[vdr] Re: easy Time-Shifting

["Johannes Schoeller" <schoeller@izeman.net>]

> > > On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Florian Schwarz (FS) wrote:
> > >
> > > FS> > isn't there a setting in the setup somewhere for the lifetime of
a
> > > FS> > timeshift-recording? Just set it to 0. Then you don't have
> > > to worry about
> > > FS> > the recording left behind. It will be removed as soon as
> > > some space is
> > > FS> > needed.
> > > FS>
> > > FS> I think this is the default lifetime for Timers, isn't it?
> > >
> > > Here is an excerpt from the MANUAL.
> > >
> > >   Default priority = 50  The default Priority and Lifetime values
> > > used when
> > >   Default lifetime = 99  creating a new timer event. A Lifetime
> > > value of 99
> > >                          means that this recording will never be
deleted
> > >                          automatically.
> > >
> > >   Pause priority = 10    The Priority and Lifetime values used
> > > when pausing
> > >   Pause lifetime = 1     live video.
> > >
> > > (this settings are in in Setup/Recording)
> >
> > While this does work .. there is still a copy of the show in the
> reocordings
> > list which if used repeatedly would clutter up your recordings list to
the
> > point where it was not useable even if you were using folders.
> >
> > Also, I think you would benefit more from timeshifting if it was always
> > active .. that way you would be able to rewind and reveiw any scene you
> are
> > interested in seeing again .. haven't you ever wished you were recording
> > something while you were watching it cause of something unexpected
> > happening? I seem to always think of activating timeshifting after that
> > something happened.
> >

as being user of vdr from very early verisions (0.6x) i have seen this wish
so many time now. i suggested having a record only feature in RAM several
times.

the benefit: no wear of the harddisk, no additional power consumption

depending on the ram in your pc vdr does record into ram all the time using
a "fifo mode". so when ram is full, the first seconds of recording are
thrown away and filled with new data.

in case one wants to rewind or pause because he has seen/missed something of
interest, he presse menu -> pause (as now already) and a harddisk based
recording starts, being first filled with all data that is located in the
ram (belonging to the actual broadcast of course). after the show has ended,
the user manually stops the recording (or waits till the given limit of 3
hours ends), and is then asked if he wants to keep the recording.

that's all ....

unfortunately this idea never found it's way to vdr :( maybe sometime
someone can make a patch against vdr. i can't :(

regards j.schoeller