[vdr] Re: Playing timer-started recordings while recording

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

Harry Weigel wrote:
> 
> > Harry Weigel wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > when I want to play a recording that was started by a timer, letīs say
> half
> > > an hour ago, the directory of recordings does not show all entries.
> After a
> > > quick restart VDR shoes all recordings again AND the running recording.
> Now
> > > I can play this recording while recording, just like time shifting. The
> idea
> > > is to start the recording of a movie and start looking at it after 30
> min or
> > > so, just to skip the comercials. I know this can be done with the time
> shift

Please don't wrap quoted lines!

> > > function but with the timer it could be startet automatically. Maybe VDR
> > > only needs to "refresh" the directory of recordings?
> >
> > Does this happen with "plain vanilla" VDR?
> > I hardly think so, because VDR actually re-scans the video directory
> > every time you open the "Recordings" menu.
> >
> > Klaus
> 
> Well it happens here on "plain vanilla" 1.2.1. Same with earlier versions.
> First time the recordings menu always is scanned (4 to 8 secs to be
> displayed), later it displayes within 1 or 2 secs. With a timer-started
> recording sometimes only a very few entries are displayed. With time shift
> everything is ok, the recordings show correctly in the menu. Anyone else has
> the same problem? (Itīs not a big prob for me, I can live with it, just
> wonder why it happens...)
> 
> Harry

This shouldn't happen at all.
However, I can't see where there could be a problem in VDR.
Since you're using "plain vanilla" 1.2.1, the only thing I
could still imagine is a problem with the file system.

Klaus


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