The next stable version of VDR (to be released on February 19) will contain
the functionality from the "binary skip" patch (by Rolf Ahrenberg and Helmut
Auer). Since most VDR users probably won't understand what the word "binary"
means in that context, we're looking for a better wording for the setup
parameters of this function. Currently these are (from the MANUAL):
Binary skip initial value (s) = 120
Defines the number of seconds to jump from the current replay
position in either direction, when pressing the '1' or '3'
key for the first time after the "Binary skip timeout".
The valid range is 10...600.
Binary skip timeout (s) = 3
Defines the number of seconds after which pressing the
'1' or '3' key falls back to the "Binary skip initial value".
The valid range is 0...10. Setting the timeout to 0 disables
the binary mode and makes '1' and '3' always skip the number
of seconds configured as the initial value.
Binary skip strict = yes
When skipping in binary mode with the '1' and '3' keys, the
distance of the skip is halved with every key press after the
first change of direction. While this allows for locating a
particular position in a recording very fast, once you make
one step too many in the current direction you have no chance
of ever reaching the desired point any more. You will have to
wait for the timeout to occur and start binary skipping anew.
If this option is set to 'no', the skip distance will only be
halved if the direction actually changes. That way, even if
you missed the target point, you can still back up to it.
In this posting
http://www.vdr-portal.de/board1-news/board2-vdr-news/p1231427-15-jahre-vdr-zeit-f%C3%BCr-eine-neue-stabile-version/#post1231427
M-Reimer suggested to change these to
Initial value for bisecting skip distance (s)
Timeout for bisecting skip distance (s)
Always bisect skip distance
The question now is: is "bisect" the right word here, which a native English
speaker would use? Or should it rather be "halve"? Or something completely
different?
Please help us out here.
Klaus
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