[mythtv-users] Mythtv .19 live watching

[Steve Daniels]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Richard Freeman
> Sent: 14 July 2006 12:49
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv .19 live watching
> 
> Steve Daniels wrote:
> > So now you know LiveTV is a recording, you also know new recordings
> > overwrite old ones, so going into LiveTV you carry the knowledge that
> you
> > are potentially overwriting old recordings.
> >
> 
> Good point.  I think the concern is more that if LiveTV is left on that
> it shouldn't wipe out an inordinate number of recorded programs just
> because it is tuned to a channel with a very long program.  Maybe a
> prompt every 4 hours with 30 minutes of warning that LiveTV is about to
> be stopped might be a workaround?  If somebody doesn't spot the prompt
> in 30 minutes they aren't watching, and a show > 4 hours is an oddity -
> plus it will probably just get deleted the instant it ends to make room
> for the very next show that comes on LiveTV so it isn't like the user
> would have much of a chance to rescue it if it were wanted.  MythTV is a
> big unique in that it doesn't have a ring-buffer, which is the typical
> safeguard against these issues.

4 or 5 hours does sound like a good breaking point. If I wasn't in such a
rush I'd search the archives for references of conversations very like this
in the past.
 

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