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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1066889" data-attributes="member: 82144">Thank you for your suggestions. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up    (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />Sorry I haven't had time to reply yet, and unfortunately I don't have time to reply in full now either.The only point I really wanted to respond to now is the suggestion to use time for units. If you choose to use time as the unit then to some people that would imply MP would adjust the size of the buffer depending on the channel being viewed. In other words, it implies TsWriter would detect the bitrate of the channel and set the buffer size corresponding to the requested number of minutes. Such an implementation might sound really cool at first thought for some people... but I think more consideration is required.One aspect that should be considered is the complexity. Even the "little" things like figuring out the bitrate are not so straightforward because most channels are VBR; one SD channel does not have the same bitrate as another (and same for HD).My own opinion is that using time would actually defeat the purpose of having the settings. The settings are provided to constrain HDD space use for people like me who only have 8 GB free to play with and want to absolutely constrain the buffer size to 6 GB. I don't want the buffer size to in any way depend on the channel I'm watching (ie. time based). I want to get the most out of the 6 GB I have available.  Yes, maybe I'm the minority these days due to cheap HDD space availability (I've used all my space for recordings <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ).So, having a time estimate is good and helpful, but I think we have to be careful how much further we take it...Thanks again for the feedback. It certainly makes me think and reconsider assumptions. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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