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-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 (esp. 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.
-
-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. \ No newline at end of file