Joachim Wilke wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> when using the status plugin and tuning to a channel without an epg
> schedule, the syslog gets flooded with some hundreds of OsdProgramme
> messages:
>
> Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] status: cStatusTest::OsdChannel 2079
> TechniSat Kanal 50
> Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] status: cStatusTest::OsdProgramme
> Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] 01:00 (null)
> Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] (null)
> Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] 01:00 (null)
> Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] (null)
> Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] status: cStatusTest::OsdProgramme
> Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] 01:00 (null)
> Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] (null)
> Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] 01:00 (null)
> Nov 3 20:16:17 vdr vdr: [4676] (null)
> [...]
>
> These messages are caused by the else part in
> cDisplayChannel::DisplayInfo in menu.c:
>
> void cDisplayChannel::DisplayInfo(void)
> {
> if (withInfo && channel) {
> cSchedulesLock SchedulesLock;
> const cSchedules *Schedules = cSchedules::Schedules(SchedulesLock);
> if (Schedules) {
> const cSchedule *Schedule = Schedules->GetSchedule(channel);
> if (Schedule) {
> const cEvent *Present = Schedule->GetPresentEvent();
> const cEvent *Following = Schedule->GetFollowingEvent();
> if (Present != lastPresent || Following != lastFollowing) {
> SetTrackDescriptions(channel->Number());
> displayChannel->SetEvents(Present, Following);
> cStatus::MsgOsdProgramme(Present ? Present->StartTime()
> : 0, Present ? Present->Title() : NULL, Present ? Present->ShortText()
> lastPresent = Present;
> lastFollowing = Following;
> }
> }
> else
> cStatus::MsgOsdProgramme(0, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
> }
> }
> }
>
> I would suggest removing the else part, because this MsgOsdProgramme
> call provides no information. As an alternative it should be limited
> to one call, similar to the check "(Present != lastPresent ||
> Following != lastFollowing)" some lines above.
There is no such line in the original VDR source - and never has been.
Are you using a patched version of VDR?
Klaus
