RSS Reader plugin for VDR

for vdr-1.4.0+

2006-07-01: Version 1.0.1

- Added French translation (Thanks to Patrice Staudt).
- Updated "example/rssreader.conf".

Older versions can be found here.

Readme

This is an RSS Reader plugin for the Video Disk Recorder (VDR).

Written by:                  R o l f . A h r e n b e r g @ s c i . f i
Project's homepage:          http://www.saunalahti.fi/~rahrenbe/vdr/rssreader/
Latest version available at: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~rahrenbe/vdr/rssreader/

See the file COPYING for license information.

Requirements:

- Expat XML Parser library version 1.95.8 or newer (http://expat.sourceforge.net/)
- CURL library 7.15.1 or newer (http://curl.haxx.se/)

Description:

The RSS Reader plugin provides a simple OSD menu based user interface
for reading user-defined RSS streams.

The current code is heavily reusing the VOD plugin by Olivier Jacques.
Huge thanks to the original author!

Installation:

cd /put/your/path/here/VDR/PLUGINS/src
tar -xzf /put/your/path/here/vdr-rssreader-X.Y.Z.tgz
ln -s rssreader-X.Y.Z rssreader
cp rssreader/example/rssreader.conf /path/to/vdrconf/plugins/
cd /put/your/path/here/VDR
make
make plugins
./vdr -P rssreader

Configuration:

RSS streams are defined in rssreader.conf located in VDR's configuration
directory for plugins. Check the configuration file under "example"
subdirectory for further information.

Notes:

- No news is good news.

Screenshots