[vdr] Re: What´s index.vdr good for?

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

Wiljo Heinen wrote:
> 
> From: "Rene Bartsch" <ml@bartschnet.de>
> > Am Mon, 2003-05-26 um 21.41 schrieb Emre Bastuz:
> > > I´ve been wondering what the index.vdr is good for (that lies
> 
> [...]
> > >
> >
> > As the MPEG-PES-format of the VDR-recordings do not include a
> > time-stamp, VDR writes an index-file with time-stamps. This is necessary
> > for e.g. fast-forward, rewinding and setting cutting-marks.
> >
> 
> Well - actually this is not completely true.
> 
> The "MPEG-PES"-format of the VDR recordings does of course
> contain timestamps. Otherwise you would not be able to play it back in
> sync.
> 
> VDR writes an index file containing the start of every GOP. It
> probably uses it for fast-forward and rewinding, I don't know.

That's exactly what it does.

> Cut-marks are saved in a file called "marks.vdr", which contains
> references to index.vdr (which then contains references into the
> *.vdr files).

The entries in marks.vdr are described (as well as all other VDR ile formats)
in vdr.5 (see 'man 5 vdr).

Klaus
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