[vdr] Re: /video directories on a CD/DVD?

[Lauri Tischler <lwgt@iki.fi>]

Jan Ekholm wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Sascha Volkenandt wrote:
>
>
> > Sorry for the forward, I've entered the wrong sender :-(
> >
> > Am Montag, 25. Oktober 2004 21:41 schrieb Sascha Volkenandt:
> >
> > > Am Montag, 25. Oktober 2004 10:24 schrieb Jan Ekholm:
> > >
> > > > Another solution would be to just dump the raw VDR directory hiearchy for
> > > > a show on a DVD-rw. It would waste lots of space, but should be doable.
> > > > The actual burning I can do with my normal workstation, but I'd like to
> > > > be able to just pop a DVD into the VDR machine and whatever is on the
> > > > disk would show up in the normal "Recordings" menu. So, what I'm
> > > > wondering is wether VDR can directly use a DVD that is mounted as, say,
> > > > /video1 (the normal partition would be /video0)? Or are the /videoX
> > > > directories only scanned when VDR is started, meaning that dynamically
> > > > mounted disks can't be used? I guess that if the DVD is mounted when VDR
> > > > starts there is no problem, but what if the DVD is mounted after VDR has
> > > > started (and also unmounted)?
> > > You can use MediaDetection for that, and even if you don't want that, you
> > > can use a simple commands.conf layout to achieve what you want:
> > >
> > > Mount DVD : mount /dev/dvd /video0/DVD ; touch /video0/.update
> > >
> > > DVD is then searched by VDR like a normal recording sub-directory.
>
> Ah, this last line was exactly what I wanted to know. I'll do it either
> with the Media Detection plugin or manually. I think VDR has any reasons
> for keeping any files open on the DVD, so it should be unmountable too.
Is there any simple way to mount dvd-r(w) and then record directly to dvd.