[mythtv] Understanding the myth source code

[Raymond Wagner]

On 5/29/2010 10:34, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> On 29 May 2010 15:11, Raymond Wagner<raymond at wagnerrp.com>  wrote:
>    
>> Just what processing do you think is going on?  Both MythTV and VDR dump
>> digital recordings straight to disk.  Anything more would be foolish.  The
>> index building is a read-only process that stores its results on the
>> database.  It does not affect the recording file in any manner.  This index
>> is needed for rapid seeking, what good is it if you don't have it prior to
>> playback?
>>      
> If a key frame is not found, the recording is not even started!
>    

If a key frame is not found, the recording is worthless.