Hi Duncan,

Thanks again. By the way, for the DVBStreamer/livepause  combination, is the
"MPLAYER_ARGS['tv'] =" stanza still what you use?

Cheers,
Bernie

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Duncan Webb <dun...@freevo.org> wrote:

> Bernard Mentink wrote:
> > No, not fast forwarding, I am using mplayer as the player.
> >
> > I will turn on debugging and see if anything is logged.
>
> Won't help you.
>
> > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:02 PM, John Molohan <john.molo...@gcd.ie
> > <mailto:john.molo...@gcd.ie>> wrote:
> >
> >     Bernard Mentink wrote:
> >     > Hi All,
> >     >
> >     > I am having an issue while watching a show while it is recording.
> >     >
> >     > I start a show recording off the guide, exit the menu then go into
> >     > recorded shows and start watching the show,
> >     > after approx 3 minutes of watching, I am tossed back to the menu.
> >     >
> >     > However if I let the show record for 10..20 minutes, then start
> >     > watching it, I can watch it to the end. There seems to
> >     > be some sort of buffering issue going on ..
> >     >
> >     > Anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this, is it a known bug?
> >     >
> >     You're not trying to fast forward when it happens? I know that xine
> >     0.9.9.5 doesn't handle fast forwarding to the end of a growing file
> >     well, on my system it stops playback and leaves me with the xine
> >     background. Other than that it should play fine. What player are you
> >     using? Have you turned on debugging and do you see anything relevant
> in
> >     the logs?
>
>
> This is a mplayer feature. What is happening is that when -cache is
> active then mplayer reads the cache and thinks that the end of the cache
> is the end of the file and stops playback.
>
> So the solution is to have a small cache or no cache for this type of
> file. Something like:
> MPLAYER_ARGS['tv'] = '-nocache'
>
> Duncan
>
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