hello, - the idea : i try to control a dvb-t card with vdr from another computer. server : desktop with a hauppauge dvb-t card (software decoding) client : laptop with 100 mbit card. both suse 9.3, kernel 2.6.11.4, dvb driver included, firewall disabled during tests. vdr-1.2.6-88 vdr-plugins-0.5-87 kvdr-0.62-5 - driver test : the card is working fine if i launch kaffeine (xine frontend) with direct access to the dvb card driver, without using vdr. - vdr setup : there's no hard decoder on the card, so i've setup vdr to use xine plugin with "-r" option to allow remote control. i don't know if this remote control is related to "svdrphosts.conf", but i have 127.0.0.1 and 0.0.0.0/0 UNcommented in this file ... - running : once vdr is launched (runvdr or rcvdr) with xine plugin, i try to connect from the same computer with : 1. "kvdr -x" : nothing happens. 2. "xineplayer myservername" xineplayer included with vdr-plugins. vdr-xine log says : external connecting external connected external commands not allowed! what have i done wrong ? any ideas ? most info i can find is in german, and i don't speak german at all. i've been trying for a long time now and i'm lost. thanks for your help, paul.