[mythtv-users] is mythtv smart enough to do this with recordings?

Isaac Richards ijr at case.edu
Wed Jul 26 18:55:54 UTC 2006


On Wednesday 26 July 2006 2:43 pm, chris at cpr.homelinux.net wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 10:47:23AM -0700, Brad Fuller wrote:
> > If there is no program data, how can mythtv record so much?
>
> Because "No Data" is a 24-hour show that starts at midnight.

zap2it doesn't do that, here.  Largest I've ever seen a 'No Data' segment from 
them is 4 hours.  I do have a few 'SIGN OFF' segments that last for up to 8 
hours, though.

And, really, getting data back from the provider, even though the title is 'No 
Data', _is_ program data, unless you think we shouldn't trust the listings 
source at all.  No program data means, well, no program data at all.

> > That doesn't sound right, either. At what resolution of file size do you
> > think this would be acceptable?
>
> If I was designing a PVR from scratch I'd seriously look at
> recording in one-minute segments.

And so force _everyone_ who wanted to watch a program recorded like that 
somewhere else to post-process their recordings so it's one file?  Yeah, 
that'd go over well.

Isaac


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