[vdr] Re: Idea: Change DVB card while recording

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

Stefan Huelswitt wrote:
> 
> On 28 Oct 2001 Uwe Freese <uwe.freese@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> 
> > A perfect solution for me would be that VDR "starts" recording on the
> > second card on the same channel, makes a binary comparison of the
> > received streams and then stops the recording on the first card without
> > loss of any audio/video-data after the correct synchronization.
> 
> Yes, I would like this feature, too. I was thinking about how to
> do this, but it's tricky.

Although this might be technically possible, I don't believe it's
worth the effort because it would introduce pretty complex mechanisms
in the otherwise clear and straightforward structures of VDR.

Implementing a method to "free" the primary interface upon user request
appears to me to be the better solution.

I could imagine a solution where the user, when he wants to change the channel,
gets prompted something like "Continue recording on another DVB card?" (only
if another DVB card is available at the moment, of course). If he confirms this,
the recording will be interrupted and will automatically resume on a non-primary
card. That way the user can decide when this should happen (maybe during a commercial
break).

Klaus
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