vdr_remote Documentation

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vdr_remote

Introduction

vdr_remote is a remote control application for Klaus Schmidinger's vdr [http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr/ ].
vdr_remote uses the SVDR Protocol to send commands to a vdr over a TCP/IP-network.

Content:

• Features
• Usage
• Change Log
• Installation
• Setting the preferences
• Known Bugs
• Roadmap
• License and Copyright

Features

vdr_remote can:

• give you access to almost all remote control features vdr provides
• show you the disk usage of your vdr

Usage

You can send the remote control commands by clicking on the equivalent Interface Button or by using the corresponding Key Command. commands are always active, regardless if the buttons are displayed. Key Commands are:

• 0-9 for the number keys
• m for Menu
• Backspace for Back
• Return for Ok
• Shift-Q for Power
• , (comma) for Channel -
• . (dot) for Channel +
• + for Volume +
• - for Volume -
• s for Mute
• F1 for Red
• F2 for Green
• F3 for Yellow
• F4 for Blue
• k for Play
• j for Rewind
• l for Fast Forward
• Shift+R for Record
• o for stop
• u for Pause
• p for previous
• n for next
• Ctrl +1 ... Ctrl + 9 for User Buttons 1-9

Change Log

see Change Log

Installation

see Installing vdr_remote

Setting the preferences

Only two settings are mission-critical:

• vdr Host adress
  Enter the hostname (e.g. vdr) or the IP adress (e.g. 127.0.0.1) of your vdr
• vdr SVDRP port
  the TCP port vdr listens on. If you didn't change the default setting of your vdr this is port 2001

These settings define, which buttons are displayed. Please note: The keyboard commands always work.

• Show player buttons
  Display the block player buttons (Play, Stop, Pause,...)
• Show user buttons
  Display the block with 9 User buttons
• Tooltips
  The text you enter here will be displayed in the button´s tooltip
• Show Vdr's response
  Display a text field with (almost) all answers from the vdr.

The Timeout for Disk Status setting determines how long vdr_remote will wait for vdr's response. If no valid data comes back during this time, no or an empty dialog will be displayed. If this happens set the timeout to a higher value. The default value is 750ms which should be fine with most machines.

Known Bugs

see Bug List
For bug reports and an up-to-date list see the Bugs tracker on http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdr-remote-app

Roadmap

see Roadmap

License and Copyright

Copyright (C)2006 Peter Marquardt p_marquardt@users.sourceforge.net

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

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