[mythtv-users] Buffer Dump to Recordings

James Armstrong james at thearmstrongs.org
Mon May 24 20:45:45 EDT 2004


Mike J. Harrison wrote:

> I was watching TV last night, and realized at the end of the program I 
> was watching that I wanted a copy of it to view later.  Since it was 
> all still in the buffer (I hadn't changed channels), is it possible to 
> dump the buffer to the hard drive (Maybe in the recordings folder?), 
> even if it's just marked with a time stamp? 
>  
> Just curious -- might not be a bad idea for a simple feature addition 
> if it's not already possible.  Might make it possible to catch those 
> hilarious advertisements or a funny moment in a program you don't 
> normally record.  Thoughts?
>  
> Mike
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That is a good idea. My Tivo can save the current buffer and then keep 
recording to the new file just like you had set the program to record 
from the scheduler. It knows the channel you are on and the start time 
of the current show so if the buffer goes back to a show previous to the 
one you are recording it will only save from the start of the current 
show forward. I have used this many time when the channel happened to be 
on and I had forgot to schedule the show or it was something I had not 
thought about recording.

- James



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