[mythtv-users] An option for watching tv

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Nov 28, 2006, at 4:55 PM, Sunil wrote:

> > What you are  asking for is something other than a PVR, which is  
> what Myth is.
> I understand what mythtv is for. I want to record some shows as  
> well. But I want to watch tv as well, without it ever hanging on me  
> with the minimal disk space I have.
>
> If dev time is the issue, then if I provide a patch for such a  
> feature, would you accept it?

Patches are always welcomed and considered by the dev team as long as  
it doesn't make MythTV unnecessarily bloated, provides useful  
functionality for more than just a very small portion of users and  
doesn't interfere with existing functionality that we have all come  
to love.

> And I don't understand the "philosophy" and "buy another product  
> and use another program" thing at all. I wouldn't come to use  
> mythtv if I had those options. Why do you have to be rude if you  
> don't really feel like understanding the concerns of the users of  
> your product? Are you the writer of mythtv?

I re-read his response and didn't think it was rude at all. some  
people might consider top-posting as rude. ;) Mythtv is Isaac's  
project and has repeatedly stated that LiveTV is working the way he  
likes it to work and people should launch other software if they  
don't want to buffer LiveTV to disk.

-Brad (no, I'm not a dev, but I know how to read the user/dev lists  
to get this information)