[mythtvnz] VLC and VDPAU

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Stephen Worthington
<stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:57:45 +1300, you wrote:
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Nick Rout" <nick.rout at gmail.com>
>>To: "MythTV in NZ" <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
>>Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 1:31 PM
>>Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] VLC and VDPAU
>>
>>
>>>> Also I don't think the internal player will play an external UDP stream as the hdhomerun's serve up, for robust live TV.
>>
>>>No but there is a perfectly good live tv functionality built into mythtv!
>>
>>Perhaps if you run DVB-S however its not so reliable over DVB-T (nor to the same extent that HD recordings are).  I assume you are
>>still not running HD - so might have limited experience of Live HD reliability?
>>
>>Incidentally the times I've noted HD LiveTV to crash have often been change over times on the hour, however I've not got around to
>>checking logs.  I did however wonder if they might have something to do with the live recording or other start / stop recording file
>>changes.
>
> It is unusual to actually use LiveTV to really watch a program.  Most
> people seem to just record the program, then watch it while it is
> still recording if necessary.  That is completely reliable in my
> experience.  I have not had any problems with LiveTV in Mythbuntu
> 9.10, but I only use it to peek at things rather than running it for
> an hour or more.
>
> I am surprised that there are people finding DVB-T less reliable than
> DVB-S.  Unless you are trying to play HD recordings across a WiFi
> connection (too slow), there should not be any problems now. Certainly
> not if it comes off a local hard disk.

LiveTV is done the same way as record & watch. It didn't used to be,
but it has been for quite a few versions now. The resulting files are
normally hidden from view and expired after one day. The only real
difference is to do with scheduling - no scheduler can predict when
you change channel.

Another source of problems which could cause a crash are quality of
reception problems. Glitches in the bitstream can crash your player.
Tortise I suggest you check the quality of your signal.