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vdr-fbfe(1) Remote Framebuffer frontend for vdr-plugin-xineliboutput vdr-fbfe(1)

NAME

vdr-fbfe - Remote Framebuffer frontend for vdr-plugin-xineliboutput

SYNOPSIS

vdr-fbfe [options] [xvdr[+udp|+tcp|+rtp]:[//host[:port]]]

DESCRIPTION

vdr-fbfe is a Framebuffer remote frontend, that plays back streams provided by vdr-plugin-xineliboutput.

OPTIONS

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Select audio driver and optional port
Select video driver and optional port As far as supported, possible video drivers might be: fb, DirectFB, sdl, vidixfb, dxr3, aadxr3 or none
Display aspect ratio (You can us a script to control the HW aspect ratio: --aspect=auto:path_to_script)
Fullscreen mode
Head Up Display OSD mode
Video window width
Video window height
Disable all video scaling
Load and use xine post plugins, e.g.:
  • --post=upmix
  • --post=upmix;tvtime:enabled=1,cheap_mode=1)
Use lirc input device Optional lirc socket name can be given
Verbose debug output
Silent mode (report only errors)
Write all output to system log
Disable keyboard input
Run as daemon (disable keyboard, log to syslog and fork to background)
Enable slave mode (read commands from stdin)
Automatically reconnect when connection has been lost
Use TCP, UDP or RTP transport If no transport options are given, transports are tried in following order: local pipe, rtp, udp, tcp

EXAMPLES

Search for VDR (xineliboutput) server, connect to it and negotiate best available transport, use best available audio and video driver:


vdr-fbfe
Connect to 192.168.1.3 default port and negoate best available transport:


vdr-fbfe xvdr://192.168.1.3
Connect to 192.168.2.100, port 12550 and use TCP transport:


vdr-fbfe xvdr+tcp://192.168.2.100:12550
Automatically search for VDR server and use UDP transport:


vdr-fbfe xvdr+udp:
vdr-fbfe --udp
Use alsa:


vdr-fbfe --audio alsa
Use alsa (and specific card/sub-device):


vdr-fbfe --audio alsa:plughw:1,1
Framebuffer driver and device settings:


vdf-fbfe --video DirectFB
vdf-fbfe --video fb:/dev/fb/1
vdf-fbfe --video vidixfb
vdf-fbfe --video aadxr3

NOTE

If deinterlacing post plugin options are not given at command line, deinterlacing is controlled by VDR plugin configuration menu settings.

De-interlacing can also be forced on or off with command-line option "--post tvtime". Examples:


vdr-fbfe --post tvtime:method=Linear,cheap_mode=1,pulldown=0,use_progressive_frame_flag=1
vdr-fbfe --post tvtime:enable=0

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Tobias Grimm <etobi@debian.org>

26 January 2022