[mythtv-users] ringbuf in memory?

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Thu Dec 18 21:31:18 UTC 2008


On Dec 18, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Scott Harris wrote:

> Has anyone considered, or even tried adding a lot of ram to their  
> systems
> and using it for the ringbuf location?  I mean something like 64Gb  
> of ram.
> For SD recording that should provide adequate space for the ringbuf  
> I think.
>
> Just wondering.....

Seems like a terrible waste of RAM. You're better off getting a solid  
state drive and using that for your LiveTV. (I assume you mean LiveTV  
- there is no ring buffer any more for recordings)

-Brad



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