[mythtv-users] Fast-Forward speed limitations?

[Daniel Kristjansson]

On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 15:03 -0700, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> 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. 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.

Are you using XvMC?

Pausing, editing, and FF >3x does not work well with XvMC.

FF <= 3x works differently and is not affected by the problem.

-- Daniel