[mythtv] Splicing part of one recording into another

[Christian Hack]

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> From: mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Chris Petersen
> Sent: Tuesday, 7 October 2003 12:57 PM
> To: Development of mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv] Splicing part of one recording into another
> 
> 
> > Ok, replying to my own post...  I just had another 
> alternative pop into 
> > my head.  Both (or more) shows could be recorded into a 
> single file and 
> > when the recording is complete the user would be able to go 
> into the 
> > recording and define the boundary manually, the program 
> would be then 
> > take the data from the database and generate the correct 
> filenames etc 
> > for the file and then split the original recording into the 
> multiple 
> > segments that it should have been in the first place.
> 
> Or you could just write to both files at the same time while 
> there is an
> overlap.  Since you only have to compress once, it shouldn't 
> eat up that
> much more CPU.
> 

I'm finding that recording one analog streams while watching one DVB
stream, that although they only take about 60-70% CPU, things start to
get a bit jerky. It would seem HDD or PCI bandwidth is starting to
become the issue. I yes I have a fast HDD (50-60Mb/sec by hdparm).

CH