[mythtv] Re: [mythtv-commits] mythtv commits

[Isaac Richards]

On Thursday 18 September 2003 08:12 pm, Bruce Markey wrote:
> Isaac Richards wrote:
> ...
>
> > It just seems that channel changing slowed down quite a bit from these
> > changes, is all.
>
> Ya, it's tough because it needs about two seconds of data in
> the pipeline to avoid stalling (ymmv). It's a combination of
> the delay while waiting for the first frames to arrive, plus
> a few pauses whenever new frames aren't ready, before it builds
> a sufficient time gap. On the bright side, I can now compare
> myth LiveTV with real PIP on my TV and see that myth is staying
> close to realtime over long periods. It used to fall farther and
> farther behind.
>
> Anyway, now that the stuttering isn't a big problem I've trimmed
> it to 4 frame intervals as a compromise. It may stutter a little
> more in the beginning but it may start up little faster.

How's things look on your machine with pvr-250 files and the 'extra audio 
buffering' enabled, if you make it require fewer prebuffed frames?

Isaac