diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/default.nix
index 5584e63ab446..68750ac918cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     homepage = "http://www.tvdr.de/";
     description = "Video Disc Recorder";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
-    platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/plugins.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/plugins.nix
index 6719b0412b82..28528318c162 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/plugins.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/plugins.nix
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ in {
 
     buildInputs = [ vdr ];
 
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "http://www.saunalahti.fi/~rahrenbe/vdr/femon/files/${pname}-${version}.tgz";
-      sha256 = "1hra1xslj8s68zbyr8zdqp8yap0aj1p6rxyc6cwy1j122kwcnapp";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      repo = "vdr-plugin-femon";
+      owner = "rofafor";
+      sha256 = "sha256-0qBMYgNKk7N9Bj8fAoOokUo+G9gfj16N5e7dhoKRBqs=";
+      rev = "v${version}";
     };
 
     postPatch = "substituteInPlace Makefile --replace /bin/true true";
@@ -42,23 +44,23 @@ in {
     makeFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      homepage = "http://www.saunalahti.fi/~rahrenbe/vdr/femon/";
+      inherit (src.meta) homepage;
       description = "DVB Frontend Status Monitor plugin for VDR";
       maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
       license = licenses.gpl2;
-      platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+      inherit (vdr.meta) platforms;
     };
 
   };
 
   markad = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pname = "vdr-markad";
-    version = "3.0.25";
+    version = "3.0.26";
 
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       repo = "vdr-plugin-markad";
       owner = "kfb77";
-      sha256 = "sha256-m7cUAxwXj62spelHYH6uTIoViSavSR0d4psr7+KLJg8=";
+      sha256 = "sha256-0J6XeLgr9IZSWsheQZWVNRLIxp8iyCvR9Y0z/yrbTnI=";
       rev = "v${version}";
     };
 
@@ -88,11 +90,11 @@ in {
     installFlags = buildFlags;
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      homepage = "https://github.com/kfb77/vdr-plugin-markad";
+      inherit (src.meta) homepage;
       description = "MarkAd marks advertisements in VDR recordings.";
       maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
       license = licenses.gpl2;
-      platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+      inherit (vdr.meta) platforms;
     };
 
   };
@@ -101,8 +103,9 @@ in {
     pname = "vdr-epgsearch";
     version = "2.4.1";
 
-    src = fetchgit {
-      url = "git://projects.vdr-developer.org/vdr-plugin-epgsearch.git";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      repo = "vdr-plugin-epgsearch";
+      owner = "vdr-projects";
       sha256 = "sha256-UlbPCkUFN0Gyxjw9xq2STFTDZRVcPPNjadSQd4o2o9U=";
       rev = "v${version}";
     };
@@ -136,18 +139,18 @@ in {
     outputs = [ "out" "man" ];
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      homepage = "http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch";
+      inherit (src.meta) homepage;
       description = "Searchtimer and replacement of the VDR program menu";
       maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
       license = licenses.gpl2;
-      platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+      inherit (vdr.meta) platforms;
     };
 
   };
 
   vnsiserver = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pname = "vdr-vnsiserver";
-    version = "1.8.0";
+    version = "1.8.1";
 
     buildInputs = [ vdr ];
 
@@ -155,17 +158,17 @@ in {
 
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       repo = "vdr-plugin-vnsiserver";
-      owner = "FernetMenta";
-      rev = "v${version}";
-      sha256 = "0n7idpxqx7ayd63scl6xwdx828ik4kb2mwz0c30cfjnmnxxd45lw";
+      owner = "vdr-projects";
+      rev = version;
+      sha256 = "sha256-1C0Z7NoU+FNch4BhrAcbJdzVvGuH1YDaxJ+9PflR78E=";
     };
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      homepage = "https://github.com/FernetMenta/vdr-plugin-vnsiserver";
+      inherit (src.meta) homepage;
       description = "VDR plugin to handle KODI clients.";
       maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
       license = licenses.gpl2;
-      platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+      inherit (vdr.meta) platforms;
     };
 
   };
@@ -201,7 +204,7 @@ in {
       description = "VDR Text2Skin Plugin";
       maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
       license = licenses.gpl2;
-      platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+      inherit (vdr.meta) platforms;
     };
   };
 
@@ -222,11 +225,11 @@ in {
     installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      homepage = "https://github.com/jowi24/vdr-fritz";
+      inherit (src.meta) homepage;
       description = "A plugin for VDR to access AVMs Fritz Box routers";
       maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
       license = licenses.gpl2;
-      platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+      inherit (vdr.meta) platforms;
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/softhddevice/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/softhddevice/default.nix
index 1b7f4128ca61..187a493b2502 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/softhddevice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/softhddevice/default.nix
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "vdr-softhddevice";
-  version = "1.9.0";
+  version = "1.9.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ua0lnj";
     repo = "vdr-plugin-softhddevice";
-    sha256 = "sha256-IqG1Jr+fV4MMyTTOUGY34HNqS8qvAH+CSi2IEyVGVFo=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-2kh8qMxaAjekvgjMVRmm1nPzlN2wjY/6qYjFyo6CLlg=";
     rev = "v${version}";
   };
 
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/ua0lnj/vdr-plugin-softhddevice";
+    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
     description = "VDR SoftHDDevice Plug-in";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
     license = licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+    inherit (vdr.meta) platforms;
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/streamdev/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/streamdev/default.nix
index 6ef00deab096..de45b31d8690 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/streamdev/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/streamdev/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib;{
-    homepage = "https://github.com/vdr-projects/vdr-plugin-streamdev";
+    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
     description = "This PlugIn is a VDR implementation of the VTP (Video Transfer Protocol) Version 0.0.3 (see file PROTOCOL) and a basic HTTP Streaming Protocol.";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
     license = licenses.gpl2;