[mythtv-users] Problem when using LiveTV on encrypted channels

[Andrew Lyon]

On 11/6/06, Andrew Lyon <andrew.lyon at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I am using dvb-s card and subscriper original card to view channels in
> > LiveTV.
> >
> > When I from one encrypted channel to the other it takes some time to
> > decrypt. Very offen I get the error message "Error was encountered while
> > displaying video" and I have only one option at the bottom of the screen
> > "Return to Menu".
> >
> > If I get out and then back in I can view that channel. It is very annoying
> > almost every time I want to change channel to get that error and to recover
> > I have to get out and then back in to LiveTV to view.
> >
> > Can someone help please?
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> > Neeesat
>
> I had the same problem, try changing usleep(250) to usleep(90000) in
> libs/libmythtv/dvbcam.cpp
>
> That made a massive improvement for me.
>
> Andy
>

I would be interested to know if that helped you or not? or if you
find other tweaks that improve reliability with encrypted dvb-s.

Andy