i>...&#x00A0;<i>65535.ts</i></dt>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>&minus;w&nbsp;</b><i>sec</i><b>,&nbsp;&minus;&minus;watchdog=</b><i>sec</i></p> <dd>The actual data files of a recording.</dd>
<dt id="epg.data"><a class="permalink" href="#epg.data"><i>epg.data</i></a></dt>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Activate the watchdog timer <dd>Contains all current EPG data. Can be used for external processing and
with a timeout of <i>sec</i> seconds. A value of <b>0</b> will also be read at program startup to have the full EPG data available
(default) disables the watchdog.</p> immediately.</dd>
<dt><i>.update</i></dt>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If started <dd>If this file is present in the video directory, its last modification time
without any options, vdr tries to read command line options will be used to trigger an update of the list of recordings in the
from files named &rsquo;*.conf&rsquo; in the directory &quot;Recordings&quot; menu.</dd>
/etc/vdr/conf.d. Files are read in alphabetical order. See </dl>
vdr(5) for details.</p> </section>
<section class="Sh">
<h2>SIGNALS <h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE
<a name="SIGNALS"></a> ALSO</a></h1>
</h2> <p class="Pp"><b>vdr</b>(5),<b>svdrpsend</b>(1)</p>
</section>
<section class="Sh">
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>SIGINT, <h1 class="Sh" id="AUTHOR"><a class="permalink" href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></h1>
SIGTERM</b></p> <p class="Pp">Written by Klaus Schmidinger, with contributions from many others.
See the file <i>CONTRIBUTORS</i> in the <b>vdr</b> source distribution.</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Program exits with status </section>
0.</p> <section class="Sh">
<h1 class="Sh" id="REPORTING_BUGS"><a class="permalink" href="#REPORTING_BUGS">REPORTING
<table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void" BUGS</a></h1>
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <p class="Pp">Report bugs to &lt;vdr-bugs@tvdr.de&gt;.</p>
<tr valign="top" align="left"> </section>
<td width="11%"></td> <section class="Sh">
<td width="9%"> <h1 class="Sh" id="COPYRIGHT"><a class="permalink" href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a></h1>
<p class="Pp">Copyright &#x00A9; 2018 Klaus Schmidinger.</p>
<p class="Pp">This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
<p><b>SIGHUP</b></p></td> There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
<td width="2%"></td>
<td width="78%">
<p>Program exits with status 1. This can be used to force a
reload, for example if an update has been installed.</p></td></tr>
</table>
<h2>EXIT STATUS
<a name="EXIT STATUS"></a>
</h2>
<table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void"
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="1%">
<p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>0</b></p></td>
<td width="10%"></td>
<td width="78%">
<p style="margin-top: 1em">Successful program
execution.</p> </td></tr>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="1%">
<p><b>1</b></p></td>
<td width="10%"></td>
<td width="78%">
<p>An error has been detected which requires the DVB driver
and <b>vdr</b> to be reloaded.</p></td></tr>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="1%">
<p><b>2</b></p></td>
<td width="10%"></td>
<td width="78%">
<p>An non-recoverable error has been detected, <b>vdr</b>
has given up.</p></td></tr>
</table>
<h2>FILES
<a name="FILES"></a>
</h2>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><i>channels.conf</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Channel configuration.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><i>timers.conf</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Timer configuration.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><i>setup.conf</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">User definable setup.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><i>commands.conf</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">User definable commands
(executed from the <b>Commands</b> menu).</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><i>svdrphosts.conf</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">SVDRP host configuration,
defining which hosts or networks are given access to the
SVDRP port.</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void"
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="9%">
<p><i>marks</i></p></td>
<td width="2%"></td>
<td width="78%">
<p>Contains the editing marks defined for a recording.</p></td></tr>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="9%">
<p><i>info</i></p></td>
<td width="2%"></td>
<td width="78%">
<p>Contains a description of the recording.</p></td></tr>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="9%">
<p><i>resume</i></p></td>
<td width="2%"></td>
<td width="78%">
<p>Contains the index into the recording where the last
replay session left off.</p></td></tr>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="9%">
<p><i>index</i></p></td>
<td width="2%"></td>
<td width="78%">
<p>Contains the file number, offset and type of each frame
of the recording.</p></td></tr>
</table>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><i>remote.conf</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Contains the key assignments
for the remote control.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><i>keymacros.conf</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Contains user defined remote
control key macros.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><i>00001.ts&nbsp;</i>...&nbsp;<i>65535.ts</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">The actual data files of a
recording.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><i>epg.data</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">Contains all current EPG data.
Can be used for external processing and will also be read at
program startup to have the full EPG data available
immediately.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><i>.update</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">If this file is present in the
video directory, its last modification time will be used to
trigger an update of the list of recordings in the
&quot;Recordings&quot; menu.</p>
<h2>SEE ALSO
<a name="SEE ALSO"></a>
</h2>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>vdr</b>(5),<b>svdrpsend</b>(1)</p>
<h2>AUTHOR
<a name="AUTHOR"></a>
</h2>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Written by
Klaus Schmidinger, with contributions from many others. See
the file <i>CONTRIBUTORS</i> in the <b>vdr</b> source
distribution.</p>
<h2>REPORTING BUGS
<a name="REPORTING BUGS"></a>
</h2>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Report bugs to
&lt;vdr&minus;bugs@tvdr.de&gt;.</p>
<h2>COPYRIGHT
<a name="COPYRIGHT"></a>
</h2>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Copyright
&copy; 2018 Klaus Schmidinger.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">This is free
software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.</p> PARTICULAR PURPOSE.</p>
<hr> </section>
</div>
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<td class="foot-date">15 Apr 2018</td>
<td class="foot-os">2.4</td>
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