That's more of a dependency on the recording format. AVI (and consequently divx/ffmpeg mpeg4) are not seekable while recording. To solve that, I used mp1e instead which records to mpeg1 and you can watch stuff while it's recording.
Aubin On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 05:54:16PM -0700, dan shepard wrote: > i actually am switching back and forth between freevo and motv, and > experience out of sync audio in freevo(mplayer) that is like a drifting > of the sync, while in motv i get video stutters, but it always comes > back in right on sync with the audio. i am not using btaudio in either > case. > > another problem i have is that once i watch tv in freevo i lose audio in > motv. > > i don't have a tv, just a 20" monitor, so i am using freevo for live tv. > > and this is not really on topic, but it would be nice to schedule > viewing in freevo like you can with directv. i have a tendency to get > involved in a show and miss the first half of the show i really want to > seen. > > dan > > > On Wed, 2003-05-21 at 17:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > My initial thoughts were to use MythTV, but two things lead me to Freevo: > > > > 1.) DVD playback > > 2.) Used mencode instead of it's own format for recording > > > > I see now that MythTV plays DVD's using a plugin, but I'd like to be able > > to record using mencode. > > > > Maybe I'll use my regular TV for live TV and Freevo for DVR only ... but > > I'd rather do it all from one box. I'll keep everyone up to date with my > > progress. > > > > --Joe > > > > > > > On Wed, 2003-05-21 at 20:08, Joe Stump wrote: > > >> In response, who is using Freevo for live TV? I guess this isn't a > > >> *huge* > > >> thing, but the guide is a bonus for those who don't have the fancy > > >> digital > > >> cable menu. > > > > > > I tried to, but had sync issues. MythTV works great (sync-wise). But > > > the quality just isn't there for me to really want to use my computer > > > for live-tv. So I've set things up right now so that my computer acts > > > as a media jukebox for music and movies, and also as a DVR. (I must > > > point out that since I've gotten digital output and AC3 pass-through > > > working, everything sounds amazing.) > > > > > > Actually, the DVR setup I have has a fairly high geek factor. I have a > > > Bell Expressvu receiver which has the ability to IR-blast to a VCR. > > > When I want to record something, I can go through the program guide in > > > Expressvu and select the VCR option for the event. When the time comes, > > > it will change the channel and IR-blast the appropriate start/stop > > > signals to my VCR. > > > > > > So I've setup an IR receiver to receive those commands, instead of my > > > VCR, and use irexec to start/stop mencoder as needed. mencoder will > > > dump to a file (whose name is tagged with the start/stop times) into a > > > directory that Freevo is watching. It's pretty nice, actually. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Jason. > > > > > > -- > > > Jason Tackaberry :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: 705-949-2301 x330 > > > Academic Computing Support Specialist > > > Information Technology Services > > > Algoma University College :: www.auc.ca > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ObjectStore. > > > If flattening out C++ or Java code to make your application fit in a > > > relational database is painful, don't do it! Check out ObjectStore. > > > Now part of Progress Software. http://www.objectstore.net/sourceforge > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Freevo-users mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ObjectStore. > > If flattening out C++ or Java code to make your application fit in a > > relational database is painful, don't do it! Check out ObjectStore. > > Now part of Progress Software. http://www.objectstore.net/sourceforge > > _______________________________________________ > > Freevo-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ObjectStore. > If flattening out C++ or Java code to make your application fit in a > relational database is painful, don't do it! Check out ObjectStore. > Now part of Progress Software. http://www.objectstore.net/sourceforge > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ObjectStore. If flattening out C++ or Java code to make your application fit in a relational database is painful, don't do it! Check out ObjectStore. Now part of Progress Software. http://www.objectstore.net/sourceforge _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
