[vdr] Can I disable pause live tv altogher?

[Theunis Potgieter]

On 09/05/2009, Udo Richter <udo_richter at gmx.de> wrote:
> On 09.05.2009 12:38, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>  > - When should such a recording be deleted?
>  >    If it gets deleted as soon as replay is stopped, you'll be very surprised
>  >    when you (or your kids ;-) inadvertently press Stop, and you can't resume
>  >    replay.
>  >    If it gets deleted after a certain timeout, you'll probably turn this off
>  >    once you lost such a recording for the first time, because something
>  >    came up that kept you from finishing viewing it in time.
>  >
>  > - How to handle such a recording if it's not in the list of recordings?
>  >    Maybe you find the recording to be so interesting that you want to
>  >    keep it - no chance if it doesn't appear in the list.
>
>
>
> What about just asking the user?
>
>  So someone hit pause and play. No one remembers. For now, its some kind
>  of invisible recording. If someone hits 'stop' or tries to change
>  channels, ask the user 'Continue instant recording?'. If he presses OK,
>  make the recording visible. If he presses cancel, delete the recording.
>
>
>  Cheers,
>
>

How about a small icon/character in the corner that shows you are busy
viewing a live/paused recording...?