[vdr] Re: Recordings menu sluggish - *the* solution.

["Dr. Werner Fink" <werner@suse.de>]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 07:59:55PM +0200, Carsten Koch wrote:
> Dr. Werner Fink wrote:
> >>
> >>I guess a patch that uses this should be trivial.
> >
> >
> >If you're using O_DIRECT you've to provide the thread which writes
> >out the stuff in background.  In other words: you need a ringbuffer
> >an own thread and the interface for your application.
> >
> >If you not do this the application has to wait (e.g. a big DB using
> >O_DIRECT for secure data transfer) upto the point where teh data has 
> >be put onto the physical sector of your disk ;)
> 
> Isnt there code in vdr already that does this?

Reading for playback yes.  Recording and cuting no.


           Werner


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