[mythtv] Next Scheduler Patch

[Torbjörn Jansson]

mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org <> wrote:
> On Wednesday 03 March 2004 01:54 am, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 04:09:52PM -0800, Bruce Markey wrote:
>>> Also, the other issue you mention of saving the recorded portion
>>> from live is often requested. If the file header of the ringbuffer
>>> is compatible with a recorded file, it could be as easy as renaming
>>> the ringbuffer file to the chanid and times from the proginfo and
>>> adding it to the recorded list.
>> 
>> - Reimplement the RingBuffer more like regular recordings, breaking
>>   it up into files based on program info, and deleting them more
>>   aggressively (perhaps the auto-expire functionality would be well
>> suited to this) 
> 
> Probably the best way to handle this.  It might be difficult
> to ensure fast
> transitions between files during recording with the pvr-x50s,
> as they'd need
> to be re-initialized to start a new file properly, and that's not
> instantaneous.  It'd certainly simplify the RingBuffer class logic a
> lot, though, as there'd no longer be a need to wrap.  Local 'livetv'
> could just do direct file access then, too..
> 

I haven't been following this thread very closely, but I definitley like the
idea of preserving the file header on ringbuffer files.
It woud simplify a lot for the windows filter, espesialy during channel
changing.
As it is now, I will have to do some more or less ugly hacks in order to
make channel changing in livetv play nice with the windows filters.