Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread Brian-Imap
On 19.12.2012 18:04, Gerald Dachs wrote: Am 19.12.2012 15:11, schrieb Brian-Imap: On 19.12.2012 11:10, Gerald Dachs wrote: Am 19.12.2012 10:30, schrieb brian_dorl...@t-online.de: Hi, might be simple. From ct. If you are using DVB-S, install a FF DVB-C card. That is the primary device. But it c

Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread Gerald Dachs
Am 19.12.2012 16:51, schrieb VDR User: I ran into the same problem. My solution was to add another dvb card. When I hit that wall again, I added another. This is the easiest fix imo and doesn't require any patching. :) This is always the way to go. Gerald !DSPAM:50d1f3d8162281845871878! ___

Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread Gerald Dachs
Am 19.12.2012 15:11, schrieb Brian-Imap: On 19.12.2012 11:10, Gerald Dachs wrote: Am 19.12.2012 10:30, schrieb brian_dorl...@t-online.de: Hi, might be simple. From ct. If you are using DVB-S, install a FF DVB-C card. That is the primary device. But it cannot record, so recordings are done on al

Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread VDR User
I ran into the same problem. My solution was to add another dvb card. When I hit that wall again, I added another. This is the easiest fix imo and doesn't require any patching. :) ___ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailma

Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread Brian-Imap
On 19.12.2012 11:10, Gerald Dachs wrote: Am 19.12.2012 10:30, schrieb brian_dorl...@t-online.de: Hi, might be simple. From ct. If you are using DVB-S, install a FF DVB-C card. That is the primary device. But it cannot record, so recordings are done on all other DVB-S devices. And how can he use

Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
On 19.12.2012 13:52, Ingo Prochaska wrote: Am 19.12.2012 10:36, schrieb eikesa...@t-online.de: clue how to accomblish this... There's a define LIVEPRIORITY somewhere in the code. If you would set it to MAXPRIORITY and recompile, you might get what you need. Recorders couldn't claim the device u

Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread Ingo Prochaska
Am 19.12.2012 10:36, schrieb eikesa...@t-online.de: clue how to accomblish this... There's a define LIVEPRIORITY somewhere in the code. If you would set it to MAXPRIORITY and recompile, you might get what you need. Recorders couldn't claim the device used for live viewing becausethey would have

Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
On 19.12.2012 11:39, Ingo Prochaska wrote: Am 19.12.2012 11:11, schrieb Klaus Schmidinger: Why would you want that? It would deprive you of possible recording opportunities! Klaus Eike pointed out one of the usecases. The other one: when I want to watch my favorite soccer-team live, I clean

Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread Ingo Prochaska
Am 19.12.2012 11:37, schrieb Klaus Schmidinger: If you program that many timers, you obviously want them to be recorded. So you should let VDR make the most use of its available resources. Otherwise just don't set that many timers ;-) ...only true, thats all single never rebroadcasted timers.

Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread Ingo Prochaska
Am 19.12.2012 11:11, schrieb Klaus Schmidinger: Why would you want that? It would deprive you of possible recording opportunities! Klaus Eike pointed out one of the usecases. The other one: when I want to watch my favorite soccer-team live, I clean up the recording schedule and go for the gam

Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
On 19.12.2012 11:22, eikesa...@t-online.de wrote: Hello! Why would you want that? It would deprive you of possible recording opportunities! Some time ago, my girlfriend wondered why our box was switching to another programme and she couldn't switch back. A second recording had been started an

Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread Ingo Prochaska
Hello, perhaps I have forgotten to point out, that I'm talking about a setup without FF-Card but with xine-plugin or softhddevice. So I can't point the primaryDevice (the one that displays the menu) to a dvb-device, can't I? Regarding MAX- and LIVEPRIORITY: as far as I understand the code (and

Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread eikesa...@t-online.de
Hello! > Why would you want that? > It would deprive you of possible recording opportunities! Some time ago, my girlfriend wondered why our box was switching to another programme and she couldn't switch back. A second recording had been started and both tuners where occupied. I don't know how V

Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
On 19.12.2012 09:54, Ingo Prochaska wrote: Hello, I would like to have one dvb-device dedicated for live tv. Or in other words: I want vdr to record on all-dvb-devices - 1, so that one device is still available for viewing via the output-front-end or streamdev. Perhaps its possible to configu

Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread Gerald Dachs
Am 19.12.2012 10:30, schrieb brian_dorl...@t-online.de: Hi, might be simple. From ct. If you are using DVB-S, install a FF DVB-C card. That is the primary device. But it cannot record, so recordings are done on all other DVB-S devices. And how can he use this DVB-C-Device then for Live-TV? He ca

Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread Marc
You should try the Primary DVB interface parameter. From the wiki : Defines the primary DVB interface (i.e. the one that will display the menus and will react on input through the remote control). Valid values range from '1' to the number of installed DVB cards.* If more than one DVB card is in

Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread eikesa...@t-online.de
Hello! > I would like to have one dvb-device dedicated for live tv. Or in other > words: I want vdr to record on all-dvb-devices - 1, so that one device > is still available for viewing via the output-front-end or streamdev. > Perhaps its possible to configure vdr to behave like this - but I have

Re: [vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread brian_dorl...@t-online.de
Hi, might be simple. From ct. If you are using DVB-S, install a FF DVB-C card. That is the primary device. But it cannot record, so recordings are done on all other DVB-S devices. Cheers Brian -Original-Nachricht- Von: Ingo Prochaska An: VDR Mailing List Betreff: [vdr] Reserve device f

[vdr] Give live TV more priority than getting EPG

2012-12-19 Thread cedric . dewijs
Hi All, I have 3 DVB-T receivers. Sometimes when I record 2 TV shows (from 2 different transports) I cannot watch live a TV show from a third transport. When I restart vdr, I am able to record on 2 transports, and watch live TV from the 3rd transport. I suspect vdr was using the 3rd receiver to g

[vdr] Reserve device for Live-Tv

2012-12-19 Thread Ingo Prochaska
Hello, I would like to have one dvb-device dedicated for live tv. Or in other words: I want vdr to record on all-dvb-devices - 1, so that one device is still available for viewing via the output-front-end or streamdev. Perhaps its possible to configure vdr to behave like this - but I have no