On 12/1/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">devsk</b> <<a href="mailto:funtoos@yahoo.com">funtoos@yahoo.com</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;">
<div><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;">But why in the world a software program hangs if it runs out of
space, when it doesn't need to? Its design forces it to hang when it
doesn't need to. So, my contention was by design it SHOULD be allowed
to run, OPTIONALLY at least.<br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br>
The way liveTV works in MythTV is the same as a recording except you're
always watching while the recording is in progress. It's designed
so you can hit record partway through a program and save the whole
thing, not just the part after you hit record. It's designed so
you can rewind/pause/fast forward "live" TV. What you're asking
for the system to do, if disk space is low, is to delete any video
currently in the buffer and start a new buffer going forward in time
from that moment. That functionality completely breaks every
feature I mentioned above. <br>
<br>
What you are asking for is a way to watch live TV without any PVR
functions. You're trying to use a PVR for this. You're
using the wrong tool for the job. <br>
<br>
I'm sorry that the capture card you bought doesn't work right with the
already existing great software that allows you to watch live TV
without PVR functions. That's not a MythTV problem. I'm
sorry that the hard drive you have is pitifully small for video
storage. That's not a MythTV problem. You've been given
many, many, many options by a multitude of people, but not one of them
is acceptable to you. The answer here is not to change the
software that works wonderfully for most everyone else to fit your
specific, poorly-chosen hardware. If you want to run Myth, get a
system that's capable of running it correctly. If you just want
to watch live TV get a capture card that works with the software that
does that.<br>
<br>
Brad<br>
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