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Video Disk Recorder User's Manual
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Version 2.0
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* Remote Control Keys
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The following remote control keys are used to control the VDR
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operation. To keep the number of different keys as small as
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possible, several keys have different meanings in the various
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modes:
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Key Normal VDR Channels Timers Edit/New Recordings Replay Audio
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Up Ch up Crsr up Crsr up Crsr up Crsr up Crsr up Play Sel. track
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Down Ch down Crsr down Crsr down Crsr down Crsr down Crsr down Pause Sel. track
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Left Prev group - Page up Page up Decrement Page up Search back Sel. channel
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Right Next group - Page down Page down Increment Page down Search forward Sel. channel
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Ok Ch display Select Switch Edit Accept Play Progress disp. Switch & Close
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Menu Menu on Menu off Menu off Menu off Menu off Menu off Menu off Menu off
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Back - Menu off VDR menu VDR menu Discard VDR menu Recordings menu Close
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Red - Record Edit On/Off ABC/abc Play/Commands(1) Jump -
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Green - Audio New New Ins/Ovr Rewind Skip -60s -
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Yellow - Pause live Delete Delete Delete Delete Skip +60s -
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Blue - Stop/Resume Mark Info - Info Stop -
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0..9 Ch select - Sort(2) Day(3) Numeric inp. Sort/Exec cmd(1) Editing -
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In a numerical input field (like the response to a CAM enquiry) the keys 0..9
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are used to enter the data, and the Left key can be used to delete the last
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entered digit.
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In a text input field (like, e.g., the file name of a recording) the characters
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can be entered by pressing the numeric keys, the same way as on a telephone
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keypad.
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If your remote control provides additional keys, they can be used for the
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following functions:
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Info display information on the currently viewed programme or recording,
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or on the current item in a menu
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Play/Pause combined key to resume or pause replay, or pause live video
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Play resume normal replay
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Pause pause replay or live video
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Stop stop replay
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Record instant recording
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FastFwd fast forward
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FastRew fast rewind
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Next Next/previous channel group (in live tv mode)
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Prev or next/previous editing mark (in replay mode)
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Channel+ channel up
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Channel- channel down
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PrevChannel previous channel
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Power shutdown
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Volume+ volume up
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Volume- volume down
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Mute mute
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Audio select audio track
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Subtitles select subtitles
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Schedule \
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Channels |
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Timers | directly access the VDR
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Recordings | main menu functions
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Setup |
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Commands /
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User1...9 additional user defined keys for macro functions
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(defined in 'keymacros.conf')
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Note that in normal viewing mode (no OSD active) the color keys can have user
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defined functionality, as configured in 'keymacros.conf'.
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The default assignment is
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Red Recordings menu
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Green Schedule menu
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Yellow Info
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Blue Timers menu
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(1) See "Sort Recordings" and "Processing Recordings" below.
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(2) In the "Channels" menu the '0' key switches the sort mode through "by number",
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"by name" and "by provider". Other numeric input positions the cursor to
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the channel with the number entered so far. If there is no channel with that
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number, nothing happens. While entering a channel number, the '0' key will
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be treated as part of that number, not as a sort mode toggle. If no numeric
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key has been pressed for more than one second, the number is reset and '0'
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functions as sort mode toggle again.
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(3) In the "Timers" menu, when on the "Day" item, the '0' key toggles between
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a single shot and a repeating timer. If "Day" indicates a repeating timer,
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the keys '1'...'7' can be used to toggle the individual days ('1' is Monday).
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* Navigating through the On Screen Menus
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The "VDR" menu can be called up with the "Menu" key of your remote
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control unit. The "Up" and "Down" keys are used to select a specific
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item. The "Left" and "Right" keys can be used to change options, and
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the numeric keys allow direct input of numeric data. The "Ok" key
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confirms any changes (or switches to a channel in the "Channels" menu).
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The "Back" key goes back one level in the menu structure, discarding
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any changes that might have been made in the current menu.
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In the "Timers" menu, the current timer can be enabled or disabled with
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the "Red" key. Enabled timers are marked with '>', timers
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that are currently recording are marked with '#'. If a timer has the
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"First day" set so that it will start recording only on the given date,
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it is marked with '!'. The "Red" key toggles through the "enabled" and
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"disabled" states, and for repeating timers that are currently recording
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also a state that ends this recording prematurely and sets the "First day"
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date so that it will record again the next time the timer hits.
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"Ok" here opens the "Edit timer" menu.
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Textual options, like channel names or recording file names, can be edited
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by pressing the "Right" key (which puts brackets around the current
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character as in "[R]TL"), selecting the desired character position with
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"Left" and "Right", and changing the character with the "Up" and "Down"
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keys. "Ok" then confirms the changes. The "Red" key toggles between
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upper- and lowercase characters, while the "Green" key switches between
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insert and overwrite mode. The "Yellow" key deletes the current character
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(or the one to the right of the cursor in insert mode).
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The "Red", "Green", "Yellow" and "Blue" keys have special meanings
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in various menus and are listed at the bottom of the on-screen-display.
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At any point in the menu system, pressing the "Menu" key again will
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immediately leave the menu system (discarding any pending changes).
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* The "Schedule" Menu
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The "Schedule" menu implements VDR's "Electronic Program Guide" (EPG).
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Select "Schedule" from the "VDR" menu and you get a list of all upcoming
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broadcasts on the current channel.
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"Up" and "Down" can be used to scroll through this list, and pressing "Ok"
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displays detailed information about the selected programme. Pressing "Ok"
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again (or pressing "Back") gets you back into the "Schedule" menu.
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From the "Schedule" menu, the "Green" key opens the "What's on now?"
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menu, which displays all programmes that are currently running on all
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channels that broadcast their programme information on the current
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transponder, or from channels that have been current lately (VDR stores
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all information it gathers in an internal list). The more channels you
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have been switching through lately, the longer this list will be.
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The "Yellow" key opens the "What's on next?" menu, which lists all
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programmes that will start next on all channels.
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Inside the "What's on now/next?" menus the "Green" key toggles between
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the "Now" and "Next" display, and the "Yellow" key takes you to the
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"Schedule" menu of the current channel in the list.
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The "Red" key allows you to instantly program a timer to record the
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selected programme. After pressing this key, the current event will
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be marked with 'T', and the function of the "Red" key will change from
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"Record" to "Timer". Pressing "Red" on an event marked with 'T' will open
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the "Edit timer" menu for this timer, where you can make any modifications
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you may want to apply. Note that the Start and Stop time are offset by the
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MarginStart and MarginStop parameters (see Setup) in order to make sure the
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entire programme is recorded in case it doesn't exactly adhere to its
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published start/stop times. Of course, no guarantee can be given that the
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default margin values will be sufficient, so in case this recording is
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really important you may want to add an extra margin ;-). VPS recordings
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will use the exact Start (or VPS) and Stop times as given in the event.
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If a timer is newly created from within the "Schedule" menu, and its event is
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already running or has its start time within the next two minutes, it goes
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directly into the "Edit timer" menu in order to allow the user to make further
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changes to timer parameters before the actual recording starts.
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The "Blue" key can be pressed to switch to the channel with the selected
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programme.
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The following markers in these menus give additional information about the
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status of the events:
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t there is a timer defined for this event which covers only part of the event
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T there is a timer defined for this event which covers the entire event
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V this event has a VPS time that's different than its start time
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* this event is currently running (the validity of this marker depends on
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whether there is currently a DVB card receiving the transponder this channel
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is on).
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Pressing '0' in the "Schedule" menu rotates through displaying "This event on
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this channel", "This event on all channels" and "All events on all channels".
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This can be used to find reruns of a given show, or the episodes of a series.
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Note that if there are many channels in your channels.conf, displaying the
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"All events on all channels" page may take a while.
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* Selecting a Channel
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There are four ways to select a channel:
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1. With no On Screen Menu displayed press the "Up" or "Down" key to switch
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to the next higher or lower channel.
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2. Press the "Menu" key to bring up the On Screen Menu, select "Channels"
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and browse through the list with the "Up" and "Down" key; to switch to the
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selected channel press "Ok".
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3. Directly type in the channel number with the numeric keys ('0'..'9');
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if no key is pressed for about one second, the digits collected so
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far will define the channel number.
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4. From the "Now", "Next" and "Event" menus (accessible through the "Schedule"
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menu) by pressing the "Blue" key.
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Pressing the '0' key in normal viewing mode toggles between the current and
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the previous channel. A channel is considered "previous" if it has been
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selected for at least 3 seconds.
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After switching to a different channel the channel number and name, as well
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as the current time are displayed in the OSD. If available, the
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'current/next' information will be displayed below this line. This display
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automatically goes away after about five seconds, or if any key is pressed.
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To bring up the channel display without switching channels you can press
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the "Ok" key.
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* Selecting audio tracks
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If the current channel or recording provides different audio tracks (for
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different languages or Dolby Digital), the "Green" key in the "VDR" menu can
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be pressed to bring up the "Audio" menu. Within this menu, the "Up" and "Down"
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keys can be used to switch between the audio tracks. If your remote control has
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a dedicated "Audio" key, the first press of that key brings up the "Audio"
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menu, and every further press switches to the next available audio track.
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The "Left" and "Right" keys can be used to switch between "mono left", "stereo"
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and "mono right" for channels that broadcast different audio tracks in the
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left and right stereo channels.
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The "Ok" key explicitly switches to the selected track (in case the device
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for some reason doesn't play it) and closes the "Audio" menu.
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The "Audio" menu will automatically disappear after 5 seconds of user inactivity,
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or if any key other than the ones described above is pressed.
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Once a Dolby Digital track has been selected on any channel, further channel
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switches will first search for a Dolby Digital track of one of the preferred
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audio languages. If no such track can be found, a normal audio track will
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be selected. Note that this only works if the broadcasters use actual language
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codes in their PID data, not things like "dd" or "2ch".
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* Switching through channel groups
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If the 'channels.conf' file contains "group separators" you can switch
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through these groups by pressing the "Left" and "Right" key while no
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menu is being displayed. The channel display will show the name of the
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group, and if you press the "Ok" key while the group name is being
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displayed, you will switch to the first channel of that group.
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Channel groups can be whatever you decide them to be. You can either
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group your channels by "Bouquet", by language, genre or whatever your
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preferences may be.
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* Instant Recording
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You can start recording the current channel by pressing the "Red" key
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in the "VDR" menu. This will create a timer event named "@channelname" that
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starts at the current time and by default records for 3 hours.
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If you want to modify the recording time you need to edit the timer.
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Stop instant recording by pressing the "Menu" key and selecting
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"Stop Recording", or by disabling the timer. The default priority, lifetime
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and recording time can be defined in the "Setup/Recording" menu.
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* Pausing live video
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If you want to pause the live programme you are just watching, simple press
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"Menu/Yellow" or "Pause" on your remote control. VDR will start an instant
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recording of the current channel (just as if you had pressed "Menu/Red" or
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"Record") and immediately begin replaying that recording. Replay will be
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put into "pause" mode, so you can attend to whatever it was that disturbed
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your live viewing session. Once you're back, simply press the "Up" or "Play"
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key and you'll be watching the current channel in time shift mode, right
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from the point where you left off. The instant recording VDR has started
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will use the parameters for "Pause priority" and "Pause lifetime" as defined
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in the "Setup/Recording" menu. Recording time will be the same as for
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any other instant recording, so by default it will record 3 hours (which
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should be enough for any normal broadcast).
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* Replaying a Recording
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All recordings are listed in the "Recordings" menu. Browse through the
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list with the "Up" and "Down" key and press "Ok" (or the "Red" key)
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to start playback. New recordings are marked with an '*'.
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If the Setup parameter RecordingDirs has been set and there are recordings
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from repeating timers organized in a subdirectory structure, only the
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directory is displayed and it can be opened by pressing "Ok" (or the "Red"
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key). A directory entry displays the total number of recordings within
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that directory (and any possible subdirectory thereof) as well as the total
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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 "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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the order in which they were broadcast.
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Playback can be stopped via the "VDR" menu by selecting "Stop replaying",
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or by pressing the "Blue" key outside the menu.
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A previously stopped playback session can be resumed by pressing the "Blue"
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key in the "VDR" menu.
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* Sort Recordings
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Within the "Recordings" menu, pressing the '0' key toggles sorting between
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"by time" and "by name". The selected sort mode is stored separately for each
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folder (provided you have write access to that folder).
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If a folder is newly created by a repeating timer, the sort mode for that
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folder is initially set to "by time".
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* Processing Recordings
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The configuration file 'reccmds.conf' can be used to define system commands
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that can be applied to the recording that is currently highlighted in the
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"Recordings" menu. The "Red" key in the "Recordings" menu opens the "Recording
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commands" menu if there are commands defined in the file 'reccmds.conf'. Pressing
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one of the keys '1'..'9' in the "Recordings" menu executes the corresponding
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command from 'reccmds.conf' (see also "Executing system commands" below).
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* Replay Control
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The following keys have the listed meaning in Replay mode:
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- Up Resumes normal replay from any "pause", "forward" or "backward"
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mode.
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- Down Halts playback at the current position. Press again to continue
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playback.
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- Blue Stops playback and stores the current position, so that
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playback can be resumed later at that point.
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- Left
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Right Runs playback forward or backward at a higher speed; press
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again to resume normal speed. If in Pause mode, runs forward or
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backward at a slower speed; press again to return to pause mode.
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Pressing and holding down the key performs the function until
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the key is released again.
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If "Multi Speed Mode" has been enabled in the "Setup" menu, the
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function of these keys changes in a way that gives you three
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fast and slow speeds, through which you can switch by pressing
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the respective key several times.
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- Red Jump to a specific location. Enter the time you want to jump to
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and then press "Left" or "Right" to jump relative to the current
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position, "Up" to jump to an absolute position, and "Down" to
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jump and pause at an absolute position.
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- Green
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Yellow Skips about 60 seconds back or forward.
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Pressing and holding down the key performs the function until
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the key is released again.
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- Ok Brings up the replay progress display, which shows the date,
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time and title of the recording, a progress bar and the
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current and total time of the recording.
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Press "Ok" again to turn off the progress display.
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- Back Stops replaying and brings up the "Recordings" menu. This can be
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used to easily delete a recording after watching it, or to switch
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to a different recording.
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* Editing a Recording
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While in Replay mode, the following keys can be used to manipulate editing
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marks:
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- 0 Toggles an editing mark. If the mark indicator shows a red triangle,
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the current mark is deleted. Otherwise a new mark is set at the
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current position.
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- 4, 6 Move an editing mark back and forward. You need to first jump to
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an editing mark for this to work.
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- 7, 9 Jump back and forward between editing marks. Replay goes into still
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mode after jumping to a mark. If the current position is at the
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first or last mark, or if there are no marks at all, these keys
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jump to the very beginning or end, respectively, of the recording.
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- 8 Positions replay at a point 3 seconds before the current or next
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"begin" mark and starts replay.
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- 2 Start the actual cutting process.
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Editing marks are represented by black, vertical lines in the progress display.
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A small black triangle at the top of the mark means that this is a "begin"
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mark, and a triangle at the bottom means that this is an "end" mark.
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The cutting process will save all video data between "begin" and "end" marks
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into a new file (the original recording remains untouched). The new file will
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have the same name as the original recording, preceded with a '%' character
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(imagine the '%' somehow looking like a pair of scissors ;-). Red bars in the
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progress display indicate which video sequences will be saved by the cutting
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process.
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The video sequences to be saved by the cutting process are determined by an
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"even/odd" algorithm. This means that every odd numbered editing mark (i.e.
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1, 3, 5,...) represents a "begin" mark, while every even numbered mark (2, 4,
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6,...) is an "end" mark. Inserting or toggling a mark on or off automatically
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adjusts the sequence to the right side of that mark.
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Use the keys described under "Replay Control" to position to, e.g., the
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beginning and end of commercial breaks and press the '0' key to set the
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necessary editing marks. After that you may want to use the '7' and '9'
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keys to jump to each mark and maybe use the '4' and '6' keys to fine tune
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them. Once all marks are in place, press '2' to start the actual cutting
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process, which will run as a background process. When replaying the edited
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version of the recording you can use the '8' key to jump to a point just
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before the next cut and have a look at the resulting sequence.
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Currently editing marks can only be set at I-frames, which typically appear
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every half of a second to a second. A "begin" mark marks the first frame of
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a resulting video sequence, and an "end" mark marks the last frame of that
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sequence. Note that the actual frame indicated by the an "end" mark will
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not be included in the edited version of the recording. That's because every
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recording (and every sequence of an edited recording) begins with an I-frame
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and ends right before the next I-frame.
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An edited recording (indicated by the '%' character) will never be deleted
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automatically in case the disk runs full (no matter what "lifetime" it has).
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* Programming the Timer
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Use the "Timer" menu to maintain your list of timer controlled recordings.
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The parameters in the "Edit timer" menu have the following meanings:
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Active: Defines whether the timer will be processed (set it to 'no' to
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temporarily disable a timer).
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Channel: The channel to be recorded (as defined in the "Channels" list).
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Any changes made in the "Channels" list (like renaming or
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reordering channels) will be automatically reflected in the
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timers settings.
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Day: The day on which this timer shall start. This can be a
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date (like 2005-03-19), which allows programming a "single shot"
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timer that hits once and is deleted after it ends.
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Another option here are "repeating timers" which are defined
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by listing the days of the week on which they shall record.
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For example, a timer that shall record every Monday and Wednesday
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would have a Day setting of "M-W----".
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The '0' key toggles between a single shot and a repeating timer.
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If "Day" indicates a repeating timer, the keys '1'...'7' can be
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used to toggle the individual days ('1' is Monday).
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You can also switch to a set of predefined repeating timer settings
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by pressing the "Left" key when the day is the present day. To return
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to the single shot mode just press "Right" until a date is displayed.
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Start: The start time of the timer in hh:mm as 24 hour ("military") time.
|
|
Stop: The stop time of the timer.
|
|
VPS: Defines whether the timer shall use VPS (if available). If this
|
|
option is set to 'yes', the start time must exactly match the
|
|
programme's VPS time, otherwise nothing will be recorded. If VPS
|
|
is used, the stop time has no real meaning. However, it must be
|
|
different than the start time, and should correspond to the actual
|
|
stop time of the programme, just in case there is no real VPS data
|
|
available at the time of recording, so VDR has to fall back to
|
|
normal timer recording.
|
|
Priority: The Priority (0..99) is used to decide which timer shall be
|
|
started in case there are two or more timers with the exact same
|
|
start time. The first timer in the list with the highest Priority
|
|
will be used. This value is also stored with the recording and is
|
|
later used to decide which recording to remove from disk in order
|
|
to free space for a new recording. If the disk is full and a new
|
|
recording needs more space, an existing recording with the lowest
|
|
Priority (and which has exceeded its guaranteed Lifetime) will be
|
|
removed. If all available DVB cards are currently occupied, a
|
|
timer with a higher priority will interrupt the timer with the
|
|
lowest priority in order to start recording.
|
|
Lifetime: The number of days (0..99) a recording made through this timer is
|
|
guaranteed to remain on disk before it is automatically removed
|
|
to free up space for a new recording. Note that setting this
|
|
parameter to very high values for all recordings may soon fill up
|
|
the entire disk and cause new recordings to fail due to low disk
|
|
space. The special value 99 means that this recording will live
|
|
"forever", and a value of 0 means that this recording can be
|
|
deleted any time if a recording with a higher priority needs disk
|
|
space.
|
|
File: The name under which a recording created through this timer will
|
|
be stored on disk (the actual name will also contain the date and
|
|
time, so it is possible to have a "repeating timer" store all its
|
|
recordings under the same name; they will be distinguishable by
|
|
their date and time).
|
|
If the file name contains the special character '~', the recording
|
|
will be stored in a hierarchical directory structure. For instance,
|
|
a file name of "Sci-Fi~Star Trek~Voyager" will result in a directory
|
|
structure "/video/Sci-Fi/Star_Trek/Voyager". The '~' character has
|
|
been chosen for this since the file system's directory delimiter '/'
|
|
may be part of a regular programme name.
|
|
Repeating timers create recordings that contain the 'Episode name'
|
|
information from the EPG data in their file name. Typically (on tv
|
|
stations that care about their viewers) this contains the episode
|
|
title of a series. The episode name is appended to the timer's file name,
|
|
separated by a '~' character, so that it results in all recordings
|
|
of this timer being collected in a common subdirectory.
|
|
If this field is left blank, the channel name will be used to form
|
|
the name of the recording.
|
|
First day: The date of the first day when this timer shall start recording
|
|
(only available for repeating timers).
|
|
|
|
A timer can also be programmed by pressing the "Red" key on the "Schedule",
|
|
"Now", "Next" or "Event" menus.
|
|
|
|
The "Red" key in the "Edit timer" menu opens a list of folders, which can be
|
|
used to define the file name in which the recording will be stored.
|
|
|
|
* Managing folders
|
|
|
|
The "Select folder" menu, which can be accessed by pressing the "Red" key in
|
|
the "Edit timer" menu, offers a list of folders that can be used for storing
|
|
a recording. In this menu, the "Green" key allows you to define a new folder
|
|
within the current one; if the "Sub folder" option is set to "yes", this will
|
|
be a folder that contains other folders (indicated by "..." following the
|
|
folder name in the list). The "Yellow" key deletes the current folder (note
|
|
that this will merely delete the folder definition stored in 'folders.conf'
|
|
and has no effect on existing timers or recordings). The "Blue" key can be
|
|
used to edit an existing folder definition. The "Red" key selects the current
|
|
folder, or enters a sub folder. Once a folder has been selected, the entire
|
|
path of the timer's file name will be replaced with the selected folder.
|
|
|
|
In the "Recordings" menu the folders of existing recordings can be renamed or
|
|
moved by pressing the "Blue" key ("Edit") while the cursor is positioned on
|
|
a folder. This will open a menu in which the folder's name and location (the
|
|
"parent" folder) can be edited. If such an operation will result in moving
|
|
more than one recording, you will be asked for confirmation.
|
|
The name, folder, priority and lifetime of an individual recording can be
|
|
changed by pressing the "Blue" key ("Info") while the cursor is positioned
|
|
on a recording, and in the resulting Info menu pressing the "Blue" key again
|
|
to bring up the "Edit recording" menu.
|
|
In the "Edit recording" menu the Red button ("Folder") allows you to select one
|
|
of your predefined folders. The Green button has multiple functions, depending
|
|
on what is currently going on with the recording. It can either stop or cancel
|
|
a cut, move or copy operation. If the button reads "Stop..." it means that the
|
|
respective operation is already happening, while "Cancel..." means that the
|
|
operation is still pending execution. If no operation is currently happening
|
|
and the recording has editing marks, the Button will read "Cut" and triggers
|
|
cutting the recording (same as pressing '2' while replaying the recording).
|
|
The Yellow button ("Delete marks") allows you to delete all editing marks from
|
|
the selected recording (if there are any and the recording is not currently
|
|
being cut). To directly edit the folder or name of the recording, position the
|
|
cursor to the respective line and press the Right key to start editing (press
|
|
Ok to confirm the edit, or Back to return to the previous value). Once you are
|
|
finished with editing the recording properties, press Ok to confirm the changes.
|
|
|
|
* Parameters in the "Setup" menu
|
|
|
|
Select "Setup" from the "VDR" menu to enter the setup menu. From there you can
|
|
modify the following system parameters (note that "boolean" values will be
|
|
displayed as "no" and "yes" in the "Setup" menu, while in the setup file they
|
|
are stored as '0' and '1', respectively):
|
|
|
|
OSD:
|
|
|
|
Language = English Defines the language used to display the OSD texts.
|
|
|
|
Skin = ST:TNG Panels Defines the "skin" used to display the OSD menus.
|
|
|
|
Theme = Default Defines the "theme" to use with the current skin.
|
|
|
|
Left = 8 The left and top offset of the OSD, in percent of the
|
|
Top = 8 total video display width and height, respectively.
|
|
The valid range is 0...50%.
|
|
|
|
Width = 87 The width and height of the OSD, in percent of the
|
|
Height = 84 total video display width and height, respectively.
|
|
The valid range is 50...100%.
|
|
|
|
Message time = 1 The time (in seconds) how long an informational
|
|
message shall be displayed on the OSD. The valid range
|
|
is 1...60.
|
|
|
|
Use small font = 1 Defines whether the small font shall be used. 0 means never
|
|
use the small font, 1 means use the small font wherever the
|
|
current skin wants to, and 2 means always use the small
|
|
font.
|
|
|
|
Anti-alias = 1 Controls whether the OSD uses "anti-aliasing" to improve
|
|
font rendering. To make this work, the OSD must support
|
|
at least 256 colors, and the skin in use has to
|
|
utilize these. If either of these conditions is not met,
|
|
rendering will be done without anti-aliasing.
|
|
|
|
Default font = Sans Serif:Bold
|
|
Small font = Sans Serif
|
|
Fixed font = Courier:Bold
|
|
The names of the various fonts to use.
|
|
|
|
Default font size = 3.8
|
|
Small font size = 3.5
|
|
Fixed font size = 3.1
|
|
The sizes (in percent of the total video display height)
|
|
of the various fonts. The valid range is 1...10%, at
|
|
a resolution of 0.1%.
|
|
|
|
Channel info position = bottom
|
|
The position of the channel info window in the OSD
|
|
(either 'bottom' or 'top').
|
|
|
|
Channel info time = 5 The time (in seconds) after which the channel info display
|
|
is removed if no key has been pressed.
|
|
|
|
Info on channel switch = yes
|
|
Turns the display of the current/next information on
|
|
or off when switching the channel. The information is
|
|
always displayed when pressing the "Ok" key in
|
|
normal viewing mode.
|
|
|
|
Timeout requested channel info = yes
|
|
Turns the automatic timeout of the channel display (when
|
|
invoked by a press of the "Ok" key) on or off.
|
|
|
|
Scroll pages = yes no = when pressing the "Down" ("Up") key while the cursor
|
|
is on the last (first) line of a list page, the
|
|
list is scrolled down (up) a single line and the cursor will
|
|
remain at the bottom (top) of that page
|
|
yes = the list is scrolled down (up) a full page and the cursor
|
|
will be at the top (bottom) of that page (this mode allows
|
|
for faster scrolling through long lists).
|
|
|
|
Scroll wraps = no no = when the end (beginning) of a list is reached while
|
|
moving the cursor through it, the cursor stays at the
|
|
last (first) line of the list
|
|
yes = the cursor "wraps around" and moves from the last
|
|
(first) line of the list directly to the first (last)
|
|
one.
|
|
|
|
Menu key closes = no
|
|
If set to "yes", pressing the "Menu" key while there is
|
|
anything displayed on the OSD will close the OSD. If set
|
|
to "no", the "Menu" key will open the main menu after
|
|
closing a temporary display, like, for instance, the channel
|
|
display.
|
|
|
|
Recording directories = yes
|
|
Turns displaying the Recordings menu as a hierarchical
|
|
directory structure on or off.
|
|
|
|
Folders in timer menu = yes
|
|
Controls whether the full folder path is shown in the
|
|
"Timers" menu, or just the basic recording name.
|
|
|
|
Always sort folders first = yes
|
|
In the "Recordings" menu folders are always listed before
|
|
plain recordings. Set this option to "no" if you want folders
|
|
to be interspersed with recordings when sorted alphabetically.
|
|
|
|
Number keys for characters = yes
|
|
Controls whether the number keys can be used to enter
|
|
characters in a text input field. You may want to set this
|
|
to "no" if you are using an actual keyboard to control VDR.
|
|
|
|
Color key 0 = 0 By default, VDR assumes that the sequence of the color
|
|
Color key 1 = 1 keys on the remote control is red-green-yellow-blue. If
|
|
Color key 2 = 2 your remote control has these keys in a different sequence,
|
|
Color key 3 = 3 you can adjust these parameters to reorder the corresponding
|
|
color buttons in the menus accordingly. Note that this does
|
|
not change the functionality of the individual keys; it only
|
|
changes the sequence in which the color buttons are displayed.
|
|
|
|
EPG:
|
|
|
|
EPG scan timeout = 5 The time (in hours) of user inactivity after which the
|
|
DVB card in a single card system starts scanning channels
|
|
to keep the EPG up-to-date.
|
|
A value of '0' completely turns off scanning on both single
|
|
and multiple card systems.
|
|
|
|
EPG bugfix level = 3 Some tv stations transmit weirdly formatted EPG data.
|
|
VDR attempts to fix these bugs up to the given level:
|
|
0 = no EPG fixing
|
|
1 = basic fixing of text location (Title, Episode and
|
|
Extended Description)
|
|
2 = removal of excess whitespace and hyphens, mapping of
|
|
wrongly used characters
|
|
3 = fix stream component descriptions
|
|
Default is '3'.
|
|
Note that after changing the setting of this parameter
|
|
any EPG data that has already been received will remain
|
|
in its existing format - only newly received data will
|
|
be fixed accordingly. Restart VDR if you want to make sure
|
|
all data is fixed.
|
|
|
|
EPG linger time = 0 The time (in minutes) within which old EPG information
|
|
shall still be displayed in the "Schedule" menu.
|
|
|
|
Set system time = no Defines whether the system time will be set according to
|
|
the time received from the DVB data stream.
|
|
Note that this works only if VDR is running under a user
|
|
id that has permission to set the system time. You also
|
|
need to set the option "Use time from transponder" to a
|
|
channel that you trust to transmit a reliable time base
|
|
(not all channels seem to have access to a correct time
|
|
base...).
|
|
|
|
Use time from transponder = 0
|
|
The frequency of the transponder that shall be used to
|
|
set the system time. The Setup menu will offer the full
|
|
list of channels, even if several of them are on the
|
|
same transponder. Also, when selecting a channel, saving
|
|
the Setup and opening the Setup menu again, there may be
|
|
a different channel listed here, since the first one
|
|
in 'channels.conf' that is on the given transponder will
|
|
be taken. Note that in order to set the system time from
|
|
the transponder data the option "Set system time" must also
|
|
be enabled.
|
|
|
|
Preferred languages = 0
|
|
Some tv stations broadcast their EPG data in various
|
|
different languages. This option allows you to define
|
|
which language(s) you prefer in such cases. By default,
|
|
or if none of the preferred languages is broadcast, any
|
|
language will be accepted and the EPG data will be
|
|
displayed in the first language received from the data
|
|
stream. If this option is set to a non-zero value, the
|
|
menu page will contain that many "Preferred language"
|
|
options which allow you to select the individual preferred
|
|
languages. If an actual EPG data record is received in
|
|
different languages, the preferred languages are checked
|
|
in the given order to decide which one to take.
|
|
|
|
Scan The "Red" key in the "Setup/EPG" menu can be used to
|
|
force an EPG scan on a single DVB card system. If pressed,
|
|
and the primary DVB device is currently not recording or
|
|
replaying, it will loop through the transponders once and
|
|
then switch back to the original channel. Any user activity
|
|
during the EPG scan will also stop the scan and bring back
|
|
the original channel.
|
|
|
|
DVB:
|
|
|
|
Primary DVB interface = 1
|
|
Defines the primary DVB interface (i.e. the one that
|
|
will display the menus and will react on input through
|
|
the remote control). Valid values range from '1' to the
|
|
number of installed DVB cards. If more than one DVB card
|
|
is installed and a recording is to be started, the
|
|
program will try to use a free DVB card that is different
|
|
from the primary DVB interface, so that the viewer will
|
|
be disturbed as little as possible.
|
|
|
|
Standard Compliance = 0
|
|
Defines the standard compliance mode:
|
|
0 = DVB
|
|
1 = ANSI/SCTE
|
|
|
|
Video format = 4:3 The video format (or aspect ratio) of the tv set in use
|
|
(4:3 or 16:9).
|
|
|
|
Video display format = letterbox
|
|
The display format to use for playing wide screen video on
|
|
a 4:3 tv set ("pan & scan", "letterbox" or "center cut out").
|
|
This option is only available if "Video format" is set to
|
|
4:3.
|
|
|
|
Use Dolby Digital = yes
|
|
Controls whether Dolby Digital tracks appear in the "Audio"
|
|
menu. This is useful if you don't have the equipment to
|
|
replay Dolby Digital audio.
|
|
|
|
Update channels = 5 Controls the automatic channel update function. '0' means
|
|
no update, '1' will only update channel names, '2' will
|
|
only update PIDs, '3' will update channel names and PIDs,
|
|
'4' will perform all updates and also add newly found channels,
|
|
and '5' will also add newly found transponders.
|
|
Note that adding new transponders only works if the "EPG scan"
|
|
is active.
|
|
|
|
Audio languages = 0 Some tv stations broadcast various audio tracks in different
|
|
languages. This option allows you to define which language(s)
|
|
you prefer in such cases. By default, or if none of the
|
|
preferred languages is broadcast, the first audio track will
|
|
be selected when switching to such a channel. If this option
|
|
is set to a non-zero value, the menu page will contain that
|
|
many "Audio language" options which allow you to select the
|
|
individual preferred languages.
|
|
|
|
Display subtitles = no If set to 'yes', the first available subtitles in the list
|
|
of preferred subtitle languages will be turned on when
|
|
switching to a channel that provides subtitles.
|
|
|
|
Subtitle languages = 0 Some tv stations broadcast various subtitle tracks in different
|
|
languages. This option allows you to define which language(s)
|
|
you prefer in such cases. By default, or if none of the
|
|
preferred languages is broadcast, no subtitles will
|
|
be selected when switching to such a channel. If this option
|
|
is set to a non-zero value, the menu page will contain that
|
|
many "Subtitle language" options which allow you to select the
|
|
individual preferred languages.
|
|
|
|
Subtitle offset = 0 Allows you to shift the location of the subtitles in the
|
|
vertical direction. The valid range is -100...100. This option
|
|
is only available if "Display subtitles" is set to 'yes'.
|
|
|
|
Subtitle foreground transparency = 0
|
|
Subtitle background transparency = 0
|
|
These define an additional level of transparency for the
|
|
foreground and background color of subtitles. Valid ranges
|
|
are 0...9 for foreground transparency, and 0...10 for
|
|
background transparency. By default the values as broadcast
|
|
are used.
|
|
|
|
LNB:
|
|
|
|
Use DiSEqC = no Generally turns DiSEqC support on or off.
|
|
|
|
SLOF = 11700 The switching frequency (in MHz) between low and
|
|
high LOF
|
|
Low LNB frequency = 9750 The LNB's low and high local oscillator frequencies
|
|
High LNB frequency = 10600 (in MHz, these have no meaning for DVB-C receivers)
|
|
|
|
Device n connected to sat cable = own
|
|
Defines whether DVB-S device n has its own satellite cable,
|
|
or is "bonded" with another device. All DVB-S devices that
|
|
are connected to the same sat cable must be set to the same
|
|
number here.
|
|
|
|
Use dish positioner = no
|
|
By default, the 'P' command code in DiSEqC command sequences
|
|
is ignored. Set this parameter to 'yes' if you are using a
|
|
satellite dish positioner.
|
|
|
|
Site latitude (degrees) = 0
|
|
Site longitude (degrees) = 0
|
|
Set these to the latitude and longitude of your dish's
|
|
location if you use a satellite dish positioner. Use the
|
|
"Green" key to switch between north/south and east/west,
|
|
respectively.
|
|
|
|
Max. positioner swing (degrees) = 65
|
|
Defines the maximum angle by which the positioner can move
|
|
the dish away from due south (or north) in either direction.
|
|
The valid range is 0...90.
|
|
|
|
Positioner speed (degrees/s) = 1.5
|
|
Defines the speed at which the positioner moves the dish.
|
|
The valid range is 0.1...180. This value is used to calculate
|
|
how long it takes the positioner to reach the target position.
|
|
|
|
CAM:
|
|
|
|
n CAM Name Shows the CAM slots that are present in this system, where
|
|
'n' is the number of the slot, followed by the name of the
|
|
CAM. If a CAM slot is empty, '-' is displayed as name, and
|
|
if it is in the process of being reset, its current status
|
|
is displayed. The "Red" key can be pressed to enter the CAM
|
|
menu, and the "Green" key triggers a reset of the selected
|
|
slot. The "Ok" key also opens the CAM menu.
|
|
|
|
Recording:
|
|
|
|
Margin at start = 2 Defines how many minutes before the official start time
|
|
Margin at stop = 10 of a broadcast VDR shall start recording, and how long
|
|
after the official end time it shall stop recording.
|
|
These margins are added automatically to timers that
|
|
are created from the EPG data.
|
|
|
|
Default priority = 50 The default Priority and Lifetime values used when
|
|
Default lifetime = 99 creating a new timer event. A Lifetime value of 99
|
|
means that this recording will never be deleted
|
|
automatically.
|
|
|
|
Pause priority = 10 The Priority and Lifetime values used when pausing live
|
|
Pause lifetime = 1 video.
|
|
|
|
Pause key handling = 2 Defines what happens if the Pause key on the remote control
|
|
is pressed during live tv.
|
|
0 = do not pause live video
|
|
1 = confirm pause live video
|
|
2 = pause live video
|
|
The default is 2.
|
|
|
|
Use episode name = yes Repeating timers use the EPG's 'Episode name' information
|
|
to create recording file names in a hierarchical structure
|
|
(for instance to gather all episodes of a series in a
|
|
common subdirectory). This parameter can be used to
|
|
control this.
|
|
no = don't use the 'Episode name'
|
|
yes = use it (and create subdirectories)
|
|
|
|
Use VPS = 0 Defines whether a timer that is created from an EPG entry
|
|
(by pressing the "Record" (red) key in the "Schedules"
|
|
or "What's on now/next?" menu) will automatically use VPS
|
|
if the event it is created for has a VPS time.
|
|
|
|
VPS margin = 120 Defines how many seconds before a VPS controlled timer is
|
|
scheduled to start, VDR will make sure that one of the DVB
|
|
devices is tuned to the transponder that timer shall record
|
|
from. This is necessary for the "Running Status" information
|
|
that is broadcast in the EPG data to be seen by VDR.
|
|
|
|
Mark instant recording = yes
|
|
Defines whether an "instant recording" (started by
|
|
pressing the "Red" key in the "VDR" menu) will be
|
|
marked with a '@' character to make it distinguishable
|
|
from timer recordings in the "Recordings" menu.
|
|
|
|
Name instant recording = TITLE EPISODE
|
|
Defines how to name an instant recording. If the keywords
|
|
TITLE and/or EPISODE are present, they will be replaced
|
|
with the title and episode information from the EPG data
|
|
at the time of recording (if that data is available).
|
|
If this parameter is empty, the channel name will be used
|
|
by default.
|
|
|
|
Instant rec. time = 180
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Defines the duration of an instant recording in minutes.
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Default is 180 minutes (3 hours). The stop time of an
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instant recording can be modified at any time by editing
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the respective timer in the "Timers" menu.
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If this parameter is set to 0 ("present event"), only the
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currently running event will be recorded, using the stop
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margin and VPS setting as configured.
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Note that this parameter is also used when pausing live
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video!
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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...1048570. 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 00001.ts, 00002.ts, ...) you can set this
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option to 'yes'.
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Delete timeshift recording = 0
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Controls whether a timeshift recording is deleted after
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viewing it.
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0 = no
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1 = confirm
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2 = yes
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The default is 0.
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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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Show remaining time = no
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Defines whether the replay progress display shows the
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remaining time or the total length of the recording.
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Progress display time (s) = 0
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Defines how long (in seconds) the progress display is shown
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when replay of a recording is started. The default value of 0
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means that it will not be shown.
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Pause replay when setting mark = no
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Defines whether the player automatically goes into Pause
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mode when setting an editing mark.
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Resume ID = 0 Defines an additional ID that can be used in a multi user
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environment, so that every user has his/her own resume
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files for each recording. The valid range is 0...99, with
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0 resulting in a file named 'resume', and any other
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value resulting in 'resume.n'.
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Miscellaneous:
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Min. event timeout = 30
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Min. user inactivity = 300
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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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Zap timeout = 3 The time (in seconds) until a channel counts as "previous"
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for switching with '0'
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Channel entry timeout = 1000
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The time (in milliseconds) after the last keypress until
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a numerically entered channel number is considered
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complete, and the channel is switched. Default is 1000,
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a value of 0 turns this off, so a numerically entered
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channel number then needs to be confirmed with the "Ok"
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key. Note that the total maximum is also limited by
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the "OSD/Channel info time" parameter.
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Remote control repeat delay = 300
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The earliest time (in milliseconds) after which the repeat
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function of the remote control kicks in if a key is held
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pressed down for a while. If the remote control in use
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|
has a repeat delay that is longer than that given in this
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|
parameter, that longer delay will prevail.
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Remote control repeat delta = 100
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The time (in milliseconds) between two subsequent key
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presses generated by the remote control's repeat function.
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If the remote control in use has a repeat delta that is
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longer than that given in this parameter, that longer delay
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|
will prevail.
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Initial channel = The channel ID of the channel that shall be tuned to when
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|
VDR starts. Default is empty, which means that it will
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tune to the channel that was on before VDR was stopped.
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Initial volume = -1 The volume that shall be set when VDR starts. Default
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is -1, which means that the same volume as before
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|
VDR was stopped will be used. The valid range is from
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0 (silent) to 255 (loudest).
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Channels wrap = no During zapping with the "Up" and "Down" keys (or the
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|
"Channel+" and "Channel-" keys) the current channel will
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|
wrap around the beginning or end of the channel list if
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|
this parameter is set to 'yes'.
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Show channel names with source = no
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|
If this option is turned on, channel names will be displayed
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|
with the source appended to them, as in "ZDF (S)", where
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|
'S' stands for "Satellite".
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Emergency exit = yes If, for some reason, a recording fails because the video
|
|
data stream is broken, or the CAM doesn't decrypt etc.,
|
|
VDR automatically exits in order to allow the surrounding
|
|
wrapper script to reload the DVB drivers. If this option
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|
is set to 'no', the "emergency exit" will be ignored,
|
|
hoping that the problem will go away by itself (as, for
|
|
instance, with bad weather conditions).
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* Executing system commands
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|
|
|
The "VDR" menu option "Commands" allows you to execute any system commands
|
|
defined in the configuration file 'commands.conf' (see vdr(5) for details).
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|
The "Commands" option will only be present in the "VDR" menu if a valid
|
|
'commands.conf' file containing at least one command definition has been
|
|
found at program start.
|
|
|
|
This feature can be used to do virtually anything, like checking for new
|
|
mail, displaying the CPU temperature - you name it! All you need to do is
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|
enter the necessary command definition into 'commands.conf' and implement
|
|
the actual command that will be called. Such a command can typically be a
|
|
shell script or a Perl program. Anything that command writes to stdout will
|
|
be displayed on a result screen after executing the command. This screen will
|
|
use a 'fixed' font so that you can generate formatted output. In order to
|
|
avoid error messages going to stderr, command definitions should redirect
|
|
stderr to stdout (see vdr(5)).
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|
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WARNING: THE COMMANDS DEFINED IN 'commands.conf' WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER THE
|
|
======= SAME USER ID THAT VDR IS RUNNING WITH. BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN
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|
DEFINING THESE COMMANDS AND MAKE SURE THEY DON'T HARM YOUR SYSTEM,
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|
ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE RUNNING VDR UNDER A HIGH PRIVILEGED USER ID
|
|
(LIKE 'root').
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