Re: [vdr] Record a channel without displaying?

2006-12-08 Thread Frank Schmirler
On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 10:20:29 -, Michael McQuillan wrote > I get the same issue with that as I do with launching playback in > advance also though. When the timer starts the Suspend Picture is > removed or the recording playback is terminated to start the > recording which then suffers from the

[vdr] Record a channel without displaying?

2006-12-07 Thread Michael McQuillan
> Playback was one of the alternate solutions mentioned in the Wiki. The other idea was to install the streamdev-server plugin. > When configuring it to offer suspend mode you will get a new mainmenu entry labeled "Suspend Live TV". Selecting it will display a still picture. Thanks very much Fra

Re: [vdr] Record a channel without displaying?

2006-12-04 Thread Frank Schmirler
Hi Michael, On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 11:33:31 -, Michael McQuillan wrote > The problem I run into is that if I just setup a normal timed recording > vdr restarts several times as the FF attempts to display, so the > recording is unwatchable. According to the German VDR Wiki there was an issue with

[vdr] Record a channel without displaying?

2006-12-04 Thread Michael McQuillan
I've been using VDR for quite a while now, I'm a bit behind on the versions, but having limited linux knowledge I'm sticking to the adage if it ain't broke don't fix it! Anyway, I'd now like to record an HD channel which is available to me (MPEG2). I have a single FF card which obviously can disp