From 0444d4037d9bcd7c9436c44e78f1deb139be7f19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Maass Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:00:47 +0100 Subject: Updated README. --- README | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index eb4c5d8..1872521 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Requirements Description: -This plugin brings the archive-hdd functionality to VDR. +This plugin brings the hdd-archive functionality to VDR. @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ a recording. Change the mountpoint inside and use it with vdr-bg.sh or at: Archive?: /usr/local/bin/vdr-bg.sh /usr/local/bin/vdr_move_to_hdd.sh -Make sure, that the vdr user has permissions to mount the archive-disk. Setup +Make sure, that the VDR user has permissions to mount the archive-disk. Setup /etc/fstab like this. The mountpoint must match with the plugin setup. /dev/sdb1 /media/archive-hdd auto defaults,user,noauto 0 0 @@ -93,3 +93,14 @@ data.recording = Recording; if (hddarchivePlugin) { hddarchivePlugin->Service("Hddarchive-play_v1.0", &data); } + + + +How it works: +When archiving, the video files are moved to the archive disk, index and info is copied. +So the recording stays in the recmenu of VDR, but it doesn't take much space. A file "hdd" +is also copied from the archive disk to the recdir. It holds the archive-id and marks the +recording as an archive. +When playing such a recording, the user is prompted to insert the archive disk with the +Id. Then the disk gets mounted, and the files on it are symlinked to the recdir. Then playing +starts. After playing, the symlinks get removed again. The disk gets unmounted after all. -- cgit v1.2.3