- Video Disk Recorder
Infobox_Software
name = VDR
caption = A screenshot of VDR
latest_release_version = 1.6.0
latest_release_date = March, 2008
developer = Klaus Schmidinger
operating_system =Linux
genre =Personal video recorder
license = GPL
website = http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr/VDR (Video Disk Recorder) is an
open source application forLinux designed to allow any computer to function as adigital video recorder , in order to record and replay TV programming using the computer'shard drive . The computer needs to be equipped with a digitalTV tuner card . VDR can also operate as an mp3 player andDVD player using availableplugin s. VDR uses drivers from theLinuxTV project.See also
*
Comparison of PVR software packages
*Ivtv
*tvtime
*Home theater PC
*Mythbuntu
*LinuxMCE , uses MythTV for PVR functions [http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/MythTV LinuxMCE wiki - MythTV]
*Schedules Direct Competing software
*
Freevo
*SageTV
*MythTV References
External links
* [http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr/ VDR Home page] Official website
* [http://pvrweb.com/ PVR Web] Help forum and How-to documents
* [http://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php VDR Wiki/English] VDR Wiki
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