[mythtv] Record now?

[Larry Matter]

I guess the feasibility of this depends on how the ringbuffer works - can
you tell just by examining the ringbuffer file where you started watching
a particular channel?  If you were surfing and stumbled on "Friends" and
decided to tape it, you only want to copy the portion of the ringbuffer
that is  "Friends".

If you change channels, does the ringbuffer start over from the begining
of the file?  If not, does it indicate that a channel change occured or
does it just basically have a capture of what I've been watching (and,
gosh, what are the privacy implications of that!:-)

And then there is the issue of liveTV settings vs recording settings -
they might be different and how does the code deal with that.

I think it would be a neat feature, but I'm not sure it is that easy.  I
can think of a few more issues but I have to leave for work now :-)

Larry

>>> Wait - if I am watching friends (and I watched from the beginning),
> in
>>> the middle I can go to the EPG and hit record and have the entire
> show
>>> recorded?
>>No, only from where you selected the recording to start
>
>
> OK, then I propose this as a possible feature. If I watched it the whole
> time, then it is all saved in the ringbuffer...I can't imagine it would
> be too hard to scrape out just the parts you need and start a new file.
>
> Ah the ironies of someone telling someone else that "it shouldn't be
> hard" when they wouldn't even know where to look :)
>
> Nate
>
>
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