---
name: "vdr-sxfe"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xineliboutput-sxfe"
version: "2.3.0-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vdr-sxfe"
---

# vdr-sxfe(1)

Remote X-Server frontend for vdr-plugin-xineliboutput

## NAME

**vdr-sxfe** - Remote X-Server frontend for vdr-plugin-xineliboutput

## SYNOPSIS

```
vdr-sxfe [options] [xvdr[+udp|+tcp|+rtp]:[//host[:port]]]
```

## DESCRIPTION

**vdr-sxfe is a X/Xv/XvMc remote frontend, that plays back streams provided by** **vdr-plugin-xineliboutput.**

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  **Show (this) help message**

- **--audio=audiodriver\[:device\]**

  **Select audio driver and optional port**

- **--video=videodriver\[:device\]**

  **Select video driver and optional port** **As far as supported, possible video drivers** **might be: xshm, xv, xvmc, xxmc, vidix, XDirectFB,** **opengl, sdl or none**

- **--display=displayaddress**

  **X11 display address**

- **--wid=id**

  **Use existing X11 window**

- **--aspect=\[auto\|4:3\|16:9\|16:10\|default\]**

  **Display aspect ratio (You can us a**  **script to control the HW aspect ratio:** **--aspect=auto:path\_to\_script)**

- **--fullscreen**

  **Fullscreen mode**

- **--hud**

  **Head Up Display OSD mode**

- **--width=x**

  **Video window width**

- **--height=x**

  **Video window height**

- **--noscaling**

  **Disable all video scaling**

- **--post=name\[:arg=val\[,arg=val\]\]**

  **Load and use xine post plugins, e.g.:**

  - •

    **--post=upmix**

  - •

    **--post=upmix;tvtime:enabled=1,cheap\_mode=1)**

- **--lirc\[=devicename\]**

  **Use lirc input device** **Optional lirc socket name can be given**

- **--verbose**

  **Verbose debug output**

- **--silent**

  **Silent mode (report only errors)**

- **--syslog**

  **Write all output to system log**

- **--nokbd**

  **Disable keyboard input**

- **--daemon**

  **Run as daemon (disable keyboard,** **log to syslog and fork to background)**

- **--slave**

  **Enable slave mode (read commands from stdin)**

- **--reconnect**

  **Automatically reconnect when connection has been lost**

- **--tcp, --udp, --rtp**

  **Use TCP, UDP or RTP transport** **If no transport** *options* **are given, transports** **are tried in following order:** **local pipe, rtp, udp, tcp**

## EXAMPLES

**Search for VDR (xineliboutput) server, connect to it and** **negotiate best available transport, use best available audio:**

```
    vdr-sxfe
```

**Connect to 192.168.1.3 default port and negoate best available** **transport:**

```
    vdr-sxfe xvdr://192.168.1.3
```

**Connect to 192.168.2.100, port 12550 and use TCP transport:**

```
    vdr-sxfe xvdr+tcp://192.168.2.100:12550
```

**Automatically search for VDR server and use UDP transport:**

```
    vdr-sxfe xvdr+udp:
    vdr-syfe --udp
```

**Use alsa:**

```
    vdr-sxfe --audio alsa
```

**Use alsa (and specific card/sub-device):**

```
    vdr-sxfe --audio alsa:plughw:1,1
```

**Video driver (and display / device):**

```
    vdr-sxfe --video xv
    vdr-sxfe --video xvmc:127.0.0.1:1.0
```

## NOTE

**If deinterlacing post plugin** *options* **are not given at command line,**  **deinterlacing is controlled by VDR plugin configuration menu settings.**

**De-interlacing can also be forced on or off with command-line option "--post tvtime".** **Examples:**

```
    vdr-sxfe --post tvtime:method=Linear,cheap_mode=1,pulldown=0,use_progressive_frame_flag=1
    vdr-sxfe --post tvtime:enable=0
```

## AUTHOR

**This manual page was written by Tobias Grimm \<etobi@debian.org\>**