<div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div>I see exactly this too...you can end up with a stack of running live instant recordings without realising it. I think its an area that needs some improvement.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Malcolm Caldwell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:malcolm.caldwell@cdu.edu.au">malcolm.caldwell@cdu.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 09:39 +0200, Frank Scherthan wrote:<br>
> Hi Theunis, Hi list,<br>
<br>
</div>I have read the manual. I understand how vdr works.<br>
<br>
I don't like finding 4 instant recordings going, using up disk space and<br>
10 old instant recordings that no one actually wanted.<br>
<br>
IMHO: it is too easy to 'accidentally' bump the pause key. I have done<br>
it, my wife has done and my kids do it. I could re-read the manual but<br>
my opinion won't change. :)<br>
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> Theunis Potgieter schrieb:<br>
> > Well honestly I'm confused. I use vdr 1.6 and when I press down or up<br>
> > it changes channel only. My vdr never pauses live tv. Mind you I don't<br>
> > have a pause key either and neither defined. So perhaps this is the<br>
> > way to for him.<br>
><br>
> Why didn't you just read the manual?<br>
> It is all there! :) It is really great!<br>
><br>
> The point is: keys do different things in differnet environments.<br>
><br>
> In liveview, the "down"- key decreases channel by 1<br>
> in replay-mode the "down"-key pauses the recording.<br>
><br>
> If you define a pause-key, than this key pauses in replay-mode.<br>
> In live-view it creates an instant-recording, that is replayed and paused.<br>
><br>
> Before anyone posts to this topic, would you please read the manual?<br>
><br>
><br>
> I think this whole thread would not exist, if anyone would have read the<br>
> manual ;)<br>
><br>
> btw. the manual comes with every copy of VDR and can be read via web in<br>
> the WIKI:<br>
> <a href="http://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/VDR_User's_Manual" target="_blank">http://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/VDR_User's_Manual</a><br>
><br>
> Frank, who read the manual ;)<br>
><br>
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