[mythtv-users] Tunning the System

[Joel Anderson]

If you look through the archives there was a huge thread on this very within
the last month or so.  Some good discussion and insight into the reasons for
the channel change delay, including comparisons to other PVR systems.

Regards,
Joel Anderson

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From: <papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 1:12 PM
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Tunning the System


> On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Michael Starks wrote:
>
> > >doesn't that method eliminate the possibility of rewinding...say for an
> > instant replay or something you missed?  If its not buffered ahead of
time,
> > there's nothing to rewind.
> >
> > Yes, it would have to be paused first to fill the buffer.  It would be
nice
> > if there could be two modes, one for "channel surfing" and the other for
> > "enhanced PVR" or something like that.  It doesn't seem like it would be
too
> > difficult to code.  The code is already there, the only thing different
is
> > when to start the buffer fill (plus a config option on which mode to
use).
> >
>
> 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?
>
> -Cory
>
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