[vdr] Re: [wish] recordings with broken links in different color (was: VDR developer version 1.3.12)

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Matthias Appel wrote:
> 
> Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> 
> > - Removed all error messages from cRecordings::ScanVideoDir() and
> >   just skipping entries that cause errors in order to avoid failure
> >   in case of things like broken links etc.
> 
> Maybe, it's possible to turn a failure caused by a broken link into a
> new feature? I'll try to explain what i mean:
> 
> I'm using the feature of vdr to have multiple video directories with
> an internal hard disk (v0) mounted as video0 and an external usb hard
> disk (v1) the I mount to video1. My benefit is that I have an overview
> of all recordings stored an v0 and v1 (even if v1 is not mounted). But
> since some of the recordings on v0 are linked to v1 and v1 is not
> always mounted I have some broken links. It's looking like this:
> 
> $ pwd
> /video0/From_Dusk_Till_Dawn/2004-04-03.00:40.51.99.rec
> $ la
> 001.vdr -> /video1/From_Dusk_Till_Dawn/2004-04-03.00:40.51.99.rec/001.vdr
> 002.vdr -> /video1/From_Dusk_Till_Dawn/2004-04-03.00:40.51.99.rec/002.vdr
> 003.vdr -> /video1/From_Dusk_Till_Dawn/2004-04-03.00:40.51.99.rec/003.vdr
> index.vdr
> marks.vdr
> resume.vdr
> summary.vdr
> 
> Now the idea would be the following: If vdr finds a recording
> containing a *.vdr file that links to another directory and which is
> currently a broken link, vdr will display this recording in a
> different color (or something similar).

VDR doesn't look that far into the directories - it stops at the *.rec
level.

Klaus