[mythtv-users] LiveTV Channel Browsing Speed (New angle !)

[Lindsay Mathieson]

Old discussion I know ... :) 

I know the reasons channel changing LiveTV is slow (buffering etc) and have no 
desire to suggest changes to that - not feasible or desirable. But 
unfortunately for me, the inability to flick through channels is a WAF deal 
breaker.

I noticed the recent message on how to auto-record selected channels and had a 
thought ...

- We only watch a lmited set of FTA DVB SD channels (5 Transponders/7 
Channels)
- Easy for me to get sufficient tuners together to auto record all channel 
simultaneously
- Watching recorded TV is near instantaneous

So ... Would it be possible to have the LiveTV viewer display the currently 
recording program on the channel your trying to view, rather than trying to 
tune a signal? that way channel flipping could be near instantaneous.

Possible problems I can see:
- Recording Seven SD channels simultaneously - to much IO for the disk to 
cope? It would be to a local hard disk. Perhaps one dedicated for the 
purpose.
- What happens when the currently recording program ends and a new one starts


-- 
Lindsay