epgsearchswitchtimers.conf - Man Page

Switch timers can be created in EPGSearch via the menu Schedules or by means of search timers. They can switch the channel at the beginning of an event or just inform about an event's start by OSD.

The switch timers are saved in this file.

Every line represents a switch timer, comprising the following fields:

1 – Channel identifier

String with the channel identifier in VDR notation (e.g., S19.2E-1-1019-10301).

2 – Event identifier

Integer with the VDR's unique event identifier.

3 – Start time

The event's start date and time in Epoch encoding (i.e., seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC).

5 – Margin at start [minutes]

Integer with a positive value.

5 – Action

Enumeration with the following values:

0 = switch only

1 = announce by OSD

2 = announce by OSD and switch

6 – Unmute sound

Flag with values 0 = no, 1 = yes.

The fields of a switch timer are separated by : characters.

    S19.2E-1-1089-12060:52221:1153322700:1:2:1

Originally provided by Mike Constabel <epgsearch (at) constabel (dot) net>.

Revised and adapted to recent plugin features by the current maintainers.

The plugin is maintained as GitHub project:

<https://github.com/vdr-projects/vdr-plugin-epgsearch/>

Issues can be reported, and features be suggested, through the project's bug tracker:

<https://github.com/vdr-projects/vdr-plugin-epgsearch/issues/>

Copyright (C) 2004-2010 Christian Wieninger

Copyright © 2011-2025 TomJoad (VDR-Portal), et al.

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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

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The original author can be reached via cwieninger@gmx.de.

Current maintainers can be reached via the project's GitHub site (see above).

The MD5 code has been derived from the MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm of RSA Data Security, Inc.

epgsearch(1), epgsearch(4)