[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 Frank,

[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