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@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ you will have to change the definition of DVBDIR in the Makefile. This program requires the card driver version 0.05 or higher -to work properly. +to work properly. If you are using driver version 0.7 you need +to load the dvb.o module with option outstream=0, so your insmod +statement should read 'insmod dvb.o outstream=0'. This is currently +necessary because 'vdr' works with AV_PES data and will change +once it has been modified to work directly with MPEG2. After extracting the package, change into the VDR directory and type 'make'. This should produce an executable file @@ -48,6 +52,11 @@ port ("Simple Video Disk Recorder Protocol"). By default, it listens on port 2001 (use the --port=PORT option to change this). For details about the SVDRP syntax see the source file 'svdrp.c'. +WARNING: DUE TO THE OPEN SVDRP PORT THIS PROGRAM MAY CONSTITUTE A +======= POTENTIAL SECURITY HAZARD! IF YOU ARE NOT RUNNING VDR IN + A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT, YOU MAY WANT TO DISABLE SVDRP + BY USING '--port=0'! + If the program shall run as a daemon, use the --daemon option. This will completely detach it from the terminal and will continue as a background process. @@ -64,7 +73,9 @@ All recordings are written into directories below "/video". Please make sure this directory exists, and that the user who runs the 'vdr' program has read and write access to that directory. If you prefer a different location for your video files, you can use -the '-v' option to change that. +the '-v' option to change that. Please make sure that the directory +name you use with '-v' is a clean and absolute path name (no '..' or +multiple slashes). Note that the file system need not be 64-bit proof, since the 'vdr' program splits video files into chunks of about 1GB. You should use @@ -102,14 +113,15 @@ Configuration files: -------------------- There are three configuration files that hold information about -channels, remote control keys and timers. These files are currrently -assumed to be located in the directory from which the 'vdr' program -was started (this will become configurable later). The configuration -files can be edited with any text editor, or will be written by the -'vdr' program if any changes are made inside the on-screen menus. -The meaning of the data entries may still vary in future releases, -so for the moment please look at the source code (config.c) to see -the meaning of the various fields. +channels, remote control keys and timers. By default these files are +assumed to be located in the video directory, but a different directory +can be used with the '-c' option. + +The configuration files can be edited with any text editor, or will be written +by the 'vdr' program if any changes are made inside the on-screen menus. +The meaning of the data entries may still vary in future releases, so for the +moment please look at the source code (config.c) to see the meaning of the +various fields. The files that come with this package contain the author's selections, so please make sure you adapt these to your personal taste. Also make sure |