[vdr] Re: Read/Write Simulatneously

[Alessio Sangalli <alesan@manoweb.com>]

Alexis Guerin wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm interested in using your vdr software but i have a question about it:
> Is it possible with vdr to record and play at the same time (e.g : a 
yes (developer version)

this is called time shifting

> Basically : can it read and write simultaneously on the hard drive?
> Are commons pc harddrives fast enough to do that?

the problem WAS the dvb board was not fast enough. But the new cool 
driver/firmware for LINUX can do this.

> Or is it possible to configure vdr to use 2 harddrives (1 read , one 
> write) ?
VDR can use multiple hard disks.

However, what do you want to READ if you WRITE on another hard disk!?

Keep in mind however that the disk performances aren't usually a 
problem; an MPEG2 data stream is barely more than few MB/s.

bye
as

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