[vdr] Re: instant recording - timer?

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

Stefaan Coddé wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Klaus Schmidinger" <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>
> >
> > What's so hard about entering the "Timers" menu and setting the time
> there?
> > I don't see the need for an extra way of modifying an "instant" timer.
> >
> > Klaus
> > --
> 
> Well Klaus,
> 
> Can't argue with you on that point but there is.
> You didn't saw the need to integrate auto sat/transponder search neither.

That's just because VDR works fine already, and I didn't miss that feature
yet. I'm not saying that such a feature will never be part of VDR.

> Not only computer users would love to control a VDR box and there are
> enough people who hardly can operate a timed video recording on a
> analog video recorder.
> 
> The free disk space stays the problem , even when the timer is set to 2 or 3
> hours but as written in my previous message.. a free disk space message
> on the main EPG screen telling how much time there's left on the
> harddisk(s).
> Everyone knows the time format but a percentage as text or bar graph
> is something else.

Could you please take a look at http://www.cadsoft.de/people/kls/vdr/software.htm,
especially the first screen shot. In the middle of the title bar you can see
the free disk space in hours and minutes - isn't that what you want?
Maybe I just don't see what you are aiming at...

Klaus
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