[mythtv] Understanding the myth source code

[James Courtier-Dutton]

On 29 May 2010 15:11, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
>
> Just what processing do you think is going on?  Both MythTV and VDR dump
> digital recordings straight to disk.  Anything more would be foolish.  The
> index building is a read-only process that stores its results on the
> database.  It does not affect the recording file in any manner.  This index
> is needed for rapid seeking, what good is it if you don't have it prior to
> playback?

The processing being done is the searching for the key frame.
If a key frame is not found, the recording is not even started!