[mythtv-users] slow dvb lock in .21

Tom Dexter digitalaudiorock at gmail.com
Thu Apr 30 22:50:05 UTC 2009


On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 4:00 AM, Jeremy Enos <jenos at ncsa.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>> Hi-
>> Just updated to .21 and am getting a much increased channel change delay
>> relative to .20 which was already too slow.  It's taking 15 to 25 seconds to
>> lock, and then the normal 3-5 seconds or so after that to actually play.
>>  Anyone else seeing delays like this?
>> thx-
>>
>>   Jeremy
>>
>
> 15 to 20 seconds is a real long time for sure.  What's more, if it
> takes that long to lock, you're going to miss the beginning of
> recorded shows as well, so it's more than a LiveTV issue.
>
>  I used 0.20 for almost a year before upgrading to 0.21, which was
> quite some time ago.  I record all DVB-T on HD-5500 pcHDTV cards, and
> saw no change in channel locking time between those versions...a
> couple of seconds at most.

I should correct that...I just tried and it takes be about 4 seconds
to complete a channel change.  However note that virtually none of
that is channel locking.  The channel is generally locked by the time
the OSD displays.

Tom


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