[vdr] Aw: Re: instant recording - timer?

[holger.bocklet@nexgo.de]

..ran into the 2h-trap once in a while 
(user-interaction-error ;-),
and would apreciate a config-option (i'd set it to 3 or 3,5h).
Holger


----- Original Nachricht ----
Von:     Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>
An:      "vdr@linuxtv.org" <vdr@linuxtv.org>
Datum:   22.04.02 08:43
Betreff: [vdr] Re: instant recording - timer?

> Stefaan Coddé wrote:
> > 
> > Hey,
> > 
> > I'm new to VDR an recorded Star Treks episode 1 (Pro7) with the instant
> > recording feature but what a surprise to see that only 1hour 59 minutes
> > has been recorded.  I wonder why instant recording is timed.
> > 
> > You could say to me ...RTFM but it would be obvious to set no time limit
> > at all on instant recording as default ...for instance...let the harddisk
> size
> > be the limitation and if the user want's to limit the time, then to change
> a
> > setting. If a user starts instant recording then he (or she) can stop the
> > recording usual..no?
> > 
> > btw.. it would be handy to be able to enable the timed end of the
> recording
> > during the recording if the user expects not to stop recording manually.
> 
> As Emil already stated in his reply, if the instant recording were not
> timed, you might lose some of your existing recordings (since VDR tries
> to delete old recordings to make room for new ones). But you also might
> lose
> new timed recordings! Imagine an instant recording that is not timed and
> thus
> runs "forever" (i.e. until the disk runs full). Depending on your disk size
> this may take 10, 20 hours, maybe even several days! So if you forget to
> set an end time, other timers that would like to record during that time
> might not be able to do so (depending on the number of DVB cards in your
> system).
> 
> At the time 2 hours appeared to be a useful default for an instant
> recording.
> However, I guess I didn't think of channels like Pro7, where there's almost
> as much commercials as raw movie. Perhaps it would be best to set that
> value
> to 3 hours - or make it user definable, since probably the next posting
> will
> say "no, make that 2.5 hours"...
> 
> You can always acces all your timers through the "Timers" menu and adjust
> the times to your liking - even if a timer is currently recording.
> 
> Klaus
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