[mythtv-users] Live TV playback frustration

Saul A. Peebsen jaglover at gmail.com
Thu Aug 23 00:54:03 UTC 2012


On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:18:56 -0400
"Michael T. Dean" <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:

> On 08/08/2012 03:01 PM, Saul A. Peebsen wrote:
> > On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:15:53 -0400 Jim Morton wrote:
> >
> >> Mostly people that use DVRs for any length of time get away from
> >> watching live tv. The advantages of recording everything you might
> >> possibly want to watch and then then picking from what has been
> >> recorded are many. I don't know of any advantages to watching live
> >> tv.
> > I beg to differ. I've used MythTV since 0.21. I do not have a TV in
> > my bedroom, the secondary monitor of my PC serves as a TV. And I
> > like watching old movies on TCM at bedtime. I do not want to record
> > them, just relax watching.
> 
> You /are/ recording them--Live TV is recorded, too.  If you do this 
> often, why not set up a rule to record TCM movies every night, then
> you can watch them even if you get to bed late.
> 
> > Plus, when watching live sports I want to see what is happening as
> > it is happening.
> >
> 
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/387302#387302
> 
> Whether you watch it while it's recording or not is irrelevant, but 
> there's really no reason not to record it.  The point is make your
> DVR work for you instead of making yourself to watch your TV.
> 
> Besides, when Live TV fails a bunch of times and breaks up the
> recording into several pieces, and your fellow viewers start to curse
> MythTV, doesn't it make you think, "Hmmm, now if the backend knew to
> keep recording this..."?

You are correct indeed. And as long as there is a menu item for live TV
you are wrong. Not to mention there are times I do not like what's
coming from TCM and I want to switch to another channel. Shall I record
all of them just in case I change my mind and want to watch something
different?
I'm a long time FOSS user and I am thankful for devs hard work. I'm not
saying MythTV is a POS. But currently it does not work for me the way I
expect it to.

-- 
Cheers, Saul


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