[pvrusb2] HVR-1950 encoder appears to be stuck error messages

[Bjorn Danielsson]

Roger <rogerx.oss at gmail.com> wrote:
> My script's goal was just to simplify Linux DVB recording, and using existing 
> (Unix ;-) tools versus implementing another all-in-one solution.  Anything 
> added, usually immediately increases size and complexity with being easily read 
> scripting/coding.  One could take time and implement a simple text file for 
> stating recording times, but then we're back to dealing with users whom then do 
> not know how to open and edit a simple text config file.  (For which that is 
> all a crontab consists of to begin with, except for learning the syntax.)  Most 
> users I find at this point, usually do not mind using something like MythTV.  
> Albeit, you're getting smarter and seeing you really do not need all that just 
> to record.  It's a fact of marriage, for better or worse. ;-)

A few years ago I used the combination of a text file, a web page
with a perl script to modify the text file, and an interface to
the Unix "at" command for scheduling recording jobs. I wrote the
web interface for my wife, but in the end none of us used it much.
Total code size for this feature was about ~300 lines of code.

The major pain point in that experiment was the interface to the
"at" command. I'd probably hardwire a crontab entry if I were to
do it again.

-- 
Björn Danielsson  <pvr-usb2 at dax.nu>