[vdr] Re: vdr-xine start / stop in a dedicated HTPC context

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Nicolas Huillard <nhuillard@ghs.fr> writes:

> Hi,
>
> vdr + softdevice was a single program to start and stop, but vdr +
> vdr-xine is a server and a client.
> I am in the context of a dedicated HTPC : when I start it, both
> programs must run. When I stop it, both must stop. I have no keyboard
> or mouse to handle problems.
> The "/etc/init.d/vdr" script starts the vdr back-end (runvdr, which in
> turn runs vdr). The vdr user runs "startx" and have a "~/.xinitrc"
> script that run "xine-ui" with options.
>
> Problems, questions :
> * how do I restart just the xine-ui from the LIRC remote ?

how do you launch xine-ui 

> * can I be sure that when vdr restarts (restart menu option), xine
> will reconnect flawlessly and get the stream when it comes back (for
> now, it does not work like this here) ?

no idea, restart xine as well (i guess you launch xine-ui with the
vdr://blabla/url as option)
or use the --stdctl xine-ui's option to make it reopen the vdr://url

> * how do I make both problems dependent ? Is it desirable ?
> * more generaly : how do people handle this ?

I'm using freevo + its vdr_xine plugin.
Freevo handles videos/music/pictures/weather/&stuff and I use the
freevo's vdr_xine plugin and vdr+vdr-streamdev+vdr-xine to watch tv.
In that case freevo and vdr run all the time and xine-ui is launched and
controlled from freevo.

freevo is the only one receiving LIRC events, it then controls vdr
thru svdrp or thru xine --stdctl.

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