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@@ -4,22 +4,55 @@ Written by: Martin Prochnow (nordlicht@martins-kabuff.de) Project's homepage: http://martins-kabuff.de/extrecmenu.html -See the file COPYING for license information. See top of *.c for copyright -information +See the file COPYING for license information. See top of *.c for additional +copyright information -Description: +Description +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This plugin provides a recordings menu enhanced with the possibility to -rename or move recordings. +rename or move recordings. The display of recording date, time and length is +configurable. The plugin also handles archive dvd's of VDR recordings +(as known from the DVDArchive-patch for VDR). +Handling +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Renaming: Select a recording, press 'Yellow', then 'Red'. Type in/edit the name. By pressing 'Ok', the recording will be renamed with this name. Moving: -Select a recording, press 'Yellow', then 'Green'. Now you are in the base video -directory. You can browse the directories, the path to the selected directory -is shown at the title bar. By pressing 'Blue' you select this path for moving. +Select a recording, press 'Yellow', then 'Green'. Now you are at the base +directory of the /video-directory-hierarchy. 'Ok' opens sub-directories, with +'Yellow' you can create new dirs. 'Blue' moves the recording to the selected +directory -There is a patch for VDR in /patches for replacing VDR's recordings menu with +DVDArchive-patch functionality +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Burn the entire directory, that contains the recording, to a dvd and label it +with an indentifier (a number or anything else). You can of cource burn more +than one recording to a dvd. Now you can delete the video data files (001.vdr, +002.vdr, ...) from your hard disc. Leave the index.vdr and info.vdr at the dir +and create a new file dvd.vdr, that contains the identifier of the dvd. If you +now call the plugin and select such a recording entry you are asked to insert +this dvd. It will be mounted by the plugin and the replay starts from the dvd. +After replay ends, the dvd is unmountet instantly. + +Installation +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Installation of the plugin itselfs is like any other plugin installation. In +addition you have to place the script 'dvdarchive.sh' from the +scripts/-directory within your $PATH (eventualy adjust the rights) for the +DVDArchive-patch functionality. + +For VDR running as a user the script is designed to use sudo. Therefor sudo has +to be installed on your system and configured to execute mount and umount +without asking for a password. If you run VDR as root, change the variables +MOUNTCMD and UMOUNTCMD at top of the skript. Furthermore you have to adjust the +variable MOUNTPOINT to the mount point of your dvd device is it is defined at +/etc/fstab. + +Check the options at the setup menu of the plugin. They are self-explaining. + +There is a patch for VDR in patches/ for replacing VDR's recordings menu with this plugin. You have to set the corresponding option at the setup menu of the plugin! |