[vdr] Re: instant recording - timer?

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

Stefaan Coddé wrote:
> 
> There's a difference between instant recording and timed recordings:
> 
> Instant means that the user is sitting behind or close to the VDR box
> to activate instant recording. They usual can turn it off too so there's no
> timer needed for instant recording.

VDR implements instant recording by simply setting up a timer that records
the current channel, from "now" until two hours into the future. That way
anything that's implemented for timers works with instant recordings, too.

>    But: a nice feature would be to add a time limit during recording in case
>           the user decides later on that he/she will not be able to stop the
>           recording by hand.

Simply enter the "Timers" menu and edit the timer.

Klaus
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