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.\" ** The above line should force tbl to be a preprocessor **
.\" Man page for vdr
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 2003 Klaus Schmidinger
+.\" Copyright (C) 2004 Klaus Schmidinger
.\"
.\" You may distribute under the terms of the GNU General Public
.\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with the
.\" vdr distribution.
.\"
-.\" $Id: vdr.1 1.11 2004/06/13 14:48:03 kls Exp $
+.\" $Id: vdr.1 1.13 2004/12/19 09:36:25 kls Exp $
.\"
-.TH vdr 1 "1 June 2003" "1.2.0" "Video Disk Recorder"
+.TH vdr 1 "19 Dec 2004" "1.3.18" "Video Disk Recorder"
.SH NAME
vdr - the Video Disk Recorder
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ vdr - the Video Disk Recorder
[options]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B vdr
-implements a complete digital Set-Top-Box and Video Recorder.
+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.
@@ -38,31 +38,31 @@ Remote access is possible via the "Simple Video Disk Recorder Protocol" (SVDRP),
which can be accessed on port 2001, for instance by \fBtelnet\fR.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.BI -a\ cmd ,\ --audio= cmd
+.BI \-a\ cmd ,\ \-\-audio= cmd
Send Dolby Digital audio to stdin of command \fIcmd\fR.
.TP
-.BI -c\ dir ,\ --config= dir
+.BI \-c\ dir ,\ \-\-config= dir
Read config files from directory \fIdir\fR
(default is to read them from the video directory).
.TP
-.B -d, --daemon
+.B \-d, \-\-daemon
Run in daemon mode.
.TP
-.BI -D\ num ,\ --device= num
+.BI \-D\ num ,\ \-\-device= num
Use only the given DVB device (\fInum\fR = 0, 1, 2...).
-There may be several \fB-D\fR options (by default all DVB devices will be used).
+There may be several \fB\-D\fR options (by default all DVB devices will be used).
.TP
-.BI -E\ file ,\ --epgfile= file
+.BI \-E\ file ,\ \-\-epgfile= file
Write the EPG data into the given \fIfile\fR
(default is \fI/video/epg.data\fR).
-Use \fB-E-\fR to disable this.
+Use \fB\-E\-\fR to disable this.
If \fIfile\fR is a directory, the file \fIepg.data\fR
will be created in that directory.
.TP
-.B -h, --help
+.B \-h, \-\-help
Print a help message and exit.
.TP
-.BI -l\ level ,\ --log= level
+.BI \-l\ level ,\ \-\-log= level
Set logging to \fIlevel\fR.
\fB0\fR\ =\ no logging, \fB1\fR\ =\ errors only,
\fB2\fR\ =\ errors and info, \fB3\fR\ =\ errors, info and debug.
@@ -70,54 +70,54 @@ The default logging level is \fB3\fR.
If logging should be done to LOG_LOCALn instead of
LOG_USER, add '.n' to LEVEL, as in 3.7 (n=0..7).
.TP
-.BI -L\ dir ,\ --lib= dir
+.BI \-L\ dir ,\ \-\-lib= dir
Search for plugins in directory \fIdir\fR (default is ./PLUGINS/lib).
-There can be several \fB-L\fR options with different \fIdir\fR values.
-Each of them will apply to the \fB-P\fR options following it.
+There can be several \fB\-L\fR options with different \fIdir\fR values.
+Each of them will apply to the \fB\-P\fR options following it.
.TP
-.B -m, --mute
+.B \-m, \-\-mute
Mute audio of the primary DVB device at startup.
.TP
-.BI -p\ port ,\ --port= port
+.BI \-p\ port ,\ \-\-port= port
Use \fIport\fR for SVDRP. A value of \fB0\fR turns off SVDRP.
The default SVDRP port is \fB2001\fR.
You need to edit the file \fIsvdrphosts.conf\fR in order to enable
access to the SVDRP port.
.TP
-.BI -P\ options ,\ --plugin= options
+.BI \-P\ options ,\ \-\-plugin= options
Load a plugin, defined by the given \fIoptions\fR.
The first word in \fIoptions\fR must be the name of an existing \fBvdr\fR
plugin, optionally followed by a blank separated list of command line options
for that plugin. If \fIoptions\fR contains any blanks, you need to enclose it
in quotes, like for example
-\fBvdr -P "abc -a -b xyz"\fR
+\fBvdr \-P "abc \-a \-b xyz"\fR
which would load a plugin named \fBabc\fR, giving it the command line options
-\fB-a\ -b\ xyz\fR. If you want to load all available plugins (without any
+\fB\-a\ \-b\ xyz\fR. If you want to load all available plugins (without any
particular options) you can use
-\fBvdr -P "*"\fR
+\fBvdr \-P "*"\fR
(note the quotes around the asterisk to prevent wildcard expansion).
.TP
-.BI -r\ cmd ,\ --record= cmd
+.BI \-r\ cmd ,\ \-\-record= cmd
Call \fIcmd\fR before and after a recording.
.TP
-.BI -s\ cmd ,\ --shutdown= cmd
+.BI \-s\ cmd ,\ \-\-shutdown= cmd
Call \fIcmd\fR to shutdown the computer.
.TP
-.BI -t\ tty ,\ --terminal= tty
+.BI \-t\ tty ,\ \-\-terminal= tty
Set the controlling terminal.
.TP
-.BI -v\ dir ,\ --video= dir
+.BI \-v\ dir ,\ \-\-video= dir
Use \fIdir\fR as video directory.
The default is \fI/video\fR.
.TP
-.B -V, --version
+.B \-V, \-\-version
Print version information and exit.
.TP
-.BI -w\ sec ,\ --watchdog= sec
+.BI \-w\ sec ,\ \-\-watchdog= sec
Activate the watchdog timer with a timeout of \fIsec\fR seconds.
A value of \fB0\fR (default) disables the watchdog.
.SH EXIT STATUS
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Successful program execution.
.TP
.B 1
An error has been detected which requires the DVB driver and \fBvdr\fR
-to be re-loaded.
+to be reloaded.
.TP
.B 2
An non-recoverable error has been detected, \fBvdr\fR has given up.
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ be used to trigger an update of the list of recordings in the "Recordings" menu.
Written by Klaus Schmidinger, with contributions from many others.
See the file \fICONTRIBUTORS\fR in the \fBvdr\fR source distribution.
.SH REPORTING BUGS
-Report bugs to <vdr-bugs@cadsoft.de>.
+Report bugs to <vdr\-bugs@cadsoft.de>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2003 Klaus Schmidinger.
+Copyright \(co 2004 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.