[vdr] Re: Master timer?

[Jan Ekholm <chakie@infa.abo.fi>]

On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote:

>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.

That is not really the point is it? Would it be so bad to have such a
button? I don't really see the point of not allowing it inside VDR, after
all, that's where you have the EPG data, right?

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