[mythtv-users] Myth very slow to change channels.... (DVB-T)

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Aug 25, 2008, at 4:14 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:

> Hi
>
> It takes over 6s to go from watching one channel to another...
>
> I've changed all options that I thought would help (like aggressive
> sound card buffer; etc)...
>
> mythfrontend seems to buffer an awful amount of data before showing
> anything ; I can tell as when I kill the backend process mythfrontend
> continue playing the video for several seconds before it freezes...
>
> Any ideas what to do to speed things up?

Oh, thank goodness. It's been ages since we've had this thread. Let  
the games begin....

Just to add a tiny bit of value to my post:
Frontend does not buffer. As soon as the data becomes available for  
playing, it plays.
Check previous posts. There have been hundreds, at least.

-Brad