diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/build b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..040e514757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/build
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fPIC"
+LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fPIC"
+
+VDR_DIR=`basename $BUILD/vdr-[0-9]*`
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+  PWD=`pwd`
+  make VDRDIR="$PWD/../$VDR_DIR" LIBDIR="." LOCALEDIR="./locale"
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/meta b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c145cd4648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="vdr-control"
+PKG_VERSION="0.0.2a"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://ricomp.de/vdr/"
+PKG_URL="http://ricomp.de/vdr/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tgz"
+PKG_DEPENDS="vdr"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain vdr"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="multimedia"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="vdr control plugin"
+PKG_LONGDESC="vdr control plugin"
+
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/patches/vdr-control-0.0.2a-01_Makefile-fPIC-fix.patch b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/patches/vdr-control-0.0.2a-01_Makefile-fPIC-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3380b8fcb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/patches/vdr-control-0.0.2a-01_Makefile-fPIC-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
+
+## Makefile-fPIC-fix patch
+##
+## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch.
+## DP: Adds -fPIC to Makefile to fix potential FTBFS.
+
+@DPATCH@
+diff -urNad /usr/src/cvs/vdrdevel-plugin-rotor/Makefile vdrdevel-plugin-rotor/Makefile
+--- /usr/src/cvs/vdrdevel-plugin-rotor/Makefile	Sun May 16 15:48:12 2004
++++ vdrdevel-plugin-rotor/Makefile	Sat Sep 11 00:28:18 2004
+@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
+ ### The C++ compiler and options:
+ 
+ CXX      ?= g++
+-CXXFLAGS ?= -O2 -Wall -Woverloaded-virtual
++CXXFLAGS ?= -fPIC -O2 -Wall -Woverloaded-virtual
+ 
+ ### The directory environment:
+ 
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/patches/vdr-control-0.0.2a-02_gateway.patch b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/patches/vdr-control-0.0.2a-02_gateway.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f46c18b9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/patches/vdr-control-0.0.2a-02_gateway.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
+## 02_gateway.dpatch by Walter, dg9ep @ vdrportal.de
+##
+## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch.
+## DP: Fixes problems when ending a telnet session with ctrl-c
+## DP: see: http://www.vdr-portal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=49680
+
+@DPATCH@
+diff -urNad vdr-plugin-control-0.0.2a~/gateway.c vdr-plugin-control-0.0.2a/gateway.c
+--- vdr-plugin-control-0.0.2a~/gateway.c	2004-07-02 21:24:22.000000000 +0200
++++ vdr-plugin-control-0.0.2a/gateway.c	2007-04-12 22:51:16.000000000 +0200
+@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
+   _pTelnet	(0),
+   _pFormatter   (0)
+ {
+-  gl_CtrlGatewayCol.Add(this);
++//  gl_CtrlGatewayCol.Add(this);
+ 
+ //  if (! cKbdRemoteForControl::_pRemote)
+ //    cKbdRemoteForControl::_pRemote = new cKbdRemoteForControl();
+@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@
+ 
+ //  UnprepareSocket();
+ 
+-  if (! _terminating)
+-    gl_CtrlGatewayCol.Del(this);
++//  if (! _terminating)
++//    gl_CtrlGatewayCol.Del(this);
+ 
+   conDSYSLOG("gateway thread ended (pid=%d)", getpid());
+ conLOG_GATEW("gateway thread ended (pid=%d)", getpid());
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/patches/vdr-control-0.0.2a-92_control-1.3.18.patch b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/patches/vdr-control-0.0.2a-92_control-1.3.18.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e6a100f24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/patches/vdr-control-0.0.2a-92_control-1.3.18.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
+
+## control-1.3.18 patch - by Thomas Günther <tom@toms-cafe.de>
+##
+## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch.
+## DP: Changes for VDR >= 1.3.18.
+
+@DPATCH@
+--- control-0.0.2a/gateway.c
++++ control-0.0.2a/gateway.c
+@@ -102,7 +102,12 @@
+ 
+       uint64 Command = 0;
+       uint i = 0;
++#if VDRVERSNUM >= 10318
++      cTimeMs timeout;
++      timeout.Set(100);
++#else
+       int t0 = time_ms();
++#endif
+       while (_active && i < sizeof(Command)) {
+ 
+         uchar ch;
+@@ -131,7 +136,11 @@
+           // of their codes, so we'll need to wait some 100ms to see if
+           // there is more coming up - or whether this really is the 'ESC'
+           // key (if somebody knows how to clean this up, please let me know):
++#if VDRVERSNUM >= 10318
++          if (Command == 0x1B && !timeout.TimedOut())
++#else
+           if (Command == 0x1B && time_ms() - t0 < 100)
++#endif
+             continue;
+ 
+           if (Command) {
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/patches/vdr-control-0.0.2a-93_control-0.0.2a-1.5.0.patch b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/patches/vdr-control-0.0.2a-93_control-0.0.2a-1.5.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7ebfe3a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/patches/vdr-control-0.0.2a-93_control-0.0.2a-1.5.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
+## 93_control-0.0.2a-1.5.0.dpatch by Thomas Günther <tom@toms-cafe.de>
+##
+## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch.
+## DP: Changes for VDR >= 1.5.0 (applicable to VDR >= 1.4.5).
+
+@DPATCH@
+--- control-0.0.2a/gateway.c
++++ control-0.0.2a/gateway.c
+@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
+ 
+     if (_stack.poll(100)) {
+ 
+-      uint64 Command = 0;
++      uint64_t Command = 0;
+       uint i = 0;
+       int t0 = time_ms();
+       while (_active && i < sizeof(Command)) {
+--- control-0.0.2a/keyboard.c
++++ control-0.0.2a/keyboard.c
+@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
+ 
+ struct tKbdMap {
+   eKbdFunc func;
+-  uint64 code;
++  uint64_t code;
+ };
+ 
+ 
+@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+ 
+-bool cCtrlKeyboard::intPut(uint64 Command, bool Repeat, bool Release) {
++bool cCtrlKeyboard::intPut(uint64_t Command, bool Repeat, bool Release) {
+ 
+   bool ret = cRemote::Put(Command, Repeat, Release);
+ conLOG_KEYB("%s cKbdRemoteForControl::intPut(0x%016LX)", ret ? "true" : "false", Command);
+@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+ 
+-bool cCtrlKeyboard::Put(uint64 Command, bool Repeat, bool Release) {
++bool cCtrlKeyboard::Put(uint64_t Command, bool Repeat, bool Release) {
+ 
+   if (! _pRemote)
+     _pRemote = new cCtrlKeyboard();
+@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+ 
+-int cCtrlKeyboard::MapCodeToFunc(uint64 Code) {
++int cCtrlKeyboard::MapCodeToFunc(uint64_t Code) {
+ 
+   for (const tKbdMap *p = keyboardKbdMap; p->func != kfNone; p++) {
+     if (p->code == Code)
+--- control-0.0.2a/keyboard.h
++++ control-0.0.2a/keyboard.h
+@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
+   cCtrlKeyboard();
+   virtual ~cCtrlKeyboard();
+ 
+-  bool intPut(uint64 Command, bool Repeat, bool Release);
++  bool intPut(uint64_t Command, bool Repeat, bool Release);
+ 
+ public:
+-  static bool Put(uint64 Command, bool Repeat = false, bool Release = false);
+-  static int MapCodeToFunc(uint64 Code);
++  static bool Put(uint64_t Command, bool Repeat = false, bool Release = false);
++  static int MapCodeToFunc(uint64_t Code);
+ };
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/patches/vdr-control-0.0.2a-94_gcc-4.4.patch b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/patches/vdr-control-0.0.2a-94_gcc-4.4.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09292c75d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/patches/vdr-control-0.0.2a-94_gcc-4.4.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
+## 94_gcc-4.4.dpatch by Tobias Grimm <etobi@debian.org>
+##
+## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch.
+## DP: No description.
+
+@DPATCH@
+diff -urNad vdr-plugin-control-0.0.2a~/formatter.c vdr-plugin-control-0.0.2a/formatter.c
+--- vdr-plugin-control-0.0.2a~/formatter.c	2004-07-02 21:24:22.000000000 +0200
++++ vdr-plugin-control-0.0.2a/formatter.c	2009-11-11 22:07:56.000000000 +0100
+@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
+ 
+   if (Title) {
+ 
+-    char* t = strchr(Title, '\t');
++    const char* t = strchr(Title, '\t');
+     if (t) {
+ 
+       int size = t - Title;
+@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
+ 
+   for (;;) {
+ 
+-    char* t = strchr(text, '\t');
++    const char* t = strchr(text, '\t');
+     if (t) {
+       // Tab found - check if the tab can be used
+ 
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/rename b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/rename
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2cd5321a03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-control/rename
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+cd $BUILD
+mv control-${PKG_VERSION} ${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}