Video Disk Recorder
Encyclopedia
VDR is an open source
application for Linux
designed to allow any computer to function as a digital video recorder
, in order to record and replay TV programming using the computer's hard drive. The computer needs to be equipped with a digital TV tuner card
. VDR can also operate as an mp3 player and DVD player
using available plugins. VDR uses drivers from the LinuxTV
project.
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
application for Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
designed to allow any computer to function as a digital video recorder
Digital video recorder
A digital video recorder , sometimes referred to by the merchandising term personal video recorder , is a consumer electronics device or application software that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card or other local or networked mass storage device...
, in order to record and replay TV programming using the computer's hard drive. The computer needs to be equipped with a digital TV tuner card
TV tuner card
A TV tuner card is a kind of television tuner that allows television signals to be received by a computer. Most TV tuners also function as video capture cards, allowing them to record television programs onto a hard disk much like the Tivo digital video recorder does.-Variants: The interfaces for...
. VDR can also operate as an mp3 player and DVD player
DVD player
A DVD player is a device that plays discs produced under both the DVD-Video and DVD-Audio technical standards, two different and incompatible standards. These devices were invented in 1997 and continue to thrive...
using available plugins. VDR uses drivers from the LinuxTV
LinuxTV
The LinuxTV project is an informal group of volunteers who develop software related to digital television for the Linux operating system. The community develops and maintains the DVB driver subsystem which is part of the Linux 2.6.x kernel...
project.
External links
- VDR (The Video Disk Recorder) Home page Official website
- PVR Web Help forum and How-to documents
- VDR Wiki/English VDR Wiki