[vdr] Repeating Timers

[Richard Scobie]

If one sets a daily or weekly timer, does EPG schedule time on the day
override any difference between the two?

I am thinking of the situation where a weekly timer is set and for
whatever reason, the broadcaster reschedules one weeks episode, with the
EPG showing the correct time, will vdr check the EPG and adjust
accordingly?

Regards,

Richard

[Klaus Schmidinger]

If one sets a daily or weekly timer, does EPG schedule time on the day override any difference between the two?
I am thinking of the situation where a weekly timer is set and for whatever reason, the broadcaster reschedules one weeks episode, with the EPG showing the correct time, will vdr check the EPG and adjust accordingly?

It will - provided that the broadcaster sends a PDC descriptor and the timer
has the VPS flag enabled. Without that, a timer will record exactly from
its start time to its stop time - no matter what the EPG at that point is.

Klaus

[Dave]

Post by Richard Scobie
If one sets a daily or weekly timer, does EPG schedule time on the day
override any difference between the two?
I am thinking of the situation where a weekly timer is set and for
whatever reason, the broadcaster reschedules one weeks episode, with the
EPG showing the correct time, will vdr check the EPG and adjust
accordingly?

There is a 'Series Link' plugin for VDR which can cope with varying times for
items in a series, see http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/vdrtva

The plugin was written for the UK 'Freeview' DVB-T service, though it should
work with any implementation of the 'TV Anytime' standard ETSI 102 323.

Though it seems that the NZ DVB-T service was inspired by the UK one, I'm
unsure how similar they are at the technical level. Some documents I've
quickly looked at state that the EPG is carried in MHEG-5, others that the TV-
Anytime CRIDs are present in the EIT as they are in the UK.

Dave

[Richard Scobie]

Thanks Klaus and Dave,

Post by Dave
There is a 'Series Link' plugin for VDR which can cope with varying times for
items in a series, see http://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/vdrtva
The plugin was written for the UK 'Freeview' DVB-T service, though it should
work with any implementation of the 'TV Anytime' standard ETSI 102 323.
Though it seems that the NZ DVB-T service was inspired by the UK one, I'm
unsure how similar they are at the technical level. Some documents I've
quickly looked at state that the EPG is carried in MHEG-5, others that the TV-
Anytime CRIDs are present in the EIT as they are in the UK.

Unfortunately I am outside our DVB-T coverage area and am using DVB-S,
which uses the 'no frills" EPG and VPS is not used here.

Regards,

Richard

[Dave]

Post by Richard Scobie
Unfortunately I am outside our DVB-T coverage area and am using DVB-S,
which uses the 'no frills" EPG and VPS is not used here.

Some more research suggests that NZ DVB-S uses the standard SI-based EIT, and
also that the extensions for Series Link recording are virtually identical to
the UK. So there is a very good chance that the vdrtva plugin will work.

Dave

[Richard Scobie]

Post by Dave
Some more research suggests that NZ DVB-S uses the standard SI-based EIT, and
also that the extensions for Series Link recording are virtually identical to
the UK. So there is a very good chance that the vdrtva plugin will work.

Thanks very much for that, I will certainly give it a try.

Regards,

Richard