[mythtv-users] channel changing speed, is 3 seconds normal?

[jose rubio]

On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 22:24, Sergio M. Ammirata wrote:
> I followed a thread regarding slow channel changing speed. That thread
> suggested using either reiserfs or xfs for the cache partition. I tried
> both and it takes about 3 seconds to change to another channel in
> either. Is this normal?
> 
> Is there any way to speed it up?
> 
> I am using a pundit with a custom OS build. My CPU while watching live
> TV is under 2%. I have a WD 160HD with DMA enabled.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Sergio Ammirata
> 

Yep, 3 secs is about right.  I'm not particularly happy with it and I'm
sure there are things that can be done about it but the people that know
what to do are too busy working on the nuts-n-bolts of the program.

I do know a little c myself...lol...but about all I could do is to put
one of those "microsoft hour glass" cursors in the screen while the
channel changes...

BST, I've timed Tivo, it takes less than 2 secs, closer to 1 second
actually.  There's no reason why that speed (even better) cannot be
achieved by myth...  We just need to keep working at it...


-jose-