[mythtv-users] WHISH-LIST: what I always wanted.

Ashley Bostock abostock at gmail.com
Thu May 26 09:28:13 UTC 2005


If I'm watching something "live" then i'll run it at around 85% slower
speed (not slow enough to really notice any difference) then when the
commercials come on your normally around 4mins behind realtime and can
skip through most of them :)

Ash.

On 5/26/05, Brad Templeton <brad+myth at templetons.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 11:10:46PM -0700, Joe Votour wrote:
> > Actually, this would be a nice feature, but I'm not
> > willing to code it, so I can live without.
> >
> > I've said it before, and I'll say it again: There are
> > some people (myself included) who happen to use the
> > LiveTV feature.  Or, alternatively, I'll start
> > recording a show, but them in skipping commercials, I
> > catch up with the live feed.
> >
> > Can't skip commercials to get to content that hasn't
> > aired yet.
> 
> Well, sure you can.   However, in MythTV at least for now, unlike
> the Tivo, you just can't do it in the livetv mode.  You must always
> select to record the show, then watch the recording.
> 
> This leaves you free to watch any of the other large number of
> shows you have on your machine at any given time.  Watch such
> a show (documentaries and other non-suspense shows work best) for
> however long it will take to match the number of commercials you have
> to skip, and then watch the live show.   If you understimate, just
> pause and watch some other programming for a while.
> 
> It's like you used to do, changing channels in the commercial break,
> except with no discontinuity.
> 
> Generally I never recommend use of Myth's live tv mode, even if you
> want to watch live tv, but I know there are plans to improve it.
> 
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