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- Date and time in the title of an event info page are now always right adjusted. - The 'current channel' is now handled device specific (in case there is more than one DVB card). - The 'SetSystemTime' option in the "Setup" menu is now shown as "yes/no". - Implemented "internationalization" (see 'i18n.c' for information on how to add new languages). Thanks to Miha Setina for translating the OSD texts to the Slovenian language. - Fixed learning keys on the PC keyboard (display oscillated). - Fixed a timing problem with OSD refresh and SVDRP. - Avoiding multiple definitions of the same timer in the "Schedule" menu (this could happen when pressing the "Red" button while editing the timer). - There can now be a configuration file named 'commands.conf' that defines commands that can be executed through the "Main" menu's "Commands" option (see FORMATS for details on how to define these commands). - Added a 'fixed' font for use with the output of system commands. - The 'Priority' parameter of the timers is now also used to interrupt a low priority timer recording if a higher priority timer wants to record. - A timer recording on a DVB card with a CAM module will now be interrupted by a timer that needs to use this specific DVB card to record an encrypted channel, if the timer currently occupying this DVB card doesn't need the CAM module (and thus can continue recording on a different DVB card). - The "Yellow" button in the "What's on now/next?" menus now displays the schedule of the current channel from that menu. - All DVB cards in a multi-card system now write their EIT information into the same data structure. - If there is more than one DVB card in the system, the non-primary cards are now used to periodically scan through the channels in order to keep the EPG info up-to-date. Scanning kicks in after 60 seconds of user inactivity (timeout in order to keep user interactions instantaneously) and each channel that has the 'pnr' parameter defined in 'channels.conf' is switched to for 20 seconds. If there is only one DVB card in the system, that card will start scanning after 5 hours (configurable through the "Setup" menu) of user inactivity and will switch back to the channel it originally displayed at the first sign of user activity. Any scanning will only occur if that particular card is not currently recording or replaying. - Now shifting the 'Subtitle' info into the 'ExtendedDescription' on stations that don't send the EIT information correctly (like, e.g., 'VOX'). - Implemented a 10 seconds latency when removing files. - Fixed unwanted reaction on the "Green" and "Yellow" button in the "Event" display. - Implemented 'Transfer Mode' to display video data from the DVB card that actually can receive a certain channel on the primary interface. This is currently in an early state and may still cause some problems, but it appears to work nice already.
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Video Disk Recorder User's Manual
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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 Main Channels Timer Edit/New Recordings Replay
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Up Ch up Crsr up Crsr up Crsr up Crsr up Crsr up Play
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Down Ch down Crsr down Crsr down Crsr down Crsr down Crsr down Pause
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Left Prev group - - Disable Decrement - Search back
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Right Next group - - Enable Increment - Search forward
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Ok Ch display Select Switch Edit Accept Play Progress disp.
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Menu Menu on Menu off Menu off Menu off Menu off Menu off Menu on
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Back - Menu off Main menu Main menu Discard Main menu Recordings menu
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Red - Record Edit Edit - Play -
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Green - - New New - - Skip -60s
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Yellow - - Delete Delete - Delete Skip +60s
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Blue - Resume Mark Mark - - Stop
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0..9 Ch select - - - Numeric inp. - -
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* Navigating through the On Screen Menus
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The "Main" 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 "Right" or "Left" key, respectively (enabled timers are marked with ">").
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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" button (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 special character '^' can be used
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to "cut off" a string at this position. When this character is visible in the
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brackets (as in abc[^]), the next press to the "Left" or "Ok" button will
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actually cut off the string. Using "Up" and/or "Down" brings back the
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original rest of the string (unless you have pressed "Left" or "Ok").
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The "Red", "Green", "Yellow" and "Blue" buttons 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 "Main" 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" button 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" button 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" button toggles between
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the "Now" and "Next" display, and the "Yellow" button takes you to the
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"Schedule" menu of the current channel in the list.
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The "Red" button allows you to instantly program a timer to record the
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selected programme. You will get into the "Edit Timer" menu in which
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everything has already been filled in, and 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 ;-)
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The "Blue" button can be pressed to switch to the channel with the selected
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programme.
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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" button 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 half a 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" button.
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Pressing the '0' key in normal viewing mode toggles between the current and
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the previous channel.
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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 at the top of the screen. 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" button.
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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" button 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" button
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in the "Main" menu. This will create a timer event named "@channelname" that
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starts at the current time and records for two 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" button and selecting
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"Stop Recording", or by disabling the timer.
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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" button and press "Ok" (or the "Red" button)
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to start playback. New recordings are marked with an '*'.
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Playback can be stopped via the "Main" menu by selecting "Stop replaying",
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or by pressing the "Blue" button outside the menu.
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A previously stopped playback session can be resumed by pressing the "Blue"
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button in the "Main" menu.
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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 button performs the function until
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the button is released again.
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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 button performs the function until
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the button 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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* 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 desable 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 either a
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"day of month" (1..31), which allows programming a "single shot"
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timer that hits once and is deleted after it ends. Single shot
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timers can be programmed up to one month into the future.
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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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Start: The start time of the timer in hh:mm as 24 hour ("military") time.
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Stop: The stop time of the timer.
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Priority: The Priority (0..99) is used to decide which timer shall be
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started in case there are two or more timers with the exact same
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start time. The first timer in the list with the highest Priority
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will be used. This value is also stored with the recording and is
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later used to decide which recording to remove from disk in order
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to free space for a new recording. If the disk is full and a new
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recording needs more space, an existing recording with the lowest
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Priority (and which has exceeded its guaranteed Lifetime) will be
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removed. If all available DVB cards are currently occupied, a
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timer with a higher priority will interrupt the timer with the
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lowest priority in order to start recording.
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Lifetime: The number of days (0..99) a recording made through this timer is
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guaranteed to remain on disk before it is automatically removed
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to free up space for a new recording. Note that setting this
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parameter to very high values for all recordings may soon fill up
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the entire disk and cause new recordings to fail due to low disk
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space.
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File: The name under which a recording created through this timer will
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be stored on disk (the actual name will also contain the date and
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time, so it is possible to have a "repeating timer" store all its
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recordings under the same name; they will be distinguishable by
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their date and time).
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If this field is left blank, the channel name will be used to form
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the name of the recording.
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A timer can also be programmed by pressing the "Red" button on the "Schedule",
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"Now", "Next" or "Event" menus.
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* Parameters in the "Setup" menu
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Select "Setup" from the "Main" menu to enter the setup menu. From there you can
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modify the following system parameters (note that "boolean" values will be
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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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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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ShowInfoOnChSwitch = 1 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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MarkInstantRecord = 1 Defines whether an "instant recording" (started by
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pressing the "Red" button in the "Main" 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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LnbFrequLo = 9750 The low and high LNB frequencies (in MHz)
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LnbFrequHi = 10600
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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 wil 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.
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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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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' turns off scanning on a single card system.
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* Executing system commands
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The "Main" menu option "Commands" allows you to execute any system commands
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defined in the configuration file 'commands.conf' (see FORMATS for details).
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The "Commands" option will only be present in the "Main" menu if a valid
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'commands.conf' file containing at least one command definition has been
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found at program start.
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This feature can be used to do virtually anything, like checking for new
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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
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the actual command that will be called. Such a command can typically be a
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shell script or a Perl program. Anything that command writes to stdout will
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be displayed on a result screen after executing the command. This screen will
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use a 'fixed' font so that you can generate formatted output. In order to
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avoid error messages going to stderr, command definitions should redirect
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stderr to stdout (see FORMATS).
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WARNING: THE COMMANDS DEFINED IN 'commands.conf' WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER THE
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======= 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
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(LIKE 'root').
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