Kevin Kuphal wrote: > Raphael Pooser wrote: > >> Gavin Haslett wrote: >> >> >>> I was reading the change list published for the upcoming 0.19 upgrade and a >>> few things occurred to me; >>> >>> 1. For the new LiveTV improvements, will it be possible to set the >>> expiration of LiveTV recordings to, say, 4 hours? I know expiration is >>> currently done on a daily basis, but to be honest I can't think of a single >>> time when I'd want to retain a LiveTV recording for mor than 4 hours or so. >>> >>> 2. Any thoughts on adding a checkbox to use "classic mode" LiveTV instead >>> of the new version? I did a quick test on the SVN version about two weeks >>> ago, and found that my disk subsystem was thrashing a lot more frequently >>> than with 0.18. I presumed this was due to the LiveTV changes that >>> occurred. Of course, this might just be my second Linux install on the box >>> :) >>> >>> 3. Didn't get a chance to test this... but how well does XvMC work with the >>> OSD and deinterlace? I know this is a bad combination in 0.18, but my video >>> looks SOOO much better with kernel deint turned on, and it's a lot smoother >>> with XvMC, so currently I just live with flickery OSD. >>> >>> Anyway, just brainfarts... it's too early in the AM (and pre-coffee) for >>> any truly coherent thought :) >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mythtv-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >>> >>> >>> >> Actually my question is, is mythtv now going to become more hardware >> intensive, just to do SD? The hard disk thrashing question frightens >> me, because right now I get by with 512MB of RAM, _no_ swap, and my hard >> drive set to the lowest performance level/highest acm level so that it >> is completely silent. I don't want hard drive performance to need to >> become a factor when watching TV.... Can anyone shed some light on this? >> I suppose I can always hold back from upgrading, but it looks like .19.1 >> may solve a lot of problems, well more like little glitches really. >> Raphael >> >> > I have no performance issues running SVN compared to 0.18. In fact, for > many things, it is faster. I wouldn't consider one person's experience > to be necessarily indicative of the release. > > Kevin > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > ok good to know; thanks for the info. Well, I'll just remember the linux motto: BUBYU (pronounced bub you, or if you want, bubya, but that is the only mispronunciation allowed).
(back up before you upgrade) Raphael _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
