[vdr] [ANNOUNCE] VDR developer version 1.7.3

[Klaus Schmidinger]

On 12.01.2009 13:41, Nicolas Huillard wrote:
> Klaus Schmidinger a écrit :
>> On 08.01.2009 18:50, user.vdr wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Klaus Schmidinger
>>> <Klaus.Schmidinger at cadsoft.de> wrote:
>>>>  + The directory name for a recording has been changed from
>>>>    YYYY-MM-DD-hh[.:]mm.pr.lt.rec (pr=priority, lt=lifetime) to
>>>>    YYYY-MM-DD-hh.mm.ch-ri.rec (ch=channel, ri=resumeId).
>>> Is the channel number even necessary information to store in a
>>> dirname?  I've experienced many times where channels have been
>>> shuffled (requiring a rescanning & a new channels.conf)
>>> so channel 100 could be one network today and a different one
>>> tomorrow.  Maybe a better choice would be using the channel shortname,
>>> for example:
>>>
>>> YYYY-MM-DD-hh.mm.CNN-ri.rec
>>> YYYY-MM-DD-hh.mm.BBC-ri.rec
>> The channel number would be unnecessary, because that information
>> is stored in the 'info' file. However, it is contained in the
>> recording's directory name, so that in case two timers of the same VDR
>> instance record the exact same programme, but on different channels,
>> they don't mix their data into one big pile of goo (which could have
>> happenend in VDR 1= 1.7.2). No need to make this a string - it's just
>> a safety precaution (besides, two channels might have the *same* name,
>> but never the same number).
> 
> YYYY-MM-DD-hh.mm.ch-ri.rec does not solve the problem of multiple VDR 
> instances recording the same show.
> This is a usual problem of multiple instances sharing a single /video dir.
> As we're talking about safety here, why not address it right now, once 
> and for all ?

I did - by using the "resume id". This should be unique for any VDR instance
accessing a common video directory.

Klaus