[mythtv] Re: [PATCH] Soft padding proof of concept

[David Shirley]

Hi All,

I am interested in trying this patch with current SVN.

Have there been any changes since 7354 that will cause my problems?

cheers
dave

On 10/11/05, Max Barry <mythtv at maxbarry.com> wrote:
>
> David Engel wrote:
> > Would the proponents of adding soft padding to the scheduler please
> > try this patch and provide feedback.
>
> It works great. That is, it works like the current soft buffer, but also:
> (a) bumps showings to an idle tuner if necessary to capture the buffer; and
> (b) displays in "Upcoming Recordings" exactly when MythTV will be recording.
>
> Point (a) addresses the niggling issue that started this whole
> discussion, and means we would no longer have tuners sitting idle while
> the soft buffer gets unexpectedly dumped. That's very good.
>
> Point (b) I'm ambivalent about. From a technical point of view it makes
> sense, but as a user I'm not that interested in exactly which minute
> MythTV will be recording. I just want to know roughly when to expect my
> programs, and whether there are any conflicts. This might make it
> slightly harder to resolve conflicts because it's not immediately
> obvious which bits of the recording are causing the conflict and which
> are soft buffers that would be dropped anyway. (To work it out, you need
> to know the scheduled times, the length of any manual hard buffers, the
> length of the soft buffer, and then you have to do some arithmetic.)
> That is, it can look like there's a (say) 5-minute overlap, and that
> therefore you need to trim this much from a recording, when there's
> really a 1-minute overlap plus a 4-minute soft buffer.
>
> It would also be helpful if you could see in "Upcoming Recordings" when
> MythTV was planning to dump the soft buffer. Maybe the programs could be
> displayed in a different color, or maybe there could be a symbol, or
> maybe it should just list the scheduled time and the buffer time
> separately. Such advance warning could be very handy.
>
> Since there's no associated UI, I'm not sure if it's planned that users
> will be able to specify whether they want MythTV to use idle tuners
> and/or switch to earlier/later showings in order to preserve the soft
> buffers. Personally, I'd always take the buffers, but I know quite a few
> people have said they want different options.
>
> Hope this feedback helps.
>
> Max.
>
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