[mythtv-users] Freevo, Tivo & MythTV

Paul Bender pebender at san.rr.com
Sat Nov 18 04:23:38 UTC 2006


Marco Nelissen wrote:
>> On 11/17/06, Marco Nelissen <marcone at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>>> On 11/17/06, Viitasaari <public at viitasaari.ca> wrote:
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>> After actually using it I realized that it takes 2-3 seconds of garbled
>>>>> presentation for a channel change.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have since spent some time reading message boards, FAQ's and
>>>>> documentation on MythTV and apparently this is a common quirk which the
>>>>> majority of MythTV users don't even notice because they do scheduling &
>>>>> recording as opposed to watching LiveTV.
>>>>>
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>> MythTV does it but the channel
>>>>> changing problem really showcases how MythTV is not there yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, I would love to help fix the problem as long as everyone can agree
>>>>> that it is a serious one.
>>>> This delay is due to MythTV buffering the recording.  If it didn't do
>>>> this, you wouldn't be able to rewind your programming.
>>> No, it's not, and yes, it could.
>> Uh, yeah it is.  You know, if you don't want to record your
>> programming, you could set up XAWTV as a menu item.
> 
> I want to record my programs (or at least buffer my live TV), AND have
> channel changes be fast. Impossible? No. Tivo does it.

So does my MythTV system, and it does it over the network. When I change 
the channel, it pauses for under 2 seconds and then starts playing the 
new channel. The developers have done a great job of balancing channel 
changing, recording and network distribution.


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