On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Michael Beattie wrote:

[...]

> apt-get install vcr
> apt-get install cron
> apt-get install at
> 
> echo "vcr <blah>" | at <time>; echo "killall vcr" | at <time+duration>
> or
> crontab -e

NO!. Look: my question was: would be possible to build a simple
vcr-like home entertainment system as a DIY ? Are the tools available ?

That would require among others an remote and an OSD. "at" is not even
_my_ idea of a "home entertainment system", nevermind my wife and others.

I.e. something like this:
http://www.cadsoft.de/people/kls/vdr/index.htm

Cheers,
-- 
Ryurick M. Hristev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Computer Systems Manager
University of Canterbury, Physics & Astronomy Dept., New Zealand

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