[mythtv-users] stuttering on playback of files being recorded

[John Pilkington]

On 08/01/17 21:15, Jack McGee wrote:
> On 01/08/2017 11:41 AM, John Pilkington wrote:
>> On 08/01/17 16:23, Jack McGee wrote:
>>> Frontend playbacks recorded shows fine.
>>>
>>> It stutters when playing back shows that are being recorded.  If I run
>>> KODI with mythtv plugin on frontend machine, it plays the show being
>>> recorded fine.
>>>
>>>
>>> This on Ubuntu .28 machine:
>>
>> I believe that live playback often stutters when the display is too
>> close to 'live'; a few-second pause will usually clear the stutter.
>>
>> Are you trying too hard to get the immediate experience when playing
>> back your recording?   Your log might show if this is happening, but I
>> don't know how it would show up.
>>
>> Does a brief pause of playback smooth it?
>
> That makes no difference.  I paused for 30 seconds.

I hesitate to suggest more logging, but does this look at all helpful?

> 2017-01-08 09:56:07.359240 N  Player(0): To see more buffering messages use -v playback

perhaps as 'mythfrontend.real -v playback' ?