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--- a/vdr.5
+++ b/vdr.5
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
.\" ** The above line should force tbl to be a preprocessor **
.\" Man page for vdr file formats
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 2004 Klaus Schmidinger
+.\" Copyright (C) 2006 Klaus Schmidinger
.\"
.\" You may distribute under the terms of the GNU General Public
.\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with the
.\" vdr distribution.
.\"
-.\" $Id: vdr.5 1.39 2005/09/26 21:38:44 kls Exp $
+.\" $Id: vdr.5 1.45 2006/01/08 11:52:03 kls Exp $
.\"
-.TH vdr 5 "19 Mar 2005" "1.3.23" "Video Disk Recorder Files"
+.TH vdr 5 "08 Jan 2006" "1.3.38" "Video Disk Recorder Files"
.SH NAME
vdr file formats - the Video Disk Recorder Files
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ tab (@);
l l.
\fB0000\fR@Free To Air
\fB0001...000F\fR@explicitly requires the device with the given number
-\fB0010...00FF\fR@reserved for user defined assignments defined in \fIca.conf\fR
+\fB0010...00FF\fR@reserved for user defined assignments
\fB0100...FFFF\fR@specific decryption methods as broadcast in the data stream\fR
.TE
Values in the range 0001...00FF will not be overwritten, all other values
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ separated by ':' characters. Example:
The fields in a timer definition have the following meaning (from left
to right):
.TP
-.B Status
+.B Flags
The individual bits in this field have the following meaning:
.TS
tab (@);
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ l l.
.TE
Bits other than these can be used by external programs to mark active timers
and recognize if the user has modified them. When a user modifies an active
-timer, the upper 16 bits of this 32 bit parameter will be explicitly set to 0.
+timer, the upper 16 bits of this unsigned 32 bit parameter will be explicitly set to 0.
Note: in order to allow future extensibility, external programs using the
\fBstatus\fR parameter should only use the upper 16 bit of this 32 bit parameter
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ and leave the lower 16 bit untouched.
.TP
.B Channel
The channel to record from. This is either the channel number as shown in the
-on-screen menus, or a complete channel ID. When reading \fItimers.conf\fR
+on-screen menus, or a complete channel ID. When reading \fItimers.conf\fR
any channel numbers will be mapped to the respective channel ids and when
the file is written again, there will only be channel ids. Channel numbers
are accepted as input in order to allow easier creation of timers when
@@ -389,24 +389,6 @@ l l.
There can be any number of actions in a line, including none at all - in which case
the entry would be used only to set the LOF to use for the given frequency range
and polarization.
-.SS CONDITIONAL ACCESS
-The file \fIca.conf\fR defines the numbers to be used in the \fBConditional access\fR
-field of channels in \fIchannels.conf\fR and assigns descriptive texts to them.
-Example:
-
-\fB101 Premiere World\fR
-
-Anything after (and including) a '#' character is comment.
-
-Value lines consist of an integer number, followed by a text describing
-this decryption method (typically the name of the pay tv service using this
-decryption method).
-
-The special value \fB0\fR means \fBFree To Air\fR, which can be used for
-channels that don't require additional decryption hardware.
-
-The values \fB1...4\fR can be used for channels that for some reason explicitly
-need a given DVB card (for backward compatibility).
.SS REMOTE CONTROL KEYS
The file \fIremote.conf\fR contains the key assignments for all remote control
units. Each line consists of one key assignment in the following format:
@@ -627,7 +609,7 @@ The following tag characters are defined:
tab (@);
l l.
\fBC\fR@<channel id> <channel name>
-\fBE\fR@<event id> <start time> <duration> <table id>
+\fBE\fR@<event id> <start time> <duration> <table id> <version>
\fBT\fR@<title>
\fBS\fR@<short text>
\fBD\fR@<description>
@@ -654,6 +636,7 @@ l l.
<start time> @is the time (as a time_t integer) in UTC when this event starts
<duration> @is the time (in seconds) that this event will take
<table id> @is a hex number that indicates the table this event is contained in (if this is left empty or 0 this event will not be overwritten or modified by data that comes from the DVB stream)
+<version> @is a hex number that indicates the event's version number inside its table (optional)
<title> @is the title of the event
<short text> @is the short text of the event (typically the name of the episode etc.)
<description> @is the description of the event (any '|' characters will be interpreted as newlines)
@@ -673,7 +656,7 @@ Written by Klaus Schmidinger.
.SH REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <vdr\-bugs@cadsoft.de>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2004 Klaus Schmidinger.
+Copyright \(co 2006 Klaus Schmidinger.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.