On 7/15/05, JEFFERY PLEAU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All > > I am a new mythtv user, having used Jarod's how-to to > build my myth box. I have two issues with my myth box > (front and bqackend are on same machine) > > 1. Whenever I change the channel, there is about a > 3-4 second pause while the channel changes. Is it > possible to eliminate this delay? >
We haven't heard this one before. Please check the searchable archive (http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/) for many many responses to this question. Here's a very old one: http://tinyurl.com/achd8 > 2. Sometimes, after a channel change or when bringing > up the program guide, the video becomes *very* choppy > and there is no sound. I can leave it for 5-10 > minutes and it corrects, or I can back out of watching > TV and re-enter and it's fine. What can I do to fix > this? > It sounds to me that you're getting prebuffering pauses. That box should be able to handle a normal stream without stuttering. Do you have DMA enabled on your hard drive? > Details of my box: > ASUS Pundit-R > PVR-250 > 512MB PC2700 RAM > Celeron D 2.4 GHz > Using onboard ATI TV-out > FC3, myth 0.18 > > Would changing the resolution affect this (using > /usr/bin/ivtvctl -f width=720,height=480 currently) > > Also, would upping the RAM or upgrading the processor > to a full P4 help either of these? > > Thanks > Jeff See answers inline _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users