[mythtv-users] ringbuf in memory?

Bill Williamson bill at bbqninja.com
Thu Dec 18 21:38:28 UTC 2008


On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Scott Harris <scott at webhounds.net> wrote:

> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >
> Ah yeah, had forgot all about the solid state drives.  Yeah, this is for
> live tv only.  While
> the rest of the family never watches live tv, the in-laws are on their
> way for the holidays
> and I have some lagging latency issues when watching live tv that I
> thought maybe faster
> ringbuf access might fix.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>


What kinds of "lagging" issues?  LiveTV will always be a few seconds behind
"real" live tv.  Or do you mean stuttering?
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