In <4546AC19.6090409@xxxxxx>, Udo Richter wrote: > Holding the SVDRP connection for a long time is not a good idea, since > VDR can only keep one SVDRP connection open at the same time. Holding > the line permanently would block out other uses like VDRAdmin or > EPGSearch plugin. ISTR reading about the one connection limitation, that's a good point. If it weren't for the freezing problem SVDRP would have suited my needs so far, but obviously it's an inadequate approach in the long term. > If you don't want to open the connection dynamically, you can write a > simple plugin that forwards the key presses. This shouldn't be too > difficult, since cRemote::Put is thread-safe, so you can open a socket > and forward incoming key presses from a simple thread. You could even go > the next step and write a real boxstar-remote plugin for VDR. > > 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. -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk
