Hi,
I'm a great fan of the VPS function. It was one of the main reason to use VDR. Unfortunatelly the VPS timers do not work for me, as expected. In general they stop too early. They should stop recording when Running Status=1 (not running). Ist that right? I've got an Hauppauge FF and a Budget-Karte running im my PC.
Here is an Example:
Timer: 5:12:MDMDF--:1815:1840:99:99:Der Regenbogenfisch: VPS Timer using VPS time range 18:15-18:40
Jul 28 18:11:22 fs1 vdr[3542]: timer 6 (12 1815-1840 'Der Regenbogenfisch') set to event Don 28.07.2005 18:15-18:40 (VPS: 28.07 18:15) 'Der Regenbogenfisch' Jul 28 18:11:22 fs1 vdr[3542]: timer 6 (12 1815-1840 'Der Regenbogenfisch') entered VPS margin
The Event switches to running status=4 (running), Start is working wonderful!
Jul 28 18:19:23 fs1 vdr[3559]: channel 12 (KiKa) event 18:15 'Der Regenbogenfisch' status 4 Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3542]: switching device 2 to channel 12 Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3542]: timer 6 (12 1815-1840 'Der Regenbogenfisch') start Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3542]: Title: 'Der Regenbogenfisch' Subtitle: 'Videospielsüchtig / Zwei alte Komiker' Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3542]: record /video/Der_Regenbogenfisch/Videospielsüchtig_#2F_Zwei_alte_Komiker/2005-07-28.18.15.99.99.rec Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3542]: recording to '/video/Der_Regenbogenfisch/Videospielsüchtig_#2F_Zwei_alte_Komiker/2005-07-28.18.15.99.99.rec/002.vdr' Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3579]: file writer thread started (pid=3579, tid=360458) Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3580]: recording thread started (pid=3580, tid=376843) Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3581]: receiver on device 2 thread started (pid=3581, tid=393228) Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3582]: TS buffer on device 2 thread started (pid=3582, tid=409613)
At 18:40 the timer stopps, however, the event is running!
Jul 28 18:40:01 fs1 vdr[3580]: recording thread ended (pid=3580, tid=376843) Jul 28 18:40:01 fs1 vdr[3582]: TS buffer on device 2 thread ended (pid=3582, tid=409613) Jul 28 18:40:01 fs1 vdr[3581]: buffer stats: 51888 (2%) used Jul 28 18:40:01 fs1 vdr[3581]: receiver on device 2 thread ended (pid=3581, tid=393228) Jul 28 18:40:01 fs1 vdr[3579]: file writer thread ended (pid=3579, tid=360458) Jul 28 18:40:01 fs1 vdr[3542]: buffer stats: 96256 (1%) used Jul 28 18:40:01 fs1 vdr[3542]: timer 6 (12 1815-1840 'Der Regenbogenfisch') stop
The Event switches running status=1 (not running), at this time the record should have been stopped.
Jul 28 18:41:47 fs1 vdr[3559]: channel 12 (KiKa) event 18:15 'Der Regenbogenfisch' status 1 Jul 28 18:41:49 fs1 vdr[3542]: timer 6 (12 1815-1840 'Der Regenbogenfisch') set to no event
If I extend the stop time, then the event is recorded until to this stop time. But I want that the running status is used to stop the event. The channel (KIKA) delivers a good Running Status.
Regards O. Holler
Oliver Holler wrote:
Hi,
I'm a great fan of the VPS function. It was one of the main reason to use VDR. Unfortunatelly the VPS timers do not work for me, as expected. In general they stop too early. They should stop recording when Running Status=1 (not running). Ist that right? I've got an Hauppauge FF and a Budget-Karte running im my PC.
Here is an Example:
Timer: 5:12:MDMDF--:1815:1840:99:99:Der Regenbogenfisch: VPS Timer using VPS time range 18:15-18:40
Jul 28 18:11:22 fs1 vdr[3542]: timer 6 (12 1815-1840 'Der Regenbogenfisch') set to event Don 28.07.2005 18:15-18:40 (VPS: 28.07 18:15) 'Der Regenbogenfisch' Jul 28 18:11:22 fs1 vdr[3542]: timer 6 (12 1815-1840 'Der Regenbogenfisch') entered VPS margin
The Event switches to running status=4 (running), Start is working wonderful!
Jul 28 18:19:23 fs1 vdr[3559]: channel 12 (KiKa) event 18:15 'Der Regenbogenfisch' status 4 Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3542]: switching device 2 to channel 12 Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3542]: timer 6 (12 1815-1840 'Der Regenbogenfisch') start Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3542]: Title: 'Der Regenbogenfisch' Subtitle: 'Videospielsüchtig / Zwei alte Komiker' Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3542]: record /video/Der_Regenbogenfisch/Videospielsüchtig_#2F_Zwei_alte_Komiker/2005-07-28.18.15.99.99.rec Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3542]: recording to '/video/Der_Regenbogenfisch/Videospielsüchtig_#2F_Zwei_alte_Komiker/2005-07-28.18.15.99.99.rec/002.vdr' Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3579]: file writer thread started (pid=3579, tid=360458) Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3580]: recording thread started (pid=3580, tid=376843) Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3581]: receiver on device 2 thread started (pid=3581, tid=393228) Jul 28 18:19:24 fs1 vdr[3582]: TS buffer on device 2 thread started (pid=3582, tid=409613)
At 18:40 the timer stopps, however, the event is running!
Jul 28 18:40:01 fs1 vdr[3580]: recording thread ended (pid=3580, tid=376843) Jul 28 18:40:01 fs1 vdr[3582]: TS buffer on device 2 thread ended (pid=3582, tid=409613) Jul 28 18:40:01 fs1 vdr[3581]: buffer stats: 51888 (2%) used Jul 28 18:40:01 fs1 vdr[3581]: receiver on device 2 thread ended (pid=3581, tid=393228) Jul 28 18:40:01 fs1 vdr[3579]: file writer thread ended (pid=3579, tid=360458) Jul 28 18:40:01 fs1 vdr[3542]: buffer stats: 96256 (1%) used Jul 28 18:40:01 fs1 vdr[3542]: timer 6 (12 1815-1840 'Der Regenbogenfisch') stop
The Event switches running status=1 (not running), at this time the record should have been stopped.
Jul 28 18:41:47 fs1 vdr[3559]: channel 12 (KiKa) event 18:15 'Der Regenbogenfisch' status 1 Jul 28 18:41:49 fs1 vdr[3542]: timer 6 (12 1815-1840 'Der Regenbogenfisch') set to no event
If I extend the stop time, then the event is recorded until to this stop time. But I want that the running status is used to stop the event. The channel (KIKA) delivers a good Running Status.
I have made the same ovservations lately, but haven't been able to find out what causes this, yet. Apparently the running status is set correctly by the broadcaster, but the timers stop at the programmed end time, not when the running status goes to 1. However, when I explicitly observe a test recording it all appears to work fine. Must be some Heisenberg effect...
Klaus
Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
Oliver Holler wrote:
Hi,
I'm a great fan of the VPS function. It was one of the main reason to use VDR. Unfortunatelly the VPS timers do not work for me, as expected. In general they stop too early. They should stop recording when Running Status=1 (not running). Ist that right? ...
Ok, I found it. It only happens with repeating timers, that's why my explicit tests (with one time recordings) didn't show this error.
It is caused by a change I made in VDR 1.3.37:
--- timers.c 2005/06/11 14:19:58 1.32 +++ timers.c 2005/06/18 12:49:55 1.33 @@ -363,6 +363,8 @@
if (HasFlags(tfActive)) { if (HasFlags(tfVps) && !Directly && event && event->Vps() && schedule && schedule->PresentSeenWithin(30)) { + if (startTime != event->Vps()) + return false; startTime = event->StartTime(); stopTime = event->EndTime(); return event->IsRunning(true);
Simply remove these two lines and it should work again. I'll need to look for a different way to make sure a VPS timer only records a programme with exactly that VPS time.
Klaus
--- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- Von: Klaus Schmidinger Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de An: vdr@linuxtv.org Betreff: Re: [vdr] VPS Timer stop too early Datum: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:13:13 +0200
Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
Oliver Holler wrote:
Hi,
I'm a great fan of the VPS function. It was one of the main reason to use VDR. Unfortunatelly the VPS timers do not work for me, as expected. In general they stop too early. They should stop recording when Running Status=1 (not running). Ist that right? ...
Ok, I found it. It only happens with repeating timers, that's why my explicit tests (with one time recordings) didn't show this error.
It is caused by a change I made in VDR 1.3.37:
--- timers.c 2005/06/11 14:19:58 1.32 +++ timers.c 2005/06/18 12:49:55 1.33 @@ -363,6 +363,8 @@
if (HasFlags(tfActive)) { if (HasFlags(tfVps) && !Directly && event && event->Vps() &&schedule && schedule->PresentSeenWithin(30)) {
if (startTime != event->Vps())return false; startTime = event->StartTime(); stopTime = event->EndTime(); return event->IsRunning(true);Simply remove these two lines and it should work again. I'll need to look for a different way to make sure a VPS timer only records a programme with exactly that VPS time.
Klaus
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I tried the patch and yes now it works perfectly. :-) Thank you very much for the quick help!
Oliver Holler wrote:
I tried the patch and yes now it works perfectly. :-) Thank you very much for the quick help!
i think of using VPS as well. but i'm not sure with which channels to use it.
could you pls give a short summary of the channels it works with, and which channels better to avoid?
thanks
servus hannes
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