Search the EPG of VDR for films or other programs.
When could this be useful for you?
- You are a VDR user.
- You want to get notifications, when there are specific TV programs.
You need a database with your search entries, for example ~/fs/entries. The
default configuration file is ~/.config/filmsearch.conf. If you use another
location, you have to run filmsearch with the name of that location as first
argument. It’s useful to run the program from a cronjob: It runs
automatically and crond sends you the output by email.
Examples for the configuration file, the database and a crontab file are in
the examples subdirectory. Useful patches are in the patches subdirectory.
imdb2fs is a helper program for creating database entries from IMDB
identifiers. Its default configuration file is ~/.config/imdb2fs.conf, but
as with filmsearch you can specify another location as first argument.
make-mkv converts the edited recordings to smaller MKV files, that can be
distributed (e.g. using MiniDLNA) to Smart-TVs. Its default configuration file
is ~/.config/make-mkv.conf, but as with filmsearch you can specify
another location as first argument.
Run make to create the executables. If something is missing, you should get
useful error messages.
- A friend recommends a film.
- Check it on IMDB.
- Add the ID (e.g. tt12345) to your list (e.g.
~/fs/imdb-ids). - Call imdb2fs after a while.
- Get email from the FilmSearch cronjob.
- Add the timers (see also the patch for VDRAdmin).
- Adjust the search entries (e.g.
~/fs/entries), especially when there are too many wrong matches. - Check and edit the new recordings (useful plug-in: MarkAd).
- Cut.
- Wait for MKV files becoming available.