vdradmind(8)

📦 version 3.6.15, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 vdradmind 💖

okay bestie, so vdradmind — that's the Web-based administration tool for VDR, and yes, it's from the System Manager's Manual, section 8, and it's literally about to be your new fav thing. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

vdradmind — a whole web-based administration tool for VDR, no cap 👑

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

vdradmind [OPTION]...

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically vdradmind hands you a webinterface for managing the Linux Video Disk Recorder (VDR). it's giving full control energy. it has a virtual remote so you can control your VDR, you can view live-tv as a small slideshow, you can search for certain shows in the EPG.... the list goes on fr fr 💅

by default vdradmind will listen on port 8001. remember that number, it's important.

⚠️ Note: Your VDR must be configured to be accessible via SVDRP from the machine you run vdradmind from. like, that's non-negotiable, it's the vibe check your setup has to pass 🙈

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --nofork / -n — do not fork on start of vdradmind. translation: vdradmind does not go into daemon-mode. it stays right here with you 🫶
  • --config / -c — asks you some questions so it can interactively generate the config-file /etc/vdradmin/vdradmind.conf. it's basically a lil interview, bestie 💖
  • --cfgdir dir/ / -d dir — path to the directory containing the VDRAdmin-AM config files. tell it where your stuff lives ✨
  • --kill / -k — kill a forked vdradmind. dramatic but necessary 💀
  • --pid pidfile / -p pidfile — set the pidfile to use. give it a home 📁
  • --ipv6 / -6 — use IPv6. [EXPERIMENTAL!] — yes it's flagged, yes you should know that going in 🔥
  • --ssl / -s — only accept https:// connections. secure girl summer 🎀
⚠️ NOTE: this requires server-cert.pem and server-key.pem in the "certs" directory. no certs, no vibes.

you can create them for example like this:

# openssl req -new -x509 -days 9999 -keyout server-rsa-key.pem -out server-cert.pem

# openssl rsa -in server-rsa-key.pem > server-key.pem
  • --log level / -l level — set log level for this session [0 - 7]. pick your level of yapping 📝
  • --help / -h — display a short message about the options of vdradmind. the cheat sheet, the lil recap, the tl;dr 🌸

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this man-page has been written by Thomas Schmidt <thomas@thsnet.de> and has been updated by Andreas Mair <amair.sob@googlemail.com>. legends, honestly 💜

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. periodt 📜

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

and that's the whole page bestie — vdradmind(8) from the System Manager's Manual, no date on this one, just pure iconic reference-doc energy. now go configure that SVDRP and slay 🌟💖✨

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