[mythtv] ring buffer and live TV

Derek Meek thekazan at gmail.com
Sat Apr 15 13:08:56 UTC 2006


the "large" delay (which I don't even notice) is the system buffering
LiveTV so that you can pause, rewind, etc.
S-Video/RCA connection input works because it still goes through the
same framegrabbers/encoders.  You simply have to control the external
source over RS232, firewire or w/ an IRblaster

Felix Rubinstein wrote:

> Please see my posts on users list by topic "MythTV channel buffer"
> How is that possible to watch live TV and have PVR: pause, rewind,
> etc. functionality with S-Video/RCA connection?
> What was the intention of quite large delay?
>  



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