This plugin scans the EPG data of the VDR continuously in background and can program timer events automatically by means of regular expresions.
This means you enter your favorite movie name in one of the Epgtimer's search fields and will never miss your recording again, independent of the EPG data was already updated or the sender shifted the start time, epgtimer takes care of the recording. This gives you a lot more flexibility than using a repeating timer function.
This timer programming won't conflict with the manual timers because it identifies itself by an event_id entry in the summary field. After changing a automatic timer manually, it will be treathed as an manual timer, and epgtimer won't update or delete it any more.
The background scanning is called by the VDR's Housekeeping function, in a
minimum time of 10 minutes. If you have heavy load, (recordings or playback)
the time can be longer.
To keep the MainMenu clear, the epgtimer entry has been removed from there.
The scan can be triggered manually by closing the configuration page.
VDR's MarginStart and MarginEnd settings will be applied to all recordings.