The vdr plugin is patched to use /var/lib/vdr-xine for fifos and so needs the part here. Don't remove this patch. Signed-off-by: Ludwig Nussel Index: xine-lib-1.1.9/src/vdr/input_vdr.c =================================================================== --- xine-lib-1.1.9.orig/src/vdr/input_vdr.c +++ xine-lib-1.1.9/src/vdr/input_vdr.c @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ #define VDR_MAX_NUM_WINDOWS 16 -#define VDR_ABS_FIFO_DIR "/tmp/vdr-xine" +#define VDR_ABS_FIFO_DIR "/var/lib/vdr-xine" #define BUF_SIZE 1024