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| author | Dave <vdr@pickles.me.uk> | 2012-01-05 12:39:24 +0000 |
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| committer | Dave <vdr@pickles.me.uk> | 2012-01-05 12:39:24 +0000 |
| commit | b558c7698348c084e6399afb7888f71c201d061f (patch) | |
| tree | 736f80cab5b21225d16e0b691fd89ffc04280d11 /plugin/README | |
| parent | f7e145c7689250cae1136475b1b7373bb6717644 (diff) | |
| download | vdrtva-0.0.6.tar.gz vdrtva-0.0.6.tar.bz2 | |
Fixed bug in processing updates.v0.0.6
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| -rw-r--r-- | plugin/README | 26 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/plugin/README b/plugin/README index 37cd204..7a9b012 100644 --- a/plugin/README +++ b/plugin/README @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ published by ETSI and are available without cost from www.etsi.org. The main standard is ETSI TS 102 323. In the UK a subset of the TV-Anytime specification is broadcast on the DTV -service under the trade name "FreeView Plus". This patch is written for the UK +service under the trade name "FreeView Plus". This plugin is written for the UK version but should work with the full specification (untested). TV-Anytime data is contained in Content Reference Identifiers (CRIDs). The @@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ The use of the 'Accurate Recording' feature is described in README-vps. The plugin runs every 24 hours at a time set by the '-u' parameter (default 03:00). It captures CRID data for a time (10 minutes) then: +- Checks for new manually-created timers and adds series links for them. + - Checks each series link to see if any new events have been added to the EPG in the same series. If so then timers are added for them. -- Checks for new manually-created timers and adds series links for them. - - Checks for timer clashes and suggests possible alternative recording times. - Checks that the event being recorded by each timer is the same as when the @@ -77,5 +77,23 @@ STRT UPDT Trigger an update of the series links. +Points to remember: + +- Not all channels on UK Freeview have CRIDs in the EPG Some radio channels + have item CRIDs but none have series CRIDs. + +- Different programme providers have different ideas of what constitutes a + 'series'. + +- The timer creation process is very simplistic; it doesn't check for timer + clashes, and selects the first physical entry in the EPG (which may not be + the prime broadcast of the programme). + +- A series link is created for every timer whether you want one or not. + +- This script has not been tested with multiple tuner cards or with mixed DVB-T + and DVB-S setups. + -This is Alpha-quality code - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!! +Although I use this software on my VDR installation, this is Alpha-quality code +- USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!! |