[mythtv-users] Re: Xbox frontend problems with recordings

[Stephen Atkins]

Thanks for the suggestion.  I'm recompiling my kernel now.  I'll let you
know if that works.

I have had a few problems with playing an avi in both xine and mplayer
so I'll let you know if this works for that also.

Stephen

On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 11:01 -0800, M.Barnabas Luntzel wrote:
> do you guys have issues with playing divx / mpeg through mythvideo / 
> mplayer and lirc? or does it all just work for you and I just have the 
> normal Mark voodoo?
> 
> On Mar 17, 2005, at 10:49 AM, Tony Lill wrote:
> 
> > The problem is probably NFS, or at least NFS over udp. If you unmount
> > the backend from your xbox, then it will use a tcp connection to the
> > backend, and it should be smoother. It probably uses this method for
> > live tv. You could also try setting the tcp option in /etc/fstab. I
> > haven'd tried that yet, but unmounting the backend store fixed the
> > playback hiccups.
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> > Stephen Atkins <atkinss at shaw.ca> writes:
> >
> >> Hello all.  I'm still having a few issues with playing back a 
> >> recording
> >> on the xbox front end.  Live TV is no problem.  It looks like the back
> >> end isn't sending the video over the network in a constant enough
> >> stream.  I'm using a 10/100 broad band router and these are the only 
> >> two
> >> machines on the network so I'm sure its not other network congestion.
> >>
> >> I was wondering if anyone out there who has an xbox setup could let me
> >> know what settings they are using in their recording profiles or any
> >> where else that might make a difference.  I'm using a pvr-250 BTW.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Stephen
> >>
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