<div class="hts-doc-text"> <img src="docresources/configdvrtab.png"> <p> This tab is used to configure operation of the Digital Video Recorder. It is not used for scheduling or administration of individual recordings. <p> Configuration options: <dl> <dt>Recording system path <dd>Path to where Tvheadend will write recorded events. If components of the path does not exist, Tvheadend will try to create them. <dt>DVR Log retention time (days) <dd>Time that Tvheadend will keep information about the recording in its internal database. Notice that the actual recorded file will not be deleted when the log entry is deleted. <dt>Make sub-directories per day <dd>If checked, Tvheadend will create a new directory per day in the recording system path. Only days when anything is recorded will be created. The format of the directory will be 'YYYY-MM-DD' (ISO standard) <dt>Make sub-directories per channel <dd>If checked, Tvheadend will create a directory per channel when storing events. If both this and the 'directory per day' checkbox is enabled, the date-directory will be parent to the per-channel directory. <dt>Make sub-directories per title <dd>If checked, Tvheadend will create a directory per title when storing events. If the day/channel directory checkboxes are also enabled, those directories will be parents of this directory. <dt>Include channel name in title <dd>If checked, Tvheadend will include the name of the channel in the event title. This applies to both the titled stored in the file and to the file name itself. <dt>Include date in title <dd>If checked, Tvheadend will include the date for the recording in the event title. This applies to both the titled stored in the file and to the file name itself. <dt>Include time in title <dd>If checked, Tvheadend will include the time for the recording in the event title. This applies to both the titled stored in the file and to the file name itself. <dt>Include episode in title <dd>If checked, Tvheadend will include the season and episode in the title (if such info is available). <dt>Post-processor command <dd>Command to run after finishing a recording. The command will be run in background and is executed even if a recording is aborted or an error occurred. Use the %e error formatting string to check for errors, the error string is empty if recording finished successfully. <br><br> Support format strings:<br> <table class="hts-doc-text" border="0"> <tr><th>Format</th><th>Description</th><th>Example value</th></tr> <tr><td>%f</td><td>Full path to recording</td><td>/home/user/Videos/News.mkv</td></tr> <tr><td>%b</td><td>Basename of recording</td><td>News.mkv</td></tr> <tr><td>%c</td><td>Channel name</td><td>BBC world</td></tr> <tr><td>%C</td><td>Who created this recording</td><td>user</td></tr> <tr><td>%t</td><td>Program title</td><td>News</td></tr> <tr><td>%d</td><td>Program description</td><td>News and stories...</td></tr> <tr><td>%e</td><td>Error message</td><td>Aborted by user</td></tr> <tr><td>%S</td><td>Start time stamp of recording, UNIX epoch</td><td>1224421200</td></tr> <tr><td>%E</td><td>Stop time stamp of recording, UNIX epoch</td><td>1224426600</td></tr> </table> <br> Example usage: /path/to/ffmpeg -i %f -vcodec libx264 -acodec copy "/path/with white space/%b"<br> You need to use quotes or escape white spaces if you want white spaces in an argument. </dl> Changes to any of these settings must be confirmed by pressing the 'Save configuration' button before taking effect. </div>