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Refined texts of the 'Setup' menu
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MANUAL
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number of new recordings (as opposed to a recording's entry, which displays
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the date and time of the recording).
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If the setup parameter UseSubtitle was turned on when a recording took place,
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VDR adds the "subtitle" (which is usually the name of the episode in case of
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If the setup parameter "Use episode name" was turned on when a recording took place,
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VDR adds the "Episode name" (which is usually the name of the episode in case of
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a series) to the recording's name. The "Recordings" menu then displays all
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recordings of a repeating timer in chronological order, since these are
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usually the individual episodes of a series, which you may want to view in
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structure "/video/Sci-Fi/Star_Trek/Voyager". The '~' character has
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been chosen for this since the file system's directory delimiter '/'
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may be part of a regular programme name.
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Repeating timers create recordings that contain the 'Subtitle'
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Repeating timers create recordings that contain the 'Episode name'
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information from the EPG data in their file name. Typically (on tv
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stations that care about their viewers) this contains the episode
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title of a series. The subtitle is appended to the timer's file name,
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title of a series. The episode name is appended to the timer's file name,
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separated by a '~' character, so that it results in all recordings
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of this timer being collected in a common subdirectory.
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If this field is left blank, the channel name will be used to form
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displayed as "no" and "yes" in the "Setup" menu, while in the setup file they
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are stored as '0' and '1', respectively):
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OSDLanguage = 0 Defines the language used to display the OSD texts.
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0 = Englisch
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1 = Deutsch
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2 = Slovenian
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3 = Italian
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4 = Dutch
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5 = Portugese
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6 = French
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7 = Norwegian
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OSD:
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PrimaryDVB = 1 Defines the primary DVB interface (i.e. the one that
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will display the menus and will react on input through
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the remote control). Valid values range from '1' to the
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number of installed DVB cards. If more than one DVB card
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is installed and a recording is to be started, the
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program will try to use a free DVB card that is different
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from the primary DVB interface, so that the viewer will
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be disturbed as little as possible.
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Language = English Defines the language used to display the OSD texts.
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ShowInfoOnChSwitch = 1 Turns the display of the current/next information on
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Width = 52 The width and height of the OSD .
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Height = 18 The valid ranges are width=40...56, height=12...21.
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Message time = 1 The time (in seconds) how long an informational
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message shall be displayed on the OSD. The valid range
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is 1...60.
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Channel info position = bottom
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The position of the channel info window in the OSD
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(either 'bottom' or 'top').
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Info on channel switch = yes
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Turns the display of the current/next information on
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or off when switching the channel. The information is
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always displayed when pressing the "Ok" button in
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normal viewing mode.
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MenuScrollPage = 1 0 = when pressing the "Down" ("Up") key while the cursor
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is on the last (first) line of a list page, the
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list is advanced by a full page and the cursor will
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be at the top (bottom) of that page
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1 = dto., but the cursor remains at the bottom (top) of
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the page (this mode allows for faster scrolling
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through long lists).
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Scroll pages = yes yes = when pressing the "Down" ("Up") key while the cursor
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is on the last (first) line of a list page, the
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list is advanced by a full page and the cursor will
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be at the top (bottom) of that page
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no = dto., but the cursor remains at the bottom (top) of
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the page (this mode allows for faster scrolling
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through long lists).
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MarkInstantRecord = 1 Defines whether an "instant recording" (started by
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pressing the "Red" button in the "VDR" menu) will be
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marked with a '@' character to make it distinguishable
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from timer recordings in the "Recordings" menu.
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0 = instant recordings will not be marked
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1 = instant recordings will be marked.
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Sort timers = yes Turns sorting the timers in the "Timers" menu on/off.
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Timers are sorted by ascending start times, with the
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first one being the next timer that will start.
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NameInstantRecord = TITLE-EPISODE
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Defines how to name an instant recording. If the keywords
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TITLE and/or EPISODE are present, they will be replaced
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with the title and episode information from the EPG data
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at the time of recording (if that data is available).
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If this parameter is empty, the channel name will be used
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by default.
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Recording directories = yes
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Turns displaying the Recordings menu as a hierarchical
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directory structure on or off.
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LnbSLOF = 11700 The switching frequency (in MHz) between low and high LOF
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LnbFrequLo = 9750 The LNB's low and high local oscillator frequencies (in MHz)
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LnbFrequHi = 10600 (these have no meaning for DVB-C receivers)
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EPG:
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DiSEqC = 1 Generally turns DiSEqC support on or off.
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0 = disabled
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1 = enabled
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SetSystemTime = 0 Defines whether the system time will be set according to
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the time received from the DVB data stream.
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0 = system time will not be set
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1 = system time will be set
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Note that this works only if VDR is running under a user
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id that has permisson to set the system time. You also
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need to set the option TrustedTransponder to a channel
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that you trust to transmit a reliable time base (not all
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channels seem to have access to a correct time base...).
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TrustedTransponder = 0 The frequency of the transponder that shall be used to
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set the system time. The Setup menu will offer the full
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list of channels, even if several of them are on the
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same transponder. Also, when selecting a channel, saving
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the Setup and opening the Setup menu again, there may be
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a different channel listed here, since the first one
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in 'channels.conf' that is on the given transponder will
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be taken. Note that in order to set the system time from
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the transponder data the option SetSystemTime must also
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be enabled.
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MarginStart = 2 Defines how many minutes before the official start time
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MarginStop = 10 of a broadcast VDR shall start recording, and how long
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after the official end time it shall stop recording.
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EPGScanTimeout = 5 The time (in hours) of user inactivity after which the
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EPG scan timeout = 5 The time (in hours) of user inactivity after which the
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DVB card in a single card system starts scanning channels
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to keep the EPG up-to-date.
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A value of '0' completely turns off scanning on both single
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and multiple card systems.
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EPGBugfixLevel = 2 Some tv stations transmit weirdly formatted EPG data.
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EPG bugfix level = 2 Some tv stations transmit weirdly formatted EPG data.
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VDR attempts to fix these bugs up to the given level:
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0 = no EPG fixing
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1 = basic fixing of text location (Title, Subtitle and
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1 = basic fixing of text location (Title, Episode and
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Extended Description)
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2 = removal of excess whitespace and hyphens, mapping of
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wrongly used characters
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be fixed accordingly. Restart VDR if you want to make sure
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all data is fixed.
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SVDRPTimeout = 300 The time (in seconds) of inactivity on an open SVDRP
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connection after which the connection is automatically
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closed. Default is 300, a value of 0 means no timeout.
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Set system time = no Defines whether the system time will be set according to
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the time received from the DVB data stream.
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Note that this works only if VDR is running under a user
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id that has permisson to set the system time. You also
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need to set the option "Use time from transponder" to a
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channel that you trust to transmit a reliable time base
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(not all channels seem to have access to a correct time
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base...).
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SortTimers = 1 Turns sorting the timers in the "Timers" menu on/off.
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Timers are sorted by ascending start times, with the
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first one being the next timer that will start.
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Use time from transponder = 0
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The frequency of the transponder that shall be used to
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set the system time. The Setup menu will offer the full
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list of channels, even if several of them are on the
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same transponder. Also, when selecting a channel, saving
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the Setup and opening the Setup menu again, there may be
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a different channel listed here, since the first one
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in 'channels.conf' that is on the given transponder will
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be taken. Note that in order to set the system time from
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the transponder data the option "Set system time" must also
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be enabled.
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PrimaryLimit = 0 The minimum priority a timer must have to be allowed to
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use the primary DVB interface, or to force another timer
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with higher priority to use the primary DVB interface.
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This is mainly useful for recordings that should take
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place only when there is nothing else to do, but should
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never keep the user from viewing stuff on the primary
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interface. On systems with only one DVB card, timers
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with a priority below PrimaryLimit will never execute.
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DefaultPriority = 50 The default Priority and Lifetime values used when
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DefaultLifetime = 50 creating a new timer event. A Lifetime value of 99
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means that this recording will never be deleted
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automatically.
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DVB:
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UseSubtitle = 1 Repeating timers use the EPG's 'Subtitle' information to
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create recording file names in a hierarchical structure
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(for instance to gather all episodes of a series in a
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common subdirectory). This parameter can be used to
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control this.
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0 = don't use the 'Subtitle'
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1 = use it (and create subdirectories)
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Primary DVB interface = 1
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Defines the primary DVB interface (i.e. the one that
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will display the menus and will react on input through
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the remote control). Valid values range from '1' to the
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number of installed DVB cards. If more than one DVB card
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is installed and a recording is to be started, the
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program will try to use a free DVB card that is different
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from the primary DVB interface, so that the viewer will
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be disturbed as little as possible.
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RecordingDirs = 1 Turns displaying the Recordings menu as a hierarchical
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directory structure on or off.
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Video format = 4:3 The video format (or aspect ratio) of the tv set in use
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(4:3 or 16:9).
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VideoFormat = 0 The video format (or aspect ratio) of the tv set in use.
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0 = 4:3
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1 = 16:9
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LNB:
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RecordDolbyDigital = 1 Turns recording of the Dolby Digital audio channels on
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or off. This may be useful if you don't have the equipment
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to replay Dolby Digital audio and want to save disk space.
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SLOF = 11700 The switching frequency (in MHz) between low and
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high LOF
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Low LNB frequency = 9750 The LNB's low and high local oscillator frequencies
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High LNB frequency = 10600 (in MHz, these have no meaning for DVB-C receivers)
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ChannelInfoPos = 0 The position of the channel info window in the OSD.
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0 = bottom
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1 = top
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Use DiSEqC = no Generally turns DiSEqC support on or off.
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OSDwidth = 52 The width and height of the OSD .
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OSDheight = 18 The valid ranges are width=40...56, height=12...21.
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OSDMessageTime = 1 The time (in seconds) how long an informational
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message shall be displayed on the OSD. The valid range
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is 1...60.
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MaxVideoFileSize=2000 The maximum size of a single recorded video file in MB.
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The valid range is 100...2000. Default is 2000, but
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you may want to use smaller values if you are planning
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on archiving a recording to CD.
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SplitEditedFiles = 0 During the actual editing process VDR writes the result
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into files that may grow up to MaxVideoFileSize. If you
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prefer to have each marked sequence stored in a separate
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file (named 001.vdr, 002.vdr, ...) you can set this
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option to 1.
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MinEventTimeout=30 If the command line option '-s' has been set, VDR will
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MinUserInactivity=120 automatically shutdown the computer if the next timer
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event is at least MinEventTimeout minutes in the future,
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and the user has been inactive for at least
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MinUserInactivity minutes. Setting MinUserInactivity
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to 0 disables the automatic shutdown, while still
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retaining the possibility to manually shutdown the
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computer.
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MultiSpeedMode = 0 Defines the function of the "Left" and "Right" keys in
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replay mode. If set to 0, one speed will be used, while
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if set to 1 there will be three speeds for fast and slow
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search, respectively.
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0 = off
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1 = on
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ShowReplayMode = 0 Turns displaying the current replay mode on or off.
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0 = off
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1 = on
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CICAM:
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CICAM DVBn m Defines the "Conditional Access" capabilities of the DVB
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card 'n'. Each DVB card can provide up to two CICAM
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methods ('m' = [1, 2]).
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methods ('m' = [1, 2]).
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In the 'setup.conf' file the value consists of the card
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number, followed by a list of decryption method values
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(defined in 'ca.conf').
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would define that card number 3 is able to decrypt
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"Premiere World" and the "ORF".
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Recording:
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Margin at start = 2 Defines how many minutes before the official start time
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Margin at stop = 10 of a broadcast VDR shall start recording, and how long
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after the official end time it shall stop recording.
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These margins are added automatically to timers that
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are created from the EPG data.
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Primary limit = 0 The minimum priority a timer must have to be allowed to
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use the primary DVB interface, or to force another timer
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with higher priority to use the primary DVB interface.
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This is mainly useful for recordings that should take
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place only when there is nothing else to do, but should
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never keep the user from viewing stuff on the primary
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interface. On systems with only one DVB card, timers
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with a priority below PrimaryLimit will never execute.
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Default priority = 50 The default Priority and Lifetime values used when
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Default lifetime = 50 creating a new timer event. A Lifetime value of 99
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means that this recording will never be deleted
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automatically.
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Use episode name = yes Repeating timers use the EPG's 'Episode name' information
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to create recording file names in a hierarchical structure
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(for instance to gather all episodes of a series in a
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common subdirectory). This parameter can be used to
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control this.
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no = don't use the 'Episode name'
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yes = use it (and create subdirectories)
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Mark instant recording = yes
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Defines whether an "instant recording" (started by
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pressing the "Red" button in the "VDR" menu) will be
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marked with a '@' character to make it distinguishable
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from timer recordings in the "Recordings" menu.
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Name instant recording = TITLE EPISODE
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Defines how to name an instant recording. If the keywords
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TITLE and/or EPISODE are present, they will be replaced
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with the title and episode information from the EPG data
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at the time of recording (if that data is available).
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If this parameter is empty, the channel name will be used
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by default.
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Record Dolby Digital = yes
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Turns recording of the Dolby Digital audio channels on
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or off. This may be useful if you don't have the equipment
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to replay Dolby Digital audio and want to save disk space.
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Max. video file size = 2000
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The maximum size of a single recorded video file in MB.
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The valid range is 100...2000. Default is 2000, but
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you may want to use smaller values if you are planning
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on archiving a recording to CD.
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Split edited files = no
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During the actual editing process VDR writes the result
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into files that may grow up to MaxVideoFileSize. If you
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prefer to have each marked sequence stored in a separate
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file (named 001.vdr, 002.vdr, ...) you can set this
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option to 'yes'.
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Replay:
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Multi speed mode = no Defines the function of the "Left" and "Right" keys in
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replay mode. If set to 'no', one speed will be used, while
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if set to 'yes' there will be three speeds for fast and slow
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search, respectively.
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Show replay mode = no Turns displaying the current replay mode on or off.
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Miscellaneous:
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Min. event timeout = 30
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Min. user inactivity = 120
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If the command line option '-s' has been set, VDR will
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automatically shutdown the computer if the next timer
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event is at least MinEventTimeout minutes in the future,
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and the user has been inactive for at least
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MinUserInactivity minutes. Setting MinUserInactivity
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to 0 disables the automatic shutdown, while still
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retaining the possibility to manually shutdown the
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computer.
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SVDRP timeout = 300 The time (in seconds) of inactivity on an open SVDRP
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connection after which the connection is automatically
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closed. Default is 300, a value of 0 means no timeout.
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* Executing system commands
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The "VDR" menu option "Commands" allows you to execute any system commands
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