vdrLive

Live TV & recordings from VDR

Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Rebuilt: live TV, program guide, timers and recordings of your Video Disk Recorder on iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo – with picture in picture and background radio. vdrLive connects your iPhone and iPad to your Video Disk Recorder (VDR) on the local network. Home screen • The channel you watched last with the current program; tap to tune in • Continue watching, on TV now, tonight and new recordings at a glance Live TV and radio • Watch all channels through the streamdev-server plugin, including MPEG-2, H.264 and HEVC, stereo and AC-3 • Swipe to change channels, see the current and next program • Choose audio track and subtitles, adjust deinterlacing and buffering • Mini player (iOS 26.1 or later): playback continues while you browse the guide or your recordings • Picture in picture: the video keeps playing in a floating window, even when you leave the app • Radio keeps playing in the background, with Lock Screen controls iPad and iPhone Duo • Home screen, recordings and timers in two columns: list and details side by side • Channel list next to the playing video • iPhone Duo: partially folded, video and controls sit side by side or one above the other; playback continues as you open and close it Program guide • Guide per channel and guide grid on iPad and the unfolded iPhone Duo • Full-text search in the loaded guide • Create timers with pre- and post-recording margins directly from program details • Programs that already have a timer are marked Timers and recordings • Create, edit, deactivate and delete timers • Timer conflicts and search timers when epgsearch is installed • Recordings in folders, resume where you left off • Rename, move and delete recordings, or play them on the TV connected to the VDR More • Remote control for the VDR • Channel logos as well as images and series details for programs and recordings when restfulapi and a scraper plugin are installed • Find VDRs on the local network, multiple servers • Demo mode with fictional channels to try the app without a VDR • Settings from vdrLive 2 are imported Requirements • VDR with SVDRP access for this device (svdrphosts.conf) • For playback: streamdev-server plugin with its HTTP server enabled; it must also allow this device (streamdevhosts.conf). Recordings require streamdev-server 0.6.1 or later • Optional: restfulapi (logos, images), scraper2vdr or tvscraper (images and series details), epgsearch (search timers, conflicts) • More › Settings › VDR Requirements shows which of these are met vdrLive Pro Without a purchase, each playback ends after 3 minutes; all other features can be used without restriction. The in-app purchase vdrLive Pro removes this limit permanently. A purchase from vdrLive 2 remains valid.

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vdrLive has been completely rebuilt. • Home screen with the channel you watched last, continue watching and tonight's programs • New playback with faster channel changes and support for HEVC and AC-3 • Mini player above the tab bar (iOS 26.1 or later) and picture in picture • For iPad and iPhone Duo: two columns, channel list next to the video, folded postures of iPhone Duo • Guide grid on iPad, full-text search, marks for existing timers • Edit timers, timer conflicts and search timers (epgsearch) • Resume, rename and move recordings • Background radio with Lock Screen controls • Channel logos as well as images for programs and recordings through restfulapi • VDR Requirements overview that checks your server • Restore purchases; your purchase from version 2 remains valid The Apple Watch app is not included in this version and will return in a later version.

Version 3.0

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    Information

    Seller
    R&M SimplyTechnologies GmbH
    Size
    55.7 MB
    Category
    Entertainment
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and German
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    © 2026 R&M SimplyTechnologies GmbH
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