[mythtv-users] Why does going to live TV take so long?

[Andrew Wilson]

On 10/03/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> >> Let's see.  At a minimum, Myth requires 2 or 3 seconds of buffer in
> >> order to provide the PVR features while watching LiveTV,
> >
> > That seems rather excessive. There's really no reason to buffer that
> > much data before starting to play it.
>
> Says the guy who didn't write/debug the LiveTV code...  ;)
>
> Mike


Mike, this is something that I've never understood.  I'm not being
facetious, but why do we need to buffer before starting to play?

Andrew