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@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +This is a "plugin" for the Video Disk Recorder (VDR). + +The block plugin is a fork of the orphaned taste plugin 0.0.2d which was +originally coded by LordJaxom aka Sascha Volkenandt. +Please do not install both plugins (taste AND block)! +Apart from that this probably won't work it simply does not make any sense +at all ;). + +Contact information (block plugin): +Developer/Maintainer: Michael Schneider <vdrportal_midas at gmx dot de> +Project homepage: http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-block/news + + +Contact information (taste plugin): +Written by: Sascha Volkenandt <sascha at akv-soft dot de> +Project homepage: http://www.magoa.net/linux/index.php?view=taste + +See the file COPYING for license information. + +Description: + +This plugin prevents you from being bothered by unwanted broadcasts. Instead +of those the screen will stay black, the sound muted, an info message +appears in the OSD and after a configurable pause the vdr switches to +another channel. + +Unwanted shows are identified by their EPG title in a predefined blacklist. +You can add the current title to the block plugin blacklist by choosing +'Block Broadcast' from the main VDR menu or by editing the blacklist in the +setup of the plugin. In the latter case make sure you close the submenus as +well as the setup menu by 'ok' to properly save your changes. This would +also be the right place to remove entries from the blacklist. + +Every time the VDR switches to another channel the block plugin checks if +the EPG title of the current show matches with a blacklist entry and if so +the show won't be displayed and after a configurable pause (default 2s) the +VDR switches to another channel automatically. Usually this will be the next +possible lower channel number if you were coming from a higher one or +vice-versa. If this is not possible, the vdr switches to the last channel +displayed. Of course you can zap to another channel yourself as well. + +In case you unexpectedly want to watch a blacklisted show you can override +the block rule by pressing 'Ok' while the message is displayed. + +For VDR versions <= 1.3.16 you will have to apply the included patch to the +VDR source in order to have multiple channels being blocked in a row. +Otherwise the block plugin will only skip the first channel. The patch +originates from the taste plugin and was written by Sascha Volkenandt. + |