Bug 393679

Kaffeine 2.0.14

I know this is not a real bug, but it could become a new feature:

Right now, when you edit an existing entry in the recording schedule, and set the duration of the event to 00:00, then when the recording starts, nothing happens (i.e. no data is written to disk, no channel is switched).

Could this behaviour be used to easily implement the most missing feature in Kaffeine: 'just tune into the given channel at the given time and do not record anything on disc'?

It sounds consequentially to me:

1. a schedule entry should do something, at least. 
2. if the duration is set to 00:00, not a single second of video should be written to disk. 
3. but the programmed channel should be tuned in, obviously

I can't think of any negative sideffects when this get implemented. For example, when a 'normal' user programs an recording event from the epg, there are no shows that have a duration of 00:00, so everything works as expected for him.

My motivation: I have a recurring schedule of about ~10 shows/day which i want Kaffeine switch automatically to (e.g. switch to newschannel X at 3pm, stay there until next scheduled event takes place). Right now, gigabytes of data are written on my SSD Drive everyday, without any need, because there's no way to prevent scheduled recordings from doing so.

This would be my most wanted missing feature in Kaffeine.

I also want to refer to https://blog.codinghorror.com/thats-not-a-bug-its-a-feature-request/