Re: [vdr] Instant Timer with a given Channel

Hello Christian. Thanks for this workaround. Now it works. This is my function:

bool cTuner::startTimeShift(int originalNetworkId,int transportStreamId,int serviceId){

cChannel *channel = GetChannelBy_ONID_TID_SID(originalNetworkId,transportStreamId,serviceId);

dsyslog("start Instant Timer on Channel %s",channel->Name()); char *buffer; char *buffer2; int starthh,startmm,stophh,stopmm; time_t now = time(NULL); struct tm *tm_t=localtime(&now);

sscanf(*TimeString(now),"%2d:%2d",&starthh,&startmm);

sscanf(*TimeString(now+Setup.InstantRecordTime*60),"%2d:%2d",&stophh,&stopmm);

asprintf(&buffer2,"@ Instant Recording for Channel %s",channel->Name());

asprintf(&buffer,"1:%d:%d:%d%d:%d%d:%d:%d:%s",channel->Number(),tm_t->tm_mday,starthh,startmm,stophh,stopmm,Setup.DefaultPriority,Setup.DefaultLifetime,buffer2);

cTimer *timer=new cTimer(false,false); if (!timer->Parse(buffer)){ dsyslog("error at parse timer"); }

free(buffer); free(buffer2);

if(timer){ cTimer *t=Timers.GetTimer(timer); if(t) { delete timer; timer=t; } } return cRecordControls::Start(timer,false); }

Hi Patrick,

I use the following code, that nordlicht@vdrportal send me:

  time_t now = time(NULL); // thanks to nordlich@vdrportal for the 

following code, that char *buffer=NULL; // allows setting the channel for a timer without event int starthh,startmm,stophh,stopmm; //for getting the day of month struct tm *tm_t=localtime(&now); //we have to get away the ':' from the time string sscanf(TIMESTRING(now),"%2d:%2d",&starthh,&startmm);

sscanf(TIMESTRING(now+Setup.InstantRecordTime*60),"%2d:%2d",&stophh,&stopmm);

//active:channel:day_of_month:starttime:endtime:priority:durability:title:

asprintf(&buffer,"1:%d:%d:%d%d:%d%d:%d:%d:%s:",item->channel->Number(),tm_t->tm_mday,starthh,startmm,stophh,stopmm,Setup.DefaultPriority,Setup.DefaultLifetime,item->channel->Name());

  timer=new cTimer(false,false);
  if(timer->Parse(buffer))
      free(buffer);   

it abuses the parse function for that purpose. Of course, an extended constructur would be much better.

BR,

Christian.