Well dunno why, but had to run VDR in DAEMON mode in order to run in a script. It runs fine without that mode if you just run it command line, but in order to run as a script you run in daemon mode or just end the script with an &. So either way solved my issue.! For anyone else that might encounter it! Chad Flynt wrote: > Hi, I am starting to play with the SoftDevice Plugin, and trying to > start VDR via a BASH script. All appears to start but it never > completes, and I don't get any output, and have no ability to Telnet > in to VDR. If I start via straight Command Line it works fine. Is > there something I am missing? Here is how I have a script setup. > > #!/bin/sh > cd /usr/local/bin > ./vdr -P"softdevice -vo dfb: -ao alsa:pcm=default" > > That is just an example but it is the jist of it. Script is > executable, and I run it with root priveledges. VDR does appear to > start up and I get scrolling text etc, but I get no video, nor can I > telnet in on port 2001 to control it. BUT, if I just run the ./vdr > script above with those options from command line it runs just fine. > And if I run VDR in a bash script with any other plugin and take out > the Softdevice plugin it works fine. Just trying to troubleshoot > where I might have something wrong. > Thanks for any help. > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr >
