Mark J. Small wrote:
On June 20, 2005 02:29 pm, Nick wrote:
On 6/20/05, EB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am finding that changing channels within the
satellite signal but outside of myth has a bad delay? I know this is
because the signal coming is being recorded first, and then displayed but
is this normal? There is literally a 2-5 second pause between pushing the
button and seeing the change?
The delay you are seeing is normal buffering - if you change channels
on the receiver, there will still be a few seconds of buffer left on
the old channel before the buffer contains. It's nothing to worry
about and cannot be eliminated. It's annoying when channel surfing,
but that's not what MythTV is intended for. If you use a serial port
IR blaster, you will still get this delay, as it's independent of the
channel change method. (I use a serial port IR blaster, and never had
any problems with it all.)
It is rather frustrating. It takes about 1 second to send the change channel
signal to the box, then 2 seconds of buffering, then another second or two
for my STB (digital cable) to tune in to a digital channel. It all adds up
to painful surfing. Fortunately, I only surf when I testing. Other members
of my family (mostly my daughter) still like to surf, so they often will
bypass mythtv and watch live tv directly.
I have found that I can speed up the first part (sending the change channel
command) by pressing Enter after the channel numbers. This tells mythtv that
yes, I am done entering my numbers, so you can get to work changing channels.
Myth seems to give me a very long to to enter a third digit.
Right program for the job... EXECTV menu entry on Myth using xawtv.
Read http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/132686#132686
for details of why MythTV is not (and cannot be made) the right program
for the job.
Mike
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