Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote:
For me personally playbackability with VDR was never a priority.
I've been using VDR for recording since Oktober 2000, back then i had to write my own cutting scripts, since VDR didn't had the cutting function until later. A few month later i began writing my Master-Timer. VDR has been the "recording slave" ever since. ;-)
Since 2003 i use vdrsync/tcmplex for the actual cutting (As it demultiplexes and remultiplexes the recording, i.e. it verifies that the recording is good(tm)) to single .mpg-files which i than watch & archive.
Mostly i playback at my computer, especially since i bought a 1920x1200 24" TFT a few month back, but for TV playback i also have a "Pinnacle Showcenter 200". I only use VDR playback to cut music-videos (or to find the beginning of a song i want to cut out, to be more precise), that's the only playback related feature where VDR excels anything else i have tried.
Over the years i've recorded more than 13.000 broadcasts, stored on 55 HDDs with a total capacity of 20 TB. ;-)
For me playbackability with VDR is really needed. I like dvbcut more than vdrsync because with the linear/logarithmic sliders you can really easy find start and end of ads or similar.
20TB. That would be more than 5000 single layer DVDs. What a mess. HDs are much easier to handle. But i really dont want to have 13000 recordings! Have fun.
Flo