Recording Settings
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Where do I find it?
Section titled “Where do I find it?”Main Menu → Setup → Playback, Recording & Time Shift → Recording Settings
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Timer recording location
Set the default recording location for your timers. Press 'OK' to add new locations, press 'LEFT'/'RIGHT' to select from previously defined locations.
Reference & notes
config.usage.timer_path
Setup level: Expert.
Instant recording location
Set the default location for your instant recordings. Press 'OK' to add new locations, press 'LEFT'/'RIGHT' to select from previously defined locations.
Reference & notes
config.usage.instantrec_path
Setup level: Expert.
Time shift save location
Set the default location to save your time shift recording files. Press 'OK' to add new locations, press LEFT/RIGHT to select from previously defined locations.
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config.timeshift.recordingPath
Setup level: Expert.
Preferred tuner for recordings
Configure which tuner for recordings will be preferred, when more than one tuner is available.
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config.usage.recording_frontend_priority
Setup level: Expert.
Preferred tuners for recordings, multiple selection allowed
In expert mode, configure which tuners will be preferred for recordings, when more than one tuner is available.
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config.usage.recording_frontend_priority_multiselect
Setup level: Expert.
Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.
Experimental: strict limitation to preferred tuners for recordings
Configure whether another tuner from the preferred list is allocated for recordings instead of sharing a tuner that is already active receiving the same live TV channel.
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config.usage.recording_frontend_priority_strictly
Setup level: Expert.
Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.
Recordings always have priority
When enabled, a recording is allowed to interrupt live TV, when there are no free tuners.
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config.recording.asktozap
Setup level: Intermediate.
Recordings abort PiP
When enabled, a recording is allowed to abort picture-in-picture mode, when there are no free tuners.
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config.recording.ask_to_abort_pip
Setup level: Intermediate.
Recordings abort pseudo recordings
When enabled, a recording is allowed to abort pseudo recordings, when there are no free tuners.
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config.recording.ask_to_abort_pseudo_rec
Setup level: Intermediate.
Recordings abort streaming
When enabled, a recording is allowed to abort streaming, when there are no free tuners.
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config.recording.ask_to_abort_streaming
Setup level: Intermediate.
Preparation time for recording
During this time, the transmitter and recording destination are checked. If the destination (e.g., NAS) isn't ready in time, this time can be increased.
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config.recording.prepare_time
Setup level: Simple.
Margin before recording
When nonzero, a recording will start the nominated period before the starting time indicated in the EPG.
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config.recording.margin_before
Setup level: Simple.
Margin after recording
When nonzero, a recording will stop the nominated period after the ending time indicated in the EPG.
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config.recording.margin_after
Setup level: Simple.
Use Zap timer end times
Select 'Yes' to enable new Zap timers to have an end time turned on and defined by default.
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config.recording.zap_has_endtime
Setup level: Simple.
Margin before zap
When nonzero, a zap timer will start the nominated period before the starting time indicated in the EPG.
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config.recording.zap_margin_before
Setup level: Simple.
Margin after zap
When nonzero, a zap timer will stop the nominated period after the ending time indicated in the EPG.
Reference & notes
config.recording.zap_margin_after
Setup level: Simple.
Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.
Confirm Zap
Select a time period to display a confirmation prompt before a Zap timer changes the current service. This allows the user to cancel the Zap. Select 'Disabled' to allow the Zap to proceed without confirmation.
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config.recording.confirmZapDelay
Setup level: Simple.
Default 'Timer type' *
Configure default setting for new timers. Need a restart after changing.
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config.recording.default_timertype
Setup level: Expert.
Default 'After event' *
Configure default setting for new timers. Need a restart after changing.
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config.recording.default_afterevent
Setup level: Expert.
Remove completed timers after
Configure the number of days old timers are kept before they are automatically removed from the timer list.
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config.recording.keep_timers
Setup level: Expert.
Show free space in timer view
When 'Enabled', the timer view will show the free space on the target device. This will wake the device from sleep mode.
Reference & notes
config.recording.timerviewshowfreespace
Setup level: Expert.
Limit character set for recording filenames
Limit the characters that can be used in recording filenames to (7 bit) ASCII. This ensures compatibility with operating systems or file systems with limited character sets.
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config.recording.ascii_filenames
Setup level: Expert.
Composition of the recording filenames
Configure how recording filenames are constructed. Standard: Date Time - Channel - Title Very very short: Title Very short: Title - Date Time Short with time: Date Time - Title Short: Date - Title Long: Date Time - Channel - Title - Info.
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config.recording.filename_composition
Setup level: Expert.
Include AIT in recordings
If enabled, AIT data is included in recordings.
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config.recording.include_ait
Setup level: Expert.
Purge 'Trash' after
Configure the number of days after which items are automatically removed from the trashcan.
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config.usage.movielist_trashcan_days
Setup level: Intermediate.
Clean network 'Trash'
When enabled, network trashcans are probed for cleaning.
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config.usage.movielist_trashcan_network_clean
Setup level: Intermediate.
Space to reserve for recordings (GB)
Configure the minimum amount of disk space to be available for recordings. When the amount of space drops below this value, deleted items will be removed from the trashcan.
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config.usage.movielist_trashcan_reserve
Setup level: Intermediate.
Background delete option
Configure on which devices the background delete option should be used.
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config.misc.erase_flags
Setup level: Expert.
Background delete speed
Configure the speed of the background deletion process. Lower speed will consume less hard disk drive performance.
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config.misc.erase_speed
Setup level: Expert.
Always include ECM in recordings
Always include ECM messages in recordings. This overrides the individual timer settings globally. It allows recordings to be always decrypted afterwards (sometimes called offline decoding), if supported by your receiver.
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config.recording.always_ecm
Setup level: Expert.
Never decrypt while recording
Never decrypt the content while recording. This overrides the individual timer settings globally. If enabled, recordings are stored in crypted presentation and must be decrypted afterwards (sometimes called offline decoding).
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config.recording.never_decrypt
Setup level: Expert.
Offline decode delay (ms)
Configure the offline decoding delay in milliseconds. The configured delay is observed at each control word parity change.
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config.recording.offline_decode_delay
Setup level: Expert.
Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.
Default recording type
'Unscramble & record ECM' gives the option to unscramble afterwards if unscrambling on recording failed. 'Don't unscramble, record ECM' save a scramble recording that can be unscrambled on playback. 'Normal' means unscramble the recording and don't record ECM.
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config.recording.ecm_data
Setup level: Expert.
Descramble in Standby
Set to 'Enabled' to descramble queued scrambled recordings in Standby.
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config.recording.standbyDescramble
Setup level: Expert.
Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.
Descramble recordings before Deep Standby
Set to 'Enabled' to descramble queued scrambled recordings in Standby before Deep Standby.
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config.recording.standbyDescrambleShutdown
Setup level: Expert.
Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.
Descramble start time
Select a time, when in Standby, after which the descramble can proceed.
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config.recording.standbyDescrambleStart
Setup level: Expert.
Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.
Descramble end time
Select a time, when in Standby, before which descramble can proceed.
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config.recording.standbyDescrambleEnd
Setup level: Expert.
Visibility depends on other options or the dialog.
Show message when recording starts
When enabled, a pop up message will be shown when a recording starts.
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config.usage.show_message_when_recording_starts
Setup level: Expert.
Show recording symbol
Configure whether the 'recording' symbol (in the display skin and LCD skin) is visible for real recordings only or also for streaming and pseudo recordings (like in EPGrefresh).
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config.recording.show_rec_symbol_for_rec_types
Setup level: Expert.
Show warning before restart
Configure for which types of recordings a warning about active recordings is shown when attempting to restart the receiver or the GUI.
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config.recording.warn_box_restart_rec_types
Setup level: Expert.
Source: OpenATV setup.xml · fdc9347241.