[mythtv-users] Why does going to live TV take so long?

[Marco Nelissen]

>Marco Nelissen wrote:
>> When I go to "Watch TV", it takes about 5 seconds before I actually
>> get a picture (OTA HD using Fusion HDTV5 Lite). Changing channels is
>> equally slow. Why does this take so long, and is there a way to speed
>> it up?
>>
>>   
>Let's see.  At a minimum, Myth requires 2 or 3 seconds of buffer in 
>order to provide the PVR features while watching LiveTV,

That seems rather excessive. There's really no reason to buffer that
much data before starting to play it.