Restoring the current channel in case a recording has switched the transponder

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index ca16433e..ae4edd56 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.cadsoft.de/people/kls/vdr
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 1.151 2003/05/02 10:59:07 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 1.152 2003/05/03 13:39:57 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include "tools.h"
 #include "videodir.h"
 
+#define MINCHANNELWAIT  10 // seconds to wait between failed channel switchings
 #define ACTIVITYTIMEOUT 60 // seconds before starting housekeeping
 #define SHUTDOWNWAIT   300 // seconds to wait in user prompt before automatic shutdown
 #define MANUALSTART    600 // seconds the next timer must be in the future to assume manual start
@@ -460,9 +461,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
            }
         // Attach launched player control:
         cControl::Attach();
-        // Make sure Transfer-Mode is re-started after detaching a player:
-        if (cDevice::PrimaryDevice()->PlayerDetached() && !cDevice::PrimaryDevice()->Replaying())
-           Channels.SwitchTo(cDevice::CurrentChannel());
+        // Make sure we have a visible programme in case device usage has changed:
+        if (!cDevice::PrimaryDevice()->HasProgramme()) {
+           static time_t lastTime = 0;
+           if (time(NULL) - lastTime > MINCHANNELWAIT) {
+              if (!Channels.SwitchTo(cDevice::CurrentChannel()))
+                 lastTime = time(NULL); // don't do this too often
+              }
+           }
         // Restart the Watchdog timer:
         if (WatchdogTimeout > 0) {
            int LatencyTime = WatchdogTimeout - alarm(WatchdogTimeout);