[mythtv-users] Intel i965 video buffers errors on frontend - live TV

[Peter Bennett]

On 07/20/2017 06:00 AM, evade. wrote:
> Regarding quick changes of channel in live TV...
>
> For reference I personally watch very little TV but my wife loves to channel surf from time to time and my new media PC has mythtv for her sake.
>
> I didn't come here to criticise the software as I'm no developer and rely on the good deeds of others (I really appreciate it!). In a different thread (mentioned tangentially in this one) I just asked if it was normal to advise mythtv users to avoid live TV.
>
> It's perfectly reasonable for a user of any "DVR" system to expect to be able to change channels rapidly on live TV. If, generally speaking, mythtv isn't capable of this could the developers please convey it to users clearly?
> As far as I can see, even technical users who read the website and wiki won't see advice about this possible limitation.
>
I am using MythTV as my sole method of watching TV. This saves me some 
$50 per month in Comcast bills. My wife has had no complaints about 
MythTV, but she is not one to channel-surf. In my opinion, MythTV is 
perfectly fine for Live TV.

I agree, channel changing is slow, takes a few seconds. Also the first 
few seconds after a channel change the video may be glitchy. I think one 
lesson from this is that MythTV is not good for channel surfing, where 
you want to see a few seconds of each channel. I am sure we could 
develop something to improve this, however there is likely not enough 
interest and limited developer time.

As far as the wiki is concerned, it is a community effort and if you are 
willing to update it so as to make it more informative, that will be 
appreciated. Anybody can sign up for an id and make a contribution. If 
you have difficulty signing up, please let us know on the developer 
mailing list mythtv-dev at mythtv.org.

Peter