[mythtv] DSM-CC object carousel parser and storage patch for 0.18.1

[Ian Caulfield]

On Sat, 1 Oct 2005, Stuart Morgan wrote:

> On Sat 1 October 2005 10:47, Stuart Auchterlonie wrote:
>> Have looked at this. If you let the DSMCC streams get recorded then
>> the size of the recordings blows out by an average of 30%. Not good.
>
> Would it not be a good idea to let people choose if the stream is recorded,
> even on a per schedule basis? There are some good reasons why it might be
> desired - for example many BBC programs have added information broadcast
> along with them (e.g. "For more information press the red button"). As many
> myth users watch everything recorded they would miss-out on that extra and
> sometimes useful facility.

Perhaps it's possible to find some kind of hybrid between #1 and #2 
originally suggested - the recorder could perhaps parse the stream and 
only record one copy of each object, to keep file size down...

Ian