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vdr_remote 0.4

vdr_remote is a graphical remote control for Klaus Schmidingers vdr http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr.
vdr_remote uses the SVDR Protocol to send commands to a vdr over a TCP/IP-network.

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
, (that's a comma) for Channel -
. (that's a dot (or full stop, if you prefer it)) 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 1 ... User 9

Installation from Source

Please see the file INSTALL for installation instructions.

You´ll find Project files for KDevelop, Dev-C++ and Xcode in the archive´s root folder. These might require some tweaking.

Requirements

wxWidgets 2.6.3 (2.5.2 on Mac OSX)

Binary Installation

Currently binaries are provided for Windows (should work for Win95 and above, more or less tested with Win98 and Win2000) and Mac OSX (10.4 and above).

Windows Binary Installation

You can run the vdr_remote executable from the archive folder, there´s no need to install anything. If you like, copy the executable and the icon file to a location of your choice.

Mac OSX Binary Installation

Copy the vdr_remote Application from the disk image to a location of your choice.

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

Socket viewer data retrieval is unreliable.
Stay on top doesn't work on OSX 10.4. This is due to the stock wx
Library 2.5.3, it is fixed in wx 2.7.1 and will hopefully make it as wx 2.8.0 into OSX 10.5.

Bugreports, Feature Requests, Support

Please see sourceforge.net/projects/vdr-remote-app.

License

vdr_remote is licensed under the GPL. See the file COPYING for license details.