Vbox-plugin

Description

File:Vbox-plugin.jpg

Screenshot

The vbox plugin is a frontend to the isdn answering machine vbox2.

The following features are supported

• Lists all calls recorded by vbox
• Plays the call through the DVB card.
• Multiple users (vboxes) supported
• Support the vbox-ctrls Stop, Answer all, Answer, Reject , Suspend
• Notifies of new calls recorded by vbox, while you are watching tv.
• Can resolve name from number with help of a script

Hardware requirements

• ISDN card

Software requirements

• libmad
• libsndfile
• vbox2

Installation

To install libmad

cd $SOURCEDIR
tar xvzf libmad-<VERSION>.tar.gz
cd libmad-<VERSION>
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
make install
ldconfig

and libsndfile

cd $SOURCEDIR
tar xvzf libsndfile-<VERSION>.tar.gz
cd libsndfile-<VERSION>
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
make install
ldconfig

For the plugins, see plugin installation.

Configuration

A vboxuser.conf file has to be created in the /etc/vdr/plugins configuration directory, consisting of a line

myserver:port:user1:passwort1:pin1

for every user. The pin is not used yet, but has to be there, set it to 0000. Port can be -1, then the standard vboxd port is used.

Try the vbox console client to test, if you can connect to the server before creating the conf file and running vdr.

Parameter

Parameter (short)	Parameter (long)	Description
-r SCRIPT	--resolvenumber=SCRIPT	Script to resolve names from numbers

Links

[1]	http://linvdr.org/download/vdr-vbox	Plugin homepage
[2]	http://www.underbit.com/products/mad	libmad homepage
[3]	http://www.zip.com.au/~erikd/libsndfile	libsndfile homepage