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On 04/25/2010 09:34 PM, Harry Coin wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4BD4EDA1.5030407@quietfountain.com" type="cite">Are
there any settings or other changes I can make to reduce the time
between choosing a recording and when it plays, or choosing a live
channel before it starts?
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I'm wondering what is going on during the 'Please Wait...' that happens
between when a recording is selected and when it starts playing. It
just takes so much longer than commercial DVR's that come with dish,
cable etc. It makes 'surfing channels' pretty much impossible. <br>
My setup is a master backend, a couple of slave backends, and a couple
of frontends. Whether the frontend is a really fast box or an older
model seems not to matter. Whether the show is 'dish 301 low def' or
ATSC OTA hidef appears to matter little as well. What settings or
setups can improve the time between the choosing of a recording /
channel and when it begins?
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Thanks for such a great effort, all the minutes I don't watch
commercials, what a gift. An online version of 'no erectile
dysfunction or reverse mortgage' spam filter.
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<font size="+1">That very small delay is due to the fact that Myth
buffers the program to disk before presenting it to you, since you now
have the highly convenient ability to pause/rewind/fastforward LiveTV
very much like you are already used to doing on DVD's or your VCR.
It's a mighty small price to pay, I'd say......<br>
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Most Myth oldtimers don't "surf" much. Instead they go "Advanced"
-> "Manage Recordings" -> "Schedule Recordings", where you can
browse the EPG, or browse lists of programs by many categories, or
alphabetically, etc. For instance, I just ticked off the movies I want
recorded for the next two weeks. And I already have the various
repeating shows that I like scheduled so I mostly browse the EPG for
new ideas every few days and check the list of recorded shows when I
find myself needing some down time/entertainment. <br>
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I had for years complained that I had 200 channels and nothing to
watch..... Myth has made us realize how wrong that was. There was way
more to watch (and of good quality) than we could ever have time for.
It just wasn't being shown during my down time. And Myth's search
functions have help me find programming that I thought had completely
disappeared but had just switched to more obscure times and channels.
As a matter of fact, we decided that we had so much more good content
available that we canceled cable and now use OTA TV and still have more
content than we have time to watch. And it is saving us $125/month to
boot.<br>
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For instance, right now I have 30 recording rules defined. Those rules
will have 87 "hits" over the next two weeks. 47 of those will record
(the others are shown multiple times and so don't need re-recording).
Now, that means about 24 programs a week! I can tell you right now, we
don't have time to watch all those, so we will have the pleasant task
of sampling and selecting the best and watching those. Additionally, I
am a bit of a cabinet maker/carpenter so some of them are crafty shows
that I skim and keep the best of for future reference in case of
similar projects.<br>
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So, when we do have some down time, we go straight to "Recorded
Programs" and pick from that list.<br>
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Enjoy,<br>
Dave<br>
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