[mythtv-users] mythtv branch fixes/0.26 updated by jpoet. v0.26.0-111-g3944ca9

[Jim Stichnoth]

On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Warpme <warpme at o2.pl> wrote:

> On 3/9/13 5:06 PM, Jim Stichnoth wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>     decreases for me LiveTV experience on current 0.26-fixes.
>>     I see user experience regression in following 3 areas of LiveTV:
>>     1.channel change is slower (from 3-5sec to 7-10sec)
>>     2.on many channels, after changing to channel there is annoying
>>     audio stuttering for 3-4sec
>>     3.on some channels, after changing to new channel LiveTV "halts"
>>     on old channel. Switching to another channel helps.
>>     4.sometimes transition between programs on current channel hangs
>>     LiveTV.
>>
>>     Without this commit, 2 is very sporadic and 1,3,4 seems to not happen.
>>     Above issues were so annoying that my hommies asked me to solve
>>     problem and reverting this commit seems to solve problem
>>
>>
>>  I can see how the commit would contribute to #1, but it's hard for me to
>> imagine why it would cause an additional 4-5 second delay.  What tuner are
>> you experiencing this with - HD-PVR?
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>  Jim,
> Tuners are DVB-S2 (2x dvbsky s952).
> Probably I'm wrong, but is it possible that with g3944ca9, when new
> channel is starting to play, LiveTV chain waits for key frame in 2 places:
> in recorder and in player ?
> Generally #1 isn't big problem (albeit users immediately notice it).
> #2 is really annoying (is also present without g3944ca9, but g3944ca9
> makes this much more frequent).
> #3 & #4 are issues which forced me to revert this commit.
> br
>
>
Could you give this another try with the latest 0.26-fixes?  There was a
fix for http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11459 that could be related.

Jim
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