[mythtv-users] live HDTV choppy, but recording in progress good

[Allan Wilson]

On 10/7/06, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/6/06, James D <jamesdtrance at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I have a VIA SP13000 based system, 512MB RAM, and using the onboard
> video.
> > When I try to watch live TV on HD stations the sound is very choppy, the
> > video isn't perfect but is very watchable. However, if I schedule a
> > recording and then start watching the recording with mplayer, it plays
> just
> > fine - same video quality, but perfect audio. I'm thinking myth's
> internal
> > player just isn't as good, the difference I've noticed when monitoring
> the
> > system during playback is that when watching live TV there is a lot of
> CPU
> > being used under "wa" on the CPU line in top, whereas watching a
> recording
> > in progress with mplayer there is almost none.
> >
> > Has anyone else experienced this?
> > Has anyone been successful with HDTV on an SP13000 / CN400 system?
> > Is there a way to hack mythtv to use mplayer for live TV?
> >
> > Incedently, on that last point playing live tv from an xterm with
> something
> > like "mplayer dvb://WOFL-DT" also yields bad quality and it crashes
> after
> > ~30s, it's only when i play a recorded file that it works.
>
> I too have noticed that trying to watch an HDTV show while being
> recorded hiccups quite a bit, once the show is done recording it plays
> fine.
>
> --
> Steve
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You can throw me in this list.

Allan
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