[mythtv-users] stutter after channel change until pause/skip
Harley Peters
harley at hpeters.net
Fri Oct 13 20:22:48 UTC 2006
Brian J. Stults wrote:
> 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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It's a long outstanding problem.
Renicing the X process by -5 fixes it for me.
Harley
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