Hi,
I have been investigating methods to view VDR recordings and live TV when traveling, with an Android phone and possible Chromecast.
Here's some pros can cons of the different methods I have tried:
VDR Manager plugin + android app: https://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/vdr-manager/wiki
+ Very clean app, great recordings and channel listings, easy to use. + Can also edit timers, use as remote control for VDR + DVB Subtitles work in both live and recordings! - Recordings can't be seeked, at least not with Android VLC! Very annoying.. - No transcoding for recordings, so must have a quick connection - Also Live-TV is transcoding is only with Streamdev's externremux, which is not very good.
Then there is Plex Media Server with VDR.bundle and plex-vdr-live-tv.bundle: https://hub.docker.com/r/jondalar/plex/
+ Nice app, although a bit complex for just VDR use. + Plex has very good transcoding with automatic rate control, based on your downlink speed + DVB subtitles work in recordings. + Recordings are seekable. + Plex is great for other media too, mp3 and movies etc - No DVB subtitles in live tv! - No other VDR control (timers) - No EPG, expect for current programs - Recordings are difficult to use, hard to find episodes of TV shows in correct order..
Does anyone have suggestions or ideas where to go from here? :) Plex stuff looks like it's not updated for years, but it also is something I could perhaps improve myself. VDR Manager's biggest problem is the lack of transcoding, but that would be very difficult to add.