[mythtv-users] Problem when using LiveTV on encrypted channels

[Andrew Lyon]

On 11/7/06, Neophytos Neophytou <neosat at cytanet.com.cy> wrote:
>
>
> On 11/6/06, Andrew Lyon <andrew.lyon at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I am using dvb-s card and subscriper original card to view channels in
> > > LiveTV.
> > >
> > > When I from one encrypted channel to the other it takes some time to
> > > decrypt. Very offen I get the error message "Error was encountered while
> > > displaying video" and I have only one option at the bottom of the screen
> > > "Return to Menu".
> > >
> > > If I get out and then back in I can view that channel. It is very
> annoying
> > > almost every time I want to change channel to get that error and to
> recover
> > > I have to get out and then back in to LiveTV to view.
> > >
> > > Can someone help please?
> > >
> > > Best Regards
> > >
> > > Neeesat
> >
> > I had the same problem, try changing usleep(250) to usleep(90000) in
> > libs/libmythtv/dvbcam.cpp
> >
> > That made a massive improvement for me.
> >
> > Andy
> >
>
> I would be interested to know if that helped you or not? or if you
> find other tweaks that improve reliability with encrypted dvb-s.
>
> Andy
>
> Dear Andy,
>
> I have change the above setting as you mentioned above, recompile and
> install and I can see little improvement but still I get the same error very
> offen.
>
> Any more suggestions please.
>
> Regards
>
> Neeesat

Just out of interest, what cam are you using? and what dvb-s card?

Andy