Video Disk Recorder (VDR) is an
open-source application for
Linux
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designed to allow any computer to function as a
digital video recorder
A digital video recorder (DVR) is an electronic device that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card, SSD or other local or networked mass storage device. The term includes set-top boxes with direct to ...
, in order to record and replay TV programming using the computer's
hard drive
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. The computer needs to be equipped with a digital
TV tuner card. VDR can also operate as an
mp3 player
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and
DVD player
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using available
plugins. VDR uses drivers from the
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project. VDR was originally written by
Klaus-Peter Schmidinger
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, one of the founders of
CadSoft Computer GmbH
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and original developer of the
EAGLE
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electronic design application.
The software was originally hosted on CadSoft's server.
See also
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Comparison of PVR software packages
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External links
VDR (The Video Disk Recorder) Home pageOfficial website
VDR Wiki/EnglishVDR Wiki
{{Home theater PC (application software)
Free video software
Television technology
Television time shifting technology
Video recording software