Sorry, I don't know why you are telling me about VLC and timeshift. Many players can open and playback the file even when it is still recording by other tv software. But other tv software will also protect the file from being deleted when it is still recording by telling Windows that it is in use. D...

If you accidentally delete a file which is still recording, it will be gone even when it is still recording. DVB Dream doesn't prevent it from being deleted. From old version to latest 2.2b, still the same. If I record by other tv software, it is impossible to delete a file which is still recording....