radio channels stutter with pre frodo & pvr
#1
ok, so shoot me but i compiled pre frodo woth the pvr branch, from Pipelka Wink

(12.04, tvheadend 3.1.590.g4493e.dirty)

i just wanted to let you guys know that it works almost flawless.

the only thing i can find so far is that streaming of the pvr radio channels (ziggo, nl) is kind of choppy (no errors in log).

i also tried it with the previous tvheadend (the last one from the old repo), same thing, so it's in xbmc somewhere.
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#2
Add this to your advancedsettings.xml. The default value is 5 MB, change it to 2 or 3 and it should fix the stuttering:

Code:
<network>
  <cachemembuffersize>3145728</cachemembuffersize>
</network>
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#3
I tried it but sadly it did not work.
Stuttering is still the same. It stutters/short mute every second.

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#4
Same problem here radio stutter, also ziggo (nl) wth tvheadend and xbmc-pvr. What i have found is that the first radio i tune into will play ok. Any radio station i select after that will stutter. If i then return to the first station it will play normal again. Furthermore if i stop the radio and start it again on a station that stutterd before it will play ok but now all other radio stations will stutter. So it looks that only the first radio you choose will play okay. Bug in the tvheadend client seems most likely.

Tvheadend: latest from tvheadend git (pre 3.1?), ziggo cable (dvb-c)
Xbmc-pvr: latest v4 from xbmcfreak.nl
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#5
glad to hear i'm not the only one Wink

what you describe is exactly the same with my setup. 1st channel ok etc etc.
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#6

Are you guys still seeing this stutter on radio channels?
I have the same problem even on the most recent nightly Frodo build.
I use Argus-TV and it happens with both DVB-T and DVB-S radio channels (stutter once per second)
TV channels are perfect. There's nothing in the log to indicate a problem.
Steve
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#7
try to increase the minimum buffer level in advancedsettings:
Code:
<advancedsettings>
  <pvr>
    <minaudiocachelevel>25</minaudiocachelevel>
  </pvr>
</advancedsettings>

switching channels will be a bit slower, but it shouldn't stutter anymore
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#8
@dushmaniac

thanks for the tip.
rc2 does not have stuttering every second.

do you know why this happened? it was perfectly fine in older xbmc pvr releases.
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#9
(2012-12-21, 19:38)dushmaniac Wrote: try to increase the minimum buffer level in advancedsettings:
Code:
<advancedsettings>
  <pvr>
    <minaudiocachelevel>25</minaudiocachelevel>
  </pvr>
</advancedsettings>

switching channels will be a bit slower, but it shouldn't stutter anymore

Thanks dushmaniac, that definitely makes the radio usable now!
I still see a slight pause every 30s or so but I'll play with larger values.
Thanks...
Steve.
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