[vdr] Re: feature?

["Sir James Lachtveel" <laughingman@sympatico.ca>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vdr-bounce@linuxtv.org [mailto:vdr-bounce@linuxtv.org] 
> On Behalf Of Klaus Schmidinger
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 4:57 PM
> To: vdr@linuxtv.org
> Subject: [vdr] Re: feature? VPS tagging
> 
> Rainer Zocholl wrote:

> 
> Just select an EPG event with Ok and see the "VPS:..." label 
> at the upper right corner (at least that's where the default 
> skins display it).
> 
> > 3) A ringbuffer that records, say 20..60sec of the channel that
> >    will get the next VPS start.
> >    When that VPS starts, the ringbuffer is "flushed" to the
> >    disc and the beginning Mark is set.
> >    So the start of a program can never went lost.
> >    Too, if one likes, he could scroll back to see the trailer.
> 
> KISS.
> 
> > Such a "permanent ringbuffer" would too have the advantage 
> of not only 
> > to "pause" a programm but too to do an "instant replay".
> > Who does not know the problem like: "oops. What was the 
> phone number 
> > just shown?" A "pause" does not really help in this case, 
> but a 30sec 
> > jump back.
> > 
> > That may give a problem if such a "jump back"/"time warp"
> > is doen more than once.
> > One solution would be to to replay the "ringbuffer" a little bit 
> > faster (skipping speech pauses phases, or simply undersampling) so 
> > after a short while the image is back to "life" ...
> > 
> > Maybe such a ringbuffer/pipe would allow more relaxed "real time" 
> > condititions for VDR?
> > 
> > In DVB-T the image is already 6sec delayed.
> > What does it matter if VDR adds further 3sec?
> 
> That discussion is old - I don't see this as realy necessary.
> Sure, some people think that this is the most important 
> feature of all - well, it's a free world ;-)
> 
> Klaus
> 
> 

Klaus 

How can a disscussion be old if it remains undone?. A replay buffer is apart
of almost all commercial pvrs(personal video recorder) in North America
anyhow. It is possible, isn't it?. Is vdr just not able to support such a
feature? Could a replay buffer be implemented with a plugin?  Would this be
difficult to implement? Do you have any ideas on the most practical way of
implemting this?

Thanks for your hard work and advice Klaus 

James

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