<br><tt><font size=2>>I am in a similar situation to Tim w/ regards
to my wife loving<br>
>Comcast's On Demand feature. I'm actually a big fan of it, too,<br>
>because it fills one particular gap in programming that MythTV<br>
>doesn't: it has recordings of shows that aired before I realized
that<br>
>I wanted them, and it has them as soon as I realize that I want them.<br>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I've been thinking about this too.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">What if recordings were done a different
way in Mythtv... then you could get this and more.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The 2 factors driving a change in *approach*
in recording programs are cheaper multi-tuner cards, and cheaper
storage.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I've been thinking about a scheduler
that is based on large circular buffers, so you could have your tuners
recording your favourite channels all the time, and "recording"
a program would just be about marking a section of the buffer as not to
be deleted... so you could "record" a show that is in the
past.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Multiple programs recordings on the
same channel would just be pointers into the buffer, allowing 2 programs
to overlap without taking up 2 tuners to record them (and solving the perennial
"why can't I have 2 shows on the same channel both have early start/late
finish times").</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The tuners would still change channels
to get your requested programs, but the rest of the time could use viewing
patterns or favourite flags to go back to recording those channels 24x7
(well as big as your buffer is).</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Current DVB-T SD in Australia runs to
about 2.5GB/hour, so I could have 40 hours of 3 channels permanently recorded
in 300GB, which is about A$150.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Comments?</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
</font><font size=3>Indulis</font>