[mythtv-users] Thoughts on a Direct DVD Burning Feature

[Jeff Simpson]

> The original poster was not asking to burn during recording, but burn
> during viewing. He explicitly mentions someone "who come over to watch
> a show". At that time the length of the recording is often known.
> So it is possible to burn the show while watching it if the recording
> has completed by using MythBurn.

I think he wanted to record it live as it is being broadcast and
watched. With the current hardware, this is a daunting task - the
hauppauge PVR cards output their audio and video in a format that is
not exactly DVD, so the audio/video needs to be de/remultiplexed. I
suppose it can be done on the fly, but I don't know if there are any
software tools that handle it that way.

To answer the question about "how come consumer devices can do it and
myth can't", it's because their hardware was designed for that
specific purpose. They take video in and convert direct to DVD. I'd
like to see what device you were thinking of that does this, actua

If you just wanted to burn while watching something pre-recorded,
that's no problem at all, linux is very good at sharing files. Just
make sure you don't delete it after you're done viewing it if mythburn
isn't done, yet.