[vdr] Re: schedule channel change

[Andreas Henden <andreas.henden@vice-chairman.net>]

On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 17:03, Robert Simons wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Andreas Henden wrote:
> 
> >Hi
> >
> >Is it possible too schedule a channel change and not record it. Some
> >times I start to watch a show and I forget that I'm sitting and waiting
> >on another show that is going on another channel.
> >
> You could try with timers of zero (or very small) length?
> 
> >
> >Another thing that follows is maybe you could have a file with program
> >titles you like. So when a program start let us say seinfeld or
> >something start you get a message on the screen. "Seinfeld on channel
> >....." And then you could press OK or something to change to that
> >channel. 
> >
> >Does anyone have the skills and the time to program a plugin for that?
> >
> >From
> >  
> >
> I would prefer to have a new timer flavour. This way you just would use 
> existing tools like vdradmin/master-timer (easily patched into issuing 
> the new commands)
yes, it should be possible to set the commands using vdradmin and so on.
I haven't looked at master-timer yet.

> .
> 
> Actually I would like to have 3 kinds of Timers:
>  1 "normal" recording Timers
>  2  "change channel" Timers that only change channel  (with low 
> priority: ask on osd)
>  3  "start eit scan" Timers that start a eit scanning sweep at a given time
eit????



> 
> 2 could be also used to startup your pc (using nvram-wakeup) on some 
> time, when you
>    know you probably want to watch something ( e.g. every day 20:00), so 
> the PC will boot
>   while you are going to your living room (my parents always complain 
> about my pc taking too
>   long to boot).
That would be cool.

> 3 could be used to update your epg data while you are not at home.
> 
> _If_ I get some time this weekend,  will try some coding.

cool
> 
> Gruss Robert.
> 
> >  
> >
> 
-- 
Andreas Henden <andreas.henden@vice-chairman.net>



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