[vdr] keys: Very slow response to "recording"

[Usenet-372112@zocki.toppoint.de (Rainer Zocholl)]

Hello



When i press "Menu" it last almost a second until 
the menu is shown.
That's a long time.


The real problem:

When i press "4 Recording" i have to wait more than
10 seconds (15?) until something happens.

Why?

Serveral times i re-pressed the key, and,
after 15 sec waiting, the long awaited menu
is instantly closed... :-)
Not really nice..

Questions:

What the heaven(hell?) is VDR doing during this 15 seconds?
There are only approx 27 recordings (exactly 2 pages) 
on the 50GB-ext2-disc, that can't last that long, or?

On the second attempt this seems to go 
a little faster, only 7 seconds between "recording" "OK"
and display.





It would generally help a lot, if VDR would first turn on 
a "point" or "carret" on in the OSD before it starts to process 
any command.
That would give nicer "interactivity" to the user:
"Ey, see the device got my command and is processing it."
and not:
"Hm, did i press the key firmly?, Did i point the RC in the right
direction? Did i press the right key? Is something locked?"


Maybe sometimes "old keys" could be discarded.
I don't know if it is possible to save which each RC-key the "context"?
So when the "main menu" is shown, and twice "OK" is pressed,
the second "OK" can be discarded, because in that context it is
not possible to enter more than one "OK".
That would require of cause a separate thread and a "global"
display menu ID.




A minor:

If VDR is recording on all (both) cards and i select a
recording to display, "nothing happens", no "display 
locked due to recording" is shown. The OSD is just closed
and i have to start new with "menu".
But it is logged:
vdr[1790]: ERROR: StartReplay() called while recording - ignored!




Another minor:
Could it be paossible to add a "cause" parameter to the
shutdown call?
So the shutdown can decide if the user pressed the poweroff key,
or it's an idle shutdown. (Don't know which cases are ther possible)




Config:
"lirc_serial", 2.4.10, VDR0.97 (same problem with 0.96, 0.97 seems 
to be faster) 
P1000MHz, 128MB RAM