[MPlayer-users] mencode + mplay = timeshifting

[Karl Stiefvater]

OOO OOOO        my computer seems perfectly capable of encoding
OOO OOOO        and playing at the same time.
OOO OOO
OOO  O          so ideally, i'd like to setup a tivo-like
OOO  O          operation, where i can pause and fastforward
OOOO O          live tv.
OOOOOO
OOOOOO          this seems as easy as running mencoder and
OO OOO O        mplayer at the same time.
OO OOO O
OO OO           this doesn't work, however, as mplayer can't
OO  O           seem to handle the fact that it's playfile grows
OO  O           as it's being played.
OO  O
OOO             is there any way to circumvent this problem? a
OOOO   O        switch perhaps, that tells mplayer to recheck
O OO   OO       the length of the file once it reaches the end?
O OO    O       or a streaming mode?
O OO OO
O OO  O
OOOO  O         thanks.
OOOO  O
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  OOOOO   O      K.