[mythtv-users] commercial skipping recorded shows
Craig Longman
craigl at begeek.com
Sun May 11 12:34:07 EDT 2003
Gregorio Gervasio Jr. wrote:
>>>>>>On Sun, 11 May 2003 02:09:02 -0400, Craig Longman <craigl at begeek.com> said:
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>
>c> there's been a lot of activity in this thread, but i still think my
>c> original problem isn't being considered. if i'm not mistaken, the
>c> main thing that bruce is talking about still pertains only to watching
>c> recordings (or livetv) while they're still being recorded. whereas my
>c> 'commecial skiping sucks' refers to watching the show long after
>c> recording is complete.
>
> Really? That's not what you said. You said:
>
>c> show b)
>
>c> records from 2000-2100. i'm home while this is recording, so i decide
>c> to watch it. i watch it and like it very much, so at 2130h, i decide
>c> i want to watch it again. now, when i skip commercials, its
>c> unbearably slow, with lots of disk activity, like there is no
>c> seektable.
>
> If you're watching at 2130h, as far as MythTV is concerned,
>recording is not complete -- you're watching it while it's recording.
>It doesn't matter whether you're 30 minutes behind or 1 minute
>behind. Chris, Bruce, and Isaac have explained in great detail why
>commercial skipping is slow in this case.
>
no, reread it again. the show was OVER at 2100, and i was watching it
at 2130h. shouldn't be recording anything at that time, right? ;-)
but, the same unusable slowdown will be present 24 hours later, so i
could have as easily said the next day.
CraigL->Thx();
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