Slow channel change

glb1945 · March 1, 2019 at 12:36 AM

Changing channels is very slow on a RPI3B+? It is actually slower than with Raspian ?

**CvH** · March 3, 2019 at 6:23 PM Official Post

what means slow and what means channels ?

what version do you use, what pvr addon do you use ?

glb1945 · March 3, 2019 at 7:53 PM

To change channels with Kodi Leia on Raspbian, the change is almost instantaneous. When using LIBREelec, a black screen occurs and it involves a painfully slow time where you begin to think it has hung. I use the NextPVR addon (NexPVR runs on Windows 10 on the server).

Given that LIBREelec is a stripped down system, it would seem the channel change should be faster? The main reason to switch to LIBREelec is that I thought it would be easier to reboot for my wife (there is an extra step with raspbian) and I though it would be faster.

**CvH** · March 4, 2019 at 6:59 PM Official Post

Quote from glb1945

I use the NextPVR addon

there are already some reports that this pvr addon behaves wrong, we are not too sure if it is just broken at Kodi or we did something wrong

can you check if Kodi18.1 at raspbian works well ?

glb1945 · March 8, 2019 at 5:29 AM

I was using Kodi Leia on Raspbian with no problems. I am not sure of which version of Leia. I can go back to Raspbian and retry.

glb1945 · March 9, 2019 at 6:49 PM

I retried Raspbian (November 2018 version) with Kodi Leia 18.1 and the nextpvr add on. Although some channels still switch fast, others do not and one does not switch at all.

**CvH** · March 9, 2019 at 7:19 PM Official Post

Yea so likely an pvr addon problem. For Windows dvbviewer is the reference that works best.

glb1945 · March 10, 2019 at 5:21 AM

But I am not on Windows?

**CvH** · March 10, 2019 at 9:14 AM Official Post

Quote from glb1945

But I am not on Windows?

but your tv sever is

for windows in general Dvbviewer is the "gold standard" as dvb server similar to what is Tvheadend at linux

that doesn't fix your problem just shows some alternative

you can open an issue at GitHub - kodi-pvr/pvr.nextpvr: Kodi's NextPVR client addon

btw there is a new version of the addon (3.3.13), i push it asap to our repo, maybe this fixes it - maybe not

glb1945 · March 11, 2019 at 11:30 PM

The nice thing about Nextpvr is that it is free! 🙂 I have been very pleased with it. I tried mythtv, but became very frustrated with its setup and I am very familiar with Linux. I would have preferred mythtv because Ubuntu is also free.

grom_e30 · March 15, 2019 at 11:09 PM

Quote from CvH

btw there is a new version of the addon (3.3.13), i push it asap to our repo, maybe this fixes it - maybe not

any idea when the 3.3.13 will be available

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