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True Timeshifting possible?

Postby vlancer » 10 May 2021 21:04

I want to timeshift a video capture device. Is that possible with VLC?

I see this page: https://wiki.videolan.org/Timeshift/
which talks about timeshift in DVR and then links to the feature: https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation ... timeshift/

However, the time shifting people use DVR for is not just to pause but also skip ads. When I try to timeshift with VLC, I can pause and resume but I cannot FF forward or catch up. Am I missing something?

I am also trying other alternatives such as saving the stream to a file and playback using another VLC player but this results in significantly worse quality and also high CPU usage. Would appreciate if there is a good solution to this.

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Re: True Timeshifting possible?

Postby InTheWings » 11 May 2021 13:36

I want to timeshift a video capture device. Is that possible with VLC?

I see this page: https://wiki.videolan.org/Timeshift/
which talks about timeshift in DVR and then links to the feature: https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation ... timeshift/

However, the time shifting people use DVR for is not just to pause but also skip ads. When I try to timeshift with VLC, I can pause and resume but I cannot FF forward or catch up. Am I missing something?

I am also trying other alternatives such as saving the stream to a file and playback using another VLC player but this results in significantly worse quality and also high CPU usage. Would appreciate if there is a good solution to this.
timeshift only handles pause, there's no way to seek as it is a generic implementation not designed for random access
:!: If you want your problem to be solved :
* First read troubleshooting guide VSG:Main
* Always provide verbose LOGS ! (command line or from gui)
* Always check your issue against a developer build from Nightly Build of VLC
* Tell us when your problem is solved !

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Re: True Timeshifting possible?

Postby vlancer » 14 May 2021 18:50

any suggestion for my 2nd option?

"I am also trying other alternatives such as saving the stream to a file and playback using another VLC player but this results in significantly worse quality and also high CPU usage. Would appreciate if there is a good solution to this."


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