On Monday 18 Jul 2011, Dave wrote:
For some time (at least since 2008) Mandriva Linux have been including the attached patch in the version of vdr shipped with their distribution. It allows timers to be triggered directly by the Now/Next data in the EIT provided that a new parameter is set in the config file.
Looking back in the mailing list archives I see the question of including this feature in vdr is an old one; see for example:
http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2005-August/003975.html
However I wonder if the time is now right to reconsider? In the UK an accurate Now & Next EIT is provided on DVB-T as part of the Freeview Plus (aka TV- Anytime) service, with the data being directly derived from the broadcasters' playout systems. I have been running vdr with this patch for two years and have never missed a recording due to incorrect information. It was really useful during the recent Wimbledon tournament when many programmes ran late due to live coverage of the tennis.
I will have to give your patch a go becuase I've recently missed a few recordings due to tennis and football over-running!!
I presume I need to set timers with no margin at the start and with vps enabled for all for this to work?
Do I also need your tvanytime patch for this to work? I did try it a few days back with vdr-1.7.19 but I kept on gettign seg faults from calls to strcpyrealloc! I was, however, in the process of sorting out some other issues at the time so will have to try it again now that I've fixed the other problems!
:-)
Cheers,
Laz