video in recordings slow to display

[jimbojones]

Hi all,

due to being home more this last couple of weeks.... I've finally got to look at a few issues with video/recordings playback on nextpvr (4.2.4).

The main one is a delay of around 17-18 seconds for the video to display when i play a recording, audio starts very quickly.

This is on a client machine, however i have tried to play a local file with similar results.

In the log on the client machine it shows the same delay between "setaspectratio@3.6.1" and the next line , every time i play a video or recording.

I have attached a capture of this for simplicity, but can upload the logs if necessary .

cheers
james

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It's likely related to your choice of decoders. Neither the 'Cyberlink Video Decoder' or 'ffdshow Audio Decoder' were common choices. I'd try some other decoders.

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It looks like this is a .mpg file, rather than the .ts files NextPVR records.

If you play the .ts file that NextPVR recorded, does it start quicker?

[jimbojones]

Thanks for the fast response !!

So i changed the decoders, i think i went through every one on the system on the weekend... this time a .ts

same result, but different log output:

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If you a copy a file locally, instead of from the network drive, does it help?

[jimbojones]

Not really, i tried that a few days ago.

I just installed the latest LAV decoders and tried them instead -- as well as others i have, and they are all MUCH MUCH worse than what i'm using.

its quite frustrating!

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Post the zipped log files after playing a local .ts file and I'll take a look.

You can also try unticking the 'use legacy MPEG demultiplexer and tsreader' to see if it makes a difference.

[jimbojones]

So I uninstalled any unnecessary decoders and swapped to different ones ,which made it much worse.
I then changed decoders back to what i was originally using ,and now when playing a local file its pretty much instant! Don't ask me why. It's also quicker playing a local file if I deselect "act as client pc" even when playing local, it also will not resume local files when I deselect "use legacy....." option in decoders

Playing recordings from the server is still slower(using ethernet cable,not wireless), but the audio takes about a second to start, the video about 5 seconds.

Before i go any further is this about normal or is there still some issue?
If so I'll zip the logs....