Sorry for not posting in thread, I copypasted this old message from
archives.
Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> Lauri Tischler wrote:
>>
>> Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>> > Lauri Tischler wrote:
>> >
>> >>VPS uses running status. Unfortunately Finnish Digita does not
>> >>use VPS, but, they do send 'running status', sort of...
>> >>They appear allways to send 'running' (status 4) but never any
>> >>other type.
>> >>This could be used with Timers, like...
>> >>- switch to appropiate channel using Timer Info
>> >>- start recording when running status goes running
>> >>- stop recording when next running status on this channel goes active.
>> >
>> >
>> > VDR sets the running status accordingly, so that at any given time there
>> > is only one event with running status 4.
>> >
>> > Are you sure that the stations you are talking about actually switch
>> > the running status when the broadcast begins or ends, respectively?
>> > RTL, for instance, switches the RS at times that are only loosely
>> > related to the actual begin or end of a broadcast.
>>
>> some log from 9th Apr.
[...]
>> -- starts 1:08 late
>> Apr 9 18:31:08 vdr vdr[2596]: channel 8 (YLE24) event 18:30 'MOT' status 4
>> Apr 9 18:32:01 vdr vdr[2596]: channel 2 (YLE TV2) event 18:30 'Pisara' status 4
>> Apr 9 18:35:11 vdr vdr[2596]: channel 1 (YLE TV1) event 18:35 'Top40' status 4
>> Apr 9 18:36:01 vdr vdr[2596]: channel 9 (YLE FST) event 18:35 'Kulttuuriprofiili: Jan-Erik Sl?tis' status 4
>> -- starts 2:15 late
>> Apr 9 18:37:15 vdr vdr[2596]: channel 2 (YLE TV2) event 18:35 'FST: Kulttuuriprofiili: Jan-Erik Sl?tis' status 4
>>
>> yep, should work
>
> Have you verified that these broadcasts actually started at the exact moment when
> the status has switched? I mean, by watching what was actually visible on the tv
> screen at that time.
I verified this.
>
> You could make VDR use the event's running status (even if there is no VPS
> time provided by the event) by changing the line
>
> if (HasFlags(tfVps) && !Directly && event && event->Vps()) {
>
> in VDR/timers.c into
>
> if (HasFlags(tfVps) && !Directly && event) {
>
> You would still have to set the VPS flag for the event, though.
> I haven't tested this, but I would expect it to work.
I modified VDR 1.3.27 according to attached patch, and the running
status works as expected.
Klaus, could this be included in the next version of VDR?
--
Anssi Hannula
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