TV bit locks when changing channels

[RJC]

I am just starting things and have installed the 3.3.8 and am using Windows 8.1 64 bit.
At present I have a problem - similar to others I have seen - but nothing 'modern'
TV live works well until I try and change channels - I never see a buffering warning but if I do not 'stop' things first then the likelihood is the present channel screen will freeze, sound for the wanted channel will appear for a limited period and then will halt with the frozen screen.

If I always 'stop' then change channel always seems OK but without the 'stop' it varies, normally going wrong in some way.

Can anybody cast any light on this - is it a typical problem or what.

Note that appears same even when trying different decoders etc.

One option I will try is the updates to 3.3.8 listed under 'Current patches for NextPVR v3.3.8' - although I have little idea which to implement etc.

Thanks in advance for any help - RJC

[sub]

Your best bet is to reproduce the problem, then zip and attached the logs.

[RJC]

I intend to do this later.

Was initially interested in whether it was a known problem.

[johnsonx42]

knowing nothing at all about your configuration, 9 times out of 10 such a problem would be caused by your video decoder; some of them gag on the changes in the video bitstream and aren't able to recover. your logs would show what decoders you're using, as well as a lot of other details of your configuration that would help identify any other possible sources of this problem.

perhaps you were expecting clairvoyance? or did you not read the tech support sticky post?

[sub]

Problems like this change channels are typically related to decoders. You said you tried other decoders, so I thought I'd take a look at the logs before making that comment.