[mythtv-users] Live TV playback frustration

[mikkel at broerne.dk]

On 23-08-2012 2:40, Michael T. Dean wrote: 

> On 08/22/2012 07:20
PM, Paul Gardiner wrote:
> 
>> "Michael T. Dean" wrote: 
>> 
>>> I just
don't get why /anyone/ would believe that watching some partial airing
of a show that they just stumbled upon by accident would be better than
being able to see the entire show.
>> It's not, but it can be better
than not seeing the show at all, when it's one of a type that you had
absolutely no idea you might like - the sort of thing you'd never record
because you were so sure you wouldn't like it. I would never enjoy any
type of reality show... at least that's what I thought until I once
stumbled across one that I found incredibly compelling, and then set up
recordings for the rest of the series.
> 
> I still have every single
episode of Hellcats on my system. I'm sure 
> there's no way in cats
I'll ever watch the show, but I still recorded 
> it. It's there just in
case--after all, empty space on my system is 
> wasted space.
> 
> As a
matter of fact, I set up rules to record every single episode of 
>
every single new series that comes on each year, just in case it turns

> out one might be worth watching. Then, when the network cancels a
show 
> or when people say it's not worth watching, I typically delete
the 
> series without watching.
> 
> I cringed when I set up a recording
rule for Desperate 
> Housewives--there's no way I'd ever watch that
show. But, a lot of 
> people were talking about the show and how great
it was, so after they 
> renewed it for a 2nd season, I decided to watch
the premiere and "if 
> it's not worth watching, I'll delete the series
without watching the 
> rest." I literally laughed out loud while
watching the premiere. 
> There's no way I'd have watched this
series--even if I caught some part 
> of it while channel surfing--if I
hadn't recorded the whole first season 
> and heard all the talk about
it.
> 
> Typically I don't even start watching a new show until its
first season 
> has finished. Sometimes, I won't get to it until after a
couple of 
> seasons--for example, The Middle and Modern Family were two
shows that I 
> didn't think I would like, and didn't even start
watching until after 
> their 2nd seasons completed.
> 
> See, also, my
earlier message in the thread for how MythTV makes it easy 
> to find
new shows to watch, even if you don't know what you're looking for.
> 
>
Mike
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I thought I would
through in my thoughts and the reason why I chose Mythtv. 

Reasons for
me choosing Mythtv: 

1) I live in Denmark and have only access to
SAT-TV and had a sat-box with buildt in DVR... so a combo of live tv and
DVR. 

2) I could not watch my shows at the same time as the kids or
wife and the other way around. Open war when I wanted to watch sports.


3) I did not want to install full coax cable throughout the house and
have sat boxes all over the place. I had gigabit network and wifi. 

4)
I love the stability and simplicity of linux 

5) I am no fan of
Microsoft or Apple and fully support open source 

Why is Live-TV
essential for for my family 

1) bad TV habits - and I say bad because
life is too short to spend on ½ a show or mindless reality junk, but
then again so is eating at McD's compared to cooking a meal from
scratch. I do both so shoot me. 

2) Recording everything would call for
better organization of the recording i.e. moving movies to MythVideo -
Mike you support mythvidexport.py, but I tried and it does not work,
which is do to my EPG not being in English (see thread on this topic.)
And by the way Mike thanks for the help - you were spot on. 

3) WAF


4) The "thrill" of watching sports live is completely removed by
watching a recording even a 10 minute delay sucks in my book. 

I wish I
could do some programming at the level all the dev's can. This way I
could help improve the organization of recordings. Sadly, as it is now,
we have a hard time sifting through all our movies and favorite shows. I
cannot imagine also recording stuff that I might like and all the junk
my wife and kids watch :-D 

Currently I am stuck on .24 and based on
the dialog in this thread I will be for some time. 
 
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