Added a note regarding non-VDR files in the /videoX directories to INSTALL

3 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 29b18d92..1c08be39 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -605,3 +605,7 @@ Andreas Brachold <andy03@deltab.de>
 
 Manuel Hartl <icecep@gmx.net>
  for suggesting to extend the logging info when starting/stopping timers
+
+Benjamin Harling <benjamin.harling@web.de>
+ for suggesting to add a note regarding non-VDR files in the /videoX directories to
+ INSTALL
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 18bf94f1..49fa95cc 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -2074,3 +2074,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Updated 'channels.conf.terr' for Berlin (thanks to Andreas Brachold).
 - Extended logging info when starting/stopping timers to show the channel number,
   start/stop time and the file name (suggested by Manuel Hartl).
+- Added a note regarding non-VDR files in the /videoX directories to INSTALL
+  (suggested by Benjamin Harling).
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index ce5420a3..11efa224 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -278,6 +278,11 @@ with the name of the basic directory when running 'vdr':
 
    vdr -v /video0
 
+Note that you should not copy any non-VDR files into the /videoX directories,
+since this might cause the watchdog timer to expire when VDR cleans up those
+directories and there is a large number of files and/or subdirectories in
+there.
+
 Configuration files:
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