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failed to start video disk recorder

Asked by michael

 vdr - the Video Disk Recorder.
 At least one DVB card is required to run vdr. These statements copied from https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man1/vdr.1.html

How can I clear the error from Ubuntu 22.04? I have never had a DVD card, nor do I connect to a TV.

uname -a Linux michael-Inspiron-620 5.19.0-46-generic #47~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Jun 21 15:35:31 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

lsb_release -Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy

Thank You for any help.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What DVB card do you have.......?

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michael (yellupcm-gmail) said : 		#2

I do not have a DVD card that I am aware of. Is there a terminal command, to find out?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/focal/man1/vdr.1.html

If you don't have one, how do you intend to use the application? You need hardware to get the TV signal to the PC.....

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#4

Don't confuse DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting, a system for receiving TV programs sent over satellites, cable and terrestrial antennas) and DVD (Digital Versatile Disc, a storage device).

What is the purpose that you want to use vdr - "Video Disk Recorder for DVB cards", if you don't have a DVB card?

If you just want to play the contents of a DVD, then you can use several other multimedia programs, e.g. vlc.

(Or what else do you want to do?)

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#6

For diagnostc purposes, what output do you receive for the following commands:

uname -a
lsb_release .crid
apt policy vdr
systemctl --no-pager --full status vdr

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#8

If you do not need that program, then I suggest uninstallin it.

What output do you receive for

apt --simulate purge --autoremove vdr

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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#10

I think the easiest way to get rid of the error message is uninstalling the program.

sudo apt purge --autoremove vdr

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michael (yellupcm-gmail) said : 		#11

Thanks Manfred Hampl, that solved my question.

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michael (yellupcm-gmail) said : 		#12

Manfred
I shut 22.04 down, all three errors were gone. Will check for them in future.

Thank You