[vdr] Re: Feature request - time shift

[Jürgen Schmitz <j.schmitz@web.de>]

Brian Dorling wrote:
> Well,
> maybe I dont correctly understand what you want, but I think
> just pressing the PAUSE key (starts to record) and then play key
> (starts to play back the recording) will give you that.
>
> If you want a buffer of a certain time that VDR has automagically 
> recorded without being asked to, that was discussed a few times here
> and I dont think is planned at this time.
I think, what he is asking for and what I've seen in many comercial 
digital records it like this. They simply record everything you are 
watching, maybe setting some kind of cut mark when switching the channel 
and keep this recording for a configurable time, mostly up to 3 hours. 
So this offers not only freeze and continue watching but also looking 
back a scene - and this without having to program a timer - and you can 
record something even when it has been started and you see that this 
movie maybe interesting to record.

> Andreas Hahn wrote:
>
> > Hi,  
> > after building / testing my vdr (thanks to klaus) and selling my 
> > comercial
> > receiver, i'm now missing the following feature: Time shift mode like 
> > a layer between realtime and recording. On the receiver you can go 
> > back in time up to that point, when you switched
> > the channel (max. 1h). I think, they use a kind of ring buffer, but on 
> > hard
> > disk. This mode is really transparent to the user, you even can start 
> > recording at time
> > shifting.   
> > I don't know if i make clear myself. The advantage of that is, you can
> > replay scenes (whatever) unless recording it, at any time. You don't 
> > have to pay attention
> > of recording time, if you watch TV in time shift mode. Last but not 
> > least, you
> > can decide to record a programme from the beginning, after watching a 
> > while.  
> > My question is, is it very difficult to implement such a feature? Have 
> > you
> > ever thought about something like this? In which function could one 
> > implement
> > this?  
> > thanks Andreas



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