This tab is used to create and maintain Digital Video Recorder rules. These can be EPG-driven (such as those created from the initial EPG tab) through the DVR AutoRec Entries tab , or can be timer-based through the Time Schedules tab.
This tab controls timer-driven recording rules.
Buttons
Buttons have the following functions:
- Add
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Add and configure a recording rule - define the channel, schedule, DVR configuration, priority, etc.
- Delete
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Delete an existing recording rule.
- Edit
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Manually edit an existing recording rule. This uses the same fields as Add, but they're pre-populated with their current values.
- Save
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Saves any changes made to the recording rule list.
- Undo
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Undoes any changes made to the recording rules list (any changed fields will be marked with a small red triangle).
Columns
The columns have the following functions:
- Enabled
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Check or clear this box to enable or disable this rule.
- Name
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The name you've given to the rule, e.g. 'Evening cartoons for the children'.
- Title
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Not sure how this differs from **Name* *
The default format string suggests Time-[date]-[time]:
%x The local date, formatted according to your locale settings
%R The time in HH;MM format
- Channel
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The channel on which this rule applies, i.e. the channel you're aiming to record.
- Week Days
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On which specific days of the week you wish this rule to be active (e.g. only record channel XXX at xx:yy on Saturdays and Sundays).
- Start
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Start recording at this time.
- Stop
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Stop recording at this time.
- Priority
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The priority of any recordings set because of this rule: important, high, normal, low, unimportant.
- DVR Configuration
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The DVR configuration (e.g. extra start/stop time, post-processing rules) to be used for any recordings set because of this rule.
- Comment
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A free-text comment. Not used otherwise.