vdr --version (return code: 0)
vdr (2.3.8/2.3.8) - The Video Disk Recorder
mplayer (0.10.2) - Media replay via MPlayer
vdr --help (return code: 0)
Usage: vdr [OPTIONS]
-a CMD, --audio=CMD send Dolby Digital audio to stdin of command CMD
--cachedir=DIR save cache files in DIR (default: /var/cache/vdr)
--chartab=CHARACTER_TABLE
set the character table to use for strings in the
DVB data stream that don't begin with a character
table indicator, but don't use the standard default
character table (for instance ISO-8859-9)
-c DIR, --config=DIR read config files from DIR (default: /var/lib/vdr)
-d, --daemon run in daemon mode
-D NUM, --device=NUM use only the given DVB device (NUM = 0, 1, 2...)
there may be several -D options (default: all DVB
devices will be used); if -D- is given, no DVB
devices will be used at all, independent of any
other -D options
--dirnames=PATH[,NAME[,ENC]]
set the maximum directory path length to PATH
(default: 4095); if NAME is also given, it defines
the maximum directory name length (default: 255);
the optional ENC can be 0 or 1, and controls whether
special characters in directory names are encoded as
hex values (default: 0); if PATH or NAME are left
empty (as in ",,1" to only set ENC), the defaults
apply
--edit=REC cut recording REC and exit
-E FILE, --epgfile=FILE write the EPG data into the given FILE (default is
'epg.data' in the cache directory)
'-E-' disables this
if FILE is a directory, the default EPG file will be
created in that directory
--filesize=SIZE limit video files to SIZE bytes (default is 2000M)
only useful in conjunction with --edit
--genindex=REC generate index for recording REC and exit
-g DIR, --grab=DIR write images from the SVDRP command GRAB into the
given DIR; DIR must be the full path name of an
existing directory, without any "..", double '/'
or symlinks (default: none, same as -g-)
-h, --help print this help and exit
-i ID, --instance=ID use ID as the id of this VDR instance (default: 0)
-l LEVEL, --log=LEVEL set log level (default: 3)
0 = no logging, 1 = errors only,
2 = errors and info, 3 = errors, info and debug
if logging should be done to LOG_LOCALn instead of
LOG_USER, add '.n' to LEVEL, as in 3.7 (n=0..7)
-L DIR, --lib=DIR search for plugins in DIR (default is /usr/lib/vdr/plugins)
--lirc[=PATH] use a LIRC remote control device, attached to PATH
(default: /var/run/lirc/lircd)
--localedir=DIR search for locale files in DIR (default is
/usr/share/locale)
-m, --mute mute audio of the primary DVB device at startup
--no-kbd don't use the keyboard as an input device
-p PORT, --port=PORT use PORT for SVDRP (default: 0)
0 turns off SVDRP
-P OPT, --plugin=OPT load a plugin defined by the given options
-r CMD, --record=CMD call CMD before and after a recording, and after
a recording has been edited or deleted
--resdir=DIR read resource files from DIR (default: /usr/share/vdr)
-s CMD, --shutdown=CMD call CMD to shutdown the computer
--split split edited files at the editing marks (only
useful in conjunction with --edit)
--showargs[=DIR] print the arguments read from DIR and exit
(default: /etc/vdr/conf.d)
-t TTY, --terminal=TTY controlling tty
-u USER, --user=USER run as user USER; only applicable if started as
root; USER can be a user name or a numerical id
--updindex=REC update index for recording REC and exit
--userdump allow coredumps if -u is given (debugging)
-v DIR, --video=DIR use DIR as video directory (default: /var/lib/video)
-V, --version print version information and exit
--vfat for backwards compatibility (same as
--dirnames=250,40,1)
-w SEC, --watchdog=SEC activate the watchdog timer with a timeout of SEC
seconds (default: 0); '0' disables the watchdog
Plugins: vdr -P"name [OPTIONS]"
mplayer (0.10.2) - Media replay via MPlayer
-m CMD, --mount=CMD use CMD to mount/unmount/eject mp3 sources
(default: /usr/share/vdr-plugin-mp3/mount)
-M CMD, --mplayer=CMD use CMD when calling MPlayer
(default: /usr/share/vdr-plugin-mplayer/mplayer)
-S SUB, --sources=SUB search sources config in SUB subdirectory
(default: none)
-R DIR, --resume=DIR store global resume file in DIR
(default: video dir)