On 3/9/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chris Pinkham</b> <<a href="mailto:cpinkham@bc2va.org">cpinkham@bc2va.org</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>> flag to start the chunking on the next "real" 30-minute time slot. Since<br>> most shows start / end either on the hour or half-past the hour, this would<br>> "clean up" the recordings.<br>
<br>This is already the case, LiveTV splits shows up according to the guide<br>data present in the database. We're talking about splitting up long<br>'shows' even further (ie, Isaac's 6-hour limit and my proposed 30-minute
<br>or shorter limit if we're low on free disk space).<br><br>> "Looking forward to getting MythTV running SOON"<br><br>Ahh, that's why you don't know how it does LiveTV already. :)<br><br>--<br>Chris<br></blockquote>
</div><br>Chris, <br><br>I may not be running MythTV yet, but I have been following this list for the better part of six months. I have also read the documentation and have been following the personal sites of several individuals that are having various degrees of succes with this and other PVR solutions. I am aware that it splits based on the program guide. I was commenting on the discussion of splitting long recordings that are NOT chunked in the program guide ( marathon entries, multi-hour music events, etc ). The discussion was suggesting a feature to allow the user to select automatic splitting in situations where the program guide does not provide the key data needed. I was expanding that suggestion to sync that forced split up with real time to make "cleaner" blocks of recorded data.
<br><br>I always try to make it a habbit of not assuming anything about the background, knowledge or skills of anyone else without asking. <br><br>-Lawrence<br>