Hi Klaus, Could you please delete line 577 from vdr.c or do something similar to let vdr continue even with read-only video directory? vdr runs fine with this patch on my system, and it's important for me, that vdr cannot write anything to the video directory. (see also http://pmrb.free.fr/vdr/) Here a small patch: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- --- vdr.c.orig 2013-03-09 21:13:57.846826771 +0100 +++ vdr.c 2013-03-09 21:16:33.503521762 +0100 @@ -574,7 +574,6 @@ if (!DirectoryOk(VideoDirectory, true)) { fprintf(stderr, "vdr: can't access video directory %s\n", VideoDirectory); - return 2; } // Daemon mode: --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- If you prefer, I can write a better patch: stop if not readable, warn if not writable. TIA, -- Peter _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr