Adam Charrett wrote: >> 1) Does this allow viewing other channels during record if they are on >> the same MUX? >> > At the moment no, and its something I'm loathed to implement, I'll > explain why I don't like the idea, simplicity try explaining to the man > in the street/my wife how DVB works and I'd get a blank look. So then > try explaining why sometimes she can record 2 things at once and others > not :-( > Have said all that, DVBStreamer does allow more than 1 service to be > streamed at a time so there is no technical reason why it couldn't be > implemented. > Ok, interesting, thats a good point about explaining about DVB. It does sometimes take a while to explain to people how it works. My current job involved user interfaces, so I've had some thoughts about how this could be made simpler for people using the TV guide, I had suggested that the channels are highlighted to indicate which ones could be viewed while a recording is happening.
Once you understand that the back end is streaming a whole host of channels, it seems a shame not to be able to write 2 of them to disk, or view 2 of them at once. Its especially frustrating when there are two things you want to record, but cannot even though they are on the same MUX :) Maybe this could be a separate plug-in / option so that people who know whats going on can use it, others can ignore it :) If nothing else if I can get the stream out over my network at least I could watch other channels on the stream on my PC. Once I get some spare time (have part time MSc coursework at the moment and starting a new job in 2 weeks) I might sit down and learn python and see if I can work something out for this - assuming nobody else does it in the meantime. > > >> 2) Does the "upsoon" plugin, or similar work to ensure that recordings >> happen? >> > As DVBStreamer is control of the DVB adapter at all times if you're > watching TV when a recording is due to start you'll simply loose the > live TV while the recording happens. At the moment you won't get it back > again something that could be fixed though. > Brilliant - if I can get over my other problems that will mean I don't need upsoon :D Thank you for answering my questions :) Steve. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
