[vdr] How to change channels.conf externally into a running vdr?

[Gerald Dachs]

> I'm now killing my secondary vdr instances while the channels are copied
> by a cron job every night. It would be more practical for remote
> vdr-sxfe clients to keep vdr processes running to avoid loosing the
> streaming connection. Is it possible to signal somehow vdr to reread
> it's entire channels.conf when it has been changed externally? By SVDRP?

It sounds as if you are looking for the epgsync plugin. You can find it
here http://vdr.schmirler.de/.

Gerald