or, is it possible to ask half way through the show to record *just* this show, so if you have an hour of buffered video but only want the 30 minutes or so that is the actual beginning of the show, it only persists the 30 minutes *and* the remainder of the show.
Dave On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 23:02:26 -0600, John Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've considered the same question a few times. Like the case where you > watch a show and get part way through it before you decide you really > like it or want to show it to your wife and then you can't go back and > add the buffered video to a recording that you would create. It is > kind of frustrating that the data you want exists, but there is no way > to get it in the recording. > > This would be a great feature to add. Maybe a begin recording from > buffered option on live TV recording. > > > On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:44:12 -0800, emory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You are talking about video that's already in your buffer. Your > > buffer is wherever you set the ring buffer file (ringbuf2.nuv) to be > > in the Myth settings. As long as your buffer is large enough, you > > could technically just keep on watching your program without changing > > the channel and then save the buffer manually when the program ends. > > You would have to copy the ringbuf2.nuv file somewhere else before you > > change the channel (that would delete your buffer). > > > > this is definitely a hack and not the most elegant way to do things, > > but I don't know how else you would go about it. You would have to add > > the resulting .nuv file to your MythVideo files, and you would lose > > out on most of the database and editing capabilities of myth, since > > this is not an official "recording." > > > > since the buffer is there, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to > > integrate such a feature into myth in the future. > > > > - emory > > > > On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:47:39 +1100, Phill Edwards > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > When I'm trying to record something from LiveTV I just have to press R. > > > > But how can I record something that I've already watched? If I press > > > > REW and then R it's not starting where I've pressed the Record key. Is > > > > there a way to turn the ringbuffer into a recording? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > -- GMAIL is 'da bomb baby....YEAH I have GMail invites, if you want one, email me direct.
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