Thanks pcd.

My Dreambox record source runs at a fixed time so I don't have to worry about triggering that.

The idea is to ftp my recorded file to a directory watched by Telestreams FlipFactory for conversion other formats.
See http://www.telestream.net/products/ff_family.htm

My own repeated playback will be done on the Dreambox itself to a number of TVs in an office.

I have my DM600 now. Let the fun begin......

Well, it's on order. I'll let you know how I get on.

Hi gutemine,
Thanks for the reply.

I'm looking at the DM600T for this, as its a DTT channel that I need to capture. (I work for a content provider and need to make sure our material went to air correctly overnight).

I can deal with setting up cron jobs under Linux. What I'm really interested in whether the Dreambox is capable of being controlled this way to the extent that I need.

Best Regards

Megadonkey

Hi All

I don't own a DreamBox yet but looking at the documentation on the web it would seem ideal for what I need to do.

I'd like to schedule some regular record/ftp/replay/delete tasks. Can I use cron for this on a Dreambox?

My task list would be something like this:

23:00 Record for four hours.
05:00 Ftp the file to an external server.
10:00 Playback the file.
14:00 Playback the file
18:00 Delete the local copy.
Repeat the above every day.

If it can be done.....
Are there any example cron scripts around?

I did see another thread about a problem setting a timed record over midnight. There were no replies to it. Is this really an issue.

Thanks in Advance

Megadonkey