Installation
The aim is to setup a headless VDR backend which:
- provides content via VNSI to an OpenElec client
- provides a web interface for live viewing and programming
- provides EPG searching
aptitude install vdr vdr-plugin-vnsiserver vdr-plugin-live vdr-plugin-streamdev-server vdr-plugin-epgsearch
Configuration
Main configuration is located in /etc/vdr/conf.d/00-vdr.conf. Add -l 2 to reduce log spamming and specify --video= to the actual recordings location. Remove --lirc to avoid log spamming. Add --filesize=100G to split recordings into 100GB chunks.
Streaming has to be allowed for the local network in /etc/vdr/plugins/streamdevhosts.conf by adding the local subnet, e.g. 192.168.33.32/27.
The web frontend listens by default on all interfaces, this can be changed in /etc/vdr/conf.d/50-live.conf by using multiple --ip lines so that it only listens internally:
--ip=192.168.33.33 --ip=127.0.0.1
The VNSI plugin provides a default config for allowed hosts which has to be adapted in /etc/vdr/plugins/vnsiserver/allowed_hosts.conf.
Backup
Following files are relevant for backing up timers and channels:
/var/lib/vdr/channels.conf /var/lib/vdr/timers.conf /var/lib/vdr/plugins/epgsearch/epgsearch.conf /var/lib/vdr/plugins/epgsearch/epgsearchdone.data /var/lib/vdr/plugins/epgsearch/timersdone.conf