timeshift/recording stutter (1 Viewer)

[Nightmare77]

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Just wondering if anyone else expeiences this problem, when i'm timeshifting on the client and i press record i get a stutter in the audio/video for around 2-3 seconds presumably whilst the recording file is being created , does anyone else have this or is it seemless on other peoples setup, its recording to a network location on the server and not locally on the client
Thanks

 

[Nightmare77]

i presume this is smooth and seemless on everyone else who is running a dedicated Server and a dedicated client?

 

[alexd74]

Slightly different problem

Hi,
I get a stutter (about every ten seconds) when watching TV (timeshifting) on the server while it is also recording. Are there ways to avoid this issue? I was thinking of installing a separate hard disk for timeshifting - would this solve the issue? I have a spare 80GB drive - is this enough as a dedicated timeshifting drive?
Thanks.

 

[gibman]

same here 2-3 secs. of stutter.

/gibman

 

[Kaween]

Put your TVserver in stream mode, and use VLC player to check if the problem's originating from your TVserver side or the Mediaportal side. In my case, the problem was present on the Server side already, and it did _not_ go away using a dedicated HD for streaming/timeshifting. The shifted/recoded files already showed annomalies which translated in stutter during LAN playback. If that's not the key, double check cables/network performance by using VLC as streamer, or if that's too complicated for a quick test for you, download BeyondTV's trial version and see how that behaves.

A month or two ago, I more or less broke my teeth on this issue and never got it right even after a week of rigorus testing on multiple hardware platforms (4 platforms, only one worked correctly). Planning to give it another go, but due to time restraints, that project has been posponed somewhat. I was -and still am- convinced _something's_ broken in the code of TVserver. In the mean time, BeyondTV does exactly what it needs to do ...