<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">> To me, this is the most useful feature of using MythTV to watch "Live TV".<br><br>it would be an optional feature. so nobody is taking that away from you. And I agreed that the default mode should be what it is now.<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Brad DerManouelian <myth@dermanouelian.com><br>To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users@mythtv.org><br>Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 7:50:43 PM<br>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] An option for watching tv<br><br><div>On Nov 28, 2006, at 7:40 PM, Chris Ribe wrote:<br><br>>><br>>> Why can't Myth run with a "null" buffer? Sort of like a
loopback.<br>>><br>><br>> This question has been answered several times in this thread alone.<br>><br>> MythTV could do live TV without recording. MythTV doesn't currently<br>> do bufferless live tv.<br>><br>> The only reason it doesn't is because of the 6+ gigapeople walking<br>> the planet, not a single one of them has ever cared enough about this<br>> problem to write the code themselves.<br><br>Don't forget the people who DON'T want this functionality. I'm <br>thrilled that LiveTV saves to the hard drive so when I start watching <br>something I suddenly find interesting I can hit record and grab from <br>the point I started watching, not just from the moment I hit record. <br>To me, this is the most useful feature of using MythTV to watch "Live <br>TV".<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing
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