[vdr] Re: vdr emergency exit

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

dirk@wiebel.de wrote:
> 
> Hello Klaus,
> hello list,
> 
> > If you want to disable this emergency exit you could comment out the
> > lines
> >
> >       if (time(NULL) - t > MAXBROKENTIMEOUT) {
> >          esyslog(LOG_ERR, "ERROR: video data stream broken");
> >          cThread::EmergencyExit(true);
> >          t = time(NULL);
> >          }
> >
> > in dvbapi.c.
> 
> thanks for your help. I think I will avoid recording the last broadcast of
> the day at ZDF Theaterkanal, because the function seems to be too
> important. Do I also have to be careful with other non-24/7 broadcasting
> channels (e.g. KinderKanal, when planning a Sandmaennchen Archive ;-) )?

Any time the data stream ends during a recording, VDR will initiate an
emergency exit, because that's the only way to recover from a possible driver
failure. If the tv station just stops broadcasting, VDR can't distinguish this
from a driver failure.

Klaus
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