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Hello everyone,
I have tried for some days VDR with xvdr and noticed the channel zap needs about 4 seconds to get a running video. In my opinion it is a little bit too long.
Which backend do you recommend for linux, if you want fast channel zap (about 1 second), timeshift and recording?
I have a twin tuner card so support for it would be nice, too.
Thanks in advance.
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tvheadend, although timeshift still has some issues and really needs the pvr.tvh addon to work acceptably AFAIK.
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You're not gonna get 1 second switches with tvheadend (not HD at least), but it's probably the fastest solution in any case.
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I can accept higher switch times for HD, but SD should be fast.
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Well most computer DVR's don't accommodate that for a variety of technical reasons.
But frankly if you use a DVR as a DVR as opposed to a TV tuner substitute, you won't be switching channels much. You'll be recording what you want to watch, and watching it when you want to.
With a DVR that annoying channel surfing habits disappear.
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Hum I have got 4-5 seconds channel switching with TVHeadend and the plugin from Adam Sutton.
So there is no space for improvement?
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Some tuners are faster than others but most of the time is spent firing up the various decoders in XBMC.
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Okay, to be more specific, I am using Digital Devices DVB-S 2.0 V6.5.
How can I track where the time is being lost?
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2014-06-14, 22:00
(This post was last modified: 2014-06-14, 22:10 by Willith.)
My setup comprises of Tvheadend on a dedicated server (Mac Pro, 2.66Ghz Xeon, 7GB of ram) using Turbosight DVB-S2 PCI-E cards, channel change is comparable to the Humax Freesat box we have.
The clients are dedicated Openelec installations on Dell Optiplex's that have core 2 duo and Nvidia gfx
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So how fast are your Humax Freesat boxes?
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I find mapping the CH+- buttons to bring up the channel osd instead of switching channels helps a lot in mitigating channel switch times. That way you can easily see and select what's on other channels with out having to wait a few seconds for each change.
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I am using the arrow up and down keys. I thought they are mapped by default on CH+-, aren't they?
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From memory I think they are but I have the arrow keys mapped to be the same as other video playback in xbmc. CH+- will bring up the osd and then scroll through the list. I think you can bring up the channel osd via the playback osd (where you select ff, rw, play, pause etc)
