<s>
Video	B-Application
Disk	I-Application
Recorder	I-Application
(	O
VDR	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
application	I-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
any	O
computer	O
to	O
function	O
as	O
a	O
digital	B-Application
video	I-Application
recorder	I-Application
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
record	O
and	O
replay	O
TV	O
programming	O
using	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
digital	O
TV	B-Device
tuner	I-Device
card	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
VDR	O
can	O
also	O
operate	O
as	O
an	O
mp3	O
player	O
and	O
DVD	B-Device
player	I-Device
using	O
available	O
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VDR	O
uses	O
drivers	O
from	O
the	O
LinuxTV	B-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VDR	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
by	O
Klaus-Peter	B-Language
Schmidinger	I-Language
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
founders	O
of	O
CadSoft	B-Language
Computer	I-Language
GmbH	I-Language
and	O
original	O
developer	O
of	O
the	O
EAGLE	B-Language
electronic	O
design	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
originally	O
hosted	O
on	O
CadSoft	B-Language
's	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
