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diff --git a/PLUGINS.html b/PLUGINS.html index 5260c4bf..71d840ea 100644 --- a/PLUGINS.html +++ b/PLUGINS.html @@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ structures and allows it to hook itself into specific areas to perform special a <li><a href="#Remote Control">Remote Control</a> <li><a href="#Conditional Access">Conditional Access</a> <li><a href="#Electronic Program Guide">Electronic Program Guide</a> +<li><modified><a href="#The video directory">The video directory</a></modified> </ul> </ul> @@ -2300,5 +2301,41 @@ to signal VDR that no other EPG handlers shall be queried after this one. <p> See <tt>VDR/epg.h</tt> for details. +<div class="modified"> +<hr><h2><a name="The video directory">The video directory</a></h2> + +<div class="blurb">Bits and pieces...</div><p> + +By default VDR assumes that the video directory consists of one large +volume, on which it can store its recordings. If you want to distribute your +recordings over several physical drives, you can derive from <tt>cVideoDirectory</tt>, +as in + +<p><table><tr><td class="code"><pre> +#include <vdr/videodir.h> + +class cMyVideoDirectory : public cVideoDirectory { +public: + cMyVideoDirectory(void); + virtual ~cMyVideoDirectory(); + virtual int FreeMB(int *UsedMB = NULL); + virtual bool Register(const char *FileName); + virtual bool Rename(const char *OldName, const char *NewName); + virtual bool Move(const char *FromName, const char *ToName); + virtual bool Remove(const char *Name); + virtual void Cleanup(const char *IgnoreFiles[] = NULL); + virtual bool Contains(const char *Name); + }; +</pre></td></tr></table><p> + +See the description in <tt>videodir.h</tt> for details. +<p> +You should create your derived video directory object in the +<a href="#Getting started"><tt>Start()</tt></a> function of your plugin. +Note that the object has to be created on the heap (using <tt>new</tt>), +and you shall not delete it at any point (it will be deleted automatically +when the program ends). +</div modified> + </body> </html> |