From bb18b9e0b449afff418f010c1b2e255acd3fbad3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Klaus Schmidinger Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 18:00:00 +0200 Subject: Version 0.94 - Implemented automatic shutdown (see INSTALL and MANUAL for details). - New SVDRP command NEXT to show the next timer event. - The new remote control key "Power" can be used to turn the VDR machine off (this requires the presence of the '-s' option). - Fixed code for the default "Ok" button on the PC keyboard (was 0x162 on the "good old" keyboards (with the F-keys at the left side), while it changed to 0x15E on the newer keyboards). - When a recording is edited, the summary information (if present) is now also copied. - When a recording is running on the primary interface, any attempt to change the current channel will now lead to a "Channel locked" message. - The main program loop now first checks whether any timer recordings are finished, before starting a new timer recording. This is important in case one timer ends at the same time another timer starts. - New setup parameter OSDMessageTime to define how long an OSD message shall be displayed. - The "File" parameter of a timer can now contain the '~' character to store the recording in a hierarchical directory structure. The '~' character has been chosen since the file system's directory delimiter '/' may be part of a regular programme name (showing the directory hierarchy in the "Recordings" menu will follow later). - Repeating timers now 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. You can disable this with the 'UseSubtitle' parameter in the "Setup" menu. - The summary information is now taken from the EPG data at the actual time of recording (no longer at the time the timer is created in the "Schedule" menu). If a timer already has summary data, that data will be used. If you have repeating timers in your 'timers.conf', you may want to make sure they do NOT contain any summary information (that's the last field in the timer definitions). Use your favourite text editor to delete that information. That way every recording will store the actual summary data at the time of the recording. --- MANUAL | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) (limited to 'MANUAL') diff --git a/MANUAL b/MANUAL index ae93099..c6b5efd 100644 --- a/MANUAL +++ b/MANUAL @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3