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diff --git a/README.vdrplugin b/README.vdrplugin index 02d8662..dc317f9 100644 --- a/README.vdrplugin +++ b/README.vdrplugin @@ -194,3 +194,42 @@ the path) of the downloaded file. An example script for transcoding the downloaded files to Ogg format is included in the source distribution in examples/transcode2ogg.sh. + +SVDRP interface +--------------- + +The plugin provides the following SVDRP commands: + +PLAY <url> + Stream a media file embedded on web page at <url>. +DWLD <url> + Download a media file embedded on web page at <url>. + +Note: <url> should be the the address of the web page that contains +the video, not the address of the video file itself. If you know the +direct address to the video file, use xineliboutput SVDRP commands +instead. See README for the list of supported sites. + +"Watch on VDR" bookmarklet +-------------------------- + +It is possible to send the video you are watching on your web browser +to VDR and view it on your TV. + +1. Create a new bookmark on your web browser and paste the content of +examples/watchonvdr_bookmarklet.js as the address of the new bookmark. +If your VDR is running on a different machine than your browser, put +VDR's address into vdrserver variable near the beginning of the +bookmarklet. + +2. Set up the firewall of the VDR machine to allow incoming +connections on port 43280 only from the machine where you are running +your web browser. WARNING: Unrestricted access to port 43280 means +that anyone in the Internet can instruct your VDR to play videos. + +3. Run examples/bookmarklet_proxy.py on VDR machine. If the SVDRP port +differs from 2001 (the default changed to 6419 in VDR 1.7.15) use -s +option. + +4. When viewing a video on one of the supported sites click "watch on +VDR" bookmarklet. The video starts playing on VDR. |