On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:00:30 -0500, Peter Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:44:21 +0000, Ian Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 04:52 -0500, Brad Benson wrote: > > > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:31:37 +0000, Chris Martin > > > > Two ideas that I had on this subject: > > > > > > > > idea 1 > > > > Would it be technically possible to have an option to enable the PVR > > > > functionality only once the pause button is pressed (i.e. only create > > > > a buffer on pause)? You'd lose the ability to rewind through stuff > > > > you'd just been watching , but it might work better for some people. > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure how well that would work, but the first thing that comes > > > to mind is that if you don't create the buffer until the user presses > > > the pause button then you absolutely can't pause on the same frame > > > they were watching when the button was pressed (since it's already > > > been displayed to the monitor and not written to disk). At best you > > > could pause at the next frame, which is probably acceptable to most > > > people, but this would really depend on the overhead required to open > > > the new buffer file and start writing video to that file. > > > > Would it be possible to still have the buffer, but just not fill it (as > > much) before starting to play, i.e. only buffer a couple of frames so > > the live stream is only 2-3 frames behind real-time rather than 3s > > (75-90 frames depending on region?) -- until the user pauses or rewinds > > etc... > > > > (just a brain dump, I don't use live TV much anymore either)... > > > > Ian. > > Like many others, I *never* watch live tv any more. Thus, it wouldn't > bother me if the pvr functionality were to be removed from the live-tv > function, since this seems to be what some die-hard channel surfers > want. Alternatively, I could imagine having a new "surf live tv" > function that is like "live tv" but doesn't have the pvr > functionality. In this mode, perhaps hitting the record button would > throw you out of the surf mode and start recording from the current > point on the current channel. > > Anyway, this does strike me as very low priority. On the other hand, > it would be a change/feature that would have minimal impact on most > mythtv users while at the sam time possibly improving the experience > for others... > > Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
Why not have it be an option in the settings? Live TV could toggle between surf and PVR modes. That is, if someone feels like adding the code. I flip around news and weather shows in the morning and there's always the occasional guest who wants to "just watch TV."
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