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i can confirm wbunaarf - in approx. 40-50% of scheduled recordings tsbuffers are also copied.
[Step-2] Add already watched ts buffer to recording (1 Viewer)
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What is the status of this in 1.1.0 Final? Great feature that I always thought was missing. Didn't know it had been implemented covertly
Any news on that one?
For me it won't work. Only thing that happens is that TV gets turned off (picture freezes and i have to press "TV ON" button in MP to switch it back on. Recordings are still not added.
Logs included
P.S.: I'm using one that is already included in 1.1.1. Or i still have to patch it?
EDIT: it seems that timeshift file gets copied into Recorded TV folder, but not merged with the recording.
For me it won't work. Only thing that happens is that TV gets turned off (picture freezes and i have to press "TV ON" button in MP to switch it back on. Recordings are still not added.
Logs included
P.S.: I'm using one that is already included in 1.1.1. Or i still have to patch it?
EDIT: it seems that timeshift file gets copied into Recorded TV folder, but not merged with the recording.
Hi,
I just installed MediaPortal in order to
combine TV and media. I have been using Foxtel IQ for TV and expected that mediaportal would at least match the functionality. I am now somewhat surprised that there is even a discussion about timeshift (such as adding the buffer that is already in timeshift). I do understand that there are several options to run timeshift. 1. recording everything - including channel changes
2. starting new whenever the channel changes
This becomes much more interesting when you have several tuners.
What the IQ box does (Foxtel) is very simple and effective. It uses the "start fresh whenever you change the channel". However, the major advantage is:
You can add into a recording (which you may start late to record) whatever is in the timeshift for the current program.
secondly, when you start recording and change channel, it keeps the timeshift going in the previous channel. You can do this with both tuners, which means you can switch between the 2 channels and keep the timeshift for both.
If this approach would be adopted for each available tuner in MediaPortal, MP would have the best solution. (W7MC does keep the timeshift when you start recording, but it does not add the timesft buffer into the recording (for later use).
The consequences will be that the feature keeping all channel switches in the timeshift is not logical (I assume to get a complete recording of a program requires that it only keeps one channel in the recording.
W7MC is much closer. If they would add the timeshift into the recording it would be equal (plus) to Foxtel IQ.
I am just interested what research the developers did to get the best solution. If this becomes subject to preferences, may be there could be an option in setup.
What are your thoughts
I just installed MediaPortal in order to
combine TV and media. I have been using Foxtel IQ for TV and expected that mediaportal would at least match the functionality. I am now somewhat surprised that there is even a discussion about timeshift (such as adding the buffer that is already in timeshift). I do understand that there are several options to run timeshift. 1. recording everything - including channel changes2. starting new whenever the channel changes
This becomes much more interesting when you have several tuners.
What the IQ box does (Foxtel) is very simple and effective. It uses the "start fresh whenever you change the channel". However, the major advantage is:
You can add into a recording (which you may start late to record) whatever is in the timeshift for the current program.
secondly, when you start recording and change channel, it keeps the timeshift going in the previous channel. You can do this with both tuners, which means you can switch between the 2 channels and keep the timeshift for both.
If this approach would be adopted for each available tuner in MediaPortal, MP would have the best solution. (W7MC does keep the timeshift when you start recording, but it does not add the timesft buffer into the recording (for later use).
The consequences will be that the feature keeping all channel switches in the timeshift is not logical (I assume to get a complete recording of a program requires that it only keeps one channel in the recording.
W7MC is much closer. If they would add the timeshift into the recording it would be equal (plus) to Foxtel IQ.
I am just interested what research the developers did to get the best solution. If this becomes subject to preferences, may be there could be an option in setup.
What are your thoughts
Yes I also miss the feature to add timeshift to the recording but the original developer (gemx) is rather busy these days. (with rl stuff I suspect). That's where WMC7 and Foxtel have it easy, their devs have to show up at work every day so keep that in mind when critisizing MP.
Also MP has to try to offer a good solution for networked clients as well, not only one local clinet like the solutions you named. Again yes there could (should) be more options to set up the behavior of the TvServer/Timeshifting but there has to be a dev wanting this feature and willing to work on it in his free time (Also this is a very complicated area of code).
Fyi I tried to get some attention for this in the team forums but couldn't find anyone to work on this for now...
Any progress in this?
