Little problems with the DVBViewer scheduler

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Hello.

 

Two questions about some little problems with the DVBViewer scheduler.

 

1 _ Why every time I open the scheduler the current channel starts recording ? Why this? How to avoid it?

 

2 _ In case a channel change (no recording) has been scheduled, the scheduler changes channel as planned even if timeshift is active - I mean even in case I am watching the current channel delayed, replay mode.

 

Is it possible to avoid the automatic channel change scheduled by the scheduler in case I am watching the current channel delayed, replay mode and, rather than this automatic channel change, display a message asking the user to confirm the channel change?

 

Thank you.

 

Enrico

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vor 2 Stunden schrieb enricob:

Two questions about some little problems with the DVBViewer scheduler.

 

What is the DVBViewer scheduler? Please post a screenshot if you don't know how to explain.

 

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I'm talking about the "timer recordings".

 

This is the screenshot:

 

 

I didn't post a screenshot just because I supposed I knew how to explain.

 

And I supposed I knew just because "Timer recordings" has been translated as "pianificatore" in Italian, and just because "pianificatore" is usually translated as "scheduler".

 

 

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vor 12 Stunden schrieb enricob:

I'm talking about the "timer recordings". This is the screenshot:

 

I see. It's just the DVBViewer Timer Recordings Windows. I suspected that you are still using the out-dated "DVB Task Scheduler" add-on for DVBViewer, that could potentially cause the described issues.

 

vor 15 Stunden schrieb enricob:

Why every time I open the scheduler the current channel starts recording ?

 

I don't know. I can't reproduce it, and it's no known DVBViewer issue. The only potential reason I can see in the code of the window's OnShow event is that DVBViewer updates the current timer list by downloading it from the DVBViewer Media Server, provided it is installed, DVBViewer is configured as Media Server client and delegates timer handling to it.

 

Please create and attach a support.zip, so I can see your whole configuration, including DVBViewer version etc. Please don't forget to reproduce the issue in DVBViewer debug mode before creating the support.zip. This saves further enquiries.

 

vor 16 Stunden schrieb enricob:

In case a channel change (no recording) has been scheduled, the scheduler changes channel as planned even if timeshift is active - I mean even in case I am watching the current channel delayed, replay mode.

 

You are right. DVBViewer performs a forced channel change, assuming that this is what you want after having prebooked a certain programme. It assumes that this has a higher priority, because you have planned it purposely.

 

vor 16 Stunden schrieb enricob:

display a message asking the user to confirm the channel change?

 

This would be possible. However, it's unknown what other users think about it. Applications that query on each and every opportunity if something initiated by the user should really be done can be quite annoying... anyway, I'll think about it.

 

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1 _____ 

 

I followed the instructions, so I executed supporttool.exe in the DVBViewer installation folder (where DVBViewer.exe is), but the support tool does not create any support.zip file with the necessary information.

 

I click on the supporttool.exe file and nothing happens.

 

If, on the other hand, I try to move the entire supporttool.zip file to the DVBViewer folder, open the zip file and click on the supporttool.exe file that is still inside the zip file, then a message appears telling me to start the programme in the DVBViewer folder, then this empty window appears.

 

If it helps, two different instances of DVBViewer have been installed. Everything has always worked fine, apart from these minor problems with the timer recordings.

 

 

 

2 _____

 

As for the other problem of automatic channel changing even when timeshift is active, more precisely, in some cases DVBViewer displays a message asking the user to confirm the channel change, while in other cases the channel change is automatic and I am not given the option to confirm or not.

 

Next time I will pay more attention and perhaps I will be able to understand why the message sometimes appears and sometimes does not.

 

Do you know why this message  asking the user to confirm the channel change sometimes appears and sometimes does not, and the channel changes automatically?

 

Thank you, thank you.

 

Enrico

 

 

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Update.

 

I realised that when you open the DVBViewer Timer Recordings Window, as I said you can see the current channel being recorded, but this recording corresponds ‘only’ to the recording needed to activate the timeshift feature, so much so that the file is saved in the folder configured for timeshift instead of in the folder configured for recording files.

 

As you can see: the first yellow line is timeshift, the second yellow line is a recording.

 

 

So I suppose it's not a real error, but an ambiguous display that can be misleading because actual recordings and timeshift are highlighted identically yellow on the DVBViewer Timer Recordings Window.

 

Is this normal, or should timeshift recordings not be shown on the DVBViewer Timer Recordings Window, or not in the same way as other recordings?

 

Thank you.

 

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Am 4.1.2026 um 15:21 schrieb enricob:

Why every time I open the scheduler the current channel starts recording ? Why this? How to avoid it?

 

vor 12 Stunden schrieb enricob:

I realised that when you open the DVBViewer Timer Recordings Window, as I said you can see the current channel being recorded, but this recording corresponds ‘only’ to the recording needed to activate the timeshift feature,

 

So actually no recording was started, but you only saw the current timeshift recording being listed in the Timer Recordings Window.

 

Please read the change log entries explaining the substantial changes concerning timeshift in DVBViewer 7. This will help you to understand.