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NAME

       vdr - the Video Disk Recorder

SYNOPSIS

       vdr [options]

DESCRIPTION

       vdr  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.

       At  least  one  DVB  card  is  required  to  run  vdr. 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 (time shifting).
       In order to record from different transponders simultaneously two or more  DVB  cards  are
       necessary.   By  default vdr 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.

       vdr  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.

       Remote access is possible via the "Simple Video Disk Recorder Protocol" (SVDRP), which can
       be accessed on port 6419, for instance by telnet.

OPTIONS

       -a cmd, --audio=cmd
              Send Dolby Digital audio to stdin of command cmd.

       --cachedir=dir
              Save cache files in dir (default is to save them in the video directory).

       -c dir, --config=dir
              Read config files from directory dir (default  is  to  read  them  from  the  video
              directory).

       -d, --daemon
              Run in daemon mode (implies --no-kbd).

       -D num, --device=num
              Use  only the given DVB device (num = 0, 1, 2...).  There may be several -D options
              (by default all DVB devices will be used).

       --dirnames=path[,name[,enc]]
              Set the maximum directory path length to path (default is the maximum value allowed
              on the system). If name is also given, it defines the maximum directory name length
              (default is the maximum value allowed on the system).  The optional enc can be 0 or
              1,  and  controls  whether special characters in directory names are encoded as hex
              values (default: 0).  If path or name are left empty (as in ",,1" to only set enc),
              the  defaults 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=rec
              Edit the given recording.  rec must be the full path name of an existing recording.
              The program will return immediately after editing the recording.

       -E file, --epgfile=file
              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.

       --filesize=size
              Limit video files to size bytes (default is 2000M).  This option is only useful  in
              conjunction  with  --edit, and must precede that option to have an effect.  size 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.

       --genindex=rec
              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 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.

       -g, --grab=dir
              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.

       -h, --help
              Print a help message and exit.

       -i instance, --instance=instance
              Use  instance  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.

       -l level, --log=level
              Set logging to level.   0 = no  logging,  1 = errors  only,  2 = errors  and  info,
              3 = errors,  info and debug.  The default logging level 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).

       -L dir, --lib=dir
              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.

       --lirc[=path]
              Use  a  LIRC   remote   control   device.    If   path   is   omitted,   vdr   uses
              /var/run/lirc/lircd.

       --localedir=dir
              Search for locale files in dir (default is ./locale).

       -m, --mute
              Mute audio of the primary DVB device at startup.

       --no-kbd
              Don't use the keyboard as an input device.

       -p port, --port=port
              Use  port for SVDRP. A value of 0 turns off SVDRP.  The default SVDRP port is 6419.
              You need to edit the file svdrphosts.conf in order to enable access  to  the  SVDRP
              port.

       -P options, --plugin=options
              Load a plugin, defined by the given options.  The first word in options must be the
              name of an existing vdr plugin, optionally followed by a blank  separated  list  of
              command  line  options for that plugin. If options contains any blanks, you need to
              enclose it in quotes, like for example

              vdr -P "abc -a -b xyz"

              which would load a plugin named abc, giving it the command line options  -a -b xyz.
              If  you want to load all available plugins (without any particular options) you can
              use

              vdr -P "*"

              (note the quotes around the asterisk to prevent wildcard expansion).

       -r cmd, --record=cmd
              Call cmd before and after a recording. See the file INSTALL for more information.

       --resdir=dir
              Read resource files from dir (default is to read them from the config directory).

       -s cmd, --shutdown=cmd
              Call cmd to shutdown the computer. See the file INSTALL for more information.

       --split
              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.

       -t tty, --terminal=tty
              Set the controlling terminal.

       -u user, --user=user
              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  the  transponder  data,  but  for
              security  reasons  vdr  can  switch  to  a  lesser privileged user id during normal
              operation.

       --userdump
              Allow coredumps if -u is given (only for debugging).

       --vfat For backwards compatibility (same as --dirnames= 250,40,1.

       -v dir, --video=dir
              Use dir as video directory.  The default is /video.

       -V, --version
              Print version information and exit.

       -w sec, --watchdog=sec
              Activate the watchdog timer with a timeout of sec seconds.  A value of 0  (default)
              disables the watchdog.

SIGNALS

       SIGINT, SIGTERM
              Program exits with status 0.

       SIGHUP Program  exits with status 1. This can be used to force a reload, for example if an
              update has been installed.

EXIT STATUS

       0      Successful program execution.

       1      An error has been detected which requires the DVB driver and vdr to be reloaded.

       2      An non-recoverable error has been detected, vdr has given up.

FILES

       channels.conf
              Channel configuration.

       timers.conf
              Timer configuration.

       setup.conf
              User definable setup.

       commands.conf
              User definable commands (executed from the Commands menu).

       svdrphosts.conf
              SVDRP host configuration, defining which hosts or networks are given access to  the
              SVDRP port.

       marks  Contains the editing marks defined for a recording.

       info   Contains a description of the recording.

       resume Contains the index into the recording where the last replay session left off.

       index  Contains the file number, offset and type of each frame of the recording.

       remote.conf
              Contains the key assignments for the remote control.

       keymacros.conf
              Contains user defined remote control key macros.

       00001.ts ... 65535.ts
              The actual data files of a recording.

       epg.data
              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.

       .update
              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.

SEE ALSO

       vdr(5),svdrp(1)

AUTHOR

       Written  by  Klaus  Schmidinger,  with  contributions  from  many  others.   See  the file
       CONTRIBUTORS in the vdr source distribution.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <vdr-bugs@tvdr.de>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2013 Klaus Schmidinger.

       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO  warranty;  not
       even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.