[mythtv-users] livetv choppy DVB-S1/2 (player waited x ms for video buffers)

[Stefan Pappalardo]

Hello Mark,

thank you for sharing your experience with me. And yes, There was no 
attachment.
Could you be so kind and send the logs directly via e-mail.

Which capture card are you using?

Best regards

Stefan

Am 27.08.2013 07:18, schrieb Mark Perkins:
> Decreasing the "ringbuffer size" to min value was not the solution.
> It was simply "luck" that there were fewer waiting-messages in the log,
> directly after the change.
> (I increased the buffer back to its max value: 96256 kb.)
>
> Perhaps it is not possible to get livetv without stuttering with mythtv
> since version 0.25, because of a new design for handling livetv?!?
>
> Does anyone has got a setting without choppy / stuttering livetv out there?
> If there is someone, can you please give us your specs (hard-/software) and
> one to three days of mythfrontend.log).
>
> //snip//
>
> I'm not a heavy user of LiveTV but I use it more or less once every couple
> of days and have had no particular issues. Don't channel surf a lot but it
> changes channels with no obvious problems and once it's got lock it plays TV
> fine. This is on two standalone FE's, both are Zotac ZBox ID-41
> (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004WO8O9Y/ref=pe_385040_30332200_pe_309540_267254
> 10_item) with 4Gb RAM and 120Gb SSD. Ubuntu 13.04 and MythTV installed
> through the Mythbuntu Control Centre. I'm on 0.27 now but seemed to also
> work fine for me on fixes/0.26 (no constant buffering anyway).
>
> I originally attached a mythfrontend.log but I think that causes the message
> to be blocked from being sent to the userlist. If it would be useful let me
> know and I will upload it somewhere.
>   
> Mark.
>
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