Welcome to VDR-Projects

What is this?

This page is meant to provide an overview about where which VDR plugin is currently maintained or if it is maintained at all. Additionally the “vdr-projects” GitHub organization can provide repositories for projects that are related to VDR.

Overview of known, still used, VDR plugins

Plugin name	Maintenance status	Working?	Hosting platform	Project page
ac3mode	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
autostart	Active maintainer	✔	Private	Project page
bgprocess	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
burn	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
cdplayer	Active maintainer	✔	Private	Project page
cecremote	Active maintainer	✔	Private	Project page
chanman	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
channellists	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
channelscan	Active maintainer	✔	Bitbucket	Project page
cinebars	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
clock	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
control	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
dbus2vdr	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
ddci2	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
devstatus	Active maintainer	✔	GitLab	Project page
dfatmo	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
dummydevice	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
duplicates	Active maintainer	✔	VDR-Developer	Project page
dvbapi	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
dvd	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
dynamite	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
eepg	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
epg2vdr	Active maintainer	✔	VDR-Developer	Project page
epgborder	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
epgfixer	Active maintainer	✔	VDR-Developer	Project page
epgsearch	Active maintainer	✔	VDR-Developer	Project page
epgsync	Unmaintained	✔ with Patch	Private	Project page Patch >vdr-2.4.1
externalplayer	Active maintainer	✔	Private	Project page
extrecmenu(ng)	Active maintainer	✔	GitLab	Project page
favorites	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
femon	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
filebrowser	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
fritzbox	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
gamepad	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
graphlcd	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
hddarchive	Unmaintained	✗	TBD	TBD
image	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
imonlcd	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
iptv	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
lcdproc	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
live	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
loadepg	Unmaintained	✗	TBD	TBD
markad	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
mcli	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
mp3	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
mplayer	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
mpv	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
neutrinoepg	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
noepg	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
osd2web	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
osdteletext	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
peer	Unmaintained	✔	TBD	TBD
play	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
plex	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
pulsecontrol	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
radio	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
recsearch	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
reelbox	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
remote	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
remoteosd	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
remotetimers	Unmaintained	✗	TBD	TBD
restfulapi	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
rpihddevice	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
rssreader	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
satip	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
scraper2vdr	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
skindesigner	Active maintainer	✔	GitLab	Project page
skinelchihd	Active maintainer	✔	Private	Project page
skinenigmang	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
skinflat	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
skinflatplus	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
skinlcarsng	Active maintainer	✔	GitLab	Project page
skinnopacity	Active maintainer	✔	GitLab	Project page
skinpearlhd	Unmaintained	✗	TBD	TBD
skinsoppalusikka	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
sleeptimer	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
softhdcuvid	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
softhddevice	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
streamdev	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
suspendoutput	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
svdrposd	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
svdrpservice	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
systeminfo	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
targavfd	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
text2skin	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
trayopenng	Active maintainer	✔	Private	Project page
tvguide	Active maintainer	✔	GitLab	Project page
tvguideng	Active maintainer	✔	GitLab	Project page
tvscraper	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
undelete	Active maintainer	✔	Private	Project page
upnp	Unmaintained	✗	TBD	TBD
vdrmanager	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
vdrtva	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
vnsiserver	Active maintainer	✔	GitHub	Project page
vompserver	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
weatherforecast	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
weatherng	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page
wirbelscan	Active maintainer	✔	Private	Project page
xineliboutput	Active maintainer	✔	SourceForge	Project page
xmltv2vdr	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
zaphistory	Unknown	✔	TBD	TBD
zappilot	Community maintained	✔	GitHub	Project page

How does “Community maintenance” work?

As an alternative to scattered patches all over the internet, once a project is obviously no longer maintained (no feedback from developer and no new versions for at least 6 months or longer), then this project can be mirrored to a repository below the “vdr-projects” organization.

Having a repository in context of the “vdr-projects” organization, where still someone can react to requests, allows to keep the plugin at least working with newer VDR versions based on community contributions. It provides an “active target” to point Pull-Requests to without someone needing to take responsibility for the whole project.

If a developer officially announces that he stops maintaining his project, then a repository below “vdr-projects” may be created earlier if noone decides to continue developing it somewhere else.

What if I want to take over a currently unmaintained project?

If someone wants to actively maintain a currently unmaintained project, then he can apply for commit permissions to the repository hosted in the “vdr-projects” organization at any time.

Keep in mind that this only works for a project in status “Community maintained”. For actively maintained projects, only the current maintainer can add new contributors!

If you don’t want to continue maintaining a project in its current repository (for example move it to your GitHub profile or to a different hosting platform), then it would be nice if you at least let us know, so the table at the start of this page can be updated.

Can I request a new repository in context of the vdr-projects organization?

Yes, you can. Just open an issue here.

What is the advantage of having my plugin hosted in context of the organization?

If the plugin ever gets unmaintained again, then the actual project homepage and all links would be still the same if someone else takes over.

Worst case the vdr-projects organization could even give ownership to someone else if a project is unmaintained for a long period of time and the current maintainer does not respond for whatever reason.

I’d like to communicate with you? How can I do that?

That’s easy. If you want to take over a plugin have someone removed from your plugin or for everything else, just open an issue here.

I am a developer and want to join you

That’s nice to hear. Open an issue here. Tell us in one or two sentences who you are and what you want to achieve. If we are satisfied, we’ll give you organization member status, which gives you the ability to add new repositories to the organization.