I tried to register for an account at <a href="http://openelec.tv">openelec.tv</a>, but it seems their registration page is messed up, so I was hoping someone on this list has a similar setup. <div>I have a MythTV backend running 0.26-fixes with Unbuntu 12.04. All machines are connected via wired ethernet. Everything from the backend works fine (with exception of a little motion blur, but that is a separate issue), but I am having problems when using the XMBC mythTV plugin. I wasn't sure if there was something I could change in mythtv to alleviate the issues on the frontend.</div>
<div>I have 2 types of frontends, the first is a windows 8 machine that I just bought. Everything works well for a while, but the video will randomly buffer about every 8 minutes or so, and it takes around 20 seconds to buffer, which is very annoying in the middle of a show. I should also mention I am playing recordings that haven't been transcoded, so they are mpeg2 via a Ceton Infinitv. </div>
<div>The other frontend is a Raspberry Pi running openElec. Before I purchased it I was reading that it might be a little slow, but video playback should be fine, but I have not experienced this. When the video does play, the picture looks good, however it buffers constantly. When watching Live TV, it will pause for like 1 second, then start again. This happens like 15 times per minute, which is unwatchable. I thought this might have something to do with it being live TV, so I tried a recording, and it doesn't do exactly the same thing, but it's similar. It will do a full buffer, where it takes like 10 seconds, every couple of minutes. I tried overclocking the pi, but it didn't help. I also was SSHd in viewing top while a video was playing, and the CPU usage was only about 50%, so I don't think overclocking anymore will help. I can live with the menus and guide being slow, but not buffering in liveTV and recording playback. I am attempting to replace my cable boxes, so until I solve this I will still be renting.</div>
<div>Has anyone attempted to do something similar and overcome these issues? If so, how? Any help is appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>-Adrian</div>