Timers with special characters

There is another problem I know for a long time. When I try to record Formula 1 from german TV station RTL following error is shown in the log file:

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ar 24 10:22:48 (none) user.err vdr: [110] ERROR: /var/vdr/video0/Formel_1:_Das_Rennen: Input/output error
Mar 24 10:22:49 (none) user.info vdr: [110] timer 1 (1 0852-1050 'Formel 1: Das Rennen') stop
Mar 24 10:22:49 (none) user.info vdr: [110] timer 1 (1 0852-1050 'Formel 1: Das Rennen') start

The problem is the colon ":" in the EPG entry. When I forget to delete the colon in the timer manually the recording will fail

Are you using a hard disk with FAT32?
Our VDR isn't supporting this filesystem by default and some characters aren't valid, you must add "--vfat" in vdr_options of /etc/rc.local.conf file, for example, if you have this:

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vdr_options="-l 2"

change it to this:

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vdr_options="-l 2 --vfat"

A reboot is required or run in telnet/ssh "restart-vdr".

I am using a network share (cifs) on a XP NTFS partition.

I think this is the problem: The file timers.conf contains the timer setup. Each line contains one timer definition, with individual fields separated by ':' characters.

You must add "--vfat" for cifs with ntfs too.

"--vfat" solved the problem. Thank You.