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