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@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@ +'\" t +.\" ** The above line should force tbl to be a preprocessor ** +.\" Man page for vdr +.\" +.\" Copyright (C) 2002 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 1.1 2002/03/24 14:10:00 kls Exp $ +.\" +.TH vdr 1 "24 Mar 2002" "1.0.0" "Video Disk Recorder" +.SH NAME +vdr - the Video Disk Recorder +.SH SYNOPSIS +.\" The general command line +.B vdr +[options] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B 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 \fBvdr\fR, but in order +to watch one broadcast while recording another, or to start watching +a recorded programme before the live broadcast has ended (\fBtime shifting\fR), +two DVB cards are necessary. By default \fBvdr\fR can support up to four +DVB cards. The primary DVB card (the one your tv set is connected to) has +to be a "full featured" card, which means it must contain an MPEG decoder +and provide audio and video signal outputs. + +\fBvdr\fR uses the On Screen Display of the DVB card to display its menus. +It can be controlled by the PC keyboard, a home built "Remote Control Unit" +(RCU) or the "Linux Infrared Remote Control" (LIRC). + +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 +Send Dolby Digital audio to stdin of command \fIcmd\fR. +.TP +.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 +Run in daemon mode. +.TP +.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). +.TP +.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. +If \fIfile\fR is a directory, the file \fIepg.data\fR +will be created in that directory. +.TP +.B -h, --help +Print a help message and exit. +.TP +.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. +The default logging level is \fB3\fR. +.TP +.B -m, --mute +Mute audio of the primary DVB device at startup. +.TP +.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 -r\ cmd ,\ --record= cmd +Call \fIcmd\fR before and after a recording. +.TP +.BI -s\ cmd ,\ --shutdown= cmd +Call \fIcmd\fR to shutdown the computer. +.TP +.BI -t\ tty ,\ --terminal= tty +Set the controlling terminal. +.TP +.BI -v\ dir ,\ --video= dir +Use \fIdir\fR as video directory. +The default is \fI/video\fR. +.TP +.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 +.TP +.B 0 +Successful program execution. +.TP +.B 1 +An error has been detected which requires the DVB driver and \fBvdr\fR +to be re-loaded. +.SH FILES +.TP +.I channels.conf +Channel configuration. +.TP +.I ca.conf +Conditional access configuration. +.TP +.I timers.conf +Timer configuration. +.TP +.I setup.conf +User definable setup. +.TP +.I commands.conf +User definable commands (executed from the \fBCommands\fR menu). +.TP +.I svdrphosts.conf +SVDRP host configuration, defining which hosts or networks are given +access to the SVDRP port. +.TP +.I marks.vdr +Contains the editing marks defined for a recording. +.TP +.I summary.vdr +Contains a description of the recording. +.TP +.I resume.vdr +Contains the index into the recording where the last replay session left off. +.TP +.I index.vdr +Contains the file number, offset and type of each frame of the recording. +.TP +.I keys.conf +Contains the key assignments for the remote control. +.TP +.I keys-pc.conf +Contains the key assignments for the PC keyboard (used if the program +was compiled with DEBUG_OSD=1). +.TP +.IR 001.vdr\ ...\ 255.vdr +The actual data files of a recording. +.TP +.I 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. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR vdr (5) +.SH AUTHOR +Written by Klaus Schmidinger, with contributions from many others. +See the file \fICONTRIBUTORS\fR in the source distribution. +.SH REPORTING BUGS +Report bugs to <vdr-bugs@cadsoft.de>. +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright \(co 2002 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. |