VDR: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 05:03, 9 November 2012

PVR/Contents Editor note: Intro blah blah blah blah

Editor note: Any important notes in context to XBMC, like limitations, pros, cons, whatever. Nothing too in depth, but things that people might want to be aware of before they choose this backend.

Preinstalled options

The following XBMC/OS distributions come with VDR already installed, or easily installed as an option. These are great one-stop solutions that can greatly simplify the installation of the backend, as well as various other benefits unique to those distros. Editor note: Not sure if there are any pre-installed options for VDR? I think OpenELEC plans to have an option of VDR backend for their Raspberry Pi version

Installing VDR

See: PVR/Backend/VDR/Installation

VDR quick start guide

If your tuner hardware is not detected or is having issues, check http://linuxtv.org for driver support.

Editor note: No guide has been created yet for this topic on the XBMC Wiki. Here are some links to hold you over till someone does:

http://www.charliemarshall.com/2012/01/my-all-in-one-tv-music-file-web-ubuntu.html#vdrinstall

Connecting XBMC to VDR

Note: PVR add-ons are not currently hosted in the XBMC add-on repo.

Download the VDR PVR client add-on through the add-on manager in XBMC: Settings -> Add-ons -> Get add-ons -> XBMC.org -> PVR Clients
Go to Settings -> Add-ons -> Enabled add-ons -> PVR Clients and select the VDR add-on
Select "Configure"

VDR Hostname or IP: ?
VNSI Port: ?
Priority: ?
Character Set Conversion: ?
Connect timeout(s): ?
Allow VDR Messages: ?
Create channel groups automatically on the server: ?

Next step:

Configuring XBMC

Additional guides and links

VDR website - http://tvdr.de
- Documentation
VDR backend for XBMC support forum - http://forum.xbmc.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=169

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 ==VDR quick start guide==
 If your tuner hardware is not detected or is having issues, check http://linuxtv.org for driver support.
+{{editor note|No guide has been created yet for this topic on the XBMC Wiki. Here are some links to hold you over till someone does:}}
+*http://www.charliemarshall.com/2012/01/my-all-in-one-tv-music-file-web-ubuntu.html#vdrinstall
 ==Connecting XBMC to VDR==