On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 29.09.2010 23:08, Dominic Evans wrote: >> I was wondering about the recording numbers associated with recordings >> in the LSTR output. There doesn't seem to be any obvious pattern, is >> the numbering just random? > > Well, it starts at 1 and ends at the number of available recordings ;-) > >> It'd be preferable if recordings kept a unique number, that didn't >> change when every time a recording gets deleted, or a new recording is >> started. > > While this sounds feasible, it would also mean that the numbers > would get larger and larger over time if VDR runs like 24/7. > If this doesn't pose a problem to anybody, I could change this > so that every recording an instance of VDR "sees" would get a > unique number, by incrementing a static counter. These numbers would, > of course, only be valid within one instance of VDR, and only as long > as it actually runs. Once it restarts, the numbers would be reassigned > starting at 1. The only question remaining would probably be what to > do when the counter wraps over the integer boundary ;-) What advantage is there to keeping a static total recordings count (I guess you could call it)? Seems the most sane that each recording should start at 1 and count up as it already does. Also, instead of changing the current numbering system, could using a hash provide you with the same result you're looking for? I would think hashing the first X MB of a recording would suffice to create a unique identifier. Best regards, Derek _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
