[vdr] Re: schedule channel change

["Ulrich Petri" <ulope@gmx.de>]

Robert R. Simons wrote:

First: The idea is great, i missed such a feature for some time.

> Why not introduce just a new field?
> For "old" timers this would be inside the summary field. If you 
> use a clearly defined format, like one number followed by a ":", 
> (how many summaries beginning with a number, followed by a ":" 
> are out there?) and you even could input these new timers using 
> old software (just manipulate summary info).
> 
> Another idea is, to use special file names in the file field.
> As in this field the "target" of the timer is defined, the
> target "@@notafile" "@@eitscan" etc. could signal special timers.
> is "@@" a good prefix for that?
> 
> This has the benefit, that you only have to handle this 
> special feature,
> when actually acting on this timer in vdr (and you may not have 
> series starting with "@@").
> 
Imho this only patchwork leading to user confusion.
The imho best(tm) soultion would be to add a type field to the timers.
There have been countless changes in the conf files lately.
So why not do it "right" from the beginning?


Cu Ulrich



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