[mythtv] Re: [mythtv-commits] mythtv commits

[james meyer]

On Sunday 14 November 2004 08:04 pm, David R Bosso wrote:
> --On Sunday, November 14, 2004 8:14 PM -0500 "J. Donavan Stanley" 
> <jdonavan at jdonavan.net> wrote:
> 
> >
> > While I certainly can change the speeds by editing code, the user base
> > can't.  The reaction of the users will probably be much like that of my
> > wife when I failed to note that speeds < 5x were missing before rolling
> > out an update to our main box, and it wasn't pretty.
> 
> Does she miss the fractional speeds, or just the 1x-4x range?
> 
> I just did some timing on my production system with the old code.  This is 
> using a PVR-350 for output.
> 
> Indicated  Actual (approximate)
> 1x         1x
> 1.5x       1.7x
> 2x         3.3x
> 3x         5x
> 8x         10x
> 10x        12x
> 16x        26x
> 
> I've never used the fractional speeds, and don't find <3x (actual) useful 
> at all.  5x seems to be where it feels like ff/rw, and I find myself using 
> 10x or 12x to skip ahead for most things.
> 
> What do other people use?
> 
> -David 
> 
Just my .02 on this issue.
These are the real speeds that would make my family happy

.5x
1x
2x
5x  
After 5x we can deal with whatever is decided.
-jm