Paul Fielding wrote: > I agree, this would probably not be an ideal situation, probably not > reasonable to implement. > > I think it would need to be a prioritized thing - consider the tuner > 'available' even though it's still recording the loop. If something > else needs the tuner, then kill the loop and use the tuner for an > active situation. If the tuner is needed for something else then > you're not going to be able to go back and watch TV while it's being > used by something anyways, so losing the buffer in this situation > wouldn't be a big deal. Then, once the tuner goes idle again, return > to doing the loop. > > > This is true, CPU load could be an issue. For this reason I would > suggest it's a selectable feature that can be turned on or off. If > you're using a software encoder on a slow box, you probably don't want > a constant buffer running. But if I'm using hardware encoding and/or > a really fast box, I'd rather use a bit of CPU and get my buffer > back. I'm not sure about a good way to deal with potential heat > issues, though. Perhaps a 'Your milage may vary sorta thing...?'. > > True, but being able to go back as far as the ring buffer lets you is > better than being able to go back zero minutes because the buffer was > killed. > > > Yuppers. :) Again why I would suggest the feature can be turned on > or off. > > regards, > > Paul
If something like this were done, I could see some expansions put in to it too. Lets say your 20 minutes into a show and decide you want to record the rest of it. Wouldn't it be nice to gather from a buffer the rest of the episode? Or possibly if your buffer is large enough to clip out another show that you wanted to record an hour ago and didnt get a chance to? _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
