[mythtv-users] Ringbuffer

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 13:44, DBakker at arrayasolutions.com wrote:
> 2 questions:

That's a lot more than two questions. I count six. :)

> 1.  I have 2 ring buffer files. Is one for each input card?

Yes, assuming you have two input cards.

> 2. Do these files have a limit to how large they grow?

That's a preference you set in MythTV itself. Default is 5GB.

> Do they zero out when a channel is changed?

Yes.

> Since this is from a pvr250 can I open it as 
> readonly and contantly read from it?

Dunno, but probably.

> does the file ever close?

When you stop live TV, yes. Not positive if it closes, deletes and
reopens on channel-change, or if it just deletes and stays open...

> Does this belong on myth-devel?

The last two, probably.

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