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Hi da-anda

I believe for live television the TV Service in TV Server works by using TsWriter to write the TV stream from the TV card to the timeshift buffer files.

The MediaPortal TV Plugin then uses TsReader to read the buffer file at any point behind the point it is currently being written. If you are watching "live" television then it is a fraction of a second after that part of the file that was just written. I think the WinTV software that comes with my Hauppauge PVR-150 does a similar thing so it can pause live TV.

If you disabled the timeshift and stopped TsWriter there would be nothing for TsReader to read so no TV to display. To change the way this works you would need a complete replacement for the TsWriter and TsReader system currently used.

This is my understanding at a very high level from reading the forums over the last couple of years. I am sure that someone will correct me of add more detail if I am wrong. I am not sure how the processes work in your other questions.

Mew

<blockquote data-quote="Mew" data-source="post: 371412" data-attributes="member: 29012">Hi da-andaI believe for live television the TV Service in TV Server works by using TsWriter to write the TV stream from the TV card to the timeshift buffer files. The MediaPortal TV Plugin then uses TsReader to read the buffer file at any point behind the point it is currently being written. If you are watching &quot;live&quot; television then it is a fraction of a second after that part of the file that was just written. I think the WinTV software that comes with my Hauppauge PVR-150 does a similar thing so it can pause live TV.If you disabled the timeshift and stopped TsWriter there would be nothing for TsReader to read so no TV to display. To change the way this works you would need a complete replacement for the TsWriter and TsReader system currently used.This is my understanding at a very high level from reading the forums over the last couple of years. I am sure that someone will correct me of add more detail if I am wrong. I am not sure how the processes work in your other questions.Mew</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mew, post: 371412, member: 29012"] Hi da-anda I believe for live television the TV Service in TV Server works by using TsWriter to write the TV stream from the TV card to the timeshift buffer files. The MediaPortal TV Plugin then uses TsReader to read the buffer file at any point behind the point it is currently being written. If you are watching "live" television then it is a fraction of a second after that part of the file that was just written. I think the WinTV software that comes with my Hauppauge PVR-150 does a similar thing so it can pause live TV. If you disabled the timeshift and stopped TsWriter there would be nothing for TsReader to read so no TV to display. To change the way this works you would need a complete replacement for the TsWriter and TsReader system currently used. This is my understanding at a very high level from reading the forums over the last couple of years. I am sure that someone will correct me of add more detail if I am wrong. I am not sure how the processes work in your other questions. Mew [/QUOTE]