christian jacobsen wrote: > Hallo, > > I have noticed that VDR now - can't say at the moment at what version it > started - wakeup the additinal videodisks when (re)starting the vdr > program, this was previously not so. Maybe it is since the delted > recordings are included in the "free" videospace or it has something to > do with the caching of the recording list !? > The same thing has allways happended when the list of Delete Recordings > is created by an VDR internal function - unfortunatly I don't know what > function that is. This can be tested with the Undelete plugin : > http://www.fast-info.de/vdr/undelete/index.htm > > Would it be possible to somehow change this ? > > > Normally it should not be necessary to use the [0-9][0-9][0-9].vdr files > when creating those lists. The only thing that comes into my mind in > this context is that it is used to calculate the free size including the > deleted recordings !? If that is the case then maybe index.vdr could be > used instead to find out how many minutes the deleted recording is and > add that to the free time instead of using the size :) Or somehow check > if the videofiles are linked and then don't touch them. > > A litte Background info. I have got 3 disks in my VDR and it is placed > in my Livingroom. To reduce noise and Heat I let the second and third > disk sleep most of the time. VDR only knows of the first disk /video and > the recordings are then split to the other disks when cutting or > reorganizing with AutoCutter. Maybe that has something to do with this > problem !? VDR only determines the size of the recording directories when it is started. Once it is running, it shouldn't wake up your additional disks. Are you starting/stopping VDR all the time? Klaus
