[mythtv-users] Commercial Flagging - whats it all about

[korebantic]

Yeah, I've pretty much done all those things, and I think MythTV handles it great. Then again, I'm
new to the whole PVR thing so maybe I'm just easily impressed =)

--- Nick Rout <nick at rout.co.nz> wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:15:30 -0500
> Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> 
> > > >From the website:
> > > Basic 'live-tv' functionality. Pause/Fast Forward/Rewind "live" TV
> > > 
> > > However, how can one FF live TV without altering space and time? =)
> > > 
> > > Seriously, what am I missing here. AFAIK the only way to FF or skip
> > > commercials is with recordings.
> > 
> > Yup; you're correct: once you've rewound live TV, there's no way to
> > catch up again.
> 
> Well in myth "live tv" IS recorded, to a large buffer file, and
> simultaneiously played back to your TV. If you pause or rewind then you
> will never catch up unless you skip something - but "something" might be ads.
> 
> A more concrete example: most hour long shows tend to be between 40-45
> minutes plus ads. If you start the "Live TV" function at 9.00 pm, then
> hit pause, then go make a cup of coffee/open a beer/tuck the children
> in/go to the bathroom/open another beer it'll be 9.15 pm. Unpause it and watch from the
> beginning, skipping thru all the ads, and you will have
> about caught up with real time by the end of the show. (I find that the
> ad breaks in NZ tend to be 4 minutes, so 4 pushes of the "forward one
> minute" button followed by a "back 5 seconds" tends to skip quite nicely
> thanks.)
> 
> Alternatively if you may want to watch the show much later (when it may
> have spun off the end of the recording buffer) you can simply use the
> record button to record it, then watch it from the "recorded shows"
> screen - even while it is still recording - and once again skip thru the
> ads.
> 
> -- 
> Nick Rout <nick at rout.co.nz>
> 
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