Hello,
I have a headless vdr server - witch is just used for streamdev and xbmc.
I would like to update my channels.conf as it is pretty outdated right now....
I have set the following in setup.conf and vdr is now searching and is detecting new channels. UpdateChannels = 5
How ever - when I restart VDR the changes are not getting saved to channels.conf.
What can I do to make it save channels.conf?
I think that last time I had to do this I had to connect via VNC and the vdr-ffnetdev plugin to get the OSD and to "press" the power button to make it shutdown and save the changes... Is there an easier was to do this?
Thanks, Artem
On Sat, 26 May 2012 20:56:43 +0200 Artem Makhutov artem@makhutov.org wrote:
I think that last time I had to do this I had to connect via VNC and the vdr-ffnetdev plugin to get the OSD and to "press" the power button to make it shutdown and save the changes... Is there an easier was to do this?
svdrpsend hitk power - also works over the network - if configured for that.
On 26.05.2012 20:56, Artem Makhutov wrote:
How ever - when I restart VDR the changes are not getting saved to channels.conf.
Check the syslog. There might be a plugin not cleanly shutting down, making the vdr abort it's shutdown sequence causing it's settings to not be saved.
Tobias
Actually a forced save of setup.conf, channels.conf, and epg.data would be a good feature to have. You should msg Klaus and see if he agrees.
26.05.2012 23:54, Tobi kirjoitti:
On 26.05.2012 20:56, Artem Makhutov wrote:
How ever - when I restart VDR the changes are not getting saved to channels.conf.
Check the syslog. There might be a plugin not cleanly shutting down, making the vdr abort it's shutdown sequence causing it's settings to not be saved.
Unless things have changed very recently, VDR doesn't save channels.conf on shutdown.
It only saves it a) Immediately after user manually modifies channels via VDR b) 10 minutes after automatic channel update
I've been hit with this many times as well, so I'd suggest to change VDR so that it saves automatic channel updates on exit as well. Suggested patch attached (only compile-tested, so actual testing is needed).
On 27.05.2012 13:37, Anssi Hannula wrote:
26.05.2012 23:54, Tobi kirjoitti:
On 26.05.2012 20:56, Artem Makhutov wrote:
How ever - when I restart VDR the changes are not getting saved to channels.conf.
Check the syslog. There might be a plugin not cleanly shutting down, making the vdr abort it's shutdown sequence causing it's settings to not be saved.
Unless things have changed very recently, VDR doesn't save channels.conf on shutdown.
It only saves it a) Immediately after user manually modifies channels via VDR b) 10 minutes after automatic channel update
I've been hit with this many times as well, so I'd suggest to change VDR so that it saves automatic channel updates on exit as well. Suggested patch attached (only compile-tested, so actual testing is needed).
I'm afraid it's not that simple.
channels.conf and timers.conf must always be in sync, because timers reference channels. Plus you need to have a lock on the Channels list to prevent any changes from other threads while saving the list. See the main VDR loop under "// Handle channel and timer modifications":
if ((modified || timeout) && Channels.Lock(false, 100)) { if (timeout) { Channels.Save(); Timers.Save(); ChannelSaveTimeout = 0; }
Is it really that important to explicitly save automatic channel changes when VDR stops? After all, they will be applied again next time VDR tunes to those transponders...
Klaus
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