[vdr] Re: Using Service Information to control recording (was: new vdr user's questions)

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: colin [mailto:colin@howarth.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:40 AM
> To: vdr@linuxtv.org
> Subject: [vdr] Using Service Information to control recording 
> (was: new
> vdr user's questions)
> 
> 
> Lauri Tischler wrote:
> > 
> > Steffen Koch wrote:
> > >
> > > IMHO VPS is not standardized in DVB so no one can simply 
> invent such a
> > > system....
> > 
> > Well, no VPS but DVB Specification for Service Information defines
> > such a thing as 'running status' which teoretically could be used
> > to control recording etc..
> > I dont know if broadcasters really use that indicator.
> 
> I watch mostly the German Astra stuff (ARD, Pro7 etc). My 
> receiver displays
> the name and planned start/end times of the current programme 
> for all of
> these channels.
> 
> I assume this is the Service Information mentioned above.
> 
> Is this information available from DVB ?
> 
> colin
> 
> 
> 
> PS: The following link seems to be broken 
> 
> http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/linux_dvb_api-20010917.pdf
> 
> 
> 
use http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/linux_dvb_api-20020304.pdf instead.