[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #10428: mythbackend logs RingBuf-messages every few seconds while playing LiveTV

[Lawrence Rust]

On Tue, 2012-07-24 at 21:51 +0100, Stuart Morgan wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 Jul 2012 22:28:40 Lawrence Rust wrote:
> > > Comment (by Daniel Thor Kristjansson <danielk@…>):
> > >  In [changeset:483e06f6b8a9066f66cef3fcf0a5f844519f51f9/mythtv]:
> > >  {{{
> > >  #!CommitTicketReference repository="mythtv"
> > >  revision="483e06f6b8a9066f66cef3fcf0a5f844519f51f9"
> > >  Refs #10428. Fix off-by-1000 error in RingBuffer.
> > >  
> > >  The estimated bit rate is in kilobits not bits...
> > 
> > Hooray, at last reason prevails.  This was submitted as a bug and patch
> > in ticket #9824 over 14 months ago.  Mark Kendall wriggled and protested
> > and refused to see this.
> > 
> > Can this be backported to 0.2[45] so that listeners to DVB-S radio can
> > benefit?
> 
> It doesnt' actually seem to help DVB-S radio here, it still stutters and 
> struggles.

Unfortunately, as you have found this is but part of the solution.

> I've yet to test some of the changes in your low bitrate fixes patch.

The patch for fixes/0.24 makes even the lowest bitrate DVB-S radio quite
listenable.  The patch for 0.25/master hasn't had as many hours testing.

-- 
Lawrence