Send Dolby Digital audio to stdin of command cmd.
Save cache files in dir (default is to save them in the video directory).
Set the character table to use for strings in the DVB data stream that don't begin with a character table indicator, but don't use the standard default character table (for instance ISO-8859-9).
Read config files from directory dir (default is to read them from the video directory).
Run in daemon mode (implies --no-kbd).
Use only the given DVB device (num = 0, 1, 2...). There may be several -D options (by default all DVB devices will be used). If -D- is given, no DVB devices will be used at all, independent of any other -D options.
Set the maximum directory path length to path (default is the maximum value allowed on the system). If name is also @@ -79,21 +79,21 @@ apply. The length of the video directory name and that of the actual recording directory is subtracted from path, to make sure the directory path will never become too long.
Edit the given recording. rec must be the full path name of an existing recording. The program will return immediately after editing the recording.
Write the EPG data into the given file (default is epg.data in the cache directory). Use -E- to disable this. If file is a directory, the file epg.data will be created in that directory.
Limit video files to size bytes (default is 2000M). This option is only useful in conjunction with --edit, and must precede that @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ 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's internal minimum and maximum values.
Generate the index file for the given recording. rec must be the full path name of an existing recording. The recording must be in TS @@ -112,19 +112,19 @@ 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.
Write images from the SVDRP command GRAB into the given directory dir. dir must be the full path name of an existing directory, without any "..", double '/' or symlinks. By default, or if -g- is given, grabbing images to disk is disabled.
Print a help message and exit.
Use instance as the id of this VDR instance (default is 0). In an environment where several instances of VDR use the same video @@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ 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.
Set logging to level. 0 = no logging, 1 = errors only, 2 = errors and info, @@ -143,33 +143,33 @@ stored.
is 3. If logging should be done to LOG_LOCALn instead of LOG_USER, add '.n' to LEVEL, as in 3.7 (n=0..7).Search for plugins in directory dir (default is ./PLUGINS/lib). There can be several -L options with different dir values. Each of them will apply to the -P options following it.
Use a LIRC remote control device. If path is omitted, vdr uses /var/run/lirc/lircd.
Search for locale files in dir (default is ./locale).
Mute audio of the primary DVB device at startup.
Don't use the keyboard as an input device.
Use port for SVDRP. A value of 0 turns off SVDRP. The default SVDRP port is 6419. You need to edit @@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ 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't be changed.
Load a plugin, defined by the given options. The first word in options must be the name of an existing vdr @@ -197,41 +197,41 @@ available plugins (without any particular options) you can use
(note the quotes around the asterisk to prevent wildcard expansion).
Call cmd before and after a recording. See the file INSTALL for more information.
Read resource files from dir (default is to read them from the config directory).
Read command line arguments from dir (default is /etc/vdr/conf.d), display them to the console and exit.
Call cmd to shutdown the computer. See the file INSTALL for more information.
Split edited files at the editing marks. This option is only useful in conjunction with --edit, and must precede that option to have an effect.
Set the controlling terminal.
Run as user user in case vdr was started as user 'root'. Starting vdr as 'root' is necessary if the system time shall be set from @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ the transponder data, but for security reasons vdr can switch to a lesser privileged user id during normal operation. user can be a user name or a numerical id.
Update the index file for the given recording. rec must be the full path name of an existing recording. The recording must be in TS @@ -251,26 +251,26 @@ another instance of VDR is currently replaying the given recording, or if the recording has not been finished yet, may lead to unexpected results.
Allow coredumps if -u is given (only for debugging).
For backwards compatibility (same as --dirnames= 250,40,1).
Use dir as video directory. The default is /video.
Print version information and exit.
Activate the watchdog timer with a timeout of sec seconds. A value of 0 (default) disables the watchdog.
@@ -281,11 +281,11 @@ options from files named '*.conf' in the directory /etc/vdr/conf.d. Files are read in alphabetical order. See vdr(5) for details.Program exits with status 0.
Program exits with status 1. This can be used to force a reload, for example if an update has been installed.
@@ -293,16 +293,16 @@ example if an update has been installed.Successful program execution.
An error has been detected which requires the DVB driver and vdr to be reloaded.
An non-recoverable error has been detected, vdr has given up.
@@ -310,72 +310,72 @@ given up.Channel configuration.
Timer configuration.
User definable setup.
User definable commands (executed from the Commands menu).
SVDRP host configuration, defining which hosts or networks are given access to the SVDRP port.
Contains the editing marks defined for a recording.
Contains a description of the recording.
Contains the index into the recording where the last replay session left off.
Contains the file number, offset and type of each frame of the recording.
Contains the key assignments for the remote control.
Contains user defined remote control key macros.
The actual data files of a recording.
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.
Contains the names of recordings that have been done by pattern timers with '@' as the first character of the pattern. File names are appended to this file after a recording has finished, and the entire file is read upon startup of VDR.
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 diff --git a/VDR-file-formats-and-conventions.md b/VDR-file-formats-and-conventions.md index 838bfd0..5b95806 100644 --- a/VDR-file-formats-and-conventions.md +++ b/VDR-file-formats-and-conventions.md @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ the channel's number in OSD menus and the timers.conf file.
The fields in a channel definition have the following meaning (from left to right):
The channel's name (if the name originally contains a ':' character it has to be replaced by '|'). Some TV stations provide a way of @@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ delimiting comma is always the rightmost one.
to the channel name, separated by a semicolon, as inRTL Television,RTL;RTL World:...
The transponder frequency (as an integer). For DVB-S this value is in MHz. For DVB-C and DVB-T it can be given either in MHz, kHz or Hz (the actual value given will be multiplied by 1000 until it is larger than 1000000).
Various parameters, depending on whether this is a DVB-S, DVB-C or DVB-T channel. Each parameter consist of a key character, followed by an @@ -274,16 +274,16 @@ necessarily the "character/number" format listed above). The only condition is that the string may not contain colons (':') or newline characters.
The signal source of this channel, as defined in the file sources.conf.
The symbol rate of this channel (DVB-S and DVB-C only).
The video PID (set to '0' for radio channels). If this channel uses a separate PCR PID, it follows the VPID, separated by a plus sign, as @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ in
pids, separated by an '=' sign, as in...:164+17=27:...
The audio PID (either one number, or several, separated by commas). If this channel also carries Dolby Digital sound, the Dolby PIDs follow @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ delimited by a '+' sign, as in
Note that if there is no language code, there still is the separating '=' if there is an audio type.
The teletext PID. If this channel also carries DVB subtitles, the DVB subtitling PIDs follow the teletext PID, separated by a semicolon, as @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ language codes for these can be appended to the individual subtitling PID, separated by an '=' sign, as in
...:201;2001=deu,2002=eng:...
A hexadecimal integer defining how this channel can be accessed:
The values are in hex because that's the way they are defined in the "ETR 162" document. Leading zeros may be omitted.
The Service ID of this channel.
The Network ID of this channel.
The Transport stream ID of this channel.
The Radio ID of this channel (typically 0, may be used to distinguish channels where NID, TID and SID are all equal).
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ characters. Example:The fields in a timer definition have the following meaning (from left to right):
The individual bits in this field have the following meaning:
All other bits are reserved for future use.
The channel to record from. This is either the channel number as shown in the on-screen menus, or a complete channel ID. When reading @@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ allow easier creation of timers when manually editing timers.conf. Also, when timers are listed via SVDRP commands, the channels are given as numbers.
The day when this timer shall record.
A four digit integer defining when this timer shall start recording. The format is hhmm, so 1430 would mean "half past two" in the afternoon.
A four digit integer defining when this timer shall stop recording. The format is the same as for the start time.
An integer in the range 0...99, defining the priority of this timer and of recordings created by @@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ exceeded its guaranteed lifetime) will be removed.
higher priority will interrupt the timer with the lowest priority in order to start recording.The guaranteed lifetime (in days) of a recording created by this timer. 0 means that this recording may @@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ means that this recording may not be automatically deleted in favour of a new recording, until the given number of days since the start time of the recording has passed by.
The file name this timer will give to a recording. If the name contains any ':' characters, these have to be replaced by @@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ completeness)
An arbitrary string that can be used by external applications to store any kind of data related to this timer. The string must not diff --git a/svdrpsend-command-reference.md b/svdrpsend-command-reference.md index 756a1ad..1aa2ae6 100644 --- a/svdrpsend-command-reference.md +++ b/svdrpsend-command-reference.md @@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ displays the result. A list of available commands can be shown by sending the HELP command.
Accesses the VDR at the specified hostname (default is localhost).
Uses the SVDRP port number port (default is 6419).