# vdr -h
Usage: vdr [OPTIONS]

  -a CMD,   --audio=CMD    send Dolby Digital audio to stdin of command CMD
  -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)
  -E FILE,  --epgfile=FILE write the EPG data into the given FILE (default is
                           'epg.data' in the video directory)
                           '-E-' disables this
                           if FILE is a directory, the default EPG file will be
                           created in that directory
  -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
  -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: /dev/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
            --rcu[=PATH]   use a remote control device, attached to PATH
                           (default: /dev/ttyS1)
  -r CMD,   --record=CMD   call CMD before and after a recording
  -s CMD,   --shutdown=CMD call CMD to shutdown the computer
  -t TTY,   --terminal=TTY controlling tty
  -u USER,  --user=USER    run as user USER; only applicable if started as
                           root
            --userdump     allow coredumps if -u is given (debugging)
  -v DIR,   --video=DIR    use DIR as video directory (default: /var/lib/video.00)
  -V,       --version      print version information and exit
            --vfat         encode special characters in recording names to
                           avoid problems with VFAT file systems
  -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]"

osddemo (0.1.2) - Demo of arbitrary OSD setup
pictures (0.0.7) - A simple picture viewer

  -d DIR,   --dir=DIR      set the picture directory to DIR

skincurses (0.1.7) - A text only skin
svdrpdemo (0.0.3) - How to add SVDRP support to a plugin
streamdev-client (0.3.4-CVS) - VTP Streaming Client
status (0.3.0) - Status monitor test
femon (1.6.1) - DVB Signal Information Monitor (OSD)
bitstreamout (0.89b) - bit stream out to S/P-DIF of a sound card

  -o,        --onoff        enable an control entry in the main menu
  -m script, --mute=script  script for en/dis-able the spdif interface

xineliboutput (1.0.1) - X11/xine-lib output plugin

  -l NAME   --local=NAME   Use local frontend NAME
                           Supported frontends:
                           sxfe    (X11)
                           fbfe    (framebuffer)
                           none    (only remote frontends)
  -r PORT   --remote=PORT  Listen PORT for remote clients
                           (default 37890)
                           none or 0 disables remote mode
                           Also local interface address can be specified:
                           --remote=<ip>:<port>  (default is all interfaces)
  -A NAME   --audio=NAME   Use audio driver NAME for local frontend
                           Supported values:
                           auto, alsa, oss, esound, none
  -V NAME   --video=NAME   Use video driver NAME for local frontend
                           Supported values:
                           for sxfe: auto, x11, xshm, xv, xvmc, xxmc,
                                     vidix, sdl, opengl, none
                           for fbfe: auto, fb, DirectFB, vidixfb,
                                     sdl, dxr3, aadxr3, none
  -f        --fullscreen   Fullscreen mode (X11)
  -D        --hud          Head Up Display OSD (X11)
  -w        --width=x      Window width
  -h        --height=x     Window width
  -d DISP   --display=DISP Use X11 display DISP
                           (or framebuffer device name)
  -P NAME   --post=NAME    Use xine post plugin NAME
                           format: pluginname[:arg=val[,arg=val]][,...]
                           example: 
                           --post=upmix;tvtime:enabled=1,cheap_mode=1
  -p        --primary      Force xineliboutput to be primary device when
                           there are active frontend(s)
  -c        --exit-on-close  Exit vdr when local frontend window is closed

sky (0.3.7) - Sky Digibox interface
svcsvr (0.1.2) - Service demo server
streamdev-server (0.3.4-CVS) - VDR Streaming Server

  -r <CMD>, --remux=<CMD>  Define an external command for remuxing.

svccli (0.1.2) - Service demo client
hello (0.2.2) - A friendly greeting

  -a ABC,   --aaa=ABC      do something nice with ABC
  -b,       --bbb          activate 'plan B'

mplayer (0.10.1) - 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)

remote (0.4.0) - Remote control

  -i dev,   --input=dev    input device (/dev/input/... | autodetect)
  -l dev,   --lirc=dev     lirc device (/dev/lircd)
  -p tcp:n, --port=tcp:n   listen on tcp port <n>
  -t dev,   --tty=dev      tty device
  -T dev,   --TTY=dev      tty device with 'OSD'