[MPlayer-users] Cache doesn't refill

[nsabbi at fastwebnet.it]

>
>> I noticed that the cache only fills at start-up, but  after a certain
>> point it's filling percentage drops to 0 and doesn't refill, with
>> obvious underrun problems.
>
>Often this happens when (not surprisingly) mplayer can't get the data
>fast enough.  Sometimes I'm not sure why it happens, as e.g. playing
>over NFS gets a buffer underrun but copying the file goes at many
>MB/sec.  I think the default behaviour is to keep it as full as
>possible, but often enlarging the cache size can help - e.g. -cache
>32767.  Unfortunately doing this results in extremely slow seeking
>though.
>
>What were you playing that was getting underruns?


a bit of everything: dvb from the card, rtp (both with live libraries and
without) and http streams.
Enlarging the cache delays the problem, but doesn't solve it, and adds
too high delays when changing channel.


>
>Cheers,
>Adam.
>

Bye,
         Nico