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| author | Dave <vdr@pickles.me.uk> | 2012-01-16 12:55:53 +0000 |
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| committer | Dave <vdr@pickles.me.uk> | 2012-01-16 12:55:53 +0000 |
| commit | bf302580e9e60b263b0dcdc82b4a324484991465 (patch) | |
| tree | 97c8a3f74d649222ac36d361d6d68f2a3ff1d5b7 /README - vps | |
| parent | b558c7698348c084e6399afb7888f71c201d061f (diff) | |
| download | vdrtva-0.0.7.tar.gz vdrtva-0.0.7.tar.bz2 | |
Reorganised to stress 'patch' version is obsolete.v0.0.7
Added collection of 'Suggested CRIDS.
Added notification of split events.
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diff --git a/README - vps b/README - vps new file mode 100644 index 0000000..68aff42 --- /dev/null +++ b/README - vps @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +One of the important features of a video recorder is the ability to deal with +programme schedule changes and to ensure that the wanted programme is always +recorded. TVAnytime has its own set of data descriptors to handle late-running +or cancelled programmes but these are not used by Freeview Plus. Instead the +Running Status from the now/next section of the EIT is used to start and stop +the recording. + +VDR can control timers from the running status by using 'VPS' functions in +conjunction with this patch. Note however that the normal VPS operation will no +longer work. + +To use VPS for accurate recording, some conditions must be met: + +- VDR must be compiled with the 'VPS Fallback' patch (included with this + plugin). Note that some Linux distributions (eg. Mandriva) include this + patch in their binaries. +- Parameters 'UseVps' and 'VpsFallback' in setup.conf must both be set to 1 +- Timers must have the 'use VPS' flag set +- The start time of a timer must be set to exactly the scheduled start time of + the programme (ie no padding). + +With these conditions met, the sequence of events is: + +- Shortly before the scheduled time of the recording (set by 'VpsMargin' in + VDR's setup.conf) VDR switches to the multiplex containing the channel to be + recorded +- VDR monitors the running status of the programme to be recorded +- When the running status changes to 'running', VDR starts recording +- When the running status changes to 'not running', VDR stops recording and + deletes the timer. +- If the programme has not started by the time it was scheduled to finish, + monitoring is stopped and the timer is deleted. + +CAUTION - VPS recordings seem to have a lower priority than live viewing. VDR +will not interrupt live viewing to start looking for the start of a recording. |