The *real* issue to deal with is how to record something in either case.. It would not be wise to make something timeshiftable with no ability to record it as well..
Mick > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matthieu > Weber > Sent: Thursday, 15 July 2004 2:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] Re: Better DVB support (C programmers > needed) > > > On Wed 14.07.2004 at 06:22:33PM +0200, Dirk Meyer wrote: > > > Or extend Thomas' work so that one can simulate one variable-length > > > buffer using several fixed-length buffers, which can be linked > > > together using fields in the header of each buffer. Mmmmhhh, I have > > > to think about this :) > > > > Maybe use the other ringbuffer patch from Jason Tackaberry? > > The problem with ringbuffers is, that they limit the amount of time you > can pause the TV. And if you want to have a large rungbuffer, it will > take lots of space all the time. The idea you proposed some time ago was > imho better: write the data into several small files of fixed size, and > remove the files which have already been read. In this case you have > timsehift ability with variable shift length (so if your mother calls > and speaks for 2 hours, you will not miss half of the show, unlike in > the ringbuffer scenario, where the buffer is limited to e.g. 20 min). > And you won't use an awful lot of disk space if you don't pause the show > at all (remember: 1 hour = 2GB of data in some cases). > > > > What I could do also is hack the seek function so that you can never > > > seek after the end of the file (e.g. checking eof when seeking, and > > > doing nothing if a jump would lead us after the end of the > movie). This > > > means that you cannot anymore quit mplayer by just > fast-forwarding (but > > > reaching the EOF while playing should work OK). I could also make this > > > feature an option of mplayer, so that it would be activated only when > > > timeshifting with a growing file (i.e. not using Thomas' timeshift > > > buffer), using MPEG PS and TS files. > > > > That would be cool. An option is what would be best. It avoids some > > problems we have right now. > > Matthieu > -- > (~._.~) Matthieu Weber - Universit� de Jyv�skyl� (~._.~) > ( ? ) email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( ? ) > ()- -() public key id : 452AE0AD ()- -() > (_)-(_) "Humor ist, wenn man trotzdem lacht (Germain Muller)" (_)-(_) > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop > FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! > Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idG21&alloc_id040&op=ick > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
