I do false time-shifting like that. I do not compress the files on the fly though, it is a raw mpeg stream that I watch while it records. Mpeg is generally a lot more forgiving to incomplete files and headers than avi.
I watch with mplayer and record with mencoder -dumpstream blah. Works fine with this methodology for me. 10 seconds of prestream may not be long enough though, as it will stop when it runs out of stream (one fast forward and the file will end). I tend to let it run for about 10 - 15 minutes at a minimum (not by choice.. I have kids) before I start watching. On most instances I end up watching the actual recording abut a month later. -Stygen On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 16:12 +0100, Alberto Hernando wrote: > Hi. > > Some time ago, while talking about timeshifting, somebody said that what he > did was start recording the show he wanted to watch. Then, instead of > watching it with tv, he saw the recording, having timeshifting this way. I've > tried it. In some cases, the playback ends as if it wasn't being recorded > anymore. I mean, you start playback 10 seconds after you start recording, and > you can see only 10 seconds. Start again, and you have only 20 seconds, and > so on. Other times, it works, and I can see all the show, as it is being > recorded. What is happening? Should it always work, or is there some trick > I'm missing? Perhaps some buffer issue? Does anybody else do this? > > thx > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download > it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own > Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users -- Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
