[mythtv] Constant ringbuffer

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Friday 22 October 2004 05:49, Jake Smith wrote:
> For my 2p worth - I couldn't agree more.
>
> 1) 24/7 recording (have mentioned on another thread). i.e. does not
> stop ring buffer when jumping out of LiveTV
>
> 2) The ability to record the whole of (as much as in ringbuffer) the
> 'current' program from an arbitary point. e.g. program has started -
> halfway through you think, hmm this is interesting, I may want to
> watch again and/or watch with someone else etc.
> I wanted to this very thing last night infact and since I was using
> myth frontend, but tivo still plugged into same video sources - I
> switched to Tivo and pressed record - Tivo obliged and recorded the
> lapsed 30mins and the rest of the program.
>
> 3) An extension of 2) ; i) record any program that is in buffer, e.g.
> rewind to program that has recently '_finished_' and record it. (NB -
> not something Tivo can do)

For (2) and (3), see this post:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/17254?#17254

Last I heard, Isaac was investigating ways to implement the scheme 
mentioned in that post, or something similar.  I don't know if it's 
gone past the 'concept' phase, though.

-JAC