<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;">I am not tieing up the capture card. I wanna watch the tv in a window on my computer which is nowhere near the physical tv. I occasionally want to record a show as well. So, I am not sure if I understand what you mean.<br><br>what is wrong with a tv mode which plays from card and RAM only? no disk involved. As long as its optional, I don't see a problem.<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Brian Wood <beww@beww.org><br>To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users@mythtv.org><br>Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 3:04:21 PM<br>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] An option for watching tv<br><br><div><br>On Nov 28, 2006, at 3:59 PM, devsk
wrote:<br><br>> Hi,<br>><br>> I know its something which has been answered in the FAQ (why livetv <br>> records on disk). But I wanted to know if a new mode can be <br>> provided for watching live tv without recording.<br>><br>> Here is my problem. I have 4GB left on the disk. Once I start <br>> watching TV, mythtv just hangs after an hour because the disk <br>> becomes full. I have to delete the file and restart it to watch TV <br>> again. It not only hangs but also thrashes my disk for no reason. I <br>> have no use for pausing tv, or rewinding it. I just want to watch <br>> tv uninterrupted in a window, leave the window there and do other <br>> work in another workspace and come back and watch some more. <br>> Occasionally, I would like to record certain shows.<br>><br>> Is there an option that is being worked on or planned
to allow me <br>> to do that? Please understand that I love mythtv, so using tvtime <br>> or xawtv is not an option: they don't even work for me. Please <br>> don't tell me to buy a new disk. Also, I totally understand the <br>> default DVR mode. All I want is an "option" to trigger the true tv <br>> mode where in disk is not touched: I have plenty of memory, please <br>> use it as much as you want.<br>><br><br>Why would you want to tie up a capture card if you are not <br>"capturing" ? Just feed a different input of your TV with the live <br>feed, or buy an external switch if your set doesn't have a spare input.<br><br>That way the capture card is available to record something else while <br>you are watching, and the quality would be a tad better.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing
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