[mythtv-users] 4Meg buffer on Playback details

[Russell Gower]

On 7 Apr 2012, at 01:26, Pieter De Wit wrote:

> On 7/04/2012 10:37, Jim Stichnoth wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Pieter De Wit<pieter at insync.za.net>  wrote:
>>> I see that there is a "new" (I only found it last night :) )menu option
>>> under the playback menu that shows details about the current playback. Stuff
>>> like Disk to buffer, buffer to decoder etc.
>>> 
>>> Since it's a big overlay, I can't have it on 24/7, but I did notice that
>>> there is a 4meg buffer before the decoder. On live TV this buffer is hardly
>>> used, it stays at 99% free all the time. When playing back a movie, this
>>> buffer is used.
>>> 
>>> So my question is, should the buffer (ever noticed how close the 'g' key is
>>> when writing that...) be used during LiveTV - could this be a possible
>>> solution for the LiveTV program change issue ?
>> The buffer during Live TV stays mostly empty because you are watching
>> in close to real time -- the frontend has buffered as much as
>> possible.  If you pause for a few seconds and resume, you'll probably
>> find that the used buffer % increases.
>> 
>> Jim
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> Well - how ironic is this...I just had a look again, and now the buffer is used in LiveTV (this was after a reboot thou)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Pieter

Actually I think the logic (or description) is backwards, when the available buffer shows close to zero I have very jerky playback, if I pause playback for 20-30 seconds the percentage goes up to close to 100% and playback is then stutter free - this is all in watch live TV.

Regards
 Russell