[mythtv] Remote file timeout.
Jukka Kangas
jka at purske.fi
Fri Dec 12 17:08:34 EST 2003
> Does it timeout every time? RequestBlock is called more than once per second,
> the quickTimeout is set to about 4 seconds. I suspect it takes your backend
> longer to send the first packet, otherwise playback would not work at all
Yes, it did timeout every time. I clocked the start up time with a
timer, it's around 2.5 - 3 seconds before the playback starts. So, the 4
seconds should have been enough...
> even with the longer timeout. With the longer timeout you probably still
> have the 4+ second delay till playback starts?
>
> You could try the following - revert your patch, libmyth/util.cpp line 152,
> double the quickTimeout to 300 (or see what fits).
Yes this works, thanks!
> Could you post you frontend/backend and stream specs?
I'm not quite sure all what you want, but here is some basic info.
backend:
AMD Athlon 1,40 GHz, 512MB RAM
60GB Maxtor 4W060H4
100MB 3c905C-TX
Old Hauppauge: 00:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree
Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 02)
Linux 2.4.23
frontend:
Dell Inspiron 8200 Laptop
Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M CPU 1.70GHz, 256MB RAM
100MB 3c905C-TXMB
nVidia GeForce4 440 Go
Linux 2.6.0-test11 (pre-empt)
Software encoder (v4l based):
560x448 (PAL)
Video: RTjpeg, quality 170
Audio: MP3, 32000, quality 7
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Jukka
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