[vdr] Re: Master timer?

[Matthias Schniedermeyer <ms@citd.de>]

On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 03:51:52PM +0200, Jan Ekholm wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> 
> >"Dr. Werner Fink" wrote:
> >> 
> >> On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 01:46:12PM +0100, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> >> > "Dr. Werner Fink" wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > Hmmm ... I'd use the timer menu (OK vdr-1.0.4) for several series
> >> > > like StarTrek (NG, DS9), some more and Sentinel.  It work flawless,
> >> > > nevertheless the starting time of Sentinel at Kabel1 are always moving
> >> > > around between 22:00 and 23:00 ... in other words it would be nice to
> >> > > have the possiblitiy to say within VDRs timer menu "Be ready at 22:00
> >> > > but do only record if found the start time of series within the EPG data"
> >> >
> >> > And what if, for whatever reason, the EPG data is wrong? Maybe a missing letter,
> >> > like "Starrek" instead of "StarTrek"? If VDR would then decide not to record
> >> > anyting, I guess you would be pretty furious ;-)
> >> 
> >> OK ... this would require an id for series which has be set by the
> >> program its self.  The question is: is there something like an
> >> id within the EPG data?  And maybe there exsist something like an
> >> id in the video mpeg stream of the program which may correspond
> >> to the id of the EPG data ...
> >> 
> >> ... OR ... the timer menu just provides the possibilty of setting
> >> a fallback for the worst case ;^)
> >
> >I guess these things should rather be done by external programs,
> >like MasterTimer.
> >VDR simply records what you tell it (via channel, date, start and stop time).
> >Anything else are things where everybody has different ideas who
> >it should be done...
> 
> Meaning you have to go to another rooom, boot your computer, log in, find
> the external app, find the show and mark it as "record always" each time
> you find a new show you're interested in? Instead of pressing a button on
> the remote while you sip your beer sitting in the sofa? :)

How often would you use a "record whole series"-button?

10 times per day?
You must have REALLY much time to watch all the series.





Bis denn

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