VDR integration

Feature Requests
1

VDR is a great piece of software with many features - and other kodi implemenatations offer a VDR in their addons, osmc does not.

There are now VDR packages available from my German fellow Tobi:

E-Tobis OSMC VDR repo

and there is an instruction set how to install VDR from scratch:

Howto-install-vdr-and-vnsiserver-to-watch-live-tv

But still nobody seems to have a solution for a smooth and easy integration into osmc - or just point me to the right page…
If not - I’ll be happy to do the testing…

Cheers,
Wolf

2

Well to be honest I am not sure which part (client or server) you are refering to. But as you write “addons” I assume you mean client.
OSMC has the VDR client addon since day one (see screenshot).

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3

Actually, I’m talking about the server.

4

I learned that osmc does provide a VDR (video disk recorder) as an addon.
I cannot find it amongst addons. Which is the path to find and install it?

Wolf

5

Ok, I learned that I’m looking for VDR server, which seems not to be a part of osmc

6

You will need to install it manually

OSMC is a full Debian system so you can either install via apt or build it from source

Sam

7

Which as Sam wrote you can install as on any other Debian system.
But as you have tvheadend in the App Store question remains why you are eager on VDR

8

I just corrected my instructions at [HowTo]: install vdr and vnsiserver to watch live-tv and it should build and work now after a reboot, if your TV-Stick is correctly installed and recognized.

9

After a little experience one could say:

  • (When compiled once, )VDR is much easier to set up - most things are done automatically
  • VDR has a very useful cutting and editing feature (which does not work at the moment when just compiled into osmc)
  • TVHeadend’s EPG feature is stunningly fast - but overall VDR’s seems to be slightly more sophisticated (this impression may come from my lack of experience with TVHeadend)
  • VDR preserves much more info about the recording in its info file, which can be quite useful
  • Not sure whether all of VDR’s plugins are available for TVHeadend as well (missed an android app called “VDRmanager” to use a smartphone as a very sophisticated remote control)

In general, it’s always good to have more choices - and if available with ease, I’m quite certain that VDR would find a number of friends in the osmc environment as well.