[vdr] vdr-1.5.0: PrimaryLimit ?
ms at citd.de
Tue Jan 30 22:08:30 CET 2007
Stefan Huelswitt wrote:
> I'm playing around with 1.5.0
> Initialy I wasn't able to tune to any channel. Even for FTA vdr
> kept saying "not available".
> It took me nearly an hour to find the reason for that:
> I had set PrimaryLimit=20
> I have this setting since ages, but cannot say why anymore.
> I found that vdr runs with PrimaryLimit=0 only.
> So my question is: what is the meaning of PrimaryLimit if there
> is exactly one setting which makes vdr operable?
> FYI: I think the change is in cDevice::SetChannel(), line 674.
> In the GetDevice() call the priority was Setup.PrimaryLimit, now
> is 0.
The (at least original) meaning is to prevent a recording with the
Primary Device, in a multi card setup, with a too low priority.
At least when i proposed that option many years ago a recording on the
primary Device effectively prevented live-viewing, even in a multi-card
setup. So with this option it could be made sure that a low priority
recording would be recorded with a secondary card, or not at all.
AFAICT that isn't a problem anymore, because of Transfer Mode. But i
personally only have multiple single-card systems so i can't check it.
(And i haven't looked anything "live" for years)
So my guess would be that this option can be erased.
Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just as
bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Programmer
wants a "you asked for it, you got it" text editor -- complicated,
cryptic, powerful, unforgiving, dangerous.
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