[mythtv-users] Re:Tivo debuts slimmed-down TV service

jasonmiller jasonmiller at micron.com
Fri May 9 11:20:45 EDT 2003


Depends, if you are using a hardware encoder card the hard drive light blinks once every second and a half to two seconds.  The on time is very short as well so it is dim.  Using that to determine if recording is happening is somewhere between convenient and waiting for water to boil :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Calvin Harrigan [mailto:calvinharrigan at earthlink.net]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 9:53 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Re:Tivo debuts slimmed-down TV service


On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 11:39, Alexander P. Petkov wrote:
> Quote:
> ===========
> On a related note, the Tivo has a red LED that lights up when the box 
> is recording. I have found it quite handy at times and I wonder if it 
> would be possible to create similar functionality with Myth? 
> ===========
> 
> IMO, it's already there. When Myth is recording, you will see your 
> HDD LED flashing rapidly.
> 
> Alex Petkov
> 
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It's what I use...

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