Re: live TV falls behind LIVE --- ugh

Well, it's still not a bug if you are the only having this problem; I have
been on this board for a year or so since I built my system and I don't
recall anyone else having this issure. It would seem to have more to do with
your specific components or possible something else running on your system.
--
James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), Florida

"Kevin_Waite" <KevinWaite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:BC49A2DC-BEA4-4F2D-B423-93DE92B76D31@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I think you missed my point -- a fixed few second delay would
> be understandable -- and okay -- even though my TIVO box does
> all this stuff and has a sub-second delay when I A/B switch test.
>
> The problem I am reporting is that the delay is accumulative! ! ! ! !
>
> The delay between MCE TV window "live" and what is really LIVE TV
> grows -- gets incrementally larger over time -- this is BAD -- this is a
> bug
> -- this needs to be fixed --
>
> Sincerely,
> Kevin Waite
>
>
> "Jaime" wrote:
>
>> No, it's not a problem, so no there isn't a solution; it's the way a PVR
>> works. The TV signal is being encoded to an mpeg, buffered (either to the
>> drive or temporarily to RAM), then read/decoded, and displayed. That is
>> by
>> design so that you can pause, FF, Rew, etc the show you are watching.
>> AFAIK,
>> any PVR (TiVo, ReplayTV, etc.) all have a slight time shift in carrying
>> out
>> this activity.
>>
>> However, that said, on my TV the different is only a second or two when I
>> A/B between the MCE image and the direct feed on the TV; so 30sec to a
>> minute seems like a lot. Maybe if varies depending on hardware. There
>> really
>> isn't a truly "live" signal; even when using the directly connected cable
>> signal. I have been on the phone with a friend in another city when we
>> both
>> had the same TV channel on and one TV would be 5 - 10 seconds shifted
>> from
>> the other.
>>
>> Someone else may have some thoughts as well.
>> --
>> James
>> Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), Florida
>>
>> buffered to the drive
>> "Kevin_Waite" <KevinWaite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:94A92F4E-E055-4D18-805A-0433B8FE75AF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I have notice -- day 4 of learning and using MCE
>> > on a Dell XPS 400 -- dual core and all -- that
>> > the live TV window falls behind a few seconds per
>> > couple of minutes -- if I leave MCE alone
>> > for sevearl hours it is a 30 seconds to +1min behind
>> > and this is if I am recording or not recording....
>> >
>> > This is not OKAY -- I want and need live TV to be live.
>> >
>> > Is this a known problem?
>> >
>> > Is there a solution?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance!
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> > Kevin Waite
>> >
>>
>>
>>


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