[mythtv] Understanding the myth source code

[James Courtier-Dutton]

On 29 May 2010 15:37, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> On 5/29/2010 10:34, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>>>
>>
>> If a key frame is not found, the recording is not even started!
>>
>
> If a key frame is not found, the recording is worthless.

It is not worthless to me.