Hi<br><br>On Friday, 23 March 2012, Chris Lewis <<a href="mailto:chrislewis915@gmail.com">chrislewis915@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi<br>> In the last few weeks i have been experiencing a problem where the frontend stops for anywhere between 3 - 10 seconds at the start and end of the commercial break.<br>
> I am in the UK and using DVB-S2 card mostly recording the FTA HD channels. So tonight after another telling off from SWMBO i decided to try and have a look in the logs at what was causing it.<br>> What i have seen is when the adverts start the FE log contains this<br>
> 2012-03-23 19:40:45.043 AFD: Audio stream changed<br>> 2012-03-23 19:40:45.051 AO: Opening audio device 'plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=9' ch 2(2) sr 48000 sf signed 16 bit reenc 0<br>> 2012-03-23 19:52:06.811 AFD: Audio stream changed<br>
> 2012-03-23 19:52:06.814 AO: Opening audio device 'plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=9' ch 2(6) sr 48000 sf signed 16 bit reenc 0<br>><br>> Pleas ignore the times. I had paused the playback during the adverts to order takeout. This started a few weeks back (I'm not sure when) but it must be due to an upgrade that i installed.<br>
> I run mythbuntu 11.10 with the lastest updates from the mythbuntu repos.<br>> Any ideas?<br>> Chris<br><br>You're using HDMI. Get a different hdmi audio amplifier. One that doesn't take 3 to 10s to get a lock..<br>
<br>Additionally, I doubt the audio setup would have presented you with the audio device you have configured and that it must be one you typed by hand.<br><br>I can guarantee you that the audio setup screen knows better than you when it comes in selecting the audio device.<br>
<br>If you want to get a bit more meaningful idea on what is going on: run mythfrontend with -v audio,playback