From 3e0756fad83b51e5339c58c3138c751959a1177d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: etobi Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 18:09:41 +0200 Subject: Added README --- README | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 1333ed7..7499fea 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1 +1,63 @@ -TODO +vdrnfofs +======== + +Copyright 2010 Tobias Grimm + +vdrnfos is released under the terms of the BSD License - see COPYRIGHT + + +What's this about? +------------------ + +vdrnfofs creates a virtual Fuse-based file system that maps recordings +from the Linux Video Disc Recorder (VDR) to *.nfo and *.mpg files. + +Those files can then e.g. used by media center applications like. +XBMC or Enna. + +Such a thing has been tried previously here: + + http://code.google.com/p/vdrfs/ + +But this project seems to be abandoned, so I've rebuilt vdrnfofs from scratch. + +VDR recordings (PS or TS) are simply mapped 1:1 to *.mpg files. If the VDR recording +is split to multiple files, they are virtually concatenated to a single *.mpg file. + +The *.nfo is a XML file with the follwing structure: + + + ... + ... + + +Title and plot are mapped from VDR's info file ('T' and 'D'). + + +How to install? +--------------- + +In order to be able to use vdrnofs, python-fuse is required. + +If not installing from a package of your preferred Linux distribution run: + + ./setup.py install + +The user which should be able to mount vdrnfofs should be a member of the +group "fuse". + + +How to use? +----------- + +To mount a vdrnfofs file system, run: + + vdrnfofs -o video= + +e.g.: + + vdrnfofs /mnt/vdrnfofs -o video=/var/lib/video + +You can also do this in /erc/fstab with: + + vdrnfofs /mnt/vdrnfofs fuse video=/var/lib/video 0 0 -- cgit v1.2.3