playing a file while recording

[jui]

Hi,

when I record a show, lets say going from 8:00 to 10:00, and then I come home at 8:30 and start playing the file from "Recordings" while it is still recording, I can only watch it for the time that has passed since its beginning. In this case for 30 minutes. It then stops and I can start playing it again, then again lasting for the time past, so another 30 minutes when I jump to the end point of the former session.

Is this the wanted behaviour? Sorry if this was discussed before, I could not find this topic.

Greetings
Jui

[sub]

No its not wanted behaviour, but it is what happens at the moment (except on the MVP). Microsoft give you two choices when playing a file.

- One mode allows you to use ff/rw/skip etc during playback, but must know the length of the file at the beginning of playback.

- The other mode does not need to know the length of the file, but only allows pause/play. I use this for live TV.

[sub]

This behaviour is controlled by component called the Microsoft MPEG-2 Splitter filter, which is in charge of the whole playback process.

To change this behaviour I'd need to create a replacement for this component.