[mythtv] DSM-CC object carousel parser and storage patch for0.18.1

[Neil Davidson]

> > On Sat 1 October 2005 10:47, Stuart Auchterlonie wrote:
> >> Have looked at this. If you let the DSMCC streams get 
> recorded then 
> >> the size of the recordings blows out by an average of 30%. 
> Not good.
> >
> > Would it not be a good idea to let people choose if the stream is 
> > recorded, even on a per schedule basis? There are some good reasons 
> > why it might be desired - for example many BBC programs have added 
> > information broadcast along with them (e.g. "For more information 
> > press the red button"). As many myth users watch everything 
> recorded 
> > they would miss-out on that extra and sometimes useful facility.
> 
> Perhaps it's possible to find some kind of hybrid between #1 
> and #2 originally suggested - the recorder could perhaps 
> parse the stream and only record one copy of each object, to 
> keep file size down...
> 


I've also seen Additional programming on the Interactive stream. For
example, How TO Start Your Own Country had a (semi)live broadcast after the
program on BBC2, would be cool if you could record things like that.