James Nickerson wrote: > When I point mplayer at /dev/video0 or use vlc's streaming option to do the > same, the video stream plays fine for a while, but then after a couple > minutes it starts to get jerky. Also, in some cases eventually the audio > gets out of synch with the video (this usually seems to happen when changing > channels, rewinding a tape, or doing something similar that shakes up the > normal stream of things). > > If I cat /dev/video0 to a file, these symptoms never occur. I assume that > the > problem lies somehow in the synchronization between the playback software and > the encoding software. Pressing the 'forward' button in mplayer, for > instance, causes it to start playing properly again. Since I'm not worried > about the encoding functioning correctly, I guess what I'm asking is how > other people watch live video without issue. I know mythtv is typically > employed, but doesn't it just use other engines, like mplayer's, for the same > purpose? > > Thanks, > James > I have the exact same issue with my 150 MCE, I used to just close/open mplayer to get rid of the jerkiness but I'll give skipping forward a try. I haven't managed to get VLC to play from /dev/video0 yet so I'm not sure wether the problem is specific to mplayer.
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