Re: No Problems with DVArchive Client except

> QUESTION FOR PHIL:
> - Can you have a DVArchive host and two Replay units on the REPLAYLIST?

Yes.  In this case (with multiple units defined on the command line) the
DVArchive host will be treated like a standard replaytv unit, and DVAClient
will ask for only its locally stored shows.  I've found that with DVArchive
3.0, the very first time you try to access it after starting up DVArchive on
your PC, DVArchive doesn't respond and also doesn't close down the network
connection.  As a result, DVAClient will hang waiting for a response.  This
only happens once after DVArchive starts up, so as long as DVArchive keeps
running on the PC it will work fine for subsequent attempts.  I'm working on a
fix for this.

> - Lip sync is not very good, even after pressing "ROTATE".  I suspect this
> is a problem with the current version of CinemaSix.

The lip sync issue has to do with the feeding of data to the MPEG2 decoder,
which is part of CinemaSix.  I added streaming access from ReplayTVs, and do
re-interleave the video and audio packets on the ReplayTV stream (which helped
the lip sync quite a bit) but the actually feeding of the decoder chip by
CinemaSix is unchanged.  I'm hoping that Sujal will be able to solve some more
of the lip sync problems on the decoder side, or that Roku will reveal some
more of their Streamplayer "secrets" so this problem can be fixed.

Also, this may depend on your level of acceptance.  Initially I was getting lip
sync errors measured in seconds when playing ReplayTV files.  Now (for me,
anyway) it is off enough to be noticable if you look for it, but not enough to
be confusing, probably on the order of 100 msec.  I would rate my results as
"good" but not "very good".

Phil



		
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