[mythtv-users] Guide data

[Ian Forde]

Bruce Markey wrote:
> In myth, the ringbuffer doesn't run all the time. The live buffer
> is started when the player starts so if you ever exit, you lose
> whatever had been recorded. It's better to record something and
> watch the recording than to be stuck in the ringbuffer.

Which, IMHO, is the reason that Tivo drives fail with a couple of 
years... the ringbuffer is running *continuously*, thus writing to the 
drive 24x7x365, as opposed to Myth and ReplayTV, where LiveTV is a mode 
that can be gotten out of...

	-I