Michal Dobrzynski wrote: > On 23/04/2004, at 8:07 AM, Juri Haberland wrote: >> Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote: >>> Michal Dobrzynski wrote:
>>>> I asked this on the VDR mailing list and was redirected here. >>>> >>>> Is there any way to reduce the massive channel change delays? I am >>>> running 2 DVB-T budget cards and one Full Featured DVB-S card for >>>> output >>>> and channel change times are quite disconcerting. >>>> >>>> Every time my parents change the channel they have to ask what's >>>> wrong >>>> as the screen stays black for 4 or 5 seconds (last night it even >>>> took 7 >>>> seconds a few times). >>> >>> Are you experiencing this with vdr or apps in general? I once had the >>> problem with vdr, when I compiled a 1.2.x version on a NPTL enabled >>> system. Using a NPTL disabled system, vdr tuned very fast. I haven't >>> treid vdr 1.3.x with NPTL, though. >> >> I have such delays also with a DVB-T 1.3 premium card. Switching to >> channels on the same frequency as the previous channel is in general >> very fast, but switching to another frequency can take up to several >> seconds until you get a stable picture. >> >> This is without NTPL, with Linux kernel 2.4.25, dvb-kernel from >> 2004-04-13 and VDR 1.2.6 - so nothing fancy. With DVB driver from the >> DVB branch (aka the old driver) switching was a bit slower but >> reliable. > Well I know that the FF v1.5 (detected as v1.3) card CAN switch faster > as I've seen it do it. Tuning speed would only be limited by my DVB-T > cards as far as I can understand. I'm not talking about a DVB-S ff card - I'm talking about a DVB-T ff card here. Switching DVB-T channels is on average faster wit the old DVB driver than with the new dvb-kernel driver. Did you try the old one? Cheers, Juri -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
