[mythtv-users] Tunning the System
Isaac Richards
ijr at po.cwru.edu
Thu Dec 4 13:31:41 EST 2003
On Thursday 04 December 2003 01:12 pm, papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu wrote:
> No, no... subtle difference. I'm not saying no encoding while in
> channel-surfing mode, just that you watch the live version while you encode
> in
the background. That's different than the current method of encoding
> everything and decoding the result to watch pseudo- "live." The only
> drawback to the user would be that if you hit pause on this new *true*
> liveTV, you'd have to wait (2 sec or so) for this to go through the
> encoder. Then the viewer would switch from live overlay mode to
> decode/display mode. This would appear as a delay before being able to
> resume playback. Everything before the pause point would already (still?)
> be in the ringbuffer, so instant-replay still possible.
>
> Whatchu all think?
I think I see a lot of talk and no code, as usual. I wouldn't accept an
approach like this anyway, as it breaks network transparency and only works
on analog cards.
Isaac
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