Starting-Stopping Issue Slow to actually play

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segfaultex
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Starting-Stopping Issue Slow to actually play

Post by segfaultex »

Some of my DvD mkv rips take forever to actually start playing.
In the log I will get multiple messages like the following.

Starting transcode/remux of video.mkv
Started playing video.mkv on your PlayStation 3
Stopped playing video.mkv on your PlayStation 3
Starting transcode/remux of video.mkv
Started playing video.mkv on your PlayStation 3
Stopped playing video.mkv on your PlayStation 3
Starting transcode/remux of video.mkv
Started playing video.mkv on your PlayStation 3
Stopped playing video.mkv on your PlayStation 3
Starting transcode/remux of video.mkv
Started playing video.mkv on your PlayStation 3

and then it actually plays and seems fine after that.

Has anyone seen this issue or know what could be causing it?
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SubJunk
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Re: Starting-Stopping Issue Slow to actually play

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I've seen it happen before, will look into it
Zero3K
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Re: Starting-Stopping Issue Slow to actually play

Post by Zero3K »

Its still happening in v3.0 (Alpha 2).
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SubJunk
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Re: Starting-Stopping Issue Slow to actually play

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Alpha 2 hasn't been released yet, that must be a pre-release.
Anyway it's not a bug, it's just that we have to play the video before sending it sometimes to get the data, and sometimes we have to do it a few times because of lag by third-party programs.
Zero3K
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Re: Starting-Stopping Issue Slow to actually play

Post by Zero3K »

Is there any way to get it lessened?
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Re: Starting-Stopping Issue Slow to actually play

Post by SubJunk »

You can try unticking "Remux videos with tsMuxeR" in the MEncoder section of the Transcoding Settings tab
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