[vdr] Re: Channel change delay

[Michal Dobrzynski <michal_dobrzynski@mac.com>]

I'm currently using VDR 1.3.6 and the DVB driver built into 2.6.5-mm4. 
I'm not sure the old DVB driver even works with this kernel :/

Regards,
Michal

On 23/04/2004, at 6:26 PM, Conrad Micallef wrote:

> Try different versions of the DVB module, they have different delays. 
> The
> latest one (linuxtv-1.0.x) had 4-5 seconds delays(s) - using the one
> suggested in the VDR homepage should reduce you to about 1 second for 
> normal
> channels.
>
> Also upgrading to vdr 1.3.5 or 1.3.6 can have a positive effect in this
> regard.
>
> Conrad
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vdr-bounce@linuxtv.org [mailto:vdr-bounce@linuxtv.org] On Behalf 
> Of
> Michal Dobrzynski
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 5:53 AM
> To: vdr@linuxtv.org
> Subject: [vdr] Channel change delay
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there any way to reduce the massive channel change delays? I am
> running 2 DVB-T 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. Does it really take that
> long to change frequency, lock onto the signal and buffer enough of the
> stream to begin displaying?
>
> Regards,
> Michal
>
>
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