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@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder User's Manual
Yellow - Eject DVD Delete Delete - Delete Skip +60s
Blue - Resume Mark Mark(1) - Summary Stop
0..9 Ch select - - - Numeric inp. - Editing
+ Power Shutdown - - - - - -
(1) The "Mark" button in the "Timers" menu only works if sorting the timers
has been disabled in the "Setup" menu.
@@ -284,6 +285,18 @@ Video Disk Recorder User's Manual
time, so it is possible to have a "repeating timer" store all its
recordings under the same name; they will be distinguishable by
their date and time).
+ If the file name contains the special character '~', the recording
+ will be stored in a hierarchical directory structure. For instance,
+ a file name of "Sci-Fi~Star Trek~Voyager" will result in a directory
+ structure "/video/Sci-Fi/Star_Trek/Voyager". The '~' character has
+ been chosen for this since the file system's directory delimiter '/'
+ may be part of a regular programme name.
+ Repeating timers create recordings that contain the 'Subtitle'
+ information from the EPG data in their file name. Typically (on tv
+ stations that care about their viewers) this contains the episode
+ title of a series. The subtitle is appended to the timer's file name,
+ separated by a '~' character, so that it results in all recordings
+ of this timer being collected in a common subdirectory.
If this field is left blank, the channel name will be used to form
the name of the recording.
@@ -401,6 +414,14 @@ Video Disk Recorder User's Manual
means that this recording will never be deleted
automatically.
+ UseSubtitle = 1 Repeating timers use the EPG's 'Subtitle' information to
+ create recording file names in a hierarchical structure
+ (for instance to gather all episodes of a series in a
+ common subdirectory). This parameter can be used to
+ control this.
+ 0 = don't use the 'Subtitle'
+ 1 = use it (and create subdirectories)
+
VideoFormat = 0 The video format (or aspect ratio) of the tv set in use.
0 = 4:3
1 = 16:9
@@ -412,11 +433,24 @@ Video Disk Recorder User's Manual
OSDwidth = 52 The width and height of the OSD .
OSDheight = 18 The valid ranges are width=40...56, height=12...21.
+ OSDMessageTime = 1 The time (in seconds) how long an informational
+ message shall be displayed on the OSD. The valid range
+ is 1...60.
+
MaxVideoFileSize=2000 The maximum size of a single recorded video file in MB.
The valid range is 100...2000. Default is 2000, but
you may want to use smaller values if you are planning
on archiving a recording to CD.
+ MinEventTimeout=120 If the command line option '-s' has been set, VDR will
+ MinUserInactivity=120 automatically shutdown the computer if the next timer
+ event is at least MinEventTimeout minutes in the future,
+ and the user has been inactive for at least
+ MinUserInactivity minutes. Setting MinUserInactivity
+ to 0 disables the automatic shutdown, while still
+ retaining the possibility to manually shutdown the
+ computer.
+
* Executing system commands
The "Main" menu option "Commands" allows you to execute any system commands