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

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Mon Mar 24 16:05:58 UTC 2008


On Mar 24, 2008, at 8:19 AM, Ronald Frazier wrote:

>> that the way MythTV /used to work/ is that if you were watching  
>> LiveTV
>> and hit record, it would record from that moment forward. So many
>> people complained that finally LiveTV was rewritten to allow hitting
>> record and getting the entire program from the point you started
>> watching it. Everyone rejoiced - and then complained LiveTV channel
>> changes are taking too long. So now you're suggesting going back to
>> the old functionality that everyone complained about.
>
> I don't know how far back you are talking (0.18 was my first
> experience). Back then it did indeed have that problem of not
> capturing all the show, but there was no difference in channel
> changing time (my 0.18 system was pretty much identical to what I get
> in 0.21 now). Back then it was still recording to a ring buffer so you
> could pause and rewind. Perhaps prior to 0.18 it actually did
> completely unbuffered TV.

My point is that if you switched to unbuffered TV, you would be taking  
away this functionality that everyone so desperately needed.
My other point that keeps getting chopped from responses is that my  
channel change times aren't unrealistic and I'm using the same  
software as everyone else. :)


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