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Brad DerManouelian wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Mar 26, 2006, at 3:39 PM, Martin Ereth wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I think, a switch should be provided, because when I zap to another
channel, it takes
some time, where I think the buffer is filled, until the channel is
showed.
I didn't see a switch to turn the buffer off.
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Just because you think this is true, it doesn't mean it is. Some
people experience immediate channel changes. Some people experience a
few second delays. Search the lists for more information. I remember
Isaac saying that there is no "buffering" time built into myth. As
soon as information is able to be displayed, it is displayed.
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<pre wrap="">But zapping should be faster.
Also my harddisk is filling up realtively fast. 500MB after an
hour. After a movie
with 3 hours, no space is left. Maybe my myth is misconfigurated
What should people with diskless (livecd) computers do?
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All machines record to a disk somewhere. A "diskless" system means
there's no disk local to the machine, but there is one somewhere
that's mounted and being used. 500MB/hour is not a lot of space for
video. You need to invest in a larger hard drive if you're short on
space.
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<pre wrap="">I do not really know the internals of myth. I am really in favour
of a cache, maybe
with up to 50MB in size, or the video should be delivered directly
without a delay.
Just think about live-broadcastings. You see the decisive goal 30
seconds later than
your neighbour. He is jumping around and you are asking yourself why.
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If you're experiencing 30 second delays, something is VERY wrong with
your system.
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<pre wrap="">Thats why I just like to see such a feature. I did not say that it
must be used by
every user.
MythTV is a really good application, with or without this feature.
Martin</pre>
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Are you using 0.19 or 0.19.1? There was a major delay in changing
channels in 0.19 that is fixed in 0.19.1.<br>
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