[mythtv-users] Remotely controlling Comcast "On Demand"

[Indulis Bernsteins]

>I am in a similar situation to Tim w/ regards to my wife loving
>Comcast's On Demand feature.  I'm actually a big fan of it, too,
>because it fills one particular gap in programming that MythTV
>doesn't:  it has recordings of shows that aired before I realized that
>I wanted them, and it has them as soon as I realize that I want them.

I've been thinking about this too.

What if recordings were done a different way in Mythtv... then you could 
get this and more.

The 2 factors driving a change in *approach* in recording programs are 
cheaper multi-tuner cards, and  cheaper storage.

I've been thinking about a scheduler that is based on large circular 
buffers, so you could have your tuners recording your favourite channels 
all the time, and "recording" a program would just be about marking a 
section of the buffer as not to be deleted...  so you could "record" a 
show that is in the past.

Multiple programs recordings on the same channel would just be pointers 
into the buffer, allowing 2 programs to overlap without taking up 2 tuners 
to record them (and solving the perennial "why can't I have 2 shows on the 
same channel both have early start/late finish times").

The tuners would still change channels to get your requested programs, but 
the rest of the time could use viewing patterns or favourite flags to go 
back to recording those channels 24x7 (well as big as your buffer is).

Current DVB-T SD in Australia runs to about 2.5GB/hour, so I could have 40 
hours of 3 channels permanently recorded in 300GB, which is about A$150.

Comments?

Indulis
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