[mythtv-users] channel change delay with PVR350

[Will Dormann]

At 01:19 PM 2/13/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Bill Bradley wrote:
>> Myth is actually encoding and buffering the live tv while xawtv is just 
>> diplaying.
>
>That makes sense.  Out of curiosity, why does mythtv do this if you're 
>just watching live tv?  I can understand it would need to encode and 
>decode if you're pausing (or recording, of course), but why when 
>watching live tv?


For example, when you're watching "live" TV, you have the ability to rewind
and replay.
If MythTV were not buffering the video, you would not have this functionality.



-WD