[mythtv-users] 4Meg buffer on Playback details

Pieter De Wit pieter at insync.za.net
Sat Apr 7 00:26:27 UTC 2012


On 7/04/2012 10:37, Jim Stichnoth wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Pieter De Wit<pieter at insync.za.net>  wrote:
>> I see that there is a "new" (I only found it last night :) )menu option
>> under the playback menu that shows details about the current playback. Stuff
>> like Disk to buffer, buffer to decoder etc.
>>
>> Since it's a big overlay, I can't have it on 24/7, but I did notice that
>> there is a 4meg buffer before the decoder. On live TV this buffer is hardly
>> used, it stays at 99% free all the time. When playing back a movie, this
>> buffer is used.
>>
>> So my question is, should the buffer (ever noticed how close the 'g' key is
>> when writing that...) be used during LiveTV - could this be a possible
>> solution for the LiveTV program change issue ?
> The buffer during Live TV stays mostly empty because you are watching
> in close to real time -- the frontend has buffered as much as
> possible.  If you pause for a few seconds and resume, you'll probably
> find that the used buffer % increases.
>
> Jim
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Well - how ironic is this...I just had a look again, and now the buffer 
is used in LiveTV (this was after a reboot thou)

Cheers,

Pieter


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