Added a comment to cRecorder::Activate() about the need to call Detach() in the destructor

CONTRIBUTORS

@@ -3277,6 +3277,8 @@ Eike Sauer <EikeSauer@t-online.de>
  for reporting a problem with channels that need more than 5 TS packets for detecting
  frame borders
  for reporting a problem in handling the frame detection buffer length
+ for suggesting to add a comment to cRecorder::Activate() about the need to call
+ Detach() in the destructor
 
 Christian Paulick <cpaulick@xeatre.tv>
  for reporting a problem with frame detection in MPEG-2 streams that have "bottom fields"

HISTORY

@@ -8379,3 +8379,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Added cOsdProvider::OsdSizeChanged(), which plugins that implement an output device
   can call to signal a change in the OSD that requires a redraw of the currently
   displayed object (thanks to Thomas Reufer).
+- Added a comment to cRecorder::Activate() about the need to call Detach() in the
+  destructor (suggested by Eike Sauer).

recorder.h

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: recorder.h 2.3 2010/12/27 11:17:04 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: recorder.h 3.1 2015/01/15 14:27:02 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __RECORDER_H
@@ -31,12 +31,16 @@ private:
   bool NextFile(void);
 protected:
   virtual void Activate(bool On);
+       ///< If you override Activate() you need to call Detach() (which is a
+       ///< member of the cReceiver class) from your own destructor in order
+       ///< to properly get a call to Activate(false) when your object is
+       ///< destroyed.
   virtual void Receive(uchar *Data, int Length);
   virtual void Action(void);
 public:
   cRecorder(const char *FileName, const cChannel *Channel, int Priority);
-               // Creates a new recorder for the given Channel and
-               // the given Priority that will record into the file FileName.
+       ///< Creates a new recorder for the given Channel and
+       ///< the given Priority that will record into the file FileName.
   virtual ~cRecorder();
   };