[mythtv-users] Live TV Playback - Is There a Fix?

[Mark Perkins]

> On 1 Mar 2015, at 9:59 am, "jim" <jim_32766 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 02/28/2015 06:03 PM, jim wrote:
>> Does anyone know how to have live TV always use vaapi instead of sometimes using ffmpeg? Is there a setting that needs to be set? Is this a bug in the system? Can it be fixed?
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>> The jerkiness of live TV via ffmpeg make the program unwatchable.
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>> The only work-around I've found is to exit live TV after moving to the next selected channel, and then re-select live TV. It seems the system always uses vaapi for the first channel when entering live TV. This work-around has low WAF.
> I've also notice that the Frames Decoded/Free ratio increases significantly if, after entering live TV mode, I pause the the program for a couple of seconds before continuing to watch. Thoughts?
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As I understand it, it is a known bug. Not sure if it is being worked on currently however. It appears to relate to a commit around PiP.

https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/12319