[vdr] Re: RFC - wakeup-timer

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Richard Cieply wrote:
> 
> Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> 
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> >Frankly, I don't like the idea of overloading the timers with "dummy"
> stuff
> >that doesn't really belong there.
> >
> >With the upcoming new plugin system, you could create a plugin that offers
> >you an interactive way of maintaining additional wakeup times, which could
> >be taken into account in your shutdown script. That way you still could
> >do this from the VDR frontend, keeping the timer mechanisms "clean" ;-)
> >
> >Actually, VDR version 1.1.2 already has all the plugin facilities you'll
> need
> >for implementing sich a feature. You could have your own setup page where
> you
> >can edit extra wakeup times.
> 
> OK, in some points I understand your concerns, even if wakeup timers
> (better word than dummy timers)
> wouldn't disturb me.
> Hmm, maybe if this was my code they would indeed do so :-)
> I'll leave your beloved timer mechanism clean --  just kiddin' :-)
> The plugin aproach seem feasible to me - I'll take a look into this if time
> allows.
> Btw, one question:
> What does VDR do if the ending time is equal to the starting time for a
> timer?
> Is this possible?

I guess it would record 24 hours then.

Klaus
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