René,
well you could go the hard way and try a mix of repository based VDR plus any self-compiled Plugins, in that case I would rather suggest to do everything by yourself inkl. VDR ...
Or a little easier Debian/Ubuntu way, look here: http://goo.gl/Xz7zm, usage: "sudo apt-add-repository ppa:yavdr/testing-vdr"
Our packages do base closely on Tobi's work.
=== Kind regards fnu