[vdr] Re: Update cached names

[Wolfgang Fritz <wolfgang.fritz@gmx.net>]

Wolfgang Goeller wrote:
> Hello
> 
> It's a good thing that vdr caches the recordings and does not need
> to search the files. But sometimes this method has disadvantages.
> Say I make a recording of several documentations - as you get it
> from ARTE. When I edit this mulit-recordings, I do split them and
> each record get's its own name. But now there is no way to remove
> the recordings from the vdr menu.
> Just to be precise:
> I record "Arte_Themenabend" then I split it to
> %Sonntags_nie
> %Melina_Mercouri
> In the list of the recordings from vdr I have only
> %Arte_Themenabend - which in fact doesn't exist.
> The only way to update the recording-list is to restart vdr.
> There should be a button to make vdr reread it's cache.

Maybe you want to try the "manual recording scan patch" posted on this
list recently.

Wolfgang

> Alternatvie would be if vdr would update it's cache when
> there are no other activities
> 
> Regards
> Wolfgang
> 
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