[mythtv-users] I'm in....

[Joel Anderson]

Sorry if this is a stupid question, I'm a bit new to Myth.  If the ~4s
buffer is only used for instant replays, couldn't the buffer just be
emptied/restarted when a channel change is requested?  After all, you don't
really need an instant replay of the previous channel, as you already
decided to move on, IMHO.  :)

Regards,
Joel Anderson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nelson Butterworth" <red_five at charter.net>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] I'm in....


> The delay in channel changes while watching live TV is due to the face
> that live TV is cached in a ring buffer, to make it possible to pause
> live TV and do instant replays. 3-5 seconds of live TV is cached to your
> hard drive before it is played on screen. When you change channels, it
> takes a few seconds to see the channel change occur. BTW, TiVO and
> ReplayTV do the same sort of thing, but I don't think most people use
> them to watch TV, just to record it.
>
> Nelson
>
> bpierce815 at charter.net wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 06:27:01 -0800 (PST)
> >  Peter Greis <peter_greis at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Greetings All,
> >
> >
> > Greetings
> >
> >> One observation is that it takes an eternity (4-5
> >> seconds) to change channels. Is anyone else seeing
> >> this ?
> >
> >
> > I also see that it takes a long time to change channels, I was
> > attributing mine to the slow cpu(C3 Nemiah).  But I am not sure that
> > this is correct. I am also seeing video and audio get a little jumpy
> > when the OSD comes up.  Are you seeing this as well? What hardware are
> > you running?
> >
> > - Ben
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