Added a hint about commenting out the line '#define USE_FADVISE' in tools.c

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index f44db37f..36ccac42 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -334,6 +334,8 @@ Andy Grobb <Charly98@01019freenet.de>
  for completing storing the current audio volume in the setup.conf file
  for fixing the EPG display in case Setup.ShowInfoOnChSwitch is set to "no"
  for reporting a bug in handling min/max borders when entering integer values
+ for reporting a problem with replaying in fast forward mode if the video directory
+ is mounted via a Samba share
 
 Thomas Heiligenmann <thomas@heiligenmann.de>
  for implementing the SVDRP commands LSTR and DELR
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 8be007c0..985e636d 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -4669,3 +4669,6 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   Make.config (problem reported by Markus Ehrnsperger).
 - Fixed handling the cPluginManager::Active() result when pressing the "Power" key
   (reported by Werner Färber).
+- Added a hint about commenting out the line '#define USE_FADVISE' in tools.c in
+  case of problems with replaying in fast forward mode if the video directory is
+  mounted via a Samba share (reported by Andy Grobb).
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index ece7a60f..80b06bdf 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -324,6 +324,13 @@ since this might cause a lot of unnecessary disk access when VDR cleans up those
 directories and there is a large number of files and/or subdirectories in
 there.
 
+If your video directory is mounted via a Samba share, and you are experiencing
+problems with replaying in fast forward mode, you can comment out the line
+
+#define USE_FADVISE
+
+in the file tools.c, which may lead to better results.
+
 Configuration files:
 --------------------