[mythtv-users] Always record like TiVO(was Re:OT: Interestingstudy on HDD failure by Googlelabs)

[Marco Nelissen]

>On 02/19/2007 08:20 PM, Marco Nelissen wrote:
>>>>> When I said "tivo-like", I really meant "like tivo"... ;) That
>>>>> means a 30 minute (or some other configurable amount) on-disk
>>>>> ringbuffer per tuner. Hardly something that'll fill up your hard
>>>>> drive.
>>> I'm not trying to be sarcastic here--I really want to understand your 
>>> proposal--but how is a 30-minute ringbuffer better than just recording 
>>> everything and deleting the oldest stuff when space is needed.
>>>     
>> Not better, just different. Your solution forces me to go to the list
>> of recorded shows to see what it recorded. The tivo-way is to just turn
>> on the TV and see what's on (tivo's default state is live TV, not a menu)
>> and then to back up in case you missed the beginning of what's on.
>
>So, the part you want is constant playback of what's on now?

With buffering.