[mythtv-users] MythTV 0.27.4: Trouble-free LiveTV with ivtv?

[Mike Perkins]

On 12/04/15 18:17, Nick Morrott wrote:
> On 10 April 2015 at 14:55, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 10 April 2015 at 13:56, Nick Morrott <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Starting LiveTV (defaulting to ivtv-based input) results in about 0.5s
>>> of audio, a frozen picture on the screen, and then silence. The
>>> recording file is still being written to. If I pause the playback for
>>> 2-3s and then resume, playback corrects and LiveTV proceeds normally
>>> until the next programme transition.
>>
>> Forgot to add:
>>
>> As it's the weekend tomorrow I'll try and hook up a remote frontend to
>> this backend and see if the issue persists.
>
> Last night I hooked up an Acer Revo R3610 frontend to this backend,
> and there are no problems with LiveTV playback (using VDPAU Normal)
> from the ivtv-based input.
>
> On the local SD-only frontend (xv-blit video ) the issue persists.
> I've tried various deinterlacers (including none at all) but LiveTV
> still fails unless I pause it quickly for a second or two, and then
> resume playback.
>
> It *seems* like a timing issue to me - there is enough latency in the
> remote frontend connection (over GbE) such that the recording buffer
> has enough video for playback to start immediately.
>
> Does anyone have any other ideas/suggestions?
>
> Cheers,
> Nick
>
xv-blit video? I didn't think mythtv supported that method any more.

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Mike Perkins