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

[Jouni Karvo <kex@netlab.hut.fi>]

hello,

 > 
 > Problems, questions :
 > * how do I restart just the xine-ui from the LIRC remote ?

edit commands.conf to include a command, like 
killall xine; xine ...

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

I have modified runvdr to look a bit like this:

while () {
(sleep 4; xine ....)&
vdr ...
killall xine 
<driver stuff>
}

yours,
		Jouni

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