[mythtv-users] 0.25-fixes 'Video Frame Buffering Failed Too Many Times' whenever a new program starts (Live TV)

[Jim Stichnoth]

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Scott and Nicole Harris
<snharris99 at live.com> wrote:
>
>
>> > Look like this may still not be resolved?
>> >
>> > http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/10490
>> >
>> > Should I add to this ticket?
>>
>> No need, we're aware of the issue and working to solve it.
>>
>> Jim
> I should report that since 2 updates ago (the update immediately after
> danielk's "I misread Jim's.." reversion comment in ticket 10490), LiveTV
> transitions for me have been near flawless.  I get a ~1 second audio drop
> and a nano second video blip (I also posted this in the ticket for
> feedback).  Thanks you guys!

Are you referring to this commit?

In 2531893d539ceb7158033a5862e9fbd51e01da1d/mythtv:
RingBuffer?: Set the oldfile flag only once per live TV segment.

So far this is only in Master, not 0.25-fixes, because I don't believe
it is addressing the root cause.

I appreciate feedback on these changes, since the problem is affecting
different systems in different ways.

By the way, the slight stuttering at program transitions is
unavoidable for now, according to Daniel K., since there is some DB
stuff going on within the UI thread that won't necessarily complete
within a 60Hz (or whatever) frame interval.

Jim