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vdr-bounces@linuxtv.org wrote:
Klaus Schmidinger wrote: ...
- The 'summary' field in the timer definition becomes a pure
string parameter, into which (external) applications can write whatever they like. VDR will read and write it, but otherwise won't do anything with it. The name of this field would be changed to something like 'aux' or so.
- The description of a recording is taken exclusively from its
related EPG data. If an application wants to use a different description it would have to set it with SVDRP/PUTE and use table ID 0x00, so that it won't be overwritten (as a side effect, however, this would also disable VPS for such an event). An added bonus of this method would be that not only the 'description' can be set, but also 'title' and 'short text'.
I like the fact that all my recordings have a summary - even those that are recorded from channels which do not have any EPG info.
Me too, i program all my timers via skript from a website and i use the summaries to create the menues (and text) for the DVD-Menues. I also add episodenumbers to keep everything in order. So this change might have a big impact because i let the timers be programmed and change via vdradmin the summaries and titles, so i8'm finished after cutting. I don't want to change this. So if this change is what i think, than my automatic programming of timers will not work correctly and my vdrconvert scripts will create ugly dvds... :(
This is because epg2timers takes the summary from the web EPG and enters it into the timer entry. When the actual recording takes place, vdr moves the summary into the info.vdr file. This is nice as it is. I would consider it a step backwards if you break it.
Me too and i will stay with 1.3.42 for a longer time
Carsten.
/hgm.bg
Well, nobody keeps you from storing anything you like in the 'aux' field of a timer. You'll find that string again in the resulting info.vdr file - it will just have a different tag character. The only change for you will be that VDR doesn't treat this data as a "description" any more. Regarding your DVD processing script I would assume that the only change you'd have to make is replacing a 'D' with an '@' somewhere.
Klaus