TV image freezes for about 10 secs

[jan smit]

When watching TV, at the end of the program the image freezes for 5-10 secs. This always happens at the time that according to the epg the program is finished and the next one should start.
I suppose that the system at that moment closes the recording file and opens a new one, but is there anything I can do to prevent this freezing?
I do not lose any recording data, but since not all programs finish at the right time it is very unpleasant to have such a temporary stop.
Anybody else have this problem?

My sytem is AMD 2500+, FX5200, 1 GB Ram with plenty of diskspace.

[falchulk]

Everyone has it. Its the nature of the beast.

[kny3twalker]

5 or 10 secs is quite a long time
mine is less than a sec
have you tried using different video renders if you are using VMR9
you could be loading the CPU and GPU causing a longer delay than normal

but yes you will always have this issue
since SageTV records on a show per show basis
but would really want a limited length buffer
SageTV makes it easy to record a show this way even if approaching the end of the show
you can still record the entire show if viewed from the beginning

you can try out using a default padding from the import tools

[jan smit]

Everyone has it. Its the nature of the beast.

I can hardly believe that everyone has it this bad.

5 or 10 secs is quite a long time
mine is less than a sec
have you tried using different video renders if you are using VMR9
you could be loading the CPU and GPU causing a longer delay than normal

I used not to have this probelem in the past, but now realise that it may have happened from the moment I replaced my Matrox G550 for NVidea 5200 (for TV-out OSD reasons).
I have been thinking more in the harddisk area for a solution, but your suggestion probably is a better one.
Do you think it would be mostly solved by using a more powerful Graphics card?

you can try out using a default padding from the import tools

That's a good thought, but only helps if I specifically record the show, not when I just zap and want to keep on watching something interesting (and get the recorded file as a sort of byproduct).

Thank you both,

[kny3twalker]

Do you think it would be mostly solved by using a more powerful Graphics card?

possible but I have never seen this happen and I have a client using a 5200

[lotusvball]

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[reverse]

Been looking for a solution as well. I've formatted 64k, increased buffers, updated drivers, just about everything I could think of - and it still pauses for about 10-12 seconds after shows.

[Cayars]

Try lowering your buffers and see if the delay goes down. It might be taking extra time to fill your playback buffer.

[reverse]

Originally Posted by Cayars

Try lowering your buffers and see if the delay goes down. It might be taking extra time to fill your playback buffer.

Are you implying that I set the buffers to less than default? I'll give it a shot.

[ziflin]

Mine's the same way. Now that you mention it, it does seem even worse (10s compared to 3-4s) after I increased the buffers. So maybe that will help.