C.Y.M wrote: > Thomas Bergwinkl wrote: > >>Philippe Gramoulle wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hello, >>> >>>On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:07:49 +0200 (CEST) >>>vdr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> >>> | With this Patch VDR can do permanent timeshift, so you >>>can see the last scene again whenever you want :-) >>> >>>Sorry, i'm not sure to fully understand what new >>>functionality this patch brings. Can you elaborate what you >>>mean by "permanent timeshift" ? >>> >>>How does it differ from current behavior ? >> >> >>The patch does following: >>- it always records the channel you are watching, when you switch >>channel a new recording starts and the old will be deleted >>- so you are able to repeat a scene if for example you didn't understand >>something >>- or when you are watching a film, and you decide during the film, that >>you want to record it, you can do so, if the beginning is in the >>livebuffer (new timer -> LiveBuffer: yes) >>- you can turn on/off this functionality in menu -> setup -> >>recording -> LiveBuffer >> there you can also set the size for the livebuffer (in MB) >> >>But I want to WARN you: >>This patch is not yet really stable! (Of course, it would nice if some >>of you test it and report bugs) >> > > > Thanks for the great additional patch! Of course modifications are required to > the patch if you use enAIO and the jumpplay patches. But, besides vdr, I found > 5 common plugins that also required changes when using this LiveBuffer patch. I find it very bad if a patch modifies interfaces that require plugins to be specially adapted to that patch. Plugins should _always_ run with plain vanilla VDR and never require a "specially patched" version of VDR! Klaus
