[mythtv-users] Pause in image after switch channels...

[Remco Treffkorn]

On Thursday 05 July 2007, Nicolas Riendeau wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Noob here...
>
> I was wondering if it's normal, after switching channels, to have a slight
> pause in the image when watching live TV...
>
> The pause is not immaediate, it can take something like 5-10 after I have
> switched channels for it to happen. I used to have it occasionally too
> while watching TV for a while but since I`ve upgraded the pc it doesn`t
> seem to have happened... If I look at the same passage again (ie I rewind)
> the pause is not present...
>
> The tuner is a PVR-150 MCE and the pc itself if a P5B-Plus with a E6600 and
> the hard disk is a Seagate 7200.10 320 Mb SATA drive...
>
> I`ve been reading about some possible performance issues with the ext3 file
> system (what the disk is currently formatted with) but the issues
> mentionned problems while deleting file which I'm unsure is being done when
> I switch channels...
>
> Is there something I'm doing wrong...
>
> Please help...

I have this because I am spinning down my hd after a few seconds. Some 
operations need the hd, and while it is spinning up the video pauses.