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<h1>vdr</h1>
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<p>27 Dec 2021</p>
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<h1>NAME</h1>
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<h1>NAME</h1>
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<p>vdr - the Video Disk Recorder</p>
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<p>vdr - the Video Disk Recorder</p>
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<h1>SYNOPSIS</h1>
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<h1>SYNOPSIS</h1>
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<p><strong>vdr</strong> [options]</p>
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<p><b>vdr</b> [options]</p>
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<h1>DESCRIPTION</h1>
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<h1>DESCRIPTION</h1>
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<p><strong>vdr</strong> implements a complete digital Set-Top Box and Video Recorder. It can work with signals received from satellites (DVB-S) as well as cable (DVB-C) and terrestrial (DVB-T) signals.</p>
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<p><b>vdr</b> implements a complete digital Set-Top Box and Video
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<p>At least one DVB card is required to run <strong>vdr</strong>. With it you can watch live TV while recording one or more other broadcasts from the same transponder. It is also possible to start watching a recorded programme before the live broadcast has ended (<strong>time shifting</strong>). In order to record from different transponders simultaneously two or more DVB cards are necessary. By default <strong>vdr</strong> can support up to eight DVB cards. The primary DVB card (the one your TV set is connected to) can either be a "full featured" 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 via the system's graphics adapter.</p>
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Recorder. It can work with signals received from satellites (DVB-S) as well
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<p><strong>vdr</strong> uses an On Screen Display (OSD) to display its menus. It can be controlled by the PC keyboard, the "Linux Infrared Remote Control" (LIRC), or any other means of remote control, implemented by a third party plugin.</p>
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as cable (DVB-C) and terrestrial (DVB-T) signals.</p>
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<p>Remote access is possible via the "Simple Video Disk Recorder Protocol" (SVDRP), which can be accessed on port 6419, for instance by <strong>telnet</strong>.</p>
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<p>At least one DVB card is required to run <b>vdr</b>. With it you
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can watch live TV while recording one or more other broadcasts from the same
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transponder. It is also possible to start watching a recorded programme
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before the live broadcast has ended (<b>time shifting</b>). In order to
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record from different transponders simultaneously two or more DVB cards are
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necessary. By default <b>vdr</b> can support up to eight DVB cards. The
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primary DVB card (the one your TV set is connected to) can either be a
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"full featured" card, which means it contains an MPEG decoder and
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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
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via the system's graphics adapter.</p>
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<p><b>vdr</b> 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
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Control" (LIRC), or any other means of remote control, implemented by a
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third party plugin.</p>
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<p>Remote access is possible via the "Simple Video Disk Recorder
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Protocol" (SVDRP), which can be accessed on port 6419, for instance by
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<b>telnet</b>.</p>
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<h1>OPTIONS</h1>
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<h1>OPTIONS</h1>
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<dt><h3><strong>-a </strong><em>cmd</em><strong>, --audio=</strong><em>cmd</em></h3></dt>
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<dt><h3>-a </b><i>cmd</i><b>, --audio=</b><i>cmd</i></h3></dt>
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<dd><p>Send Dolby Digital audio to stdin of command <em>cmd</em>.</p>
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<dd>Send Dolby Digital audio to stdin of command <i>cmd</i>.</dd>
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<dt><h3>--cachedir=</b><i>dir</i></h3></dt>
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<dt><h3><strong>--cachedir=</strong><em>dir</em></h3></dt>
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<dd>Save cache files in <i>dir</i> (default is to save them in the video
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<dd><p>Save cache files in <em>dir</em> (default is to save them in the video directory).</p>
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directory).</dd>
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<dt><h3>--chartab=</b><i>character_table</i></h3></dt>
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<dt><h3><strong>--chartab=</strong><em>character_table</em></h3></dt>
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<dd>Set the character table to use for strings in the DVB data stream that
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<dd><p>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).</p>
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don't begin with a character table indicator, but don't use the standard
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default character table (for instance ISO-8859-9).</dd>
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<dt><h3><strong>-c </strong><em>dir</em><strong>, --config=</strong><em>dir</em></h3></dt>
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<dt><h3>-c </b><i>dir</i><b>, --config=</b><i>dir</i></h3></dt>
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<dd><p>Read config files from directory <em>dir</em> (default is to read them from the video directory).</p>
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<dd>Read config files from directory <i>dir</i> (default is to read them from
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the video directory).</dd>
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<dt><h3><strong>-d, --daemon</strong></h3></dt>
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<dt><h3>-d, --daemon</h3></dt>
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<dd><p>Run in daemon mode (implies --no-kbd).</p>
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<dd>Run in daemon mode (implies --no-kbd).</dd>
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<dt><h3>-D </b><i>num</i><b>, --device=</b><i>num</i></h3></dt>
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<dt><h3><strong>-D </strong><em>num</em><strong>, --device=</strong><em>num</em></h3></dt>
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<dd>Use only the given DVB device (<i>num</i> = 0, 1, 2...). There may be
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<dd><p>Use only the given DVB device (<em>num</em> = 0, 1, 2...). There may be several <strong>-D</strong> options (by default all DVB devices will be used). If <strong>-D-</strong> is given, no DVB devices will be used at all, independent of any other -D options.</p>
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several <b>-D</b> options (by default all DVB devices will be used). If
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<b>-D-</b> is given, no DVB devices will be used at all, independent of
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<dt><h3><strong>--dirnames=</strong><em>path</em><strong>[,</strong><em>name</em><strong>[,</strong><em>enc</em><strong>]]</strong></h3></dt>
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any other -D options.</dd>
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<dd><p>Set the maximum directory path length to <em>path</em> (default is the maximum value allowed on the system). If <em>name</em> is also given, it defines the maximum directory name length (default is the maximum value allowed on the system). The optional <em>enc</em> can be 0 or 1, and controls whether special characters in directory names are encoded as hex values (default: 0). If <em>path</em> or <em>name</em> are left empty (as in ",,1" to only set <em>enc</em>), the defaults apply. The length of the video directory name and that of the actual recording directory is subtracted from <em>path</em>, to make sure the directory path will never become too long.</p>
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<dt><h3>--dirnames=</b><i>path</i><b>[,</b><i>name</i><b>[,</b><i>enc</i><b>]]</h3></dt>
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<dd>Set the maximum directory path length to <i>path</i> (default is the
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<dt><h3><strong>--edit=</strong><em>rec</em></h3></dt>
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maximum value allowed on the system). If <i>name</i> is also given, it
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<dd><p>Edit the given recording. <em>rec</em> must be the full path name of an existing recording. The program will return immediately after editing the recording.</p>
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defines the maximum directory name length (default is the maximum value
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allowed on the system). The optional <i>enc</i> can be 0 or 1, and
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<dt><h3><strong>-E </strong><em>file</em><strong>, --epgfile=</strong><em>file</em></h3></dt>
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controls whether special characters in directory names are encoded as hex
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<dd><p>Write the EPG data into the given <em>file</em> (default is <em>epg.data</em> in the cache directory). Use <strong>-E-</strong> to disable this. If <em>file</em> is a directory, the file <em>epg.data</em> will be created in that directory.</p>
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values (default: 0). If <i>path</i> or <i>name</i> are left empty (as in
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<dt><h3><strong>--filesize=</strong><em>size</em></h3></dt>
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<dd><p>Limit video files to <em>size</em> bytes (default is 2000M). This option is only useful in conjunction with --edit, and must precede that option to have an effect. <em>size</em> 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's internal minimum and maximum values.</p>
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<dt><h3><strong>--genindex=</strong><em>rec</em></h3></dt>
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<dt><h3>--edit=</b><i>rec</i></h3></dt>
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<dd><p>Generate the index file for the given recording. <em>rec</em> 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>
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<dd>Edit the given recording. <i>rec</i> must be the full path name of an
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<dt><h3><strong>-g, --grab=</strong><em>dir</em></h3></dt>
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<dd><p>Write images from the SVDRP command GRAB into the given directory <em>dir</em>. <em>dir</em> must be the full path name of an existing directory, without any "..", double '/' or symlinks. By default, or if <strong>-g-</strong> is given, grabbing images to disk is disabled.</p>
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<dt><h3><strong>-h, --help</strong></h3></dt>
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<dd><p>Print a help message and exit.</p>
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<dt><h3><strong>-i </strong><em>instance</em><strong>, --instance=</strong><em>instance</em></h3></dt>
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<dd><p>Use <em>instance</em> 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's unique for each instance, so that they won'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>
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<dd>Limit video files to <i>size</i> bytes (default is 2000M). This option is
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<dd><p>Set logging to <em>level</em>. <strong>0</strong> = no logging, <strong>1</strong> = errors only, <strong>2</strong> = errors and info, <strong>3</strong> = errors, info and debug. The default logging level is <strong>3</strong>. If logging should be done to LOG_LOCAL<em>n</em> instead of LOG_USER, add '.n' to LEVEL, as in 3.7 (n=0..7).</p>
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<dd><p>Search for plugins in directory <em>dir</em> (default is ./PLUGINS/lib). There can be several <strong>-L</strong> options with different <em>dir</em> values. Each of them will apply to the <strong>-P</strong> options following it.</p>
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<dd><p>Load a plugin, defined by the given <em>options</em>. The first word in <em>options</em> must be the name of an existing <strong>vdr</strong> plugin, optionally followed by a blank separated list of command line options for that plugin. If <em>options</em> contains any blanks, you need to enclose it in quotes, like for example</p>
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<dt><h3>-u </b><i>user</i><b>, --user=</b><i>user</i></h3></dt>
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<dd>Run as user <i>user</i> in case vdr was started as user 'root'. Starting
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transponder data, but for security reasons vdr can switch to a lesser
|
||||||
|
privileged user id during normal operation. <i>user</i> can be a user name
|
||||||
|
or a numerical id.</dd>
|
||||||
|
<dt><h3>--updindex=</b><i>rec</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
|
<dd>Update 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 checked whether it is
|
||||||
|
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
|
||||||
|
updating 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.</dd>
|
||||||
|
<dt><h3>--userdump</h3></dt>
|
||||||
|
<dd>Allow coredumps if -u is given (only for debugging).</dd>
|
||||||
|
<dt><h3>--vfat</h3></dt>
|
||||||
|
<dd>For backwards compatibility (same as --dirnames= 250,40,1).</dd>
|
||||||
|
<dt><h3>-v </b><i>dir</i><b>, --video=</b><i>dir</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
|
<dd>Use <i>dir</i> as video directory. The default is <i>/video</i>.</dd>
|
||||||
|
<dt><h3>-V, --version</h3></dt>
|
||||||
|
<dd>Print version information and exit.</dd>
|
||||||
|
<dt><h3>-w </b><i>sec</i><b>, --watchdog=</b><i>sec</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
|
<dd>Activate the watchdog timer with a timeout of <i>sec</i> seconds. A value
|
||||||
|
of <b>0</b> (default) disables the watchdog.</dd>
|
||||||
</dl>
|
</dl>
|
||||||
<p><strong>vdr -P "abc -a -b xyz"</strong></p>
|
<p>If started without any options, vdr tries to read command line
|
||||||
<p>which would load a plugin named <strong>abc</strong>, giving it the command line options <strong>-a -b xyz</strong>. If you want to load all available plugins (without any particular options) you can use</p>
|
options from files named '*.conf' in the directory /etc/vdr/conf.d. Files
|
||||||
<p><strong>vdr -P "*"</strong></p>
|
are read in alphabetical order. See <a href="VDR-file-formats-and-conventions">vdr(5)</a> for details.</p>
|
||||||
<p>(note the quotes around the asterisk to prevent wildcard expansion).</p>
|
</section>
|
||||||
<dl>
|
<section>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>-r </strong><em>cmd</em><strong>, --record=</strong><em>cmd</em></h3></dt>
|
|
||||||
<dd><p>Call <em>cmd</em> before and after a recording. See the file <em>INSTALL</em> for more information.</p>
|
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>--resdir=</strong><em>dir</em></h3></dt>
|
|
||||||
<dd><p>Read resource files from <em>dir</em> (default is to read them from the config directory).</p>
|
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>--showargs[=</strong><em>dir</em><strong>]</strong></h3></dt>
|
|
||||||
<dd><p>Read command line arguments from <em>dir</em> (default is <em>/etc/vdr/conf.d</em>), display them to the console and exit.</p>
|
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>-s </strong><em>cmd</em><strong>, --shutdown=</strong><em>cmd</em></h3></dt>
|
|
||||||
<dd><p>Call <em>cmd</em> to shutdown the computer. See the file <em>INSTALL</em> for more information.</p>
|
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>--split</strong></h3></dt>
|
|
||||||
<dd><p>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.</p>
|
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>-t </strong><em>tty</em><strong>, --terminal=</strong><em>tty</em></h3></dt>
|
|
||||||
<dd><p>Set the controlling terminal.</p>
|
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>-u </strong><em>user</em><strong>, --user=</strong><em>user</em></h3></dt>
|
|
||||||
<dd><p>Run as user <em>user</em> 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 privileged user id during normal operation. <em>user</em> can be a user name or a numerical id.</p>
|
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>--updindex=</strong><em>rec</em></h3></dt>
|
|
||||||
<dd><p>Update the index file for the given recording. <em>rec</em> 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 checked whether it is 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 updating 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>
|
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>--userdump</strong></h3></dt>
|
|
||||||
<dd><p>Allow coredumps if -u is given (only for debugging).</p>
|
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>--vfat</strong></h3></dt>
|
|
||||||
<dd><p>For backwards compatibility (same as --dirnames= 250,40,1).</p>
|
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>-v </strong><em>dir</em><strong>, --video=</strong><em>dir</em></h3></dt>
|
|
||||||
<dd><p>Use <em>dir</em> as video directory. The default is <em>/video</em>.</p>
|
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>-V, --version</strong></h3></dt>
|
|
||||||
<dd><p>Print version information and exit.</p>
|
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>-w </strong><em>sec</em><strong>, --watchdog=</strong><em>sec</em></h3></dt>
|
|
||||||
<dd><p>Activate the watchdog timer with a timeout of <em>sec</em> seconds. A value of <strong>0</strong> (default) disables the watchdog.</p>
|
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
</dl>
|
|
||||||
<p>If started without any options, vdr tries to read command line options from files named '*.conf' in the directory /etc/vdr/conf.d. Files are read in alphabetical order. See <a href="VDR-file-formats-and-conventions">vdr(5)</a> for details.</p>
|
|
||||||
<h1>SIGNALS</h1>
|
<h1>SIGNALS</h1>
|
||||||
<dl>
|
<dl>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>SIGINT, SIGTERM</strong></h3></dt>
|
<dt><h3><a class="permalink" href="#SIGINT,"><b>SIGINT,
|
||||||
<dd><p>Program exits with status 0.</p>
|
SIGTERM</b></a></h3></dt>
|
||||||
</dd>
|
<dd>Program exits with status 0.</dd>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>SIGHUP</strong></h3></dt>
|
<dt><h3>SIGHUP</h3></dt>
|
||||||
<dd><p>Program exits with status 1. This can be used to force a reload, for example if an update has been installed.</p>
|
<dd>Program exits with status 1. This can be used to force a reload, for
|
||||||
</dd>
|
example if an update has been installed.</dd>
|
||||||
</dl>
|
</dl>
|
||||||
<h1>EXIT STATUS</h1>
|
</section>
|
||||||
|
<section>
|
||||||
|
<h1><a class="permalink" href="#EXIT_STATUS">EXIT
|
||||||
|
STATUS</a></h1>
|
||||||
<dl>
|
<dl>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>0</strong></h3></dt>
|
<dt><h3>0</h3></dt>
|
||||||
<dd><p>Successful program execution.</p>
|
<dd>Successful program execution.</dd>
|
||||||
</dd>
|
<dt><h3>1</h3></dt>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>1</strong></h3></dt>
|
<dd>An error has been detected which requires the DVB driver and <b>vdr</b> to
|
||||||
<dd><p>An error has been detected which requires the DVB driver and <strong>vdr</strong> to be reloaded.</p>
|
be reloaded.</dd>
|
||||||
</dd>
|
<dt><h3>2</h3></dt>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>2</strong></h3></dt>
|
<dd>An non-recoverable error has been detected, <b>vdr</b> has given up.</dd>
|
||||||
<dd><p>An non-recoverable error has been detected, <strong>vdr</strong> has given up.</p>
|
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
</dl>
|
</dl>
|
||||||
|
</section>
|
||||||
|
<section>
|
||||||
<h1>FILES</h1>
|
<h1>FILES</h1>
|
||||||
<dl>
|
<dl>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><em>channels.conf</em></h3></dt>
|
<dt><h3><i>channels.conf</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
<dd><p>Channel configuration.</p>
|
<dd>Channel configuration.</dd>
|
||||||
</dd>
|
<dt><h3><i>timers.conf</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><em>timers.conf</em></h3></dt>
|
<dd>Timer configuration.</dd>
|
||||||
<dd><p>Timer configuration.</p>
|
<dt><h3><i>setup.conf</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
</dd>
|
<dd>User definable setup.</dd>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><em>setup.conf</em></h3></dt>
|
<dt><h3><i>commands.conf</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
<dd><p>User definable setup.</p>
|
<dd>User definable commands (executed from the <b>Commands</b> menu).</dd>
|
||||||
</dd>
|
<dt><h3><i>svdrphosts.conf</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><em>commands.conf</em></h3></dt>
|
<dd>SVDRP host configuration, defining which hosts or networks are given
|
||||||
<dd><p>User definable commands (executed from the <strong>Commands</strong> menu).</p>
|
access to the SVDRP port.</dd>
|
||||||
</dd>
|
<dt><h3><i>marks</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><em>svdrphosts.conf</em></h3></dt>
|
<dd>Contains the editing marks defined for a recording.</dd>
|
||||||
<dd><p>SVDRP host configuration, defining which hosts or networks are given access to the SVDRP port.</p>
|
<dt><h3><i>info</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
</dd>
|
<dd>Contains a description of the recording.</dd>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><em>marks</em></h3></dt>
|
<dt><h3><i>resume</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
<dd><p>Contains the editing marks defined for a recording.</p>
|
<dd>Contains the index into the recording where the last replay session left
|
||||||
</dd>
|
off.</dd>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><em>info</em></h3></dt>
|
<dt><h3><i>index</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
<dd><p>Contains a description of the recording.</p>
|
<dd>Contains the file number, offset and type of each frame of the
|
||||||
</dd>
|
recording.</dd>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><em>resume</em></h3></dt>
|
<dt><h3><i>remote.conf</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
<dd><p>Contains the index into the recording where the last replay session left off.</p>
|
<dd>Contains the key assignments for the remote control.</dd>
|
||||||
</dd>
|
<dt><h3><i>keymacros.conf</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><em>index</em></h3></dt>
|
<dd>Contains user defined remote control key macros.</dd>
|
||||||
<dd><p>Contains the file number, offset and type of each frame of the recording.</p>
|
<dt><h3><i>00001.ts </i>... <i>65535.ts</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
</dd>
|
<dd>The actual data files of a recording.</dd>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><em>remote.conf</em></h3></dt>
|
<dt><h3><i>epg.data</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
<dd><p>Contains the key assignments for the remote control.</p>
|
<dd>Contains all current EPG data. Can be used for external processing and
|
||||||
</dd>
|
will also be read at program startup to have the full EPG data available
|
||||||
<dt><h3><em>keymacros.conf</em></h3></dt>
|
immediately.</dd>
|
||||||
<dd><p>Contains user defined remote control key macros.</p>
|
<dt><h3><i>donerecs.data</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
</dd>
|
<dd>Contains the names of recordings that have been done by pattern timers
|
||||||
<dt><h3><em>00001.ts </em>... <em>65535.ts</em></h3></dt>
|
with '@' as the first character of the pattern. File names are appended to
|
||||||
<dd><p>The actual data files of a recording.</p>
|
this file after a recording has finished, and the entire file is read upon
|
||||||
</dd>
|
startup of VDR.</dd>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><em>epg.data</em></h3></dt>
|
<dt><h3><i>.update</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
<dd><p>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>
|
<dd>If this file is present in the video directory, its last modification time
|
||||||
</dd>
|
will be used to trigger an update of the list of recordings in the
|
||||||
<dt><h3><em>donerecs.data</em></h3></dt>
|
"Recordings" menu.</dd>
|
||||||
<dd><p>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.</p>
|
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
<dt><h3><em>.update</em></h3></dt>
|
|
||||||
<dd><p>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 "Recordings" menu.</p>
|
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
</dl>
|
</dl>
|
||||||
<h1>SEE ALSO</h1>
|
</section>
|
||||||
|
<section>
|
||||||
|
<h1><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE
|
||||||
|
ALSO</a></h1>
|
||||||
<p><a href="VDR-file-formats-and-conventions">vdr(5)</a>,<a href="svdrpsend-command-reference">svdrpsend(1)</a></p>
|
<p><a href="VDR-file-formats-and-conventions">vdr(5)</a>,<a href="svdrpsend-command-reference">svdrpsend(1)</a></p>
|
||||||
|
</section>
|
||||||
|
<section>
|
||||||
<h1>AUTHOR</h1>
|
<h1>AUTHOR</h1>
|
||||||
<p>Written by Klaus Schmidinger, with contributions from many others. See the file <em>CONTRIBUTORS</em> in the <strong>vdr</strong> source distribution.</p>
|
<p>Written by Klaus Schmidinger, with contributions from many others.
|
||||||
<h1>REPORTING BUGS</h1>
|
See the file <i>CONTRIBUTORS</i> in the <b>vdr</b> source distribution.</p>
|
||||||
|
</section>
|
||||||
|
<section>
|
||||||
|
<h1><a class="permalink" href="#REPORTING_BUGS">REPORTING
|
||||||
|
BUGS</a></h1>
|
||||||
<p>Report bugs to <vdr-bugs@tvdr.de>.</p>
|
<p>Report bugs to <vdr-bugs@tvdr.de>.</p>
|
||||||
|
</section>
|
||||||
|
<section>
|
||||||
<h1>COPYRIGHT</h1>
|
<h1>COPYRIGHT</h1>
|
||||||
<p>Copyright © 2021 Klaus Schmidinger.</p>
|
<p>Copyright © 2021 Klaus Schmidinger.</p>
|
||||||
<p>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>
|
<p>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>
|
||||||
|
</section>
|
||||||
|
</div>
|
||||||
|
<table>
|
||||||
|
<tr>
|
||||||
|
<td>27 Dec 2021</td>
|
||||||
|
<td>2.6</td>
|
||||||
|
</tr>
|
||||||
|
</table>
|
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|
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|
|||||||
|
|
||||||
<header>
|
|
||||||
<h1>svdrpsend</h1>
|
<div>
|
||||||
<p>27 Dec 2021</p>
|
<section>
|
||||||
</header>
|
|
||||||
<h1>NAME</h1>
|
<h1>NAME</h1>
|
||||||
<p>svdrpsend - sends commands to VDR</p>
|
<p>svdrpsend - sends commands to VDR</p>
|
||||||
|
</section>
|
||||||
|
<section>
|
||||||
<h1>SYNOPSIS</h1>
|
<h1>SYNOPSIS</h1>
|
||||||
<p>svdrpsend [<em>options</em>] <em>command</em></p>
|
<p>svdrpsend [<i>options</i>] <i>command</i></p>
|
||||||
|
</section>
|
||||||
|
<section>
|
||||||
<h1>DESCRIPTION</h1>
|
<h1>DESCRIPTION</h1>
|
||||||
<p>This program sends commands to VDR (the Video Disk Recorder) and displays the result. A list of available commands can be shown by sending the HELP command.</p>
|
<p>This program sends commands to VDR (the Video Disk Recorder) and
|
||||||
|
displays the result. A list of available commands can be shown by sending
|
||||||
|
the HELP command.</p>
|
||||||
|
</section>
|
||||||
|
<section>
|
||||||
<h1>OPTIONS</h1>
|
<h1>OPTIONS</h1>
|
||||||
<dl>
|
<dl>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>-d</strong> <em>hostname</em></h3></dt>
|
<dt><h3>-d</b> <i>hostname</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
<dd><p>Accesses the VDR at the specified <em>hostname</em> (default is localhost).</p>
|
<dd>Accesses the VDR at the specified <i>hostname</i> (default is
|
||||||
</dd>
|
localhost).</dd>
|
||||||
<dt><h3><strong>-p</strong> <em>port</em></h3></dt>
|
<dt><h3>-p</b> <i>port</i></h3></dt>
|
||||||
<dd><p>Uses the SVDRP port number <em>port</em> (default is 6419).</p>
|
<dd>Uses the SVDRP port number <i>port</i> (default is 6419).</dd>
|
||||||
</dd>
|
|
||||||
</dl>
|
</dl>
|
||||||
|
</section>
|
||||||
|
<section>
|
||||||
<h1>EXAMPLES</h1>
|
<h1>EXAMPLES</h1>
|
||||||
<p>To request the available commands from the VDR running on the local host:</p>
|
<p>To request the available commands from the VDR running on the
|
||||||
|
local host:</p>
|
||||||
<p>svdrpsend HELP</p>
|
<p>svdrpsend HELP</p>
|
||||||
|
</section>
|
||||||
|
<section>
|
||||||
<h1>AUTHORS</h1>
|
<h1>AUTHORS</h1>
|
||||||
<p>Written by Tobias Grimm <tg@e-tobi.net></p>
|
<p>Written by Tobias Grimm <tg@e-tobi.net></p>
|
||||||
<p>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.</p>
|
<p>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
|
||||||
<p>On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.</p>
|
document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any
|
||||||
<h1>SEE ALSO</h1>
|
later version published by the Free Software Foundation.</p>
|
||||||
|
<p>On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
|
||||||
|
License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.</p>
|
||||||
|
</section>
|
||||||
|
<section>
|
||||||
|
<h1><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE
|
||||||
|
ALSO</a></h1>
|
||||||
<p><a href="VDR-command-reference">vdr(1)</a>, <a href="VDR-file-formats-and-conventions">vdr(5)</a></p>
|
<p><a href="VDR-command-reference">vdr(1)</a>, <a href="VDR-file-formats-and-conventions">vdr(5)</a></p>
|
||||||
|
</section>
|
||||||
|
</div>
|
||||||
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