reinhard.buchner@rw-buchner.de schrieb:

Hmm, I thought it wasn't possible to have two identical channels (even IF soley the name is different). Has this changed?

You can have multiple channels with the same name, i.e.: Das Erste;ARD:11837:hC34M2O0S0:S19.2E:27500:101=2:102=deu,103=2ch;106=dd:104:0:28106:1:1101:0 Das Erste;ARD:10723:hC34M2O0S0:S13.0E:29900:0=2:0:0:0:28106:1:1101:0

If you want to have a unique id for a channel, that would be that channel ID, not its name, man 5 vdr states: A particular channel can be uniquely identified by its channel ID, which is a string that looks like this: S19.2E-1-1089-12003-0

In this particular case however using the channel number serves the only purpose to prevent multiple recordings writing into the same directory and for this purpose using the sole channel number is sufficient.

Another question: what happens to the info file when I make an instant recording (or a timer for that matter) than spans across more than one "show"? VDR used to only store the info (epg data) from the first show. Personally, I think VDR should record ALL show info (epg data) as long as the timer or instant recording is running. Perhaps with a divider between the multiple shows.

Of course the question is how to distinguish between simple pre and post timer times and true multiple shows (perhaps only record the info if the multiple show has finished being aired or a similiar mechanism.

Just follow the other posts in this thread, the exact same discussion is already going on with a comment from Klaus regarding the current behaviour.

Best regards, Christian