Reinhard Nissl wrote: > Hi, > > Joerg Riechardt wrote: > >>>> When I use FF (fast forward 1-3x) when playing a recording, VDR stalls. >>>> Sometimes, after several minutes, it will recover. Most of the time >>>> I'm >>>> just left with a frozen frame. >>>> >>>> The 60-second skip forward or back works fine. >>>> >>>> Any ideas how to diagnose this problem? >>> >>> >>> No tips from me, but using vdr-1.3.20 and vdr-xine 7.3, i have given >>> up trying to FF & RR acuratly. I now just use 60 second skip. But I >>> would *love* to be able to edit my recordings.. I've never been able >>> to FF/RR as this is my first install.. >> >> >> vdr-xine-0.7.2 is the last version, where FF/RR works >> since 0.7.3 it's broken > > > Well, there's changed quite a lot in 0.7.3. Just to make things clear: > > FF = fast forward > SF = slow forward > FR = fast reverse (rewind) > SR = slow reverse (rewind) > > FF, FR and SR as well as moving cutting marks just play I-frames and > there is a problem in VDR that sends incomplete I-frames to the devices. > Especially when xine reports bad_frame on its controlling terminal then > it is likely that the "bug" triggered. > > http://home.vr-web.de/~rnissl/vdr-1.3.24-dvbplayer.patch > > addresses this issue. A proper solution will be supplied by > cVideoRepacker but it seems to trigger other problems so it is disabled > in recent VDR versions. The above patch will then still be necessary to > edit old recordings properly which have been recorded without > cVideoRepacker. > > A known issue is that switching from pause or play to any of the above > mentioned speeds will cause a delay of several seconds before playback > at the new speed gets active. This issue is most noticeable on less > powerful machines like my EPIA MII-6000E which has just a 600 MHz CPU, > while it is not that much noticeable on my development PC which has a > Pentium 4 HT processor which runs at 2.8 GHz. > > To let me address your issue properly, would you please explain whether > one of the above issues is what you experience or if it is a new issue. > > Bye. The delay (quite long on my Celeron 1300) is from play to FF or FR. I have the vdr-1.3.24-dvbplayer.patch applied. So it's the known issue. Since FF and FR is essential for me, I stayed with 0.7.2. J?rg
