[mythtv-users] Upgrade to 0.18.1 brings dreaded audio buffering and stuttering ...

[John Goerzen]

On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 12:27:21AM -0700, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> >Having upgraded from a very stable 0.16 backend system and having
> >managed to salvage the DVB setup, I am seeing audio breaking up, or
> >even completely disappearing when changing channels in LiveTV mode.
> >Exiting back to the main menu, then restarting LiveTV seems to restore
> >sound, but it then deteriorates again. (using ALSA 1.0.8)
> 
> Hm, no such problems here, and in fact, there was a patch in 0.18.1 
> that actually *fixed* audio loss when viewing mpeg2 transport streams 
> in live TV for me.

Hmm, perhaps I'm not alone.  I have been getting HDTV going, and in 0.18
I have the audio loss problems sometimes, but in 0.18.1, it's much worse
for some reason.  I had upgraded in the hope that it would be better.

> >This seems to be an issue for a lot of users, but haven't not suffered
> >it before, I am wondering if there is something obvious I need to
> >check.
> 
> All I can suggest is to make sure 'enable extra audio buffering' is 
> enabled (settings -> tv settings -> playback).

I have that enabled on my system as well.