[mythtv-users] Live TV playback frustration

[Pieter De Wit]

On Wed, 22 Aug 2012, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> On 08/09/2012 02:25 AM, blind Pete wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, 9 Aug 2012, Jim Morton wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> [snip]
>> 
>> > I don't know of any advantages to watching live tv.
>> 
>> 
>> It is easier to explain to old people.
>> 
>
> Doesn't that translate to, "Old people just don't get how to properly use a 
> DVR because they're stuck in their ways"?
>
> I just don't get why /anyone/ would believe that watching some partial airing 
> of a show that they just stumbled upon by accident would be better than being 
> able to see the entire show.  Perhaps if it /is/ so much better, someone 
> should tell Apple to quit making entire shows available through iTunes or 
> Amazon through Amazon Instant or Netflix through Netflix streaming.  Imagine 
> how many "old" people they could sign up if they instead just showed part of 
> the show the user wants--maybe putting a bunch of commercials in there, too, 
> so the viewers know when to go to the bathroom or get a snack...
>
> Mike ("Older than his despising Live TV would imply") Dean
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I think what they (and I) are trying to get accross is that sometimes you 
channel surf, then find something you like to watch. Perhaps this is done 
different where you are (upcomming programs can be sched. into recordings) 
but where I am from, that is how things are done :)

On my "many" rebuilds of my media system, I simple delete all the settings 
etc and start over. This is a good way to clear out old recordings. Our TV 
providers here have the very bad habit of add "ALL NEW" infront of certain 
screenings titles....

IMHO, the viewing habits that you have, seems to be shared by a lot of 
people, including most dev's. This leads to, again, IMHO, the fact that 
you don't see the issues on LiveTV. Or, your system is spec'ed so high 
that you don't see the issues as I still believe the frame drops are due 
to "bad" management of disk IO during a program transition (just to pick 
one issue)

Cheers,

Pieter