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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 - Page up Disable Decrement Page up Search back
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Right Next group - Page down Enable Increment Page down 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 Jump
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Green - Language New New - Rewind Skip -60s
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Yellow - Eject DVD Delete Delete - Delete Skip +60s
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Blue - Resume Mark Mark - Summary Stop
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0..9 Ch select - - - Numeric inp. - Editing
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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 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" 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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* Selecting language specific audio track
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If the current channel provides different audio tracks (typically for
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different languages), the "Green" button in the "Main" menu can be pressed
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to toggle between these. There can be two different audio PIDs per channel,
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assuming that typically a channel broadcasts a country specific language
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plus the movie's original soundtrack.
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Recordings made form such channels will contain both audio tracks, and when
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replaying the desired audio track can be selected the same way.
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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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- 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 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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* 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.
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- 8 Positions replay at a point 3 seconds before the current or next
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"start" 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 "start"
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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 "start" 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, preceeded 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 "start" 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 is
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every 12th frame. So editing can be done with a resolution of roughly half
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a second. A "start" mark marks the first frame of a resulting video
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sequence, and an "end" mark marks the last frame of that sequence.
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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. The special value 99 means that this recording will live
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"forever", and a value of 0 means that this recording can be
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deleted any time if a recording with a higher priority needs 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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LnbSLOF = 11700 The switching frequency (in MHz) between low and high LOF
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LnbFrequLo = 9750 The LNB's low and high local oscillator frequencies (in MHz)
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LnbFrequHi = 10600 (these have no meaning for DVB-C receivers)
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DiSEqC = 1 Generally turns DiSEqC support on or off.
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0 = disabled
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1 = enabled
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SetSystemTime = 0 Defines whether the system time will be set according to
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the time received from the DVB data stream.
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0 = system time will not be set
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1 = system time 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' completely turns off scanning on both single
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and multiple card systems.
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EPGBugfixLevel = 2 Some tv stations transmit weirdly formatted EPG data.
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VDR attempts to fix these bugs up to the given level:
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0 = no EPG fixing
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1 = basic fixing of text location (Title, Subtitle and
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Extended Description)
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2 = removal of excess whitespace and hyphens
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3 = fixing the date in timestamps between 00:00 and 06:00
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(use with care - hopefully one day Pro7 and Kabel1
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will learn how to read the clock/calender)
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Default is '2', which will do all textual fixes, but
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leaves out the timestamp fixes, since these might cause
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recordings to fail. Use '3' at your own risk.
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Note that after changing the setting of this parameter
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any EPG data that has already been received will remain
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in its existing format - only newly received data will
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be fixed accordingly. Restart VDR if you want to make sure
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all data is fixed.
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SVDRPTimeout = 300 The time (in seconds) of inactivity on an open SVDRP
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connection after which the connection is automatically
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closed. Default is 300, a value of 0 means no timeout.
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PrimaryLimit = 0 The minimum priority a timer must have to be allowed to
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use the primary DVB interface, or to force another timer
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with higher priority to use the primary DVB interface.
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This is mainly useful for recordings that should take
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place only when there is nothing else to do, but should
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never keep the user from viewing stuff on the primary
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interface. On systems with only one DVB card, timers
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with a priority below PrimaryLimit will never execute.
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DefaultPriority = 50 The default Priority and Lifetime values used when
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DefaultLifetime = 50 creating a new timer event. A Lifetime value of 99
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means that this recording will never be deleted
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automatically.
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VideoFormat = 0 The video format (or aspect ratio) of the tv set in use.
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0 = 4:3
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1 = 16:9
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ChannelInfoPos = 0 The position of the channel info window in the OSD.
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0 = bottom
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1 = top
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OSDwidth = 52 The width and height of the OSD .
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OSDheight = 18 The valid ranges are width=40...56, height=12...21.
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* 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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