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authorKlaus Schmidinger <kls (at) cadsoft (dot) de>2000-08-06 18:00:00 +0200
committerKlaus Schmidinger <kls (at) cadsoft (dot) de>2000-08-06 18:00:00 +0200
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Version 0.61vdr-0.61
- When scrolling through a list it now moves a full page up or down when the cursor reaches the top or bottom of the menu (thanks to Heino Goldenstein!). - Added missing '#include <sys/stat.h>' to recording.c. - The video directory can now be defined with the command line option -v. - There can now be more than one video directory (in case you have several disks). - Fixed learning key codes for PC keyboard. - New command line option '-l' to set the log level. - Times in timers.conf are now always printed with 4 digits (leading '0'). - Slow forward/back mode (thanks to Guido Fiala!). - The "Up" key in replay mode no longer restarts replay at the very beginning, but rather resumes normal replay mode after a "pause", "forward" or "backward" operation. Use the "Skip -60s" function repeatedly to go back to the beginning of the recording. - Improved reaction on user input in fast/slow forward/back modes. - No more upper limit for the value of 'Pnr'. - Checking if the video card is really a DVB card. - New SVDRP command UPDT to update an existing timer (or add a new one if it doesn't yet exist). - New version of the 'epg2timers' tool (with a modified channel list). - Bugfix in closing window in DEBUG_OSD mode.
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@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ If the program shall run as a daemon, use the --daemon option. This
will completely detach it from the terminal and will continue as a
background process.
+Command line options:
+---------------------
+
Use "vdr --help" for a list of available command line options.
The video data directory:
@@ -57,14 +60,41 @@ The video data directory:
All recordings are written into directories below "/video". Please
make sure this directory exists, and that the user who runs the 'vdr'
program has read and write access to that directory.
-If you prefer a different location for your video files, you can change
-the value of 'BaseDir' in recording.c.
+If you prefer a different location for your video files, you can use
+the '-v' option to change that.
Note that the file system need not be 64-bit proof, since the 'vdr'
program splits video files into chunks of about 1GB. You should use
a disk with several gigabytes of free space. One GB can store roughly
half an hour of video data.
+If you have more than one disk and don't want to combine them to form
+one large logical volume, you can set up several video directories as
+mount points for these disks. All of these directories must have the
+same basic name and must end with a numeric part, which starts at 0 for
+the main directory and has increasing values for the rest of the
+directories. For example
+
+ /video0
+ /video1
+ /video2
+
+would be a setup with three directories. You can use more than one
+numeric digit, and the directories need not be directly under '/':
+
+ /mnt/MyVideos/vdr.00
+ /mnt/MyVideos/vdr.01
+ /mnt/MyVideos/vdr.02
+ ...
+ /mnt/MyVideos/vdr.11
+
+would set up twelve disks (wow, what a machine that would be!).
+
+To use such a multi directory setup, you need to add the '-v' option
+with the name of the basic directory when running 'vdr':
+
+ vdr -v /video0
+
Configuration files:
--------------------
@@ -78,6 +108,12 @@ The meaning of the data entries may still vary in future releases,
so for the moment please look at the source code (config.c) to see
the meaning of the various fields.
+The files that come with this package contain the author's selections,
+so please make sure you adapt these to your personal taste. Also make sure
+that the channels defined in 'channels.conf' are correct before attempting
+to record anything. Channel parameters may vary and not all of the channels
+listed in the default 'channels.conf' file have been verified by the author.
+
Learning the remote control keys:
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