[vdr] VDR unit testing setup

Hello,

I'm looking for suggestions on how to best setup VDR for unit testing.

I'm working on a Python library that provides access to VDR's channels, timers, etc. Currently, it supports SVDRP and file-based access. Other types of connections like RESTful might follow.

Setting up unit tests for file-based components is rather straightforward. It doesn't require a running VDR and I can use test files as required.

Unit tests for SVDRP based components seem to require a running VDR in different reproducable states (data, time, VDR version, ...). I'm not sure what would be the best way to achieve that. May be, I can use a virtual machine, ideally without any real DVB hardware?

Thanks, Malte