Hi again,
I've planned to do this for years, now I finally made it: Here's the first release of the new peer plugin. The plugin is meant for those who don't have a client/server environment (i.e. all recordings done on one server) but rather peer-to-peer (multiple VDRs, all with their own DVB cards). But also for the client/server guys the plugin might include some handy features. Download from http://vdr.schmirler.de.
These are the features: * Add/edit/remove timers on local and peer VDR or move timers between them (using remotetimers-plugin) * Access menu of peer (using remoteosd-plugin) * Send an OSD message to peer * Show device status of peer * Get notified next time replay finishes on peer * Send a Wake-on-LAN magic packet to peer
Some things surely could be expanded further (like the device status) or are just a proof of concept (replay finished notification).
The requirements of this plugin heavily depend on the features you want to use. To use all features, you would have to grant SVDRP access for all peers and install the the plugins peer, remotetimers, remoteosd, svdrposd and svdrpservice on all peers. Check the README for the exact requirements by feature.
At least remotetimers/remoteosd version 1.0.0 is required for use with peer. Upon request I can provide patches for older versions of remotetimers/remoteosd.j
In the peer sources a Makefile for VDR < 1.7.36 is included, however I don't know how far peer will be compatible with older VDR versions.
Have fun! Frank