Digital Video Recorder configuration » History » Version 1
Christoffer Bergkvist, 2012-08-02 10:53
1 | 1 | Christoffer Bergkvist | h1. Digital Video Recorder configuration |
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5 | This tab is used to configure operation of the Digital Video Recorder. It is not used for scheduling or administration of individual recordings. |
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7 | Changes to any of these settings must be confirmed by pressing the 'Save configuration' button before taking effect. |
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9 | h2. Configuration options: |
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11 | *Recording system path* |
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12 | Path to where Tvheadend will write recorded events. If components of the path does not exist, Tvheadend will try to create them. |
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14 | *DVR Log retention time (days)* |
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15 | Time that Tvheadend will keep information about the recording in its internal database. Notice that the actual recorded file will not be deleted when the log entry is deleted. |
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17 | *Make sub-directories per day* |
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18 | If checked, Tvheadend will create a new directory per day in the recording system path. Only days when anything is recorded will be created. The format of the directory will be 'YYYY-MM-DD' (ISO standard) |
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20 | *Make sub-directories per channel* |
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21 | If checked, Tvheadend will create a directory per channel when storing events. If both this and the 'directory per day' checkbox is enabled, the date-directory will be parent to the per-channel directory. |
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23 | *Make sub-directories per title* |
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24 | If checked, Tvheadend will create a directory per title when storing events. If the day/channel directory checkboxes are also enabled, those directories will be parents of this directory. |
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26 | *Include channel name in title* |
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27 | If checked, Tvheadend will include the name of the channel in the event title. This applies to both the titled stored in the file and to the file name itself. |
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29 | *Include date in title* |
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30 | If checked, Tvheadend will include the date for the recording in the event title. This applies to both the titled stored in the file and to the file name itself. |
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32 | *Include time in title* |
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33 | If checked, Tvheadend will include the time for the recording in the event title. This applies to both the titled stored in the file and to the file name itself. |
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35 | *Include episode in title* |
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36 | If checked, Tvheadend will include the season and episode in the title (if such info is available). |
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38 | *Post-processor command* |
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39 | Command to run after finishing a recording. The command will be run in background and is executed even if a recording is aborted or an error occurred. Use the %e error formatting string to check for errors, the error string is empty if recording finished successfully. |
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41 | Support format strings: |
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43 | |_.Format|_.Description|_.Example| |
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44 | |%f|Full path to recording|/home/user/Videos/News.mkv| |
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45 | |%b|Basename of recording|News.mkv| |
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46 | |%c|Channel name|BBC world| |
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47 | |%C|Who created this recording|user| |
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48 | |%t|Program title|News| |
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49 | |%d|Program description|News and stories...| |
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50 | |%e|Error message|Aborted by user| |
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51 | |%S|Start time stamp of recording, UNIX epoch|1224421200| |
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52 | |%E|Stop time stamp of recording, UNIX epoch|1224426600| |
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54 | Example usage: /path/to/ffmpeg -i %f -vcodec libx264 -acodec copy "/path/with white space/%b" |
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55 | You need to use quotes or escape white spaces if you want white spaces in an argument. |
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57 | {{lastupdated_at}} by {{lastupdated_by}}. |