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authorKlaus Schmidinger <vdr@tvdr.de>2015-02-06 10:25:25 +0100
committerKlaus Schmidinger <vdr@tvdr.de>2015-02-06 10:25:25 +0100
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Changed the naming of "binary skip mode" to "adaptive skip mode"
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@@ -363,18 +363,19 @@ Version 2.0
- 0 Toggles an editing mark. If the mark indicator shows a red triangle,
the current mark is deleted. Otherwise a new mark is set at the
current position.
- - 1, 3 Move an editing mark back and forward in "binary" mode. Pressing
+ - 1, 3 Move an editing mark back and forward in "adaptive" mode. Pressing
either of these keys for the first time moves the mark 120 seconds
- in the given direction (configurable via "Setup/Replay/Binary skip
- initial value"). Further presses of the same key keep moving
- the mark by the same value. Once the other key is pressed, the value
- is divided by 2 (hence the name "binary") with every further press
- of either key. Pressing '1' and '3' alternatingly divides the
- distance all the way down to a single I-frame. That way a particular
- place in a recording (for instance the beginning or end of a
- commercial break) can be found very quickly. If none of these two
- keys is pressed for a while (configurable via "Setup/Replay/Binary
- skip timeout") the distance falls back to the initial value.
+ in the given direction (configurable via "Setup/Replay/Initial
+ duration for adaptive skipping"). Further presses of the same key
+ keep moving the mark by the same value. Once the other key is
+ pressed, the value is divided by 2 (hence the name "adaptive") with
+ every further press of either key. Pressing '1' and '3'
+ alternatingly divides the distance all the way down to a single
+ I-frame. That way a particular place in a recording (for instance
+ the beginning or end of a commercial break) can be found very
+ quickly. If none of these two keys is pressed for a while
+ (configurable via "Setup/Replay/Reset timeout for adaptive
+ skipping") the distance falls back to the initial value.
If replay is not in Pause mode, or if there is no mark at the
current position, the skip is performed without moving any mark.
- 4, 6 Move an editing mark back and forward by one I-frame. You need to
@@ -1002,28 +1003,30 @@ Version 2.0
In order to work, this option must be enabled before starting
replay.
- Binary skip initial value (s) = 120
+ Initial duration for adaptive skipping (s) = 120
Defines the number of seconds to jump from the current replay
position in either direction, when pressing the '1' or '3'
- key for the first time after the "Binary skip timeout".
+ key for the first time after the "Reset timeout for adaptive
+ skipping".
The valid range is 10...600.
- Binary skip timeout (s) = 3
+ Reset timeout for adaptive skipping (s) = 3
Defines the number of seconds after which pressing the
- '1' or '3' key falls back to the "Binary skip initial value".
+ '1' or '3' key falls back to the "Initial duration for adaptive
+ skipping".
The valid range is 0...10. Setting the timeout to 0 disables
- the binary mode and makes '1' and '3' always skip the number
- of seconds configured as the initial value.
+ the adaptive mode and makes '1' and '3' always skip the number
+ of seconds configured as the initial duration.
- Binary skip strict = yes
- When skipping in binary mode with the '1' and '3' keys, the
+ Alternate behavior for adaptive skipping = no
+ When skipping in adaptive mode with the '1' and '3' keys, the
distance of the skip is halved with every key press after the
first change of direction. While this allows for locating a
particular position in a recording very fast, once you make
one step too many in the current direction you have no chance
of ever reaching the desired point any more. You will have to
- wait for the timeout to occur and start binary skipping anew.
- If this option is set to 'no', the skip distance will only be
+ wait for the timeout to occur and start adaptive skipping anew.
+ If this option is set to 'yes', the skip distance will only be
halved if the direction actually changes. That way, even if
you missed the target point, you can still back up to it.