[mythtv-users] Live TV ("Waited 2 seconds...") freeze does not
occur when using mpeg4
bobnvic at everestkc.net
bobnvic at everestkc.net
Fri Dec 19 15:27:39 EST 2003
Tony Maro wrote:
> Well, It still freezes within 3-5 minutes of starting a background
> transcode. I can reproduce it _every_time. I've also added a
> second 6
> GB hard drive that only has the buffer
>
> I also crashed the frontend by pausing live TV and then fast
> forwarding
> back up to current time - when I did, the frontend started using
> 100%
> cpu and froze. After that, the backend wouldn't respond to a web
> status
> request either and both backend and frontend had to be killed and
> restarted.
> Does ANYONE actually have this working on a PC using (not an
> XBox)
> using software transcoders without having freeze problems? What
> hardware / distro do you use?
I have a PVR-250 and automatically transcode to mpeg4. I've never
had a problem with freezing that I can attribute to transcoding, just
LiveTV. I've watched lots of recordings while those recordings are
being transcoded and not had any issues.
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