How to Install and Uninstall vdr-plugin-softhddevice Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "vdr-plugin-softhddevice" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install vdr-plugin-softhddevice on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                vdr-plugin-softhddevice
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "vdr-plugin-softhddevice" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall vdr-plugin-softhddevice on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                vdr-plugin-softhddevice
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the vdr-plugin-softhddevice package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: vdr-plugin-softhddevice
Priority: extra
Section: universe/video
Installed-Size: 276
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tobias Grimm
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.0+git20150324-2
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (>= 7:2.4) | libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (>= 7:2.4), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libswresample-ffmpeg1 (>= 7:2.4), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libx11-6, libx11-xcb1, libxcb-dpms0, libxcb-icccm4 (>= 0.4.1), libxcb-screensaver0, libxcb1, vdr-abi-2.2.0-debian
Filename: pool/universe/v/vdr-plugin-softhddevice/vdr-plugin-softhddevice_0.6.0+git20150324-2_amd64.deb
Size: 96882
MD5sum: fa7141a2b74c87c4b17322854cd3afa0
SHA1: f59da1ff47c704976a2da79a4a51bbb7c572bb47
SHA256: 394d2d965ef9fbb3b21ea64dd914d2701c0b1cfb560a38611d1b0107a3d6ddca
Description-en: HD output device plugin for VDR
This plugin for the Linux Video Disc Recorder (VDR) acts as
a output frontend with CPU / VA-API / VDPAU supported video
decoding.
Description-md5: 27bbc2dfe2002efaad84299827896156
Homepage: http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-softhddevice
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu