On 24 February 2010 15:37, VDR User user.vdr@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Torgeir Veimo torgeir@netenviron.com wrote:
True it's a problem with xineliboutput, but VDR is useless for HD without any HD output device, and xineliboutput is by far the most used one. Talking about VDR HD completeness without considering it is wrong IMHO.
I'm not convinced xineliboutput is the most used output by far, or even at all. Of the VDR users I talk to, vdr-xine is the easy majority. But regardless what's used, I don't think it's fair to say VDR isn't fully ready for HD when it's the output devices that are the problem. I've only used vdr-xine myself and can say it works great in my experience.
Ok, I don't claim to know usage figures. I still think output devices needs to be taken into account when discussing VDR in a HD context. Without output devices, VDR is much less usable.
Btw, there will always be a slight delay (which is hardware related) when tuning. However, it shouldn't be more then 1-2 seconds.
Channel change is fast, but it is as if xine after half a second after normal playback decides that it wants a larger buffer of frames, thus freezing playback for half a second, before recovering.
I am not sure if it's due to underbuffering or audio sync.