Re: Minimum working value ofengine.buffers.video_num_buffers for various video streams(HD, in particular)?

VDR User <[email protected]> Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:44:15 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.xine.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Goga777 <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > It was mentioned in #xine that the default engine.buffers.video_num_buffers
>> > value (500) is too low for HD DVB streams.
>> >
>> > One clip which I downloaded (slightly broken, due to bad reception) requires
>> > that this be set to 1000, and I'm told that there's a live stream which
>> > requires this to be set to 1500.
>> >
>> > If anybody can test this and report back whether a higher value is
>> > *required*, that would be useful for the next release.
>>
>> I watch both 720p and 1080i HD channels fine with the following:
>>
>> # number of video buffers
>> # numeric, default: 500
>> #engine.buffers.video_num_buffers:500
>>
>> # default number of video frames
>> # numeric, default: 15
>> engine.buffers.video_num_frames:22
>>
>> That being said, this is surely a case of YMMY.
>
> do you watch h.264 or mpeg2 dvb channels ?

I know most are h264 but there might be a few mpeg2 as well.

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