3-4 Seconds of black screen when pausing channel for the first time

[wdf1964]

Hello all,

I am new to GBPVR. First off the WIKI was great. I've gotten my PVR working well. Picture is good....remote is working well BUT (there is always a but right?) When I first change to a channel and hit pause, there is about a 3-5 second period when the screen goes black. After this short time the paused picture shows back up and you can then hit play and then pause without there being any black screen time. I looked through some of the troubleshooting FAQs but did not find anything. Is this normal functionality or a setting I may have missed? Any help would be reatly appreciated!

I'm sorry..I am using a Hauppague PVR150 tuner card with an external Time Warner Cable Motorola set top box connected via S-Video to the TV.

Thanks

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[sub]

This is normal for the default install.

A defualt install starts live tv in live preview mode, where no buffering is done. When you hit pause, it needs to stop playback and restart it with buffering components connected.

[wdf1964]

I noticed you said for the default install...is there something I could tweak to make it work more seamlessly?

[sub]

You can disable live preview mode (putting it into timeshift mode). This does mean much slower channel changes though.