[vdr] SVDRP connection freezes

[Udo Richter]

Tony Houghton wrote:
>> If you want to rely on existing stuff, maybe you can use the remote 
>> plugin from Oliver Endriss for your needs - it supports tty control and 
>> telnet control.
> 
> That sounds like the best idea. If I wrote my own plugin I'd probably
> just be effectively duplicating the telnet interface that's already
> there. It's well-supported (including a Debian package) and I was
> already using its input device functionality before for the Hauppauge
> remote. It never occurred to me to look for its telnet interface.

The telnet interface is more than just a key-input device, it also 
displays a text replication of the OSD menus and standard dialogs. But 
you can redirect that to /dev/null of course.

Cheers,

Udo