[MPlayer-users] Re: mencode + mplay = timeshifting

[Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri]

 --- D Richard Felker III <dalias at aerifal.cx> escreveu: 
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read
> DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 06:48:44PM +0200, David Kuehling wrote:
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read
> DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > 
> > > so ideally, i'd like to setup a tivo-like operation, where i can
> pause
> > > and fastforward live tv.
> > 
> > > this seems as easy as running mencoder and mplayer at the same
> time.
> > 
> > > this doesn't work, however, as mplayer can't seem to handle the
> fact
> > > that it's playfile grows as it's being played.
> > 
> > > is there any way to circumvent this problem? a switch perhaps,
> that
> > > tells mplayer to recheck the length of the file once it reaches
> the
> > > end?  or a streaming mode?
> > 
> > The problem is not mplayers fault.  It is just the flawed design of
> the
> > AVI format.  AVIs are no real video streams, instead they use an
> index
> 
> AVI works fine without the index (except no seeking), and mplayer
> will
> play files while they're being written by mencoder. It used to stop
> playing when it got to the position that had been the end when
> mplayer
> was started, but that was fixed 3 or 4 months ago!
>

But is mencoder able to handle ring buffers? If we don't, we will need
a  very large HD to hold a day :)
Also, Mplayer needs some functions to be able to not get over the
limits/boundaries of the ring buffer, imagine yourself seeking to the
beginning of the stream and go to the end!

Gustavo

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