Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> On 24.11.2009 19:22, Anssi Hannula wrote:
>> Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
>>> On 24.11.2009 18:28, Jouni Karvo wrote:
>>>> Jouni Karvo kirjoitti:
>>>>> Rolf Ahrenberg kirjoitti:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 23 Nov 2009, Jouni Karvo wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> is there somewhere a patch that would remove the break when the
>>>>>>> broadcaster uses "dynamic pids" (such as YLE). Now, when a programme
>>>>>>> starts at YLE, they change the Audio PID number, leading to VDR
>>>>>>> re-tuning or something, that leads to a 1-2s break in the show. There is
>>>>>>> no change in frequency, so I don't see any reason why there is such a
>>>>>>> break.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> As a quick fix just disable the pid updates ("Channel update: no/names
>>>>>> only"). Yle is always using the same pid numbers although they're
>>>>>> switching them on and off, so you can easily fix these numbers in your
>>>>>> channel.conf.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Tried this, but it seems it loses the subtitling PIDs. Is there a way
>>>> to get both - subtitling and non-breaking TV viewing?
>>> It might be interesting to learn why they do this "PID cycling"
>>> in the first place. Have you ever tried contacting them and asking
>>> why they do such a stupid thing?
>> Different programmes have a different number of languages, so the number
>> of active pids changes. Isn't that correct behaviour?
>
> Sure, but why "cycle" them through various values, and not use the same
> ones for the same languages?
As far as I can see they keep them the same, and VDR retunes just
because the number of tracks changes.
> As long as the PID switch takes place outside a show, that's of course ok.
> Switching them *inside* a show is IMHO not a good idea.
The change of active PIDs takes place when a show begins, causing 1-2s
of stream to go missing due to the retune as Jouni described in the
initial post.
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Anssi Hannula
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