[vdr] Re: merge vdr files.

["Martin Holst" <holstm@gmx.de>]

Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> Martin Holst wrote:
> > tarass@club-internet.fr wrote:
> > > Le 01/14/2004 10:44 PM, Klaus Schmidinger a joliment écrit :
> > > > tarass@club-internet.fr wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>Hello,
> > > >>
> > > >>Until now, I use cat 00*.vdr > film.vdr to merge vdr files, but 
> > > >>it is not good enought because dvb-mplex find a lak in key 
> > > >>frames.
> > > >>
> > > >>Is there another 'simple' way to merge the vdr files ?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 'cat' shoud do just fine. When recordings, VDR simply closes 
> > > > one file
> > > > and continues with the next, so there shouldn't be anything 
> > > > missing.
> > >
> > > Why then dvb-mplex complain when the files are merged,
> > > and dosen't on each file separately ?
> > 
> > I'd the same problem. You have to try some parameters of cat (I 
> > don't know the parameter at the moment). It's because cat (in some 
> > versions as default) changes some characters like control sequences 
> > and so on.
> 
> What? 'cat' is supposed to copy the given files to stdout, without
> modifying them.

I thought this too, until I'd the described problem. And I'm quite sure,
that it was a simple parameter of cat, which bring back the wanted
functionality. It could be, that there are different cat-implementations with different
default-behaviour. But I've forgotten which parameter it was. :-( We all get
older...

Martin

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