[mythtv] Wrong time of recordings when using PVR 350

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Sat Oct 2 20:50:50 EDT 2004


On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 03:37:16PM -0400, Isaac Richards wrote:
> > Not sure where this belongs, but I think we figured out why a hour hd
> > recording is showing as ~51 minutes in myth. With roughly 40 minutes of
> > show at 24fps (hd) and 20 minutes of commercials at 30fps (sd) I get
> > about 52 minutes if the calculation of the recording length is based on
> > the fps (i think 30) reported in the recording. 40mins * (24fps/30fps) +
> > 20mins (30fps/30fps) = 52 minutes. I also have problems jumping 30
> > seconds ff or rw on these recordings. The time changes by 10 seconds but
> > the video is only changing by a second at the most.
> 
> It does indeed calculate length assuming a constant frame rate.

"... which quantity originates with the capture card driver through the
API"... ?

Cheers,
-- jra
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