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.TH vdr-sxfe 1 "10 June 2012" "" "Remote X-Server frontend for vdr-plugin-xineliboutput"
.SH NAME
\fBvdr-sxfe \fP- Remote X-Server frontend for vdr-plugin-xineliboutput
\fB
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.fam C
\fBvdr-sxfe\fP [\fIoptions\fP] [xvdr[+udp|+tcp|+rtp]:[//host[:port]]]

.fam T
.fi
.fam T
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBvdr-sxfe\fP is a X/Xv/XvMc remote frontend, that plays back streams provided by
vdr-plugin-xineliboutput.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B
\fB--help\fP
Show (this) help message
.TP
.B
\fB--audio\fP=audiodriver[:device]
Select audio driver and optional port
.TP
.B
\fB--video\fP=videodriver[:device]
Select video driver and optional port
As far as supported, possible video drivers
might be: xshm, xv, xvmc, xxmc, vidix, XDirectFB,
opengl, sdl or none
.TP
.B
\fB--display\fP=displayaddress
X11 display address
.TP
.B
\fB--wid\fP=id
Use existing X11 window
.TP
.B
\fB--aspect\fP=[auto|4:3|16:9|16:10|default]
Display aspect ratio (You can us a 
script to control the HW aspect ratio:
\fB--aspect\fP=auto:path_to_script)
.TP
.B
\fB--fullscreen\fP
Fullscreen mode
.TP
.B
\fB--hud\fP
Head Up Display OSD mode
.TP
.B
\fB--width\fP=x
Video window width
.TP
.B
\fB--height\fP=x
Video window height
.TP
.B
\fB--noscaling\fP
Disable all video scaling
.TP
.B
\fB--post\fP=name[:arg=val[,arg=val]]
Load and use xine post plugins, e.g.:
.RS
.IP \(bu 3
\fB--post\fP=upmix
.IP \(bu 3
\fB--post\fP=upmix;tvtime:enabled=1,cheap_mode=1)
.RE
.TP
.B
\fB--lirc\fP[=devicename]
Use lirc input device
Optional lirc socket name can be given
.TP
.B
\fB--verbose\fP
Verbose debug output
.TP
.B
\fB--silent\fP
Silent mode (report only errors)
.TP
.B
\fB--syslog\fP
Write all output to system log
.TP
.B
\fB--nokbd\fP
Disable keyboard input
.TP
.B
\fB--daemon\fP
Run as daemon (disable keyboard,
log to syslog and fork to background)
.TP
.B
\fB--slave\fP
Enable slave mode (read commands from stdin)
.TP
.B
\fB--reconnect\fP
Automatically reconnect when connection has been lost
.TP
.B
\fB--tcp\fP, \fB--udp\fP, \fB--rtp\fP
Use TCP, UDP or RTP transport
If no transport \fIoptions\fP are given, transports
are tried in following order:
local pipe, rtp, udp, tcp
.SH EXAMPLES
Search for VDR (xineliboutput) server, connect to it and
negotiate best available transport, use best available audio:
.PP
.nf
.fam C
    vdr-sxfe

.fam T
.fi
Connect to 192.168.1.3 default port and negoate best available
transport:
.PP
.nf
.fam C
    vdr-sxfe xvdr://192.168.1.3

.fam T
.fi
Connect to 192.168.2.100, port 12550 and use TCP transport:
.PP
.nf
.fam C
    vdr-sxfe xvdr+tcp://192.168.2.100:12550

.fam T
.fi
Automatically search for VDR server and use UDP transport:
.PP
.nf
.fam C
    vdr-sxfe xvdr+udp:
    vdr-syfe --udp

.fam T
.fi
Use alsa:
.PP
.nf
.fam C
    vdr-sxfe --audio alsa

.fam T
.fi
Use alsa (and specific card/sub-device):
.PP
.nf
.fam C
    vdr-sxfe --audio alsa:plughw:1,1

.fam T
.fi
Video driver (and display / device):
.PP
.nf
.fam C
    vdr-sxfe --video xv
    vdr-sxfe --video xvmc:127.0.0.1:1.0

.fam T
.fi
.SH NOTE
If deinterlacing post plugin \fIoptions\fP are not given at command line, 
deinterlacing is controlled by VDR plugin configuration menu settings.
.PP
De-interlacing can also be forced on or off with command-line option "\fB--post\fP tvtime".
Examples:
.PP
.nf
.fam C
    vdr-sxfe --post tvtime:method=Linear,cheap_mode=1,pulldown=0,use_progressive_frame_flag=1
    vdr-sxfe --post tvtime:enable=0

.fam T
.fi
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Tobias Grimm <etobi@debian.org>