[mythtv-users] Switch to enable "TiVO" like experience? WAS Re:mythtv keeping recordings of everything i watch?

Kevin Hulse jedi at mishnet.org
Mon Aug 7 13:58:00 UTC 2006


On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 04:48:33PM -0500, Ivan Kowalenko wrote:
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> On Jul 26, 2006, at 16.28, Jafa wrote:
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> >>> Rewinding live tv to before you started watching is not particularly
> >>> useful in my opinion... what are the chances it was on the right  
> >>> channel?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Pretty good actually. Since most of the shows I watch are on a  
> >> handful
> >> of channels, chances are that the tuner is on a channel where  
> >> something
> >> interesting is on. This is especially true if you watch a lot of  
> >> "theme"
> >> channels (e.g. cooking or home improvement channels).
> >>
> > So combining this with the mythtv approach to things, the idea  
> > would be
> > for tuners to automatically record all the time, but to auto-delete  
> > when
> > the recording is finished unless the user starts watching it?
> > (or maybe half an hour after the recording is finished).
> 
> Actually, I'd like to pass on that, thank you. I've heard stories  
> about TiVo drives thrashing themselves to death. If this is going to  
> be implemented, at least make it optional for those of us who don't  
> watch a lot of LiveTV.

	...alternatively, it could be setup to just use RAM. That
could translate to a really small buffer or really large physical
memory requirements. But that could still be an option and desktop
systems can hold 4GB or more of ram these days.

	...you don't necessarily buffer to disk.


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