[mythtv-users] Fast-Forward speed limitations?

[Yeechang Lee]

Jerome Yuzyk <jerome at supernet.ab.ca> says:
> I find I cannot reliably Fast Forward more than 3X. For 5X and more,
> I get about a dozen samples (steps?) and then the picture stops.

Me too. I thought I was the only one!

> Pausing and Unpausing starts about half-way through what was FFed
> before the stoppage.  I've pushed it a few times, with FF and RW,
> and Myth will wake up from its freeze, but if I do it enough Myth
> gets totally hosed to where I have to kill it.

This, I haven't seen.

While I overall prefer the discrete instant-skip options MythTV offers
to TiVo's sole, hidden 30-second skip, I certainly wouldn't mind a
fast forward/rewind process that's as smooth and elegant as TiVo's.

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