install vdr:

echo vdr vdr/create_video_dir boolean true|debconf-set-selections
unfreeze-rc.d
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get --yes install vdr vdr-plugin-xineliboutput vdr-plugin-femon vdr-plugin-streamdev-server vdradmin-am libxine1-xvdr xine-ui dvb-apps tcs w-scan
freeze-rc.d
sed -i 's/\(ENABLED\)=.*/\1=1/' /etc/default/vdr /etc/default/vdradmin-am
sed -i 's/\(ENABLE_SHUTDOWN\)=.*/\1=0/' /etc/default/vdr
/etc/init.d/vdr stop
wget -O /var/lib/vdr/remote.conf http://kanotix.com/files/fix/vdr-dev/remote.conf
chown vdr:vdr /var/lib/vdr/remote.conf
/etc/init.d/vdr restart
/etc/init.d/vdradmin-am restart

vdr client only:

apt-get install libxine1-xvdr xine-ui

xine start (replace 127.0.0.1 by server url for remote clients):

xine -g -D --no-splash "xvdr+tcp://127.0.0.1#nocache"

on the vdr server only, works even better:

xine -g -D --no-splash xvdr:/

xine start (replace 127.0.0.1 by server url for remote clients) - old variant:

xine -g -D --no-splash "xvdr:tcp://127.0.0.1#nocache;demux:mpeg_block"

scan dvb-s channels using w_scan:

/etc/init.d/vdr stop
w_scan -s S19E2 -fs | tcs -f 8859-1 > /var/lib/vdr/channels.conf
chown vdr:vdr /var/lib/vdr/channels.conf
/etc/init.d/vdr start

scan dvb-s channels (-E 0 -O 0) using w_scan:

/etc/init.d/vdr stop
w_scan -s S19E2 -fs -E 0 -O 0 | tcs -f 8859-1 > /var/lib/vdr/channels.conf
chown vdr:vdr /var/lib/vdr/channels.conf
/etc/init.d/vdr start

scan dvb-s free to air channels (-x 0) - using scan:

/etc/init.d/vdr stop
scan -t 3 -o vdr -x 0 /usr/share/dvb/dvb-s/Astra-19.2E > /var/lib/vdr/channels.conf
chown vdr:vdr /var/lib/vdr/channels.conf
/etc/init.d/vdr start

scan dvb-c channels using w_scan:

/etc/init.d/vdr stop
w_scan -c de -fc | tcs -f 8859-1 > /var/lib/vdr/channels.conf
chown vdr:vdr /var/lib/vdr/channels.conf
/etc/init.d/vdr start

scan dvb-t channels using w_scan:

/etc/init.d/vdr stop
w_scan -c de -ft | tcs -f 8859-1 > /var/lib/vdr/channels.conf
chown vdr:vdr /var/lib/vdr/channels.conf
/etc/init.d/vdr start

how to allow remote access:

sed -i s/127.0.0.1:// /etc/vdr/plugins/plugin.xineliboutput.conf

if there check also:

/etc/vdr/plugins/xineliboutput/allowed_hosts.conf

also needed:

/etc/vdr/svdrphosts.conf

for streamdev (port 3000):

/etc/vdr/plugins/streamdevhosts.conf

for vnsi [not preinstalled]:

/etc/vdr/plugins/vnsi-server/allowed_hosts.conf