This is a "plugin" for the Video Disk Recorder (VDR). Written by: Louis Braun Project's homepage: http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-tvguideng Latest version available at: git://projects.vdr-developer.org/vdr-plugin-tvguideng.git This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See the file COPYING for more information. Requirements ------------ - Clone Git Repository: git clone git://projects.vdr-developer.org/vdr-plugin-tvguideng.git - VDR version >= 2.0.0 - libSkindesignerAPI (see skindesigner README for installation procedure) - Skindesigner Plugin Version >= 0.4.0 IMPORTANT: this Plugin will NOT WORK WITHOUT installed skindesigner Plugin. The used Skindesigner Skin has to provide Templates for TVGuideNG, otherwise the Plugin will not work. - Installed epgsearch Plugin for extended search & recording features. - Installed remotetimers Plugin for creating timers on a vdr server remotely from a vdr client. Description ----------- "TvGuideNG" is a highly customizable 2D EPG viewer plugin. The "Search & Recordings" Menü provided by the red button allows to search in the EPG and manage timers, search timers, series timers and switch timers in an convenient way. Installation ------------ Just install the Plugin as usual. The Plugin has no start parameters Usage ----- Remote Control Keys: Up/Down/Left/Right: Navigation in the EPG grid Ok: Detailed EPG View of the selected grid 2nd Ok closes the detailed view Red: Search & Recording Menu Green / Yellow: Jump channels back / forward Blue: Depends on configured Mode: Default: Favorites Menu, Switch to channel in detailed EPG View Optional: Switch to currently selected channel Optional: Open detailed EPG view (OK switches then to channel) Numeric Keys: If Setup Option "Functionality of numeric Keys" is configured to "Jump to specific channel", the numeric keys are used for channel number input. If "Timely Jump" is configured, the keys are used as follows: 1 / 3: Big jump (default 3h) back / forward in time 4 / 6: huge jump (default 24h) back / forward in time 7 / 9: jump to previous / next prime time (8pm) 2: create or delete instant timer for selected event 5: display "search in recordings" menu 8: display "search" menu Exit: closes plugin In Search & Recording menu the following options are available: - Instant Record: create a timer for the currently selected program. An check for timer conflicts will be performed, if a timer conflict occurs, the involved timers can be adapted to solve the conflict. Alternatively reruns can be searched and used to solve timer conflicts. - Delete / Edit Timer: if a timer already exists for the currently selected broadcast, this timer can be deleted or edited. - Timer Timeline: displays active timers per day - Create Search Timer: create an search timer with epgsearch. The most important options can be defined directly in the menu, expert options are available via the "advanced options" button. - Manage Search Timers: edit, delete and check results of search timers - Create Series Timer: create a periodical timer for a dedicated time on dedicated days. - Create Switch Timer: create a switch timer for the currently selected program. - Search: search with epgsearch - Check for Timer Conflicts: check for timer conflicts with epgsearch. - Search in Recordings: check if a recording already exists for the currently selected program. The search & recordings menu is intended to present a convenient interface to different VDR core recording features and additional epgsearch features. The main goal is to reach better usability for "non expert users". The navigation through the search & recording menu can be done easily with up/down, left/right and the ok key. In scrolling lists, with left/right (after the first/last option of the displayed list element is selected) you jump to the next page of the list. Pressing up on the first / down on the last list item jumpps to the end / start of the list. In the Plugin Setup Menu in Section "Recording Menus and Favorites" you can choose three alternatives for the option "Folder for instant Recordings": - "Always use root video folder": the recording will always be placed in the video root folder - "Select from folder list": before creating a timer, you'll get asked in which directory the recording should be placed. If the epgsearch plugin is not available, the entries from VDRs /folders.conf will be used. If the epgsearch plugin is available, the more sophisticated epgsearch mechanism will be used to identify the possible folders (folders from /folders.conf and epgsearchfolders.conf and all already existing folders in the video directory). - "Use fixed folder": the configured folder will always be used. If this string is a epgsearch variable ("%variable%"), epgsearch will be used to replace the variable with a concrete folder. All values defined in the epgsearch config file "epgsearchuservars.conf" can be used. These variables use the definitions from "epgsearchcats.conf". For a detailed description see the epgsearch Manual. With that and a with an EPG with detailed information about movies and series it is possible to create sophisticated paths for timers automatically (for instance with series season and episode in the filename). For a search timer also all folders and the defined dedicated folder can be used. Favorites Menu: if configured, the blue key provides a favorite menu. In this menu the current scheduling ("What's on now") and the next upcomming Shows ("What's on next") can be listed. Via the Plugin Setup Menu up to four user defined times can be configured with a dedicated description (for instance "Primetime" for 8:15 pm). These user defined times are also shown as options in the favorites menu. Finally all search timers with the option "use as favorite" enabled are displayed in the favorites menu. By selecting this entry, all hits for this search timer are shown. Setup Options ------------- * General Settings: - Show Main Menu Entry Display "tvguide" in main menu - Replace VDR Schedules Menu If set to "yes", the original VDR schedules menu will be replaced by tvguide - Display Mode Choose between horizontal or vertical display of the channels. All further width / height settings are dependend of this setting - Number of Channels to display - Time to display in hours: period of time to display in main EPG view - Channel Jump Mode (Keys Green / Yellow) select between jumping x channels back/forward or to the previous / next channel group - Keys Blue and OK Blue: Favorites in normal view, channel switch in det. EPG View, Ok: det. EPG View or Blue: Channel Switch, Ok: Detailed EPG or Blue: Detailed EPG, Ok: Channel Switch - "Intelligent" channel switch mode: if set to "no", always a channel switch is done. If set to "yes", a channel switch is only done for currently running events (or for events that start in up to five minutes). For future events a switch timer is created. - Close TVGuide after channel switch: If set to "no", tvguide will not be closed after a channel switch. - Functionality of numeric Keys: see chapter Usage / Remote Control Keys - Hide last Channel Group If set to yes, the channels of the last channel group will not be displayed - Big Step (Keys 1 / 3) in hours Hours to jump vertically with keys 1 / 3 - Huge Step (Keys 4 / 6) in hours Hours to jump vertically with keys 4 / 6 - Folder for instant Recordings: (see chapter "Usage" for detailed description) - Always use root video folder - Select from folder list - Use fixed folder - Use Remotetimers: Timers are handled not locally but on a VDR Server defined with the remotetimers plugin. - Use "What's on now" in favorites - Use "What's on next" in favorites - Use user defined time 1 (to 4) in favorites - Description (1 - 4) - Time (1 - 4) - Limit channels in favorites: if set to yes, only the configured channel range is used to display favorite results (except for search timer favorites) - start channel - stop channel