On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Gavin Hamill gdh@acentral.co.uk wrote:
My 2c...
RAM is cheap - just add some RAM and use a memory-based filesystem like tmpfs? Then there would be no special handling required from VDR since the 'livebuffer' file is part of the directory tree like any other file.
Not a bad idea really as long as nothing else needs ram. I recorded 70mins worth of 1080i HDTV the other day and total size was about 3.5G. 4GB is about $35-$40 for DDR2-800 so it's not too expensive. I usually take advantage of mail-in-rebates so I've actually got a few 2x2GB kits here that I haven't paid more then $20 for each and all my boxes have at least 4GB in them already.
Is it possible to resize the live buffer is another app needs more ram?