[mythtv-users] Tunning the System

[Isaac Richards]

On Thursday 04 December 2003 01:12 pm, papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu wrote:
> 	No, no... subtle difference.  I'm not saying no encoding while in
> channel-surfing mode, just that you watch the live version while you encode
> in
 the background.  That's different than the current method of encoding
> everything and decoding the result to watch pseudo- "live."  The only
> drawback to the user would be that if you hit pause on this new *true*
> liveTV, you'd have to wait (2 sec or so) for this to go through the
> encoder.  Then the viewer would switch from live overlay mode to
> decode/display mode.  This would appear as a delay before being able to
> resume playback.  Everything before the pause point would already (still?)
> be in the ringbuffer, so instant-replay still possible.
> 
> 	Whatchu all think?

I think I see a lot of talk and no code, as usual.  I wouldn't accept an 
approach like this anyway, as it breaks network transparency and only works 
on analog cards.

Isaac