[mythtv-users] Always record like TiVO (was Re:OT: Interestingstudy on HDD failure by Googlelabs)

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/19/2007 08:20 PM, Marco Nelissen wrote:
>>>> When I said "tivo-like", I really meant "like tivo"... ;) That
>>>> means a 30 minute (or some other configurable amount) on-disk
>>>> ringbuffer per tuner. Hardly something that'll fill up your hard
>>>> drive.
>> I'm not trying to be sarcastic here--I really want to understand your 
>> proposal--but how is a 30-minute ringbuffer better than just recording 
>> everything and deleting the oldest stuff when space is needed.
>>     
> Not better, just different. Your solution forces me to go to the list
> of recorded shows to see what it recorded. The tivo-way is to just turn
> on the TV and see what's on (tivo's default state is live TV, not a menu)
> and then to back up in case you missed the beginning of what's on.

So, the part you want is constant playback of what's on now?

Mike