I understand the concerns here, but this delay also happens on commercial TV's. I have a fairly expensive Phillips TV with built in DVB-T receiver, and it takes at least three seconds to switch between digital channels. Analogue is instant.
Is this something to do with DVB-T encoding? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Juri Haberland > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [linux-dvb] Re: Channel change delay with DVB-T > > Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote: > > Michal Dobrzynski wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I asked this on the VDR mailing list and was redirected here. > >> > >> Is there any way to reduce the massive channel change delays? I am > >> running 2 DVB-T budget cards and one Full Featured DVB-S card for > output > >> and channel change times are quite disconcerting. > >> > >> Every time my parents change the channel they have to ask what's > >> wrong as the screen stays black for 4 or 5 seconds (last night it > >> even took 7 seconds a few times). > > > > Are you experiencing this with vdr or apps in general? I once had > > the problem with vdr, when I compiled a 1.2.x version on a NPTL > > enabled system. Using a NPTL disabled system, vdr tuned very fast. I > > haven't treid vdr 1.3.x with NPTL, though. > > I have such delays also with a DVB-T 1.3 premium card. Switching to > channels on the same frequency as the previous channel is in general > very fast, but switching to another frequency can take up to several > seconds until you get a stable picture. > > This is without NTPL, with Linux kernel 2.4.25, dvb-kernel from > 2004-04-13 and VDR 1.2.6 - so nothing fancy. With DVB driver from the > DVB branch (aka the old driver) switching was a bit slower but reliable. > > Cheers, > Juri > > > > -- > Info: > To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe > linux- dvb" as subject. -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
