jVDR

3.2 Download & Extract

Download the most recent version jvdr-<version>.tgz and extract the archive with tar -xvzf jvdr-<version>.tgz. Single jvdr-<version>[a-z].jar files in the download section of SF are bugfixes. You can download and execute them. Additional update steps are not required.

3.3 Configuration

The global configuration file is jvdr.xml. There configuration file is divided into several section, for the first start you have to define at least the <net/> entries.

modules

You can choose the language (currently de and some parts in en) and activate the modules svdrp (the communication with VDR) and podcast (the creation and management of Video-Podcasts.

port

The port of the http-Server can be defined as well as the hostname if you are using services like DynDNS.

svdrp describes the connection to the VDR.

images

You have two specify some directories where images are stored.

tmp is used for the badge support (see section Kap. 2.5.1). Images are rendered once and then saved in this folder. We propose a subfolder images of your podcast tmp directory.
persistent is used for all captured images.

admin

The define the users who have admin rights for jVDR. The first user ( id=1) will be the first administrator.

vdr userid

There are several options available for presenting VDR information or default options for specific setting:

timer define the default (global) settings for timers. The record will start minBefore minutes before the program starts and will end minAfter after the planned end of the program. In the before and after section you can define t times which are presented to the user to chose from.
smartepg
limit
channels define the range of channels for which information are collected and then presented to the user. There is more than one range possible.
program will show the program at the specified times for the user.

Listing: Example of jvdr.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<config>
 <modules language="en">
  <module typ="svdrp">true</module>
  <module typ="podcast">true</module>
  <module typ="imagesearch">true</module>
 </modules>
 <net>
  <http port="8080" hostname="localhost"/>
  <svdrp host="localhost" port="2001" encoding="ISO-8859-15"/>
   </net>
 <admin>
    <userid>1</userid>
 </admin>
 <hsql>
    <db name="dist/jirvdrDB"/>
 </hsql>
 <images>
  <dir typ="tmp">/tmp/vdr/images</dir>
  <dir typ="persistent">resources/images/thumb</dir>
 </images>
 <podcast>
  <dir typ="vdrvideo">/Users/thorsten/Documents/video</dir>
  <dir typ="tmp">/tmp/vdr</dir>
  <dir typ="http">/tmp</dir>
  <filename>
   <suffix description="MPEG-4">mp4</suffix>
   <suffix description="Flash-Video">flv</suffix>
  </filename>
  <encoder maxinstances="2" autostart="true"/>
  <audio>
   <default typ="bit">160</default>
   <default typ="sampling">44100</default>
   <codecs>
    <codec description="AAC">aac</codec>
   </codecs>
  </audio>
  <video>
   <default typ="bit">500</default>
   <codecs>
    <codec description="H.264">mp4</codec>
    <codec description="Flash-Video">flv</codec>    
   </codecs>
  </video>
  <http>
   <server>localhost</server>
   <port>80</port>
   <basedir>/test</basedir>
  </http>
 </podcast>
  <vdr>
   <timer minBefore="5" minAfter="10">
    <before><t>1</t><t>2</t><t>3</t><t>5</t><t>10</t><t>15</t></before>
    <after><t>1</t><t>2</t><t>3</t><t>5</t><t>10</t><t>15</t><t>20</t></after>
   </timer>
   <smartepg rangeDown="30" rangeUp="30">
    <down><t>30</t><t>60</t><t>90</t><t>120</t></down>
    <up><t>30</t><t>60</t><t>90</t><t>120</t></up>
   </smartepg>
   <limit>
    <programentries start="1" stop="15"/>
   </limit>
   <channels>
    <range start="1" stop="7">Hauptprogramme</range>
   </channels>
   <program>
    <times>
     <time description="Jetzt läuft">NOW</time>
     <time description="Danach läuft">NEXT</time>
     <time description="Um 20:15">20:15</time>
     <time description="Um 22:45">22:45</time>
    </times>
   </program>
  </vdr>
</config>