From 198fcf437b46d32beea411313f1dbd4aa200a62b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Klaus Schmidinger Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:21:22 +0100 Subject: Implemented VPS controlled timers --- HISTORY | 26 +++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'HISTORY') diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY index 3378b1ad..87510ec1 100644 --- a/HISTORY +++ b/HISTORY @@ -2652,7 +2652,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History actual CAM type as reported by the CAM. The 'ca.conf' file has been stripped down to the values 0..4. -2004-02-23: Version 1.3.5 +2004-02-29: Version 1.3.5 - Fixed reading the EPG preferred language parameter from 'setup.conf'. - Fixed switching to a visible programme in case the current channel has neither @@ -2680,11 +2680,8 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History channel won't interrupt an ongoing Transfer Mode. - Added subtable ID and TSDT handling to 'libsi' (thanks to Marcel Wiesweg). - Fixed some Russian OSD texts (thanks to Vyacheslav Dikonov). -- Added the 'running status' to the EPG events. This might lead to a VPS like - function for recording, but unfortunately not all stations handle this flag - correctly - and some (like RTL, for instance) even change the ID of the same - event randomly, making it impossible for a timer to be programmed on a ceartain - event rather than a specific time. Well, let's see where this leads us... +- Added the 'running status' to the EPG events. This is necessary for implementing + the VPS function for recording. - Removed the obsolete 'present' and 'following' handling from the EPG data. - The EPG data is now always kept sorted chronologically in the internal data structures. This also means that any EPG data retrieved through the SVRDP @@ -2698,10 +2695,21 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History still displayed in the "Schedule" menu (thanks to Jaakko Hyvätti). - Added PDCDescriptor handling to 'libsi'. - Implemented handling the VPS timestamps (aka "Programme Identification Label") - in preparation for full VPS support for timers (provided the tv stations - actually broadcast this information). Currently these are just displayed in - the event page if they exist and are different than the event's start time. + for full VPS support for timers (provided the tv stations actually broadcast + this information). The VPS time is displayed in the event info page if it exists + and is different than the event's start time. - Extended the SVDRP command LSTE to allow limiting the listed data to a given channel, the present or following events, or events at a given time (thanks to Thomas Heiligenmann). - Fixed a typo in libsi/si.h (thanks to Stéphane Esté-Gracias). +- Timers can now be set to use the VPS information to control recording a programme. + The new setup options "Recording/Use VPS" and "Recording/VPS margin", as well as + the "VPS" option in the individual timers, can be used to control this feature + (see MANUAL for details). + Note that this feature will certainly need a lot of testing before it can be + called "safe"! +- The "Schedule" and "What's on now/next?" menus now have an additional column + which displays information on whether there is a timer defined for an event, + whether an event has a VPS time that's different than its start time, and + whether an event is currently running (see MANUAL under "The "Schedule" Menu" + for details). -- cgit v1.2.3