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@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ Video Disk Recorder User's Manual programmes that will start next on all channels. Inside the "What's on now/next?" menus the "Green" button toggles between - the "Now" and "Next" display, and the "Yellow" button gets you back to the - "Schedule" menu of the current channel. + the "Now" and "Next" display, and the "Yellow" button takes you to the + "Schedule" menu of the current channel in the list. The "Red" button allows you to instantly program a timer to record the selected programme. You will get into the "Edit Timer" menu in which @@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ Video Disk Recorder User's Manual to free space for a new recording. If the disk is full and a new recording needs more space, an existing recording with the lowest Priority (and which has exceeded its guaranteed Lifetime) will be - removed. + removed. If all available DVB cards are currently occupied, a + timer with a higher priority will interrupt the timer with the + lowest priority in order to start recording. Lifetime: The number of days (0..99) a recording made through this timer is guaranteed to remain on disk before it is automatically removed to free up space for a new recording. Note that setting this @@ -228,6 +230,10 @@ Video Disk Recorder User's Manual displayed as "no" and "yes" in the "Setup" menu, while in the setup file they are stored as '0' and '1', respectively): + OSDLanguage = 0 Defines the language used to display the OSD texts. + 0 = Englisch + 1 = Deutsch + PrimaryDVB = 1 Defines the primary DVB interface (i.e. the one that will display the menus and will react on input through the remote control). Valid values range from '1' to the @@ -266,6 +272,37 @@ Video Disk Recorder User's Manual 1 = system time wil be set Note that this works only if VDR is running under a user id that has permisson to set the system time. + MarginStart = 2 Defines how many minutes before the official start time MarginStop = 10 of a broadcast VDR shall start recording, and how long after the official end time it shall stop recording. + + EPGScanTimeout = 5 The time (in hours) of user inactivity after which the + DVB card in a single card system starts scanning channels + to keep the EPG up-to-date. + A value of '0' turns off scanning on a single card system. + +* Executing system commands + + The "Main" menu option "Commands" allows you to execute any system commands + defined in the configuration file 'commands.conf' (see FORMATS for details). + The "Commands" option will only be present in the "Main" menu if a valid + 'commands.conf' file containing at least one command definition has been + found at program start. + + This feature can be used to do virtually anything, like checking for new + mail, displaying the CPU temperature - you name it! All you need to do is + enter the necessary command definition into 'commands.conf' and implement + the actual command that will be called. Such a command can typically be a + shell script or a Perl program. Anything that command writes to stdout will + be displayed on a result screen after executing the command. This screen will + use a 'fixed' font so that you can generate formatted output. In order to + avoid error messages going to stderr, command definitions should redirect + stderr to stdout (see FORMATS). + + WARNING: THE COMMANDS DEFINED IN 'commands.conf' WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER THE + ======= SAME USER ID THAT VDR IS RUNNING WITH. BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN + DEFINING THESE COMMANDS AND MAKE SURE THEY DON'T HARM YOUR SYSTEM, + ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE RUNNING VDR UNDER A HIGH PRIVILEGED USER ID + (LIKE 'root'). + |