[mythtv-users] commercial skipping recorded shows

Craig Longman craigl at begeek.com
Sun May 11 12:34:07 EDT 2003


Gregorio Gervasio Jr. wrote:

>>>>>>On Sun, 11 May 2003 02:09:02 -0400, Craig Longman <craigl at begeek.com> said:
>>>>>>            
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>
>c> there's been a lot of activity in this thread, but i still think my
>c> original problem isn't being considered.  if i'm not mistaken, the
>c> main thing that bruce is talking about still pertains only to watching
>c> recordings (or livetv) while they're still being recorded.  whereas my
>c> 'commecial skiping sucks' refers to watching the show long after
>c> recording is complete.
>
>        Really?  That's not what you said.  You said:
>
>c> show b)
>
>c> records from 2000-2100.  i'm home while this is recording, so i decide
>c> to watch it.  i watch it and like it very much, so at 2130h, i decide
>c> i want to watch it again.  now, when i skip commercials, its
>c> unbearably slow, with lots of disk activity, like there is no
>c> seektable.
>
>        If you're watching at 2130h, as far as MythTV is concerned,
>recording is not complete -- you're watching it while it's recording.
>It doesn't matter whether you're 30 minutes behind or 1 minute
>behind.  Chris, Bruce, and Isaac have explained in great detail why
>commercial skipping is slow in this case.
>
no, reread it again.  the show was OVER at 2100, and i was watching it 
at 2130h.  shouldn't  be recording anything at that time, right?  ;-)

but, the same unusable slowdown will be present 24 hours later, so i 
could have as easily said the next day.


    CraigL->Thx();




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