[vdr] Buffer overflows

[Jan Ekholm <chakie@infa.abo.fi>]

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, [ISO-8859-1] André Weidemann wrote:

>Sep 25 13:41:07 video vdr[917]: buffer usage: 80% (pid=922)
>Sep 25 13:41:07 video vdr[917]: buffer usage: 85% (pid=922)
>Sep 25 13:41:07 video vdr[917]: buffer usage: 90% (pid=922)
>Sep 25 13:41:07 video vdr[917]: buffer usage: 95% (pid=922)
>Sep 25 13:41:07 video vdr[917]: buffer usage: 100% (pid=922)
>Sep 25 13:41:07 video vdr[917]: ERROR: ring buffer overflow (89 bytes
>dropped)
>Sep 25 13:41:07 video vdr[917]: ERROR: ring buffer overflow (188 bytes
>dropped)
>Sep 25 13:41:20 video last message repeated 30643 times

<cut>

>I changed the value for all buffers to 16MB so that should be enuf I think.

Anyone know if increasing the various buffers within VDR is enough to get
rid of the buffer overflows? Is it a true solution or just band aid? There
was a mail a while ago that mentioned values that could be used and where,
but I've not tried that yet. But tonight I missed a South Park episode due
to an overflow, so I could give the idea a shot. :)

Can someone point me towards some RTFM material that would explain what
causes the buffer overflows, and why it is so fatal?

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