[vdr] Re: Enable VFAT read always? / This is a way to keep vdr records on Disc without (S)VCD and DIVX

[Peter Dittmann <peter.dittmann@freenet.de>]

> 1.
> Not only the ":" is used in the time format but also the dir name of the
> recording itself is encoded when using vfat=1 
> Special chars like !"§$%&/(=? are encoded.
> 
> 2.
> Why not enable reading of both dir formats in vdr at the same time?
> and only write thos selected by VFAT=1 or not.
> This would save som questions on this list.
> 
> Cu Ulrich
> 
> PS: I seem to have forgotten how to write english overnight....

There is another reason to enable the VFAT logic:

It would support putting a VDR record on a ISO CD/DVD.

I modified my sources to support both file styles (plus and additional for ISO).
Recordings are always using the default (unix) way, but the VFAT way is the
only way to store it on an ISO9660 file system (CD/DVD).

I've put a symlink to my DVD/CD drive into the video directory.
Then I put a copy of a recording on the disc (including the whole file
structure) ( the ISO formater will here automaticly change the ":" into ".")

If the recording is larger than 20..25min I need to make several discs.
I do this rather simple: each disc just contain on numbered VDR file (001.vdr
002.vdr....) realy. The other files are replaced by dummy files with zero
length.  Of cause I use the cutting feature first to cut the record into approx
700MByte blocks. Manually you can fine tune the cutting points to sceene
changes.
Then I use Klaus' outstanding resume file to set the resume point right at the
beginning of the only real vdr file on the disc.

For playback I use a simple command (command menu) to mount the DVD/CD drive
(or use the mounting/unmounting provided by MP3/MPlayer extentions).
And voila: The recording reapeares in the recording list. 
It still supports all search/slow capabilities and keeps the additional EPG
infomation stored along with the recording.

Of cause this is eating up a lot of CD-R's but how else can you store the
recording without the cramps and losses of (S)VCD / DIVX and co..... ;-)

Especially if you still use archaic 300Mhz CPU's like I did....


regards	Peter Dittmann