README.md

vdrProxy

A small flask app to proxy requests between Plex Media Server and the VDR together with the restfulapi and the streamdev-server plugin.

vdrProxy configuration

1. In vdrProxy.py configure options as per your setup.
2. Install dependencies you can use your distibution's packages:

   sudo apt-get install python-gevent python-flask python-requests
   

   or create a virtual environment as described below):

create a virtual python environment

1. Create a virtual enviroment: $ virtualenv venv
2. Activate the virtual enviroment: $ . venv/bin/activate
3. Install the requirements: $ pip install -r requirements.txt
4. Finally run the app with: $ python vdrProxy.py

Virtual host configuration

1. Add an entry in /etc/hosts file (or whatever your OS uses) on the machine running PMS:

   127.0.0.1	localhost
   127.0.0.1	vdrproxy
   

Configure web server (virtual host)

2. Configure a web server virtual host to listen for PMS on port 80 and proxy to vdrProxy on port 5004.

   Nginx example:

   server {
       listen       80;
       server_name  vdrproxy;
       location / {
           proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:5004;
       }
   }
   

systemd service configuration

A startup script for Ubuntu can be found in vdrProxy.service (change paths to your setup), install with:

```
$ sudo cp vdrProxy.service /etc/systemd/system/vdrProxy.service
$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
$ sudo systemctl enable vdrProxy.service
$ sudo systemctl start vdrProxy.service
```

upstart configuration

An upstart script for older Ubuntu installations can be found in vdrproxy.upstart (change paths to your setup), install with:

```
$ sudo cp vdrproxy.upstart /etc/init/vdrproxy.conf
$ sudo start vdrproxy
```

Plex configuration

Enter the virtual host name as the DVR device address (port not required): vdrproxy

VDR configuration

For the configuration of the VDR, the restful and the streamdev-server plugin use the vdr-wiki, or ask in the vdr-portal. The streamdev-server requires the provided externremux.sh script. Change the streamdev-server configuration so that is used.