[vdr] Re: index.vdr still needed ?

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Axel Gruber wrote:
> 
> Hi to all
> 
> Since vdr supportīs DVD is index.vdr still needed to reply "external" video files ?
> 
> I want to reply MPEG1 and MPEG2 video-Files... wich are not recorded with VDR.
> 
> Or does i need to produce index.vdr file ?

AFAIK there is a special data structure in the DVD data stream that gives
the player a "double linked list" that allows him to search frames backwards
and forward, which isn't contained in the "normal" DVB broadcasts. Therefore
VDR will still need the index file to search/skip while replaying, and to position
to a specific location.

Klaus
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