Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > Dirk wrote: >> Hello, >> >> what does a line like this mean? >> >> Aug 20 20:01:23 martini vdr: [29347] timer 7 (6 2250-0020 VPS >> '00new~Law & Order - Die heimliche Geliebte') set to event Die >> 22.08.2006 23:10-00:00 'Law & Order' >> >> FYI: Timer 7 is a VPS timer. But its start time (22:50) is >> NOT exactly the start time of the program (23:10). >> >> Does this line tell me that VDR has detected that timer 7 wants >> to record the event starting at 23:10? And it will correctly start >> and end triggered by the VPS events? Sorry, I just realized that this event doesn't have a VPS time, so the timer will just record from 2250-0020. For an event with VPS time this line would look like Aug 20 19:50:16 video vdr: [4921] timer 16 (6 2200-2230 VPS 'Kanal fatal') set to event Fri 25.08.2006 22:00-22:30 (VPS: 25.08 22:00) 'Kanal fatal' Klaus > That's the idea behind VPS ;-) > >> This would be fine! But the manual says that VPS timers have to >> start exactly at the correct time. > > If you program a VPS timer, the start time of the timer must be > the VPS time of the event. The actual start time of the event > may change, but the VPS time will remain the same (provided the > broadcaster doesn't screw up ;-). > > Klaus