My DVB-S provider sends a 9-day EPG guide only one one specific transponder.
Is it possible to use only that transponder for EPG grabbing?
...or can I specify which channels/transponders to use somehow?
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 6:39 AM, John Klimek jklimek@gmail.com wrote:
My DVB-S provider sends a 9-day EPG guide only one one specific transponder.
Is it possible to use only that transponder for EPG grabbing?
...or can I specify which channels/transponders to use somehow?
AFAIK VDR isn't capable of that. I just remember to tune an EEPG transponder every few days. You could write a little cron script to tune your EEPG transponder each day at some hour like 4am (assuming you're sleeping at that time), let it sit for however long it takes to populate, and then tune back to the channel it was on previously.
Thanks for the reply.
What's the best way to tune to that transponder? Using SVDRP?
(ie. I'm new to VDR but would I issue a CHAN command, then wait 10 minutes (or whatever), then issue another CHAN command?)
Could I disable automatic EPG grabbing and manually tell it to grab EPG in my script? (using SVDRP?)
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:54 AM, VDR User user.vdr@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 6:39 AM, John Klimek jklimek@gmail.com wrote:
My DVB-S provider sends a 9-day EPG guide only one one specific transponder.
Is it possible to use only that transponder for EPG grabbing?
...or can I specify which channels/transponders to use somehow?
AFAIK VDR isn't capable of that. I just remember to tune an EEPG transponder every few days. You could write a little cron script to tune your EEPG transponder each day at some hour like 4am (assuming you're sleeping at that time), let it sit for however long it takes to populate, and then tune back to the channel it was on previously.
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On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 9:18 AM, John Klimek jklimek@gmail.com wrote:
What's the best way to tune to that transponder? Using SVDRP?
(ie. I'm new to VDR but would I issue a CHAN command, then wait 10 minutes (or whatever), then issue another CHAN command?)
Yeah, svdrp, sorry forgot to mention that. You can issue CHAN without a channel number to obtain the current channel. An example could be something like: ========== #!/bin/bash
eepg_chan=<whatever> prev_chan=$(svdrpsend.pl chan |sed -n 2p |awk '{print $2}')
svdrpsend.pl CHAN $eepg_chan svdrpsend.pl SCAN sleep 10m svdrpsend.pl CHAN $prev_chan ==========
Could I disable automatic EPG grabbing and manually tell it to grab EPG in my script? (using SVDRP?)
The SCAN svdrp command forces a scan, but I don't know how disabling EPG grabbing in VDR setup would affect that. I would expect the behavior of a _forced_ scan to scan regardless of any settings since the point is to force it.
Just a thought but you could set up a daily or weekly timer with a very low priority on the recording so it auto deletes it. I've never used the auto delete after set time because I never know how long it will be before I get back to watching the recording.
On 4/17/2011 9:18 AM, John Klimek wrote:
Thanks for the reply.
What's the best way to tune to that transponder? Using SVDRP?
(ie. I'm new to VDR but would I issue a CHAN command, then wait 10 minutes (or whatever), then issue another CHAN command?)
Could I disable automatic EPG grabbing and manually tell it to grab EPG in my script? (using SVDRP?)
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:54 AM, VDR Useruser.vdr@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 6:39 AM, John Klimekjklimek@gmail.com wrote:
My DVB-S provider sends a 9-day EPG guide only one one specific transponder.
Is it possible to use only that transponder for EPG grabbing?
...or can I specify which channels/transponders to use somehow?
AFAIK VDR isn't capable of that. I just remember to tune an EEPG transponder every few days. You could write a little cron script to tune your EEPG transponder each day at some hour like 4am (assuming you're sleeping at that time), let it sit for however long it takes to populate, and then tune back to the channel it was on previously.
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On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Timothy D. Lenz tlenz@vorgon.com wrote:
Just a thought but you could set up a daily or weekly timer with a very low priority on the recording so it auto deletes it. I've never used the auto delete after set time because I never know how long it will be before I get back to watching the recording.
Are you sure the epg scanner is active if the device is recording?
Am 18.04.2011 00:15, schrieb VDR User:
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Timothy D. Lenz tlenz@vorgon.com wrote:
Just a thought but you could set up a daily or weekly timer with a very low priority on the recording so it auto deletes it. I've never used the auto delete after set time because I never know how long it will be before I get back to watching the recording.
Are you sure the epg scanner is active if the device is recording?
AFAICT all the automatic scanning mechanisms get attached to a device whenever a transponder is tuned. (section handler)
That way, the EPG of the current channel is always up to date, and changes to subtitles and audio tracks get updated.
BTW: For starting up VDR at a given time to do some EPG scanning, you might want to take a look at the scheduler plugin [1].
Cheers,
Udo
Don't know. At one point it was but I know there was a patch to turn it off for slower systems that couldn't record and epg scan at the same time. But for awhile that was the recomendation, to set a nightly timer for a few minutes and then delete them. Setting the life time low for the recording should make it auto delete. I haven't tried it though.
On 4/17/2011 3:15 PM, VDR User wrote:
On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Timothy D. Lenztlenz@vorgon.com wrote:
Just a thought but you could set up a daily or weekly timer with a very low priority on the recording so it auto deletes it. I've never used the auto delete after set time because I never know how long it will be before I get back to watching the recording.
Are you sure the epg scanner is active if the device is recording?
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