[vdr] Re: Joining .vdr files?

["Rene Bartsch" <vdr@bartschnet.de>]

> >
> > I've got two recording that I'd like to "merge" into one. I thought it
> > would be so simple as to put them in a new directory (as 001.vdr and
> > 002.vdr) and running the 'genindex' program that I found in this
> > newsgroup (a fixed version, I think).
> >
> > The index was generated, but it's not 100% working - during
> > picture-search operations the screen stays still, and when I play the
> > resulting recording, the picture stays still when the end of the first
> > file is reached.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get this to work?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Matt
> >
> >
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rienecker, Fa. Evenio, ITS P, M" <C.Rienecker@deutschepost.de>
To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 4:01 PM
Subject: [vdr] Re: Joining .vdr files?


> You can do it 'by hand'.
> Actually the index.vdr file is a concatenation of as many files as your
recording has. I.e. file pointer references are alway with respect to the
start of the actual file.
> The only difference is that (iirc) the 5th byte of every 8 byte entry
stores the file name.
> To be short:
> put all recordings in one directory (rename to ensure correct order)
> patch the 5th byte of the index.vdr files to reflect the new name
> and finally concatenate the index.vdr files.
>

What do you mean with "the 5th byte of every 8 byte"?

I tried to edit index.vdr in ASCII and in HEX, but nothings looks like 00X.
I also couldn't find anything looking like a counting value.

Can you give me a hint?

Thanx

Rene



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