[Dvr-devel]dvr wishlist

[Dag B <co...@se...>]

Hi.

Thank you for a nice, polished, digital video recorder without 400 obscure
prerequisites with likewise obscure patches. I like it.

Would you consider some of my wishes? It is almost x-mas, after all... :-)

Best regards,

Dag B


dvr wishlist
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scheduled recording:
[year/month/day/hour/minute] 
[length] 
[repeat (hourly/daily/weekly/monthly append-name)]
[filename]
[segment size]
Optionally use cron to schedule/start recordings.
(It *is* the way to do it in unix, after all.)
This of course requires a CLI version of dvr, as we don't know who owns the 
Xserver at any point in time in the future, or if dvr is actually running. 

But a CLI (or non-interactive, non-X) version would be nice anyhow...
For example linked to motion detection software.

ability to encode using mp1e:
realtime mpeg1 videoencoding is just plain nice. Besides, it allows for
recording of teletext subtitles. If dvr uses avifile extensively, it 
may be difficult to glue in a system() or execve() call?
(I notice that ffmpeg supports mpeg (video), but it segfaults for me...)

read channels/parameters from ~/.xawtv, if it exists.

audio capture frequencies corresponding to what is possible 
of the dsp in question. :-) 
Current dvr gui only allows for 11025, 22050 and 44100 Hz samplerate.
My btaudio dsp-device supports 32k only.

(When watching tv, I pipe the output from the btaudio device into the main
soundcard dsp device. No hiss, perfect audio.)