[mythtv] Wrong time of recordings when using PVR 350

[Isaac Richards]

On Saturday 02 October 2004 08:50 pm, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> 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"... ?

Different issue here, actually - hdtv can change framerate mid-playback, but 
analog recordings can't.

Isaac