[mythtv-users] stutter after channel change until pause/skip

Brian J. Stults bstults at fsu.edu
Fri Oct 13 19:24:31 UTC 2006


Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 10/13/06 10:57, Brian J. Stults wrote:
> 
>> When I first start watching live TV, there is some "stuttering" in the
>> video.  It appears to coincide with some pre-buffering pauses in the
>> frontend log.  When I press pause or skip forward or back, the problem
>> is fixed.  However, whenever I change channels, it happens again.  I can
>> always fix it by pausing or skipping.  Any suggestions?
>>  
>>
> 
> After changing channels, pause or seek (yes, I know you already said 
> that, but it's still my suggestion) or get out your gdb, gcc, and source 
> code and start hacking.
> 
> OK, one more suggestion that works (and works /extremely well/ for me):  
> don't use LiveTV.
> 

Does this mean that this is a known issue and there are no remedies?  I
tried to search the archives, but didn't find anything.  Sorry if I
missed it.  If so, I'll just continue to pause and seek.


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