[vdr] Re: OSD message plugin?

[Matthias Biel <Matthias.Biel@web.de>]

Bjorn Andersson wrote:

> has anyone implemented a plugin to show simple messages on the OSD from
> an external program? As an example, I would like to display on the OSD
> when there is an incoming phone call (I get the info via an ISDN card in
> my VDR box), and when I have new email in my mailbox.
>
> The plugin could for example listen on a UDP port and display for a
> couple of seconds on the OSD any text it receives on the port.
>  
This is already included in the VDR core.
The VDR archive contains a  program called svdrpsend.pl
This program is able (among other things) to send messages to VDRs OSD.
The hosts that are allowed to connect VDR must be configured via  /<your 
video0 dir>/svdrphosts.conf.
Here is a part of my callerid.conf, that sends a message when a call 
arrives:

[MSN]
NUMBER = 5
ALIAS  = Wohn
SI     = 1
ZONE   = 1
START = {
 [FLAG]
 FLAGS = IRU
 PROGRAM = svdrpsend.pl MESG \$19 \$2 : \$17
}




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