[mythtv-users] IPTV recorder seems broken -- large jumpy files

[Dan Wilga]

On 4/6/18 8:56 AM, Rajil Saraswat wrote:
> On 04/06/2018 06:52 AM, Greg Thompson wrote:
>> Why are your fps jumping around so much? It looks like maybe your ffmpeg command line needs tweaked.
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> It seems to work fine if I run it independently in cli. Also, I have
> noticed that if i use the IPTV recorder in mythtv the stream works fine.
> It is only when using External recorder with ffmpeg when things break
> down. Could this be related how fast Mythtv wants to read from ffmpeg
> and how quickly can ffmpeg deliver?
In my attempts to get the Blackmagic DeckLink to record with Myth, I ran 
into similar problems. It wasn't until I modified mythfilerecorder to 
allow for the stdout of a program (like ffmpeg) to be sent unbuffered to 
the backend that things started to work. You can see my patch here, if 
you want to try it:

https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/13251