Delay before playback

[griffy]

Hi Sub

A couple of requests, hopefully really simple.

I use AutoRefresh plugin and whenever say a music video that is 24 fps is selected it starts playing in the background while AutoRefresh is changing the refresh rate and I miss the first 3-4 seconds. I tried increasing some delays in the config file but no luck. Is there a setting I can change?

Also when I start an encrypted channel if the key hasn't been sent the screen stays black, I have to wait 20-30 seconds and skip back and forth to get the picture started. Can happen when recorded but I usually skip 2mins forward on recording so not a problem. Just with Live TV. Sometimes happens on DVB-T but this is rare. If I stop the channel and start again the video is instant.

I was using PowerDVD H.264 decoder but these can block on a glitch (DVB-T recording) and don't recover even after many seconds. Microsoft decoder handles them very well and recovers almost instantly.

Thanks
Griffy

[sub]

I don't know anything about AutoRefresh. I've never used it.

[griffy]

Its really good.
I was just wondering if there is a setting to delay playback startup so that the refresh rate change has time to occur and I don't miss the start of a song etc.

[sub]

I'm not sure if the developer of that plugin is still around or not, but he would have been the best placed to put a delay to wait for whatever he was running to complete.

Otherwise there was a <PrePlayDelay> delay in the config.xml, but it only applies to live streams (not recordings)

[griffy]

Looks like he has left, found him on Github...feel like a stalker

[griffy]

Otherwise there was a <PrePlayDelay> delay in the config.xml, but it only applies to live streams (not recordings)[/QUOTE]

increased to 5000ms solved live tv problems