bergwinkl.thomas@xxxxxxxxx(Thomas Bergwinkl) 18.08.05 14:40 >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, Super! > when you switch channel a new recording starts > and the old will be deleted "immediately" because it would be too complicate to let the "mainly viewed stream" continue being recorded while zapping, so after zapping back i can see the timeshifted record starting at the moment of the first "zapp". ;-) OK, the next step would be: record always all available transponders in a 2h ringbuffer... let's call it "predictive timeshift(c)". But i assume that's already patented, at least in USA. >- so you are able to repeat a scene if for example you didn't > understand something Great! If would be good if the replay could drop frames so it will -slowly- catchup to the real time stream. (I the user want's to). >- 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) How big is the buffer? >- you can turn on/off this functionality in menu -> setup -> >recording -> LiveBuffer Important ;-) > there you can also set the size for the livebuffer (in MB) Ah. Thanks for making the patch!
