[vdr] Re: Stream broken: new vdr-file instead of emergency exit?

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

Jan Grell wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> it sometimes happens, that vdr reports a broken video stream and
> performs an emergency exit.
> Just today it happened four times in a sequence. I even didn't have a
> chance to cancel the timer, because of the emergency exits.
> Also, the systems sometimes locks up, if the driver tries to reload the
> fourth time.
> 
> Would it be possible, to create a new recording file when the stream
> comes again instead of exiting?
> This would reduce the gaps in recordings...

VDR _does_ create a new file when the stream comes back.
However, in order for the stream to come back, the driver
needs to be re-loaded, and that's only possible via an emergency
exit. Unless the stream was broken from the broadcaster's side - but
how should VDR know that?

Klaus
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