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| -rw-r--r-- | HISTORY | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | vdr.1 | 14 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -4520,3 +4520,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History - Added a missing "Key$" in skincurses.c (reported by Darren Salt). - Reintroduced the log message "deleting plugin: ..." when shutting down VDR (upon request by Ville Skyttä, as in the initial patch from Christoph Haubrich). +- Fixed the vdr.1 man page (a single DVB card can record and do live tv). @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ .\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with the .\" vdr distribution. .\" -.\" $Id: vdr.1 1.22 2006/01/14 11:09:08 kls Exp $ +.\" $Id: vdr.1 1.23 2006/04/14 13:03:18 kls Exp $ .\" -.TH vdr 1 "08 Jan 2006" "1.3.38" "Video Disk Recorder" +.TH vdr 1 "14 Apr 2006" "1.3.47" "Video Disk Recorder" .SH NAME vdr - the Video Disk Recorder .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ implements a complete digital Set-Top Box and Video Recorder. It can work with signals received from satellites (DVB-S) as well as cable (DVB-C) and terrestrial (DVB-T) signals. -At least one DVB card is required to run \fBvdr\fR, but in order -to watch one broadcast while recording another, or to start watching -a recorded programme before the live broadcast has ended (\fBtime shifting\fR), -two DVB cards are necessary. By default \fBvdr\fR can support up to four +At least one DVB card is required to run \fBvdr\fR. With it you can watch +live tv while recording one or more other broadcasts from the same transponder. +It is also possible to start watching a recorded programme before the live +broadcast has ended (\fBtime shifting\fR). In order to record from different +transponders simultaneously two or more DVB cards are necessary. +By default \fBvdr\fR can support up to four DVB cards. The primary DVB card (the one your tv set is connected to) has to be a "full featured" card, which means it must contain an MPEG decoder and provide audio and video signal outputs. |