[vdr] Re: manual recording scan patch

[Tomas Prybil <vdrmail@prybil.se>]

Antonino Sergi wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I noticed that vdr-1.3.12 waits for a change, by itself, in recordings
> to update the list. I think it is better than scanning each time one
> calls the list, but, at least for me, it is sometimes useful to force a
> scan manually, i.e. when I change something by console (my VDR box is
> not dedicated).
>
> This little patch adds a red button function in setup:recordings menu to
> make this work.
>
> I hope it will be useful to someone else.
>  
Absolutely,
I also had a similar problem with my current setup. The solution to this 
(as recommended by Alfred Zastrow) was to touch  .update in the /video 
directory. That could easily be done by a small cron script like

5,20,35,50 * * * *     /bin/touch /pub/video/.update

BR
/t

> Thank you for your work
>
> Antonino Sergi
>
>
> --- menu.c.orig 2004-09-05 09:44:10.356365008 +0200
> +++ menu.c      2004-09-05 10:10:42.306625856 +0200
> @@ -2043,6 +2043,7 @@
> class cMenuSetupRecord : public cMenuSetupBase {
> public:
>   cMenuSetupRecord(void);
> +  virtual eOSState ProcessKey(eKeys Key);
>   };
>
> cMenuSetupRecord::cMenuSetupRecord(void)
> @@ -2064,6 +2065,18 @@
>   Add(new cMenuEditBoolItem(tr("Setup.Recording$Record Dolby
> Digital"),      &data.RecordDolbyDigital));
>   Add(new cMenuEditIntItem( tr("Setup.Recording$Max. video file size
> (MB)"), &data.MaxVideoFileSize, MINVIDEOFILE
> SIZE, MAXVIDEOFILESIZE));
>   Add(new cMenuEditBoolItem(tr("Setup.Recording$Split edited
> files"),        &data.SplitEditedFiles));
> +  SetHelp(tr("Scan"));
> +}
> +
> +eOSState cMenuSetupRecord::ProcessKey(eKeys Key)
> +{
> +  eOSState state = cMenuSetupBase::ProcessKey(Key);
> +
> +  if (Key == kRed) {
> +    Recordings.Load();
> +    return osEnd;
> +  }
> +  return state;
> }
>
> // --- cMenuSetupReplay
> ------------------------------------------------------
>