Hi, Paul Guermonprez wrote: > - 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! Well, you've got something wrong: the included xineplayer is not what you expect it to be. It is to be used in combination with the mplayer plugin, as a "substitute" of mplayer. When VDR has been started, just run xine to get a picture: xine -V xv -A alsa vdr:/tmp/vdr-xine/stream#demux:mpeg_pes Bye. -- Dipl.-Inform. (FH) Reinhard Nissl mailto:rnissl@xxxxxx